Definition of Boredom

I started my mandatory Animal Ethics class today. 1 credit, pass/fail. 9am once/week. If you are tardy (>10 minutes late) you have to sign in on the other clipboard. 4 tardies or more = automatic fail and you have to re-take the class.

Today we covered exciting things like the USDA policy on animal care and what a bunch of acronyms stand for. There's of course a homework assignment where clever people (about 5 of us) fill in the answers on this silly sheet as the instructor says them, while everyone else (about 45 people) takes notes on the outline and I guess does the homework later.

Notable direct quotes of the day...

1. (describing how you fill out lots of applications to try and get research funding)
"You will throw as many poles into the water until you get a hit."

2. (explaining why there are so many definitions in the policies)
"Definitions define definitive terms in the law."