Curiosity killed the cat...

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Especially for badafthunter.

A story about my students and one of the reasons why whenever I see Harry Potter mentioning something about Severus Snape being horrible (just this and nothing more), I keep wondering what exactly Severus did.

This term I was a lecturer (the main teacher) for one course and also had a practical class with about 1/3 of the whole year. To get to the exam they had to pass the practical class first and the thing is that I like decision making problems more complicated than that awful schematic version they've got in the coursebook. So we worked on my own assignments and a few others I found in another book. (I was nice and shared with my coworkers for the course so that all the students knew more less what to expect from me).

Well, the students were warned that it wouldn't be a piece of cake to pass it all without some self-practice done. I don't think they believed me at first.

So, here came the final test for the practical class. Seven problems to solve and one hour and 20 minutes to write it all. They didn't have to do all of them if they were satisfied with the lowest passing grade. They knew how much points they could get for each problem, so they just had to calculate how many problems they had to solve in order to pass.

The time passed, I said we were about to end, no one asked for the time extension, so well. The end.

All was well.

Until a few day later it appeared that two terrified students came to my coworker who was responsible for one of the practical class to share their worries about their ability to pass the exam. As it appeared somebody from my group of students told other students in the year that they had had super hard final test with 7 problems to solve within one hour. The panic spread quickly, I suppose.

And then my awesome students discovered a cruel streak in them and announced to the rest of the year (who mostly passed the practical class on barely passing grades) that all of them got 5's and 4's (like A and B in other grading system; 5 is the best), which also wasn't quite true, btw. They mostly got 4's. It must have definitely raise everyone's morale. /sarcasm/

Moral of the story: you'll never scare your students as much as they are capable of doing it themselves. They will create a legend no matter what you'll do or say. Just let them.

P.S. The passing rate from the exam - 76/78. Only two students left for September and 4 more who didn't pass the practical class in June and should attempt to write the final test again.

Discoveries made:

1. My laptop doesn't like any 64bit OS, despite the fact the processor should work with one. The keyboard isn't working, neither is the mouse and it seems to have problems with the display. (Thanks heavens for the existence of Live CDs or more precisely for Live USBs).

2. The laptop doesn't appear to like any Linux-based system, too, although the general reaction to them is much better than to the 64bit OS's. I checked Slax and Lubuntu. The wifi is refusing to work. Sometimes it's connecting, sometimes it isn't. Chances are it would work better with the fully installed version, but I'm not sure if it's worth the hassle.

3. The netbook got Lubuntu. Even if the system is not perfect it still is an improvement in comparison to Windows XP on which it has run. And which should not be deleted lest it refuses to cooperate with LSD projectors I use at work.

4. On a funny note. It appears that Windows XP does have a program for making system backups, however:
- it's not installed by default,
- the installation file is on the Windows XP installation disk only,
- it runs from the command line level,
- it requires a floppy disk (!) to create a full system backup.

5. Pretty sure this computer adventure would earn me more than a surprised "Really? By yourself?!" reaction from our IT guys. No one expects an accounting teacher to know such stuff, especially a female one.

Two for the price of one. Quite old in fact as both were drawn, or maybe painted, a few weeks ago. Both introduce girls. Rating G. Digital work. Original.

( the ladies go here... )

I was trying to be productive... and pretend that I didn't have an artblock orz.

Digital. Rating G. openCanvas. A fanart from Harry Potter series (spoilers for The Deathly Hallows).

( his only companion )

On a funny note. My students have no idea what Slytherin is. I made a joke about it once (I find myself fully justified to make jokes about my being a Slytherin, ok?) and got all of them flabbergasted (worked better than the Confudus charm, I believe). Finally one of them was like "uh, wait, wasn't it from Harry Potter or something?" Clearly they don't know Harry Potter, too. I feel old >.>; (And btw, I still have no idea how they managed not to know the series as each year there is a re-run of all the movies on the TV >.>;)

Rating G. Digital. Fanart: Shingeki no Kyojin.

( catching the light )

The previous one was too depressive, so a few days later (means over one week ago) I drew something more optimistic.

Fandom: Shingeki no Kyojin. Rating: G.

( Keep on Fighting )

And if anybody would be actually interested: I also wrote a SnK fic, involving hints of reincarnation (a crime, I know). The only excuse I have for myself is that I wanted to see if I could describe characters in such a way that people could guess who they were even if their names were never mentioned.

It's Just The Strangest Thing
Gen, rated T, because Levi >.>; (and we all know how he talks), one shot, 11 000+ words.
Summary: It’s not normal to meet a person for the first time in your life and be sure you’ve already met before. Neither is it normal to be in a situation, which you know is completely new to you, but at the same time you are sure you’ve already experienced it. And yet it all happens to Eren; one strange event follows another. The more years pass, the more often in happens.

Definitely not inspired by personal experience >.>;

Inspiration (in way): Hana ga Chiru Sekai. Such a pretty song :3

Rating G. Digital. Portrait-like, semi-realistic.

( Imperfection )

Guess who drew something today instead of working on a paper? orz.
The inspiration. Appears Kanno Yoko rules when it comes to inspirations.

Rating G. 100% digital.

( The Watcher )

The inspiration: "Red Moon" by Kalafina. One of my favourites :3 That being said - my break from drawing was way too long :( I'm kinda losing my touch with it.

Rating G. Somewhat fantasy themed. SAI for a change (but I get the feeling I'm using it in a wrong way XD)

( Red Moon )