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durham_knits) wrote2005-10-06 07:27 am
durham_knits) wrote2005-10-06 07:27 am
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You know what pisses me off? The U of C library system.
I just took a book out yesterday, and I got an email just a few minutes ago recalling it. Already. I JUST fucking got it. It is, of course, the only copy in the library system and I know from experience that the dumbasses will not get me a copy on loan from another library, even if it's, say, THE BOOK I'M BASING MY THESIS ON. So, yeah. Thanks to U of C libraries, I'm forced to buy a copy of it - isn't that what libraries are supposed to be for? Research? Not buying every book you need to read?
Well, at least THIS time, I don't have to SHIP the book back to school and get fined for it being late because of the postal system.
And that is yet another reason why I hate U of C. I can't wait to get out of here.
In other news, Saturday is designated "kitten day" by the grace of God and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hadrianlivius. Who ISN'T God, sorry ;). I'm tempted to name said kitten "Ibn Tumart" (or "Bint Tumart" if a girl...) or possibly "'Uthman" or "Khadijah". You know, or something totally blasphemous. Maybe Farouk. But only if it's a very large kitten with a gravelly purr.
Perhaps I should make a list of the top ten reasons I hate U of C.
10. It's in Chicago. South side. There are move theatres, no stores, few restaurants, and J.Ellis got mugged at gunpoint. I mean... Ellis! He's huge!
9. There's no good transportation OUT of Hyde Park, leaving us stuck or reliant on the number 6.
8. The weather sucks. C'mon, yesterday it was 85 and so humid in my apt I could barely sleep last night. Now, it's 53 and my ears were cold walking to class. What the hell, Chicago?
7. Undergrads register BEFORE grads. Sorry any unders reading this, but it just doesn't make sense. I spent my years as a lowerclassmen getting bumped out of classes at grinnell - I shouldn't have to deal with it here. And with running around campus trying to get signatures when the dumb people in Humanities have already registered me for it, IDIOTS.
6. Archaic registration practices. Yeah, grinnell's the same way - but I hated that too. This school has enough money that we should be able to register online. Oh, and the undergrads get to. What's with that?
5. Discussion classes? What discussion classes? All I ever take are lectures, interspersed with question and answer - never deep discussions.
4. Too many people per class. Granted, I was used to Grinnell with its 1300 students and usually less than 15 per class - but these are ridiculous. The only one close to the right size is Russian History, which is lecture anyway so it doesn't matter.
3. Half the interesting classes are all scheduled at the same time, thus making it very difficult to register.
2. No good classes in contemporary Middle East. I'm taking RUSSIAN HISTORY because there's nothing else. C'mon, people. I shouldn't have to fish for classes.
And...
1. Bureaucracy sucks. Yeah, I know that covers most of the above, but it's still the reason that U of C is crapped out most of the time.
So, in closing, I guess I must be in a bad mood. I blame U of C.... FOR YOUR MOM.
I just took a book out yesterday, and I got an email just a few minutes ago recalling it. Already. I JUST fucking got it. It is, of course, the only copy in the library system and I know from experience that the dumbasses will not get me a copy on loan from another library, even if it's, say, THE BOOK I'M BASING MY THESIS ON. So, yeah. Thanks to U of C libraries, I'm forced to buy a copy of it - isn't that what libraries are supposed to be for? Research? Not buying every book you need to read?
Well, at least THIS time, I don't have to SHIP the book back to school and get fined for it being late because of the postal system.
And that is yet another reason why I hate U of C. I can't wait to get out of here.
In other news, Saturday is designated "kitten day" by the grace of God and
hadrianlivius. Who ISN'T God, sorry ;). I'm tempted to name said kitten "Ibn Tumart" (or "Bint Tumart" if a girl...) or possibly "'Uthman" or "Khadijah". You know, or something totally blasphemous. Maybe Farouk. But only if it's a very large kitten with a gravelly purr.Perhaps I should make a list of the top ten reasons I hate U of C.
10. It's in Chicago. South side. There are move theatres, no stores, few restaurants, and J.Ellis got mugged at gunpoint. I mean... Ellis! He's huge!
9. There's no good transportation OUT of Hyde Park, leaving us stuck or reliant on the number 6.
8. The weather sucks. C'mon, yesterday it was 85 and so humid in my apt I could barely sleep last night. Now, it's 53 and my ears were cold walking to class. What the hell, Chicago?
7. Undergrads register BEFORE grads. Sorry any unders reading this, but it just doesn't make sense. I spent my years as a lowerclassmen getting bumped out of classes at grinnell - I shouldn't have to deal with it here. And with running around campus trying to get signatures when the dumb people in Humanities have already registered me for it, IDIOTS.
6. Archaic registration practices. Yeah, grinnell's the same way - but I hated that too. This school has enough money that we should be able to register online. Oh, and the undergrads get to. What's with that?
5. Discussion classes? What discussion classes? All I ever take are lectures, interspersed with question and answer - never deep discussions.
4. Too many people per class. Granted, I was used to Grinnell with its 1300 students and usually less than 15 per class - but these are ridiculous. The only one close to the right size is Russian History, which is lecture anyway so it doesn't matter.
3. Half the interesting classes are all scheduled at the same time, thus making it very difficult to register.
2. No good classes in contemporary Middle East. I'm taking RUSSIAN HISTORY because there's nothing else. C'mon, people. I shouldn't have to fish for classes.
And...
1. Bureaucracy sucks. Yeah, I know that covers most of the above, but it's still the reason that U of C is crapped out most of the time.
So, in closing, I guess I must be in a bad mood. I blame U of C.... FOR YOUR MOM.