hang in there.  I took advanced data communication also and all our tests were multiple choice.  I found that it was fairly easy to study old tests at a way to prepare for the next one.  at the school I attended, these were provided by the note taking companies near school for a fee.  Anyway, it's a good bet that old questions make their way onto current tests.

As for group projects, I bet you will do well on those.  Having your humor and personality seep through into the final product is a good thing.  Too often group projects are dull and boring and are graded in this way.  I did one on on the advancement of 64 MB chips (yes, I'm that old).  I explained it through espionage in a student made Get Smart episode. No, I wasn't 99.  Anyway, doing that sort of thing, and having fun with it, I can see you'd be good with it.

Bari Jo

Oh! I so hate group class projects! On the last one I did, also an online class, I had one "partner" who wouldn't answer their email. Finally, at the last minute they submitted some third grade level dreck. As self-appointed group leader I refused to accept it.

That's always the problem. A third of people just don't bother at all in my experience. They will just wait for people to do their work for them, and hope that no one calls them out on it to the professor. Even then, I know for a fact some people have been given the same grades as those who put in the work, because the professors are too lazy to bother themselves. (It's a huge problem in online courses I've taken. As bad as some of the students are, the professors are worse. If 33% of students don't even phone it in, a full 75% of professors do the same. They basically act as half assed proctors and get paid for it. I've had maybe 3 or 4 professors that genuinely put time into the online courses, and one of them did more harm than good and tried to rebuild everything from scratch at the last minute resulting in a mess of completely illogical course design and impossible to understand video lectures.)

Quote from: Bari Jo on January 08, 2018, 08:06:16 PM
hang in there.  I took advanced data communication also and all our tests were multiple choice.  I found that it was fairly easy to study old tests at a way to prepare for the next one.  at the school I attended, these were provided by the note taking companies near school for a fee.  Anyway, it's a good bet that old questions make their way onto current tests.

Unfortunately, not really an option for the online courses. :/ Occasionally I'll find some stuff online from previous tests to study off, but it's rare.

So a while back I signed up for some Google scholarship thing, "Grow with Google". Not a real scholarship, but is for some nano-degree stuff on Udacity which Google and other companies like to use for recruitment. I figured why not. Today I got an acceptance to the first part of the program in Android development. I have no idea how many people were accepted, so it might be a meaningless non honor they are just using to hype the course and everyone got in for all I know. Basically though, I now compete with other people accepted for a slot in the "real" program. Worst case scenario, even if it is a bit too good to be true, I shore up my programming with Google made course material. Should be interesting if nothing else.

Quote from: Roll on January 10, 2018, 11:40:40 AM
So a while back I signed up for some Google scholarship thing, "Grow with Google". Not a real scholarship, but is for some nano-degree stuff on Udacity which Google and other companies like to use for recruitment. I figured why not. Today I got an acceptance to the first part of the program in Android development. I have no idea how many people were accepted, so it might be a meaningless non honor they are just using to hype the course and everyone got in for all I know. Basically though, I now compete with other people accepted for a slot in the "real" program. Worst case scenario, even if it is a bit too good to be true, I shore up my programming with Google made course material. Should be interesting if nothing else.

Good for you!

Quote from: Roll on January 10, 2018, 11:40:40 AM
So a while back I signed up for some Google scholarship thing, "Grow with Google". Not a real scholarship, but is for some nano-degree stuff on Udacity which Google and other companies like to use for recruitment. I figured why not. Today I got an acceptance to the first part of the program in Android development. I have no idea how many people were accepted, so it might be a meaningless non honor they are just using to hype the course and everyone got in for all I know. Basically though, I now compete with other people accepted for a slot in the "real" program. Worst case scenario, even if it is a bit too good to be true, I shore up my programming with Google made course material. Should be interesting if nothing else.

That's interesting, I hadn't heard about this before. I might need to look into it myself.

Hi Ellie,

  Well it sure can't hurt learning some more stuff. Let me know when you are ready to teach a smartphone challenged old fool a few things.

Hugs,
  Laurie

Decided to add a profile pic with my glasses on for a change. I have to wear then 24/7 so no glasses sort of felt like lying in a weird way.

The image is below in case this gets read after I change it again, just because why not. Also serves as a pretty good HRT progress picture (not that 23 days is enough for anything to happen, but for future reference).

Quote from: Roll on January 11, 2018, 06:47:18 PM
Decided to add a profile pic with my glasses on for a change. I have to wear then 24/7 so no glasses sort of felt like lying in a weird way.

The image is below in case this gets read after I change it again, just because why not. Also serves as a pretty good HRT progress picture (not that 23 days is enough for anything to happen, but for future reference).

Very pretty roll. You look really cute. I totally love the glasses. You look very smart.

Quote from: Julia1996 on January 11, 2018, 08:03:23 PM
Very pretty roll. You look really cute. I totally love the glasses. You look very smart.

Just wait until I get my pink cat eye frames!

Quote from: Roll on January 11, 2018, 08:15:55 PM
Just wait until I get my pink cat eye frames!

Those sound cool. I like glasses but I don't need them which is lucky because most people with albinism have very bad eyesight. But if I did need glasses I would have a few pairs with different really cute frames. I have several pairs of cute sunglasses.

Quote from: Roll on January 11, 2018, 06:47:18 PM
Decided to add a profile pic with my glasses on for a change. I have to wear then 24/7 so no glasses sort of felt like lying in a weird way.

The image is below in case this gets read after I change it again, just because why not. Also serves as a pretty good HRT progress picture (not that 23 days is enough for anything to happen, but for future reference).

Ahh!!! You're adorable!!!   

Looking forward to seeing the new frames. I've been wanting to pick up a pair of cat-style sunglasses.

  Hi Ellie,

  I saw your new avatar in a viral thread a bit ago. That picture is a really cute picture and those glasses do not detract from it at all. I do want to see those new glasses on you when you get them too.
  I went to that site and configured a pair of sunglasses with my prescription I got Tuesday. They would run me $106.00. I haven't decided if I want to spend that much. I think I will see how my new ones do in the sunlight if I can find some sun around here. They are chromatic so the adjust tint for the lighting.

Hugs,
   Laurie

Just wanted saw your new picture miss, very pretty

Saw the replies first thing after waking up and got warm and fuzzies now, thanks for the ego boost girls.

Omg you are adorkable!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk

Quote from: Roll on January 12, 2018, 07:58:08 AM
Saw the replies first thing after waking up and got warm and fuzzies now, thanks for the ego boost girls.

CRAP! I forgot to head over here when I first saw it. I should have just posted in the thread that I was in. I'm all for thread derailment.

Better late than never. AWESOME profile picture, you look great!

Quote from: Roll on January 11, 2018, 06:47:18 PM
Decided to add a profile pic with my glasses on for a change. I have to wear then 24/7 so no glasses sort of felt like lying in a weird way.

The image is below in case this gets read after I change it again, just because why not. Also serves as a pretty good HRT progress picture (not that 23 days is enough for anything to happen, but for future reference).

I will also say that just looking at that picture I would never label you as trans. Your features are feminine.

So something happened a few days ago I had to process a bit, but felt like mentioning here. I'm still not entirely comfortable with it for some reason, but I'm not quite sure why...

Anyway, I spoke with an old friend I've known online for... god, a very long time now. I know him quite well, and he is one of the nicest, sweetest people I've met online. (Even just saying "sweet" about a male friend is still weird to me, but it's the word my brain wants to use and I'm trusting that.) By happenstance in catching up with him, I saw his profile picture on google+. Now, I've seen what he looks like before, but I never thought anything of it in the slightest. For some reason this time, it set something off in me. I should say I am 99% sure I'm bi or pan, I've mentioned that before, but guys have always been something I thought of in an abstract way, it has never been a specific person, ever. This was different. And it wasn't like he was some random Chris Hemsworth type and it was just some recognition of physical attractiveness, but just knowing the person he is and then connecting it to a face and not just some disembodied voice or line of text... Jesus, I'm sort of fighting with myself to say it even as I type, so I just well. At that moment, I crushed hard. Not on an abstract thought of a guy, but on a specific individual guy. It has largely passed (or at least I repressed it, who knows, apparently I'm good at repression), but the entire thing just has me feeling super weird and uncomfortable with myself, like even just having those ideas for a night (... yeah) were some huge violation.

And I know... I'm a girl who found herself attracted to a guy she knows. Big deal. Happens all the time. And it's not a surprise to me that I am attracted to guys in the slightest. So why is it bothering me so much?

Quote from: Roll on January 13, 2018, 02:48:29 PM
So something happened a few days ago I had to process a bit, but felt like mentioning here. I'm still not entirely comfortable with it for some reason, but I'm not quite sure why...

Anyway, I spoke with an old friend I've known online for... god, a very long time now. I know him quite well, and he is one of the nicest, sweetest people I've met online. (Even just saying "sweet" about a male friend is still weird to me, but it's the word my brain wants to use and I'm trusting that.) By happenstance in catching up with him, I saw his profile picture on google+. Now, I've seen what he looks like before, but I never thought anything of it in the slightest. For some reason this time, it set something off in me. I should say I am 99% sure I'm bi or pan, I've mentioned that before, but guys have always been something I thought of in an abstract way, it has never been a specific person, ever. This was different. And it wasn't like he was some random Chris Hemsworth type and it was just some recognition of physical attractiveness, but just knowing the person he is and then connecting it to a face and not just some disembodied voice or line of text... Jesus, I'm sort of fighting with myself to say it even as I type, so I just well. At that moment, I crushed hard. Not on an abstract thought of a guy, but on a specific individual guy. It has largely passed (or at least I repressed it, who knows, apparently I'm good at repression), but the entire thing just has me feeling super weird and uncomfortable with myself, like even just having those ideas for a night (... yeah) were some huge violation.

And I know... I'm a girl who found herself attracted to a guy she knows. Big deal. Happens all the time. And it's not a surprise to me that I am attracted to guys in the slightest. So why is it bothering me so much?

WHAT IF?

Okay, so "E" effects our body's changes and directs certain things to happen.  Why, because the female of our species promotes or continues the species.  What if, part of the "E" impact is a very subtle sub-conscious push for continuing of the species?  This may have been discussed elsewhere on the site, if so, I apologize.

Anyway, I have read a few comments where our transsisters preferred females when they started out but over the course of treatment either switched or started to include both.  Thoughts?