Day 1 ISDS 8350
Written on 1:09 PM by boy141
First day of school! Wait, it should say
First day of school. Yes, that's how tired I was this morning. Last night, I participated in our work's fantasy football. I did decent. I had my laptop out and was decked with Excel spreadsheets. I loaded the roster into my comp the night before and did some stats against it. Unfortunately, I was first to pick in the draft which totally sucks cause the next time I would pick was seat 24. Suxxxxxxxxx. Anyways, I hit on our waitress, got her name (she has a bf, but whatev). I facebook'd her and man-o-man, she's a Ole Miss 9. Love at first sight folks. Love at first sight.
Like I was saying, I was dragging to class. After the draft ended (around 9ish), I stayed late at the office to get some work done. I finished around 12:30ish. I decided to stay at my rent's house which isn't too far away from the office instead of driving to midtown. I got home around 1:15 and took a shower. It was around 1:30 when I was klunked out.
I set my alarm clock to wake me at 7:15. I texted the little sister to find out how long it would take to get to campus from c'ville. She said 45 mins. If I had stayed at my house, it would be about 15 mins. Man, those 30 mins sound so good right now.
The drive to campus is hell. I hate the commute. I have to go the speed limit in cville, then speed at the g-town/memphis border and hop on the interstate to get to campus. Rubbernecking is the worst/stupid event I've experienced. It only takes a handful of people braking to make it look like there is a long ass traffic jam a mile away.
I got to campus around 8:20. Made some good time. Didn't speed or anything. The problem is: there is nowhere to fucking park. Why do people want 8AM classes? It should be illegal on campus to have 8AM classes. The central parking lot was 95% full. I had to park in the boonies. I don't have shit in my car to steal so I was safe. I would use my hacked hangtag to park in the garage, but I have to wait until the university vehicles get their new hangtag. So far, they're using the old one. At least I can get my 1 mile walk out of the way.
So I showed up to class around 8:30. Only me and this one chick was there. She was in my database class that I took under shit-head Lloyd Brooks. Other people started to arrive closer to 9.
Here's a breakdown of my class:
6 or 7 MIS people, 3 marketing folks, 3 management folks.
I guess word is out that MIS at Memphis is shitty easy. Getting into the program is a pain in the ass (more on that later).
Dr. Amini is my prof. He seems really down to earth. Hell, he said "hell" in the first 2 minutes of the class. Yes folks, this will be one hell of a class. He introduced himself for about 20 mins or so. He's done a hell of a lot, but damn- look at this.
Dr. Mehdi Amini, Ph.D.
Professor, Management Science & SCM
Director, Enterprise Simulation & Optimization Lab (eSOL)
Associate Director, FedEx Center for Supply Chain Management
Fogelman College of Business & Economics
The University of Memphis
(901) 678-2479; mamini@memphis.edu
Yeah. That shit is on the first slide of his powerpoint. It reminds me of a certain individual (ie. "SENIOR" Associate Dean Catfish Delvin Hawley, bullshit etc). Oh yeah, forgot to mention he's got stuff about teaching in Sweden. Titles and Titles. I need to become an ordained minister, senator, reverend, representative, el presidente and lawyer to get this title
Mr. Former President for the House of Represenative, Senator, Reverend & Pastor, Dr. T., Esquire, Ph.D., DDS
How ridiculous does that shit sound? That's going to be me one day. Come to think of it, why do pastors and ministers get the "Dr." title? I know they did some shitty work to become a pastor, but can't they get something else that isn't prestigious like Order last name? I had a teacher back at Ole Miss that had a PhD in theology. The department (computer science) and he was total bullshit. I don't give them the title of "Dr." only "Mr./Miss."
After his introduction, we did ours (took an hour). I was very casual with my introduction. I told them I was born and raised in Memphis, my majors in Undergrad, my Masters and why I was in the program. Seriously, I wanted to say "so I can start my work day at 11," but I lied and said some bull along the lines of research.
The rest of the class period (2 hrs) was just lecture. I had to rotate in my chair every 30 mins because my butt bone was stabbing the god awful plastic chairs. They are not for comfort and perfect to keep freshman awake. During break, I walked out of the classroom and towed in a comfy chair from one of the other classrooms. The teacher noticed and made a comment. The rest of the class either thought I was crazy or clever. Be entertained with my presence.
Dr. Amini gave us some homework. One thing about the PhD program that totally sucks is reading 40 pg journal articles. Why the hell does this shit have to be that long? I swear, having it summed down to at least 10 pages would satisfy the overall conclusion. I know it's something I have to get used to, but in all fairness, 10 trees would be saved.
1 week down, 13 to go.
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