Alex's Alliterative Adventures

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Geek-only privileges

The professor that I was supposed to meet this afternoon wasn’t in his office when I arrived, so I did what seemed appropriate given the situation: I knocked on doors and bugged people until someone helped me out. One of these people was a professor that teaches a mobile graphics course here at Lund. (For those of you who aren’t aware, I’ve spent 8 of the past 12 months working for a mobile gaming company, which involved a lot of work with mobile graphics). Unfortunately, this course has a prerequisite graphics course which I haven’t yet taken. He suggested that I should take his course, and that he would waive the requirements and do his best to make sure I don’t fail like Napoleon. I’ve never been invited into a course before.  I feel all warm and geeky inside. The only hard part is going to be convincing waterloo to let me learn things, instead of just stagnating.  We shall see.

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  1. Grandma August 24th, 2006 1:50 pm

    He wasn’t in his office when he arrived – This reads like a comedy line I thought that all profs did their best to ensure that their students did not fail You did not expect to learn things at university did you? I thought it was to teach you social skills which you cannot develop while sitting in front of a computer

  2. Alex August 24th, 2006 2:42 pm

    Typo? What typo?

    You make a very good point, which is why I decided it was time for Sweden. Unfortunately, I can only go so long without sleep, so tonight shall be a night of rest.

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