help wanted A.S.A.P.

Okay, I'm re-writing my financial aid suspension appeal for this semester, and I want to know what you guys think...
You can find what I have so far here.
Lemme know if you have any questions.
Also, I don't much care for this Jasmine. :( Maybe I can brew it differently next time? Or maybe I just don't care for fresh Jasmine... (Assuming the stuff at restaraunts is bagged, which I think would be a safe assumption.)

*goes to work on freshman comp.*

fixed

Okay, I feel stupid. The link in my last entry has been fixed.

Fridge and Maintenance Bath [the icon is especially fitting right now]

Yeah... My fridge is messed up. The maintenance person just came in and explained to me that basically the freezer "creates cold" for the entire fridge, which flows down to the fridge through a hole. No cold air was flowing down. And according to the thermometer I placed in the fridge yesterday, it was at around 75 degrees F.
The thing is though, apparently the amount of cold air that flows down depends on the freezer setting: the warmer the freezer is, the more cold air is free to go down to the fridge. Now, he said that at the reccommended setting, the back of my freezer was basically a block of ice, so... Why don't I just set the freezer to a setting lower than what is reccommended?
Anyways, he's going to bring us a mini-fridge and call a fridge repair person. After explaining that it had been like this for around a week, he said we'd probably have to throw the milk and eggs out, which is really annoying because although I made myself three eggs last night, I still have a little over a carton of milk and I won't have any money to buy more until I get my paycheck. Mou...

my work schedule

My initial work schedule:
Monday: 8 am - 11:30 am (since the day before is the weekend, I can make sure to get my hw done and go to bed at a good time on Sunday)
Tuesday: 6 pm - 10:30 pm
Friday: 6 pm - 10:30 pm
That's 12.5 hours a week at $8.25 an hour, or $103.13 a week before taxes. That seems decent to me.
Also, it seems that we're gonna be opening next week, not this, which kinda sucks... I need the monies. And the Jamba. ^^;

first workshop

I just got back from my C.A. selection workshop a little bit ago. I have no idea what my chances are... For example, how carefully they look at my transcript, and when they look at it... But on the plus side, the workshop instructor said I could still turn in the essays for the Living/Learning Communities, so that's good.
I must say, though, I loved our groups illustration of what makes a good C.A. I should try to take a picture of it sometime to post here.

a quote (from who knows where)

From enlil_le_eldar's LJ:
"If you truly love someone, let them go. If they come back to you, they are yours. If they do not, they never were."

I hate thinking

I think I need to re-learn the art of BS-ing:

"Post your answers to the following items in Discussions in the lesson 2 topics, "Enrollment" and "Gay and Lesbian Studies for Everyone."
1. In "Enrollment," how would the main character's relationship with his family be different if he was a greeter at Wal-Mart and lived at home?
2. How might the author of "Gay and Lesbian Studies for Everyone" define multicultural? How is his definition similar to or different from your definition?"

"I will offer an extra credit homework point to each student who e-mails me telling me the two theses of those pieces of writing. Also, any student who chooses to walk his or her thesis through the step-by-step heuristic process (see Key Terms) detailed on How to Write a Thesis and e-mails that document to me will get an extra credit homework point."

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, and our own thesis for the definition paper or the theses we're supposed to be extracting from the two articles? (Granted, part of the problem with the first two I don't knows is that I need to come up with something both original and substantial, and it seems I'm one of the last people in the class to post.)

thoughts wanted

Okay, I did the non-EC assignments. But I wanted to post something here regarding the second question ("How might the author of "Gay and Lesbian Studies for Everyone" define multicultural? How is his definition similar to or different from your definition?") to get your thoughts:

[student's post]
As we have endlessly exhausted, Duberman characterizes multiculturalism as "differentness and connection," indeterminate articles worthy of Duberman's spotty manifesto. This may seem like something of an aggresive attack on the very short piece we have read, but the final paragraph of this piece was the final nail in the coffin. It's hard to take an argument seriously when it simultaneously argues for fringe groups priding themselves on their identity and insisting upon respect of that idenity, and humanity moving "toward, rather than away, from one another."

I couldn't begin to define multiculturalism. Nor, for that matter, do I suspect self-proclaimed multiculturalists themselves have confirmed a consensus. There is a fine line walked in striving for a definition, a line dividing relativism and objectivity. This line being a conceivably eternal matter of contention, multiculturalism seems to be little more than a political contrivance. This is not to say that some of the ideas espoused by multiculturalists are not good, even great, but these ideas could more easily be titled "commonsense." My two cents.

[my reply]
Wow... I can't even begin to touch on what you wrote. Thank you for your post (even though it's required ^^;).
When you said that multiculturalism seems to be little more than a political contrivance, it made me think that made me think of something I don't believe I've ever put into words before. That is, that maybe multiculturalism is something to be aware of, but that perhaps the best way to strike a balance between recognizing our unified humanity and our individual uniqueness is by taking a "laissez-faire" approach. If you just let people live their lives, dealing with cultural situations on their own and as they come up without declaring either unified humanity or recognition of differences to be more politically correct, but at the same time taking care to avoid discrimination, the most healthy attitude would sprout on its own.