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summercomfort) wrote2002-03-19 12:16 am
summercomfort) wrote2002-03-19 12:16 am
Catchup and SciOly. Say hello to my life.
Yay! I'm no longer behind in math, and only a week behind in CompSci, and still 3 days behind in Spanish.
::sigh:: Of my internet banishment, I miss LJ the most. Congrats to everyone who got into college!
Okay, I'm gonna give myself half an hour to do some rants that need to be done.
I seriously propose a National Catchup Day, you know, a day once per month where nothing new is assigned, so that everyone has a day to catch up on... stuff. In our busy lives we are constantly pushing things aside, be it homework, creative work, time with friends/family, or just time to do some light reading. Wouldn't it be nice if for one day a month, we can just ... do that? Catch up with our lives. Or with the things that our lives pushed out. (However you define "life"). Here's a question: If there *were* such a day, say on Friday, what would you be doing?
Umm... is it unhealthy if you're 5 pages into Frankenstein and you're already doing crossover chars with Gundam? Walton can be Zechs, and Frankie can be Quatre, and there's that First Mate that can be Wufei or maybe Une, and the quiet Master of the ship can be Trowa and... ^^;; Of course, little yaoi thoughts about the friendship between Walton and Frankie. >_<;;;
I kind of wanted to rant about SciOly president candidates for next year, but I suppose I shouldn't... Being honest is never good. Let's talk instead of what makes a good SciOly president, as well as some helpful advice.... my opinion only.... I have great hopes of next year's co-presidents improving on SciOly!
(Again, one of those rants that only interest SciOly people. I should really print these out or something...)
1) Sacrifice. This not only means sacrificing your time and energy, as well as your weekends and your house, but also what you really want. Well, sure, you have the final say in who gets to do what event, but you always come last. In other words, you get to pick up the stuff that other people don't want, or the stuff that you don't think anyone's willing to do. 5-10 hours per week sounds about right in terms of time.
2) Persistence & Energy. You have to be resigned to the fact that people won't show up to meetings, so don't expect to get anything done. Be glad if members are about half as persistent as you are. Therefore you have to be twice as.. yeah, you get the deal. That's why I value those who do engineering so much. Because they're actually sacrificing their weekends and extra time to do this.
3) Patience. In dealing with SciOly people and the teacher sponsors. Try to make life easier for everyone else. There are three basic kinds of people in SciOly: The smart but lazy, the average but persistent, and the in-between. How do you deal with each kind? Who do you trust more to a certain event? Expect people to lose things. No yelling when they ask you at 2 the night before, "umm.. what events am I doing?" Remember that this is a club and the only reason people are here is because they want to. (Which I think is a totally cool way to run this-- only people who are really interested)
4) Organization. There's 3 kinds of people and there's 3 kinds of events: The "core studies", like Physics Lab and Cell Bio, which you can just throw an AP student at; the "outside studies", a.k.a. "huh? what?", like Feathered Frenzy and Water Quality, that need persistence and time spent learning all that info; and the "fillers", like Experimental Design, Practical Data Gathering, which doesn't really require studying. When assigning events, always start with "outside studies", then the "core studies", and finally throw the extras into the "fillers"
5) Posterity. Think about the next years' presidents. How can you make their life easier? Buy books? Keep the study guides from this year? Engineering tips?
::sigh:: Of my internet banishment, I miss LJ the most. Congrats to everyone who got into college!
Okay, I'm gonna give myself half an hour to do some rants that need to be done.
I seriously propose a National Catchup Day, you know, a day once per month where nothing new is assigned, so that everyone has a day to catch up on... stuff. In our busy lives we are constantly pushing things aside, be it homework, creative work, time with friends/family, or just time to do some light reading. Wouldn't it be nice if for one day a month, we can just ... do that? Catch up with our lives. Or with the things that our lives pushed out. (However you define "life"). Here's a question: If there *were* such a day, say on Friday, what would you be doing?
Umm... is it unhealthy if you're 5 pages into Frankenstein and you're already doing crossover chars with Gundam? Walton can be Zechs, and Frankie can be Quatre, and there's that First Mate that can be Wufei or maybe Une, and the quiet Master of the ship can be Trowa and... ^^;; Of course, little yaoi thoughts about the friendship between Walton and Frankie. >_<;;;
I kind of wanted to rant about SciOly president candidates for next year, but I suppose I shouldn't... Being honest is never good. Let's talk instead of what makes a good SciOly president, as well as some helpful advice.... my opinion only.... I have great hopes of next year's co-presidents improving on SciOly!
(Again, one of those rants that only interest SciOly people. I should really print these out or something...)
1) Sacrifice. This not only means sacrificing your time and energy, as well as your weekends and your house, but also what you really want. Well, sure, you have the final say in who gets to do what event, but you always come last. In other words, you get to pick up the stuff that other people don't want, or the stuff that you don't think anyone's willing to do. 5-10 hours per week sounds about right in terms of time.
2) Persistence & Energy. You have to be resigned to the fact that people won't show up to meetings, so don't expect to get anything done. Be glad if members are about half as persistent as you are. Therefore you have to be twice as.. yeah, you get the deal. That's why I value those who do engineering so much. Because they're actually sacrificing their weekends and extra time to do this.
3) Patience. In dealing with SciOly people and the teacher sponsors. Try to make life easier for everyone else. There are three basic kinds of people in SciOly: The smart but lazy, the average but persistent, and the in-between. How do you deal with each kind? Who do you trust more to a certain event? Expect people to lose things. No yelling when they ask you at 2 the night before, "umm.. what events am I doing?" Remember that this is a club and the only reason people are here is because they want to. (Which I think is a totally cool way to run this-- only people who are really interested)
4) Organization. There's 3 kinds of people and there's 3 kinds of events: The "core studies", like Physics Lab and Cell Bio, which you can just throw an AP student at; the "outside studies", a.k.a. "huh? what?", like Feathered Frenzy and Water Quality, that need persistence and time spent learning all that info; and the "fillers", like Experimental Design, Practical Data Gathering, which doesn't really require studying. When assigning events, always start with "outside studies", then the "core studies", and finally throw the extras into the "fillers"
5) Posterity. Think about the next years' presidents. How can you make their life easier? Buy books? Keep the study guides from this year? Engineering tips?