Ding Dong the Week is Dead

Yippee!

Today I had a student named Mika. One of the students I get semi-regularly is named Naomi. And although I've never seen her, there's also a student named Tobita--that's the family name, of course.

No sign of a Kumi. (Kate says she's met one, though.)

Another one of my students is in university studying computing, and in his 4th year he has to choose some sort of specialization. He wants to specialize in programming, but there are only a handful of spaces in that program for his year. And guess how the profs choose who gets to go into what specialization?

The students are gathered into a big room. They fill out forms listing their preferences. The profs figure out who wants what, and if too many students want into too small of a program, they gather that group of students together and...

Jan - Ken - Poi !

Otherwise known as rock-scissors-paper.

Helluvaway to decide your academic fate.