Oops!

I was too tired last night to post you a blog entry. I've now forgotten some of what I was going to write.

I watched a movie in Child development yesterday, it was about the power of suggestion. Given the same task (moving a metal ring around some wire where it would BEEP if you touched it to the wire) half the kids were told it was a knitting task and half were told it was a mechanical task. Equal number of girls and boys in each group. The boys did MUCH worse when told the task was to see if they would be good at knitting. The girls only did a little worse (but still worse) when told it was to see if they were good at mechanical stuff. It was the exact same task, but wow. I found the power of saying what a task is amazing, also the effect it had on girls and boys. No boy really wants to be told he's good at sewing and knitting. He also fully expects that he won't be. A few girls would like to be seen as being good at mechanics, but most expect that they won't be. The kids were about 10-12 years old.

At work I've been given orders to finish up this project I'm working on even faster because they're expecting more work to be coming in. The new projects don't look as difficult though. I've mostly got it down to a format for those. This current project I've been working on for weeks and it still isn't done. I'm trying to create a format for it.

I think I'll live at the library today. Go to class a bit early, study there. After class come home, grab some food and my laptop and go to the library. I'll hang out there for at least 4 hours, maybe more. I'll bring my bike light and a sweater, then I can stay quite late. On the bright side, my professor has moved back the date that my paper for Iran is due. I just have a 5 minute presentation on Monday. But I am scared to even look at my planner, I've got so much going on!