So this semester is supposed to be the second (and final) semester for our CWTS, right, but we haven't really been working on it, because, well, our CWTS is really rather boring (either administrative office tasks or spending time at the NIP Library doing nothing at all), and the fact that the coordinators are rather ineffective, too. Seeing as how the semester has only two months or so, left, we finally got around to worrying about it again, and a few of us managed to snag a translation job that we can do at home and will be credited with an equivalent number of CWTS hours.
Basically we're translating problems and solutions from the National Italian Physics Olympiad. They have a good archive online, but entirely in Italian. So far, it's been surprisingly enjoyable. I'm guessing it's because the part-time job (cranking out search engine optimization content, website filler, etc.) has upped my tolerance to drudgery. And this translation gig actually makes sense, and is going to be useful for my adviser - he'll be training the Philippine contestants for the next International Physics Olympiad this summer, and these problems should come in handy.
I'm about 60% done with 2003's Theory Test and its solutions, might post it up somewhere just for kicks when I'm finished with it. For now though I guess I'll get some more work done on other schoolwork things. The past few days haven't exactly been productive. Bye, blog, for now.
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