I am a dumbass

[athenaltena]

Well, turns out that I'm a month ahead in my philosophy class. And not in a good way.

We're reading about Socrates at the moment in both The Clouds by Aristophanes and Plato's work about Socrates, and one of those readings is Phaedo, an account by Plato of Socrates' last day. I knew that I was scheduled to do a presentation today on the reading for the weekend, so I checked our syllabus and went to Monday the 8th and saw the passage from Phaedo. So yesterday I read it, mark the important parts, and prep for my presentation today.

Well, turns out I did the wrong thing. Somehow I went to the wrong page of the syllabus and did the reading for March 8th, and coincidentally both February and March this year have a Monday that falls on the 8th. I should have been preparing the second part of The Clouds.

I started to think that something was up when I saw that one one else had brought their Phaedo this afternoon, and we eventually figured out what I'd done wrong. But it's not so bad, since because I had the book clearly marked with the passages I was going to reference and had my notes for the presentation I would have done he didn't make any marks against me, and in fact seemed to find the whole thing sort of funny. I'll just have to give this presentation a month from now.

Luckily enough I'd already read through The Clouds all the way and could participate in the discussion in class, but still, Me = Dumb.

(Seriously though, what are the odds that there would be two Monday the 8ths in a row?!)

Comments

[ar-wahan.livejournal.com]

Seriously though, what are the odds that there would be two Monday the 8ths in a row?!)

Three out of every four Februaries . . .

[athenaltena.livejournal.com]

That puts it in a slightly different perspective.

[ar-wahan.livejournal.com]

It's funny -- I just shared your adventure with your dad, and he, too, couldn't figure out why there would be two Monday the 8ths in a row.

I had to point out to him that February is 28 days except in a leap year, when it's 29. That had never occurred to him, either!

Must be genetic. (Not to suggest you are both dumbasses, as that clearly isn't so. Just that our brains work differently.)

[athenaltena.livejournal.com]

It is somewhat counter intuitive, and February is a weird month anyway. At least I'm not the only one who got hung up on that!

[le-section-8.livejournal.com]

Are you sure you didn't transtemporalocate with your future self? Try scanning for tachyons. Use tacks.

And been there, done that, BS'ed my way through it since no one does the readings anyway.

[riverwynne.livejournal.com]

hahaha, it happens. There was a girl in my class last semester who did the reading for a week ahead for about a month.

[comingin2day.livejournal.com]

It happens, when a short month is next to a long month, not always; but it does. And, you still had been prepared because you do not procrastinate on your work assignments, it is a very good trait to be prepared ahead of time. I have that trait and think it is admirable, some say a little controling. smiling.. You need to get out a bit and be wild and frivolous in a manner that is safe. Toga party any time in the future would be a start. don't you think? :) I am just thinking of Socrates and sheets.