Europe: Sweden and Finland, Oh My

Soooo, it's been a while... :)

I apologize! Busy being a college student. :)

So, as you can see from the title, this post is about Europe. (If you got the Wizard of Oz reference...kudos...it's not direct...kind of poorly executed...sorry...lol.)

Why Europe, you ask? Well, I might be taking a class next semester that involves a two-week trip to Sweden and Finland at the end of the semester. :) Sounds sweet, right!?

Only catch, it's $3000 on top of tuition.

But, I am not counting it out because, HELLO, where am I writing from right now? Oh yeah, CHICAGO! And at this point last year, I didn't even know that I was going to even be thinking about leaving Louisiana. Heck, I more worried about finding out who my big sis in Delta Zeta was, and I didn't even know that transferring and leaving the state was on the table.

So, this post is a request for prayer for funds if it's what I'm supposed to do, and for it to be blocked if it's not for me.

This is also a post to document the fact that I'm looking at the possibility of leaving the country for the first time in my 20 years of life. :)

Until next time,
Amber Marie <3

Guess WHAT!?

I have a second group project!! This is going to be fun...NOT!

In other news, I got an A on my psych and law midterm. :)

I had another midterm today, and I turned in a three page paper...

I have a brief break tonight. :)

My aunt is coming to visit this weekend!

I'm also getting a haircut this weekend!

I'm currently catching up on Project Runway...

Okay, this has been a post.

<3 Amber Marie

Why Group Projects Suck!

So it seems that Roosevelt University is a bit obsessed with group projects. One project that I have to do is in my research methods class. Now, I will say that I am really good friends with two of the four people in this group, and it's awesome. But it can be hard if you have some critiques that need to be addressed. So here is a list of reasons why group projects suck:

• Trying to get five people together to meet at one time is IMPOSSIBLE! We have not had a single meeting with all five members at once unless we were already in class.
• People take critiques personally rather than look at the benefits to the paper.
• When four different people try to work on the same paper, it can get kind of hectic.
• Some people don't do any work at all and let the other four do all of the work and still get the same grade as the others.
• Some people do a lot less work than, lets say three of the five, and still get the same grade.
• Emailing papers in the late hours of the night and early hours of the morning can get crazy because you forget to actually attach the paper and have to send another email with the attachment with a stupid little note that says you aren't paying attention to what you are doing.
• I know there are a million other reasons that I just can't think of right now!

So, yeah. In short, they suck.

Until next time,
<3 Amber Marie