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unforth ([personal profile] unforth) wrote2008-12-04 01:58 pm
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omfg

So the reason I packed so early was because of a major work assignment which is due tomorrow. However, we've been in limbo - the city hasn't gotten us the data we need - test scores on science for 4th and 8th grade students of participating teachers in a program.

I just received a file containing the data for 53,070 students (many not in our program). I have to parse it and analyze it by tomorrow morning.

I'm too numb to be overwhelmed.
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[identity profile] unforth.livejournal.com 2008-12-05 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
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[identity profile] galiyah.livejournal.com 2008-12-04 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Egads. No chance of extending the deadline? Wishing you lots of luck.

[identity profile] unforth.livejournal.com 2008-12-05 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
The deadline has already been pushed back repeatedly - it was originally 8/31! The hold up isn't our fault, though, it's because of the ridiculous confidentiality rules in the NYCDOE.

[identity profile] unforth.livejournal.com 2008-12-07 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Not my best work...but not my worst...Now there's nothin' to it but see if the State accepts our data.

[identity profile] ultimabaka.livejournal.com 2008-12-05 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
Is that all? You'll be fine.

[identity profile] unforth.livejournal.com 2008-12-05 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah - but the cost was the quality of my work. With more time, I could have done so much more. Technically, what I as supposed to do was impossible with the amount of time I ended up having. Literally impossible.

[identity profile] bakanekotoo.livejournal.com 2008-12-05 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, that sucks :-( Good luck!

[identity profile] unforth.livejournal.com 2008-12-05 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I managed to finish early enough to get sleep. Which is good, since I'm moving today...

[identity profile] sapphohestia.livejournal.com 2008-12-05 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, that totally sucks. Frackin' clients.

[identity profile] unforth.livejournal.com 2008-12-05 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
In this instance, not the clients fault, actually. She's done everything she can and then some (she's a total workaholic, very competent). Indeed, I have the tragic sense that on an individual level, no one person was to blame for this mess - everyone seems to have been doing the best they could in the constraints of a busted-ass system. And as a result, I got the data I needed at 5:15 PM the day before the (already extended) due date even though they literally had months of warning.

Okay, maybe someone is to blame. Frackin' New York City Department of Education.

[identity profile] guiniveve.livejournal.com 2008-12-06 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I was wondering how the grant writing business was going with the economy tanking. Hope all is well.

[identity profile] unforth.livejournal.com 2008-12-07 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Relatively well, for now - but the future is rather indefinite and scary.
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