psychoswim Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 I know your pain. Just keep chugging away and eventually you'll get back to being normal size! I busted my right knee 2 XC seasons ago and was basically unable to do anything involving my lower body other than biking for 8 months (and gimping around on my good leg). After 6 months of trying to build back up, my right quad is still only about 2/3 of the size of my left. I'm trying to do a one legged squat on it every time I go down the stairs at home to speed things up. *sigh* You'll get it back!! My first 2 surgeries it took me around 5-6 months to get back to close to max strength on most exercises, but that was with strengthening starting very soon after surgery. I have 2 more weeks of nothing, then 4 weeks of no resistance. I think I'll go mad!! Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm88 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 You'll get it back!! My first 2 surgeries it took me around 5-6 months to get back to close to max strength on most exercises, but that was with strengthening starting very soon after surgery. I have 2 more weeks of nothing, then 4 weeks of no resistance. I think I'll go mad!! Haha Thanks for the encouragement Michelle! The job hunt has begun. Went to an interview today where the guy told me that he needs experienced waitresses and I "should be doing much better things than this anyway". Since when is it so hard to get a job waiting tables?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Just finished watching Glee... :eek: :eek:!!!! And the next episode is an MJ tribute! I actually watched an episode before you did? What?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Good: Getting a free lunch and dinner. Bad: Having the lunch and dinner both be Pizza Pizza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clever Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Good: Getting a free lunch and dinner.Bad: Having the lunch and dinner both be Pizza Pizza. You mean Good and Good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leap87 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Good: Getting a free lunch and dinner.Bad: Having the lunch and dinner both be Pizza Pizza. Hahaha... story of my life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurepediatric Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Good: Getting a free lunch and dinner.Bad: Having the lunch and dinner both be Pizza Pizza. What kind of pizza?! I'm craving a deluxe pizza right now hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm88 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Lol, did you mention that you will be attending med school in the fall?? Because I imagine that would intimidate most managers. I generally give out a very bare bones version of my resume for jobs like that. I only include relevant employment experience, and take out anything related to research, GPA, and volunteering. Nope. Didn't mention that part. I have an inkling as to what part of the problem is though - I have only one former employer and it was the military. People look at it and go: I think the other thing might be looks. Certain restaurants only hire very attractive wait staff. I think I should start looking at lower end stuff and potentially fast food. Mid-range and fine dining probably isn't going to work out for an average joe who's never waited tables in their life. Good: Getting a free lunch and dinner.Bad: Having the lunch and dinner both be Pizza Pizza. Omnomnom. I want! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 What kind of pizza?!I'm craving a deluxe pizza right now hehe Lunch was Hawaiian. Dinner is super (I think that's what it's called). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 You mean Good and Good!Nah. The cafe at school makes better pizza than Pizza Pizza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithril Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Had my best sleep last night since the incident thanks to this new brace. Also the crepitus in my arm seems to have stopped which I'm hoping is a good sign. Now to catch up on school... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerena Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Nah. The cafe at school makes better pizza than Pizza Pizza. Mmmhmm. A mediocre pizza is a mediocre pizza, let's get that straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm88 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Mmmhmm.A mediocre pizza is a mediocre pizza, let's get that straight. awwww. any pizza is a good one! how can anything covered in delicious melted cheese be anything less than awesome?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey_whiz Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 is there anyone really artistic/ good with designing stuff? graphic designs? PM me pls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerena Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 awwww. any pizza is a good one! how can anything covered in delicious melted cheese be anything less than awesome?! Hmm... this brings up an interesting point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 sorry, not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 is there anyone really artistic/ good with designing stuff? graphic designs? PM me pls! Mithril is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Mmmhmm.A mediocre pizza is a mediocre pizza, let's get that straight. +1 10char Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<abstract> Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Nope. Didn't mention that part. I have an inkling as to what part of the problem is though - I have only one former employer and it was the military. People look at it and go: I think the other thing might be looks. Certain restaurants only hire very attractive wait staff. I think I should start looking at lower end stuff and potentially fast food. Mid-range and fine dining probably isn't going to work out for an average joe who's never waited tables in their life. Omnomnom. I want! Wait.. why do you want a job as a hostess? As for looks.. you can always get an injuction from the human rights tribunal. that should be fun. Usually jobs like that are relatively easy to come by.. where I live anyways... Why not try a chain restaurant like Kelsey's , Boston Pizza.. ect.. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm88 Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Wait.. why do you want a job as a hostess? As for looks.. you can always get an injuction from the human rights tribunal. that should be fun. Usually jobs like that are relatively easy to come by.. where I live anyways... Why not try a chain restaurant like Kelsey's ' date=' Boston Pizza.. ect.. Good luck[/quote'] Thanks! I have nothing to do till June/July so I'm finding something to keep myself busy with. No engineering firm will hire you for less than a year, it would take more time to train me than the time I would be there, haha. So menial, minimal brain function required jobs it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<abstract> Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Thanks! I have nothing to do till June/July so I'm finding something to keep myself busy with. No engineering firm will hire you for less than a year, it would take more time to train me than the time I would be there, haha. So menial, minimal brain function required jobs it is! Thats good to know.. I hope my coop pays off for engineering if i end up doing a gap year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Curious what people think about this. If you came across an exam where 40% of those who took it failed and 81% had a mark that was less than 60% would you think this was an exam written to try and fail people? No I didn't fail and yea I was higher than 60% but seeing those stats gives me a serious vibe that this exam was meant to try and fail people or redistribute marks. If my 8 exams I've written so far this year, and with exception of this exam, the next highest fail rate was 20.5%. All others were less than 10%. Seems fishy to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leap87 Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 What course was this (if you don't mind me asking)? Curious what people think about this. If you came across an exam where 40% of those who took it failed and 81% had a mark that was less than 60% would you think this was an exam written to try and fail people? No I didn't fail and yea I was higher than 60% but seeing those stats gives me a serious vibe that this exam was meant to try and fail people or redistribute marks. If my 8 exams I've written so far this year, and with exception of this exam, the next highest fail rate was 20.5%. All others were less than 10%. Seems fishy to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 What course was this (if you don't mind me asking)? Foundations of Health Studies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<abstract> Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Curious what people think about this. If you came across an exam where 40% of those who took it failed and 81% had a mark that was less than 60% would you think this was an exam written to try and fail people? No I didn't fail and yea I was higher than 60% but seeing those stats gives me a serious vibe that this exam was meant to try and fail people or redistribute marks. If my 8 exams I've written so far this year, and with exception of this exam, the next highest fail rate was 20.5%. All others were less than 10%. Seems fishy to me. Sounds like my organic chemistry II class... I think the class average was a D (so between 50-55%)... I know for a fact that of the 5 friends I know who took the course, 3 failed, one got a D, another got an A (jeolous;) - he is a certified genius.. lol ) and I got a B+.. I was just happy to escape my last weed out class with a gpa relatively intact. As for my friends. well lets just say that 3 of them for sure are evaluating whether they want to go into med.. So i would agree that some courses/ exams are set up to bring down the average of the class. Some profs don't like it when a lot of students do well in their class - personally I think doing well means your a good teacher.. Compare this with fluid mechanics - supposedly one of the harder courses in engineering - the class average was a B and the prof did a wonderful job at explaining the material it was rather a pleasure to attend that class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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