Okay, because I'm a bit of a snoop, I went online and looked up this college someone I know is going to, and I was just looking around.
I came across a number, and my heart stopped: $41,652.
O_O
HOLY BUCKETS OF MONEY!! That's A LOT of money. I mean, at first I thought, nah, that can't be right, it must be for all four years, but, no, it's for ONE year. I'm just shocked. That's around $120,000 for a college education. I mean, that would take me at my current meager salary and part-time hours nearly 18 years to afford. Currently, I feel like $12,000 a year is killing me, and that when I come out of college I'll be utterly in debt and without a job and bills will be coming in, I just can't imagine what it must feel like to burden your parents with $30,000 alone on tuition.
Just ten years ago, the average tuition for UW -Madison was $3,290.
Today, the average tuition is $7,933.
Back when my dad went to college he could work part time and afford college while gaining NO debts. He left college debt free, completely at zero for debts and savings. That idea seems IMPOSSIBLE to me. and nowadays, it IS impossible. I'd either have to raise my hours to 39 hours a week OR somehow manage to make $23 an hour. Both of which are HIGHLY unlikely.
In thinking about the person I know who will pay $41,000 a year for school, all I gotta say, "You're lucky your parents are rich." THAT, or, "I'm sorry for the debt you're going to have coming out in four years." (I'm guessing it'll be the latter and because of that, I'm kinda insanely jealous and mad and GRRRRR!!)
I wish, I could get a full ride scholarship. I hate financial mental stress. I attempt feebly to NOT think about my parent's financial problems, but I can't help it. They say money can't buy happiness, but HELL it can sure relieve a TON of stress and give you security. There's no fear of losing your house, there's no disappointment at not being able to afford something you want, there's no worry or concern that you'll break something valuable. I want to have a high salary when I grow up, not because I'm greedy and materialistic, I just saw what my parents went through, or are going through, and I don't want to have to deal with that stress.
Financial stress is the number cause of divorce.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
exam solutions
I looked at the exam solutions again .... effing A!!!!!! I REALLY don't want to get it back. I screwed up so much. O_O
WHY!!?!?!?!
WHY!!?!?!?!
Monday, March 14, 2011
nanny
I"m feeling guilty.
I asked this person if she'd be a reference for me on my quest to be a nanny this summer, and she flat out siad, "Well, Jennifer. You've never baby-sat for me."
I mean, how am I suppose to respond to that!!!?? When asked to be a reference, you should just say yes, and act happy to do it for someone, not make them feel bad about trying to get a good job!! O_O
I proceeded to tell her, "I haven't exactly baby-sitted for that many people, so I don't really have any contacts for that..." By now, my heart was just bleeding. She eventually said, yes, but now I'm REALLY hesitant to put her down as a reference. The problem is, I barely know any adults. I am a kid. I tend to only know people my age. Any adults I DO know, I sure as hell don't feel comfortable asking to reference me, PLUS the only adults I DO know are just relatives.
Why can't I just have a dishonest person as a reference. Someone who will lie, and talk me up to be this amazing person. Why can't I know any AWESOME dishonest adults. I would do it for someone else. I mean, I wouldn't go the full extreme and make up that I'm this big-wig CEO, but I would pretend that a girl I knew had baby-sat for my kids and that she was responsible and what not. GAH!!!!! CAN SOMEONE BE DISHONEST FOR ME!!!!?!?!
and I must say, who cares if this is disloyal? I AM a good responsible girl. I wouldn't be poison for the kids I'd watch. I'm just looking for a leg up. That's all. Once, last year when I was applying for a nanny position, I put down that I loved kids. No, I don't exactly love, them, but I don't hate them, and I would definitely watch them responsibly and safely and with fun regardless if I loved the kids or not. THe point is, an ex-friend of mine said, "Jennifer that's really terrible what you're doing!"
She proceeded to inform me that I was a HORRIBLE person for lying about liking kids and that it affects the safety of the kids and that parents deserve better and on and on!!! O_O
Holy hell!!!! Does she not KNOW me??! I feel like I'd make a GREAT nanny. It would help me grow as a person, and I would grow into being a kid lover. I just haven't spent much time with them yet.
What she said, really got to me.... I feel like she was being REALLY rude, talking me down like that.
I AM RESPONSIBLE!!!!!
I asked this person if she'd be a reference for me on my quest to be a nanny this summer, and she flat out siad, "Well, Jennifer. You've never baby-sat for me."
I mean, how am I suppose to respond to that!!!?? When asked to be a reference, you should just say yes, and act happy to do it for someone, not make them feel bad about trying to get a good job!! O_O
I proceeded to tell her, "I haven't exactly baby-sitted for that many people, so I don't really have any contacts for that..." By now, my heart was just bleeding. She eventually said, yes, but now I'm REALLY hesitant to put her down as a reference. The problem is, I barely know any adults. I am a kid. I tend to only know people my age. Any adults I DO know, I sure as hell don't feel comfortable asking to reference me, PLUS the only adults I DO know are just relatives.
Why can't I just have a dishonest person as a reference. Someone who will lie, and talk me up to be this amazing person. Why can't I know any AWESOME dishonest adults. I would do it for someone else. I mean, I wouldn't go the full extreme and make up that I'm this big-wig CEO, but I would pretend that a girl I knew had baby-sat for my kids and that she was responsible and what not. GAH!!!!! CAN SOMEONE BE DISHONEST FOR ME!!!!?!?!
and I must say, who cares if this is disloyal? I AM a good responsible girl. I wouldn't be poison for the kids I'd watch. I'm just looking for a leg up. That's all. Once, last year when I was applying for a nanny position, I put down that I loved kids. No, I don't exactly love, them, but I don't hate them, and I would definitely watch them responsibly and safely and with fun regardless if I loved the kids or not. THe point is, an ex-friend of mine said, "Jennifer that's really terrible what you're doing!"
She proceeded to inform me that I was a HORRIBLE person for lying about liking kids and that it affects the safety of the kids and that parents deserve better and on and on!!! O_O
Holy hell!!!! Does she not KNOW me??! I feel like I'd make a GREAT nanny. It would help me grow as a person, and I would grow into being a kid lover. I just haven't spent much time with them yet.
What she said, really got to me.... I feel like she was being REALLY rude, talking me down like that.
I AM RESPONSIBLE!!!!!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
NERD!
21 Reasons why I’m a nerd, and proud of it!!!
1. I can solve the 3x3, 4x4 AND the 5x5 Rubik’s cube!!!! (and not slowly either…)
2. I have seen every Starwars movie at minimum 5 times. (and at one point I could recite the ending scene of Episode 5 by heart!)
3. I don’t consider this nerdy, cause EVERYONE can say this. I have read all 7 books of Harry Potter several times and have an extensive knowledge of that fantasy world.
4. My favorite book is Ender’s Game. (I’ve reread THAT more times than I could count).
5. I often make up random words when talking.
6. I listen to AMAZING opera arias quite frequently. (more than you’d think).
7. I have had, at minimum, five Lord of the Ring movie marathons.
8. I know prolly around three dozen musicals and know most of the lyrics of at least half of them.
9. My piano teacher told me that the composer that I’m best at playing is Bach. (I have suspicions to believe that’s because his music is very calculated and mathematical… well it is to me!)
10. I played Handbells, and REALLY miss it and want to play more…
11. I had a VERY short-lived harmonica phase.
12. I ADORE the game the Settlers of Catan. (which is NOT a nerdy game!!!!)
13. I randomly CAPITOLIZE words when typing because I feel like it gives my writing character.
14. I give inanimate objects genders, and refer to them as hims and hers, not its.
15. I’ve been told I have an affixation to pirate ships in my ceramic classes.
16. I bring a lucky rabit’s foot to every exam I take. (I think it works!)
17. I used to sit and juggle devil sticks while listening to Beethoven Symphonies for hours.
18. I know the product codes for 206 items at the grocery store I work at. (yes I counted them). (And not all of them are just the lame 4-digit codes, but actually 10-digit plu’s that are on water bottles, softener salt, and soda. AND I’m kinda proud to
admit all this..)
19. I simply LOVE tap dancing!!!!! It’s the coolest kinda dance there is.
20. I’m an engineering major.
21. I think Cirque Du Soleil is CRAZY GOOD!! I bought two of their performances because they are just too AWESOME!!!
and I must say, I don’t even feel like all of these are nerdy. I’m sure you can relate to several of them if not more. If I’M nerdy than we ALL have a nerd somewhere inside of us!
1. I can solve the 3x3, 4x4 AND the 5x5 Rubik’s cube!!!! (and not slowly either…)
2. I have seen every Starwars movie at minimum 5 times. (and at one point I could recite the ending scene of Episode 5 by heart!)
3. I don’t consider this nerdy, cause EVERYONE can say this. I have read all 7 books of Harry Potter several times and have an extensive knowledge of that fantasy world.
4. My favorite book is Ender’s Game. (I’ve reread THAT more times than I could count).
5. I often make up random words when talking.
6. I listen to AMAZING opera arias quite frequently. (more than you’d think).
7. I have had, at minimum, five Lord of the Ring movie marathons.
8. I know prolly around three dozen musicals and know most of the lyrics of at least half of them.
9. My piano teacher told me that the composer that I’m best at playing is Bach. (I have suspicions to believe that’s because his music is very calculated and mathematical… well it is to me!)
10. I played Handbells, and REALLY miss it and want to play more…
11. I had a VERY short-lived harmonica phase.
12. I ADORE the game the Settlers of Catan. (which is NOT a nerdy game!!!!)
13. I randomly CAPITOLIZE words when typing because I feel like it gives my writing character.
14. I give inanimate objects genders, and refer to them as hims and hers, not its.
15. I’ve been told I have an affixation to pirate ships in my ceramic classes.
16. I bring a lucky rabit’s foot to every exam I take. (I think it works!)
17. I used to sit and juggle devil sticks while listening to Beethoven Symphonies for hours.
18. I know the product codes for 206 items at the grocery store I work at. (yes I counted them). (And not all of them are just the lame 4-digit codes, but actually 10-digit plu’s that are on water bottles, softener salt, and soda. AND I’m kinda proud to
admit all this..)
19. I simply LOVE tap dancing!!!!! It’s the coolest kinda dance there is.
20. I’m an engineering major.
21. I think Cirque Du Soleil is CRAZY GOOD!! I bought two of their performances because they are just too AWESOME!!!
and I must say, I don’t even feel like all of these are nerdy. I’m sure you can relate to several of them if not more. If I’M nerdy than we ALL have a nerd somewhere inside of us!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Napkins!
Okay, I know this is really lame, but ALL day I have had a runny nose, and since I'm a pathetic college kid, I took care of this by carrying around a stack of napkins.
I sat through six classes, in which I took napkins and ripped them into small portions and blew my nose as inconspicuously as possible. (All the while feeling like people were judging me...) BUT! I did it none the less, because I would've dripping crap on my notes if I hadn't.
The point of all this? Well, I went to a review session tonight, and I get there a little late and sat in front of my soon to be lab partner. ^_^
I ADORE him, because as it turns out, HE is sick too. AND I watched as he took out this huge wad of napkins and blowed UBBER loud into them!!! Not giving a crap what people around him think (because I gotta say his blow was so loud, people did turn around to peek at him)!!!!
Grin. Thanks, future lab partner for making me not give a crap about appearances. I'm FUGGING sick, and I'm not afraid to cough and blow my nose!!!!!!!!! (with napkins too not to mention!!!!!!)
P.S. Just as a side note, I know me and my brother are very weary of our genes. EVERY morning my dad will come down to the kitchen and blow his nose. My brother and I always made fun of him, because he sounded like a fugging elephant!! But now that we're older, I know that we're both in the same boat. WE DO NOT WANT TO BLOW OUR NOSES LIKE THAT. I hope this isn't genetic. (I'm rather VERY conscious of how I sound when I blow my nose because of my dad...)
NAPKINS SAVED MY LIFE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!
I sat through six classes, in which I took napkins and ripped them into small portions and blew my nose as inconspicuously as possible. (All the while feeling like people were judging me...) BUT! I did it none the less, because I would've dripping crap on my notes if I hadn't.
The point of all this? Well, I went to a review session tonight, and I get there a little late and sat in front of my soon to be lab partner. ^_^
I ADORE him, because as it turns out, HE is sick too. AND I watched as he took out this huge wad of napkins and blowed UBBER loud into them!!! Not giving a crap what people around him think (because I gotta say his blow was so loud, people did turn around to peek at him)!!!!
Grin. Thanks, future lab partner for making me not give a crap about appearances. I'm FUGGING sick, and I'm not afraid to cough and blow my nose!!!!!!!!! (with napkins too not to mention!!!!!!)
P.S. Just as a side note, I know me and my brother are very weary of our genes. EVERY morning my dad will come down to the kitchen and blow his nose. My brother and I always made fun of him, because he sounded like a fugging elephant!! But now that we're older, I know that we're both in the same boat. WE DO NOT WANT TO BLOW OUR NOSES LIKE THAT. I hope this isn't genetic. (I'm rather VERY conscious of how I sound when I blow my nose because of my dad...)
NAPKINS SAVED MY LIFE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!
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