Day 46 2/27/12

2/27/12 Day 46

Last night I took a shower. Last night I froze in the shower. Turns out we had no hot water. It was not a great thing and it reminded me of when I lived in ISD. Did not like cold showers before and I do not like them now. But it happened and thankfully I got it fixed later on the day today. Today is Monday meaning spring break is officially over. I did not want to go to class. I was not excited to see my portfolio be trashed. No one was expecting a good grade and as I expected I did not do as well as I thought. I received a 5 out of 10. Why? I got penalized for not having down certain information in which I was not aware of. I got points taken off for things I had no idea that was expected of me. Was I mad? I’m bloody pissed. I like lyndon as a person but as a teacher not becoming a huge fan. I’m tired of my work never being good enough and getting points taken off for things that are not being told of us before the work is due. No one in that class got higher than an 8. Maybe two people at the most got an 8. Apparently me receiving a 5 was a good thing. I’m not happy and I’m even more unhappy because I would have done more work if I knew what was to be expected of me. I’m at the point where the bad grades are going to numb me and I will just become bitter. When I get to that point nothing good comes from it. I have tried to do my best but its apparently NOT good enough and I’m sick of it. I’m sick of the fact that we are being thrown busy work and have barely any time to finish it. Everyday I have somewhere to be at and yet I’m given a lot of work to do and high expectations to do it. How can I do the work if I have no time? Ok well that is my rant for now. Also, I’m not the only whose getting fed up with it. After that class I got back to the flat and made some pasta and ate lunch with Krista and Jordan. We hung out for a bit watching Top Gear as usual and chilled until it was time to head off to our adventures tonight. Where was I going tonight? I was going on the Jack the Ripper tour. Ironically, it was being held in (at the time) a Jewish neighborhood. FINALLY something about Jews! Sadly, it was where Jack the ripper found his five victims. No, I am not saying his victims were all Jewish just that it was done in a Jewish area at that time. I was still excited just to hear the word “Jew” since most of the time we are going to churches and all that stuff. I was sad that we did not get to go to the synagogue. Oh well next time. I’m hoping next weekend I can go for Shabbat at one of the temples. Phillipa said she would give me the address and write down the name. I’m excited for that. On this tour we heard the gruesome details of how Jack the ripper killed his victims. I have no idea if it is because I only heard the details it did not bother me or if I have become quite accustomed to hearing about that after watching so many law and order SVU, ER, and Untold stories in the ER. Maybe I am just a disturbed person. Who knows. After the tour was over I headed back to the flat. I am tired and I am mad because apparently my phone says I need to top up after I did two weeks ago. Something tells me they messed up and I know I did not use 3000 minutes especially if I did not use my phone for at least a week. So, I get to deal with that tomorrow and I am really not in the mood to do so. Now, I am going to head to bed because I am very tired and have class at 9am tomorrow. Good thing its British pop music and I like that class.