Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Pressure

I got this email on Monday:  "In order for Dr. Flowers to count the expired courses, you will need to take an exam to verify that you are "current" in the material.  I would propose a section on advanced statistics, a section on simulation, and a section on queueing.  I assume that you are Ok with this, right? the alternative would be for you to take the classes again.  Just let me know and I will arrange." 

So, I have a little more pressure added to my plate.  Dr. Maghsoodloo will do advanced statistics and I've spoken with him.  He'll give me some topics to study and a short take home test.  I can do that.  Dr. Smith will do simulation and he'll also give me a take home test of some sort.  I can do that.  I think Dr. Gue will do the queuing section and I'm a little bit concerned about that.  I haven't spoken with him yet so I don't know what to expect from him.  Hopefully, he'll also let me do something take home, but Dr. Smith suggested that Dr. Gue likes oral exams...that would really be hard for me.  And, they never teach Queuing Theory anymore except in the math department.

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