Week 8

Done with first quarter. Feels like I won a war, but it's just getting started. Times have been flying. I'm very eager to see how my grades will turn out.

With our class, it's working out well. Nothing has seemed to pick up pace in terms of the concepts and materials to learn. Difficulty remains the same. Last assessment was interesting though. That was a cool way to assess, how everyone pitched in. Looks like a future form of assessment perhaps? Maybe not though because it does not  focus on an individual's understanding. So I guess this will slide this time? Oh well. I hope the science department gets more paper! But besides all that fun, there's something that I've been wanting to discuss but I never had the time to talk about it nor did I have the experience on the topic. I was actually going to write this into the additional comments section on the survey, but it was too long so I put it here:


It seems like technology is very frequently used in this class. Maybe I'm a little slow to technology, but it's crazy to think that just 4 to 5 years ago that if someone had an iphone, they were the coolest person in the class. Now, it's so commonplace. I remember one arrogant student (in another period) asking the question: "Who doesn't have an Iphone?

That really upsets me. All because you and some friends possess something doesn't mean the whole world does! I for one don't have one for some reasons. Mostly because of economic reasons really. For starts the thing is expensive by itself, and not even including the monthly plan. But my parents are losing hours, my Mom's might be laid off, and my Dad now has to work two jobs to get the same income we were getting a few years ago. So with that in mind, it's not the most efficient choice in terms of cost. But the other reason why I don't have one, or any other apple product for that matter, is my own choice. I'm not big on these cliche, sheep devices. I'm not going to shell out big bucks on a product just because everyone has one. My money goes to the best product, or often time the one that will suffice. That's why I spend 1/4 of $1200 for a laptop, 1/3 of $200 for a media player, or 1/10 of $1000 for a phone. Most of the time it's funny to see the costs of these things for silly things like (call me an idiot, I don't care) for the NAME, or an OPERATING SYSTEM. Seriously. I've got no hate towards Apple products; I only disgust the superfluous pricing. 

But, back to the original topic of thought, I am surprised on the amount of tech used in this class. Often I feel left out when everyone in the class is doing work on their devices, and I'm just sitting there...
But hey, maybe that won't be a problem when Christmas comes around?