Cwawawah

[Kant]

I've been drinking 40's of Colt 45 pretty much every 3 nights and I've been holding a 3.66 GPA and my place on the deans list. To add to that, a pair of my classes are meant for juniors.

YEAH, WHAT, SUCK IT!

[Kant]

Jesus, Kant.

:nonono:

Yeah
what
suck it.

[Jenius]

Kant, you really don't have anything to brag about.

But that never stopped you in the past.

Dear pot...

[Kant]

Kant, you really don't have anything to brag about.

But that never stopped you in the past.

Dear pot...

eh. I'm an arrogant dick, what can I say.

[good news]

To add to that, a pair of my classes are meant for juniors.

YEAH, WHAT, SUCK IT!

Kant, that's not impressive. Aside from the fact that usually upper-level classes are easier, in some ways, than lower-level classes, if they're only "meant" for juniors then it doesn't really matter at all. I'm in my second year but 3/5 classes are 400 level and the other two are 300 level. I have four more classes to take to be done with the two majors I've currently declared. What am I going to do for two more years ♥♥♥♥.

[Kant]

Kant, that's not impressive. Aside from the fact that usually upper-level classes are easier, in some ways, than lower-level classes, if they're only "meant" for juniors then it doesn't really matter at all. I'm in my second year but 3/5 classes are 400 level and the other two are 300 level. I have four more classes to take to be done with the two majors I've currently declared. What am I going to do for two more years ♥♥♥♥.

Actually the classes are rather hard in that they're balls-to-the-wall boring and we get assigned roughly 1 book a week.

[good news]

^not bragging, trying to put kant in his place.

[good news]

Actually the classes are rather hard in that they're balls-to-the-wall boring and we get assigned roughly 1 book a week.

What are the classes? What are you reading? I'm taking a 20th century german/european intellectual history class with basically that reading load.

[Kant]

What are the classes? What are you reading? I'm taking a 20th century german/european intellectual history class with basically that reading load.

French Post WW2 history and Cuban American relations. it's like 20 books just for those 2 classes.

[Jenius]

^not bragging, trying to put kant in his place.

He's bragging about a gpa of 3.66. That's like, mediocre at best. If you're planning on grad school and your major isn't engineering of somesort you're going to run into issues if you're not at least 3.8 and even that's kinda low.

My Gpa is like 3.98 (one of my teachers hosed me and gave me an 3.7 because his weird grading scaled weighted things in an odd way when I had 94% in the class, but other than him I've been straight 4.0).

[Keeper]

He's bragging about a gpa of 3.66. That's like, mediocre at best. If you're planning on grad school and your major isn't engineering of somesort you're going to run into issues if you're not at least 3.8 and even that's kinda low.

My Gpa is like 3.98 (one of my teachers hosed me and gave me an 3.7 because his weird grading scaled weighted things in an odd way when I had 94% in the class, but other than him I've been straight 4.0).

But you aren't drinking regularly.

[notallama]

the first year program for artsy people in my school is like, 50 books.
and then for the exam, they have 3 profs you have never met, and they each read you a paragraph or two from one of the books and ask you questions about it.

i avoided this by taking cs.

[Kant]

He's bragging about a gpa of 3.66. That's like, mediocre at best. If you're planning on grad school and your major isn't engineering of somesort you're going to run into issues if you're not at least 3.8 and even that's kinda low.

My Gpa is like 3.98 (one of my teachers hosed me and gave me an 3.7 because his weird grading scaled weighted things in an odd way when I had 94% in the class, but other than him I've been straight 4.0).

The problem was I overshot myself and took Arabic 1st sem, and Arabic was right after International Relations and right before College Writing, so not only was it a difficult course, it was also in the middle of a 6 hour fiesta of academics.

That and my CSW teacher gave me an A- for saying that since America elects it's executive and legislative branches, we're a democracy.

[good news]

you took college writing?

[Jenius]

But you aren't drinking regularly.

There's plenty of time to do that on the weekend. Some of my (major) scholarships are gpa based, so I don't have a free ride if I suck at school. Plus I want grad school as an option, though who knows if I'll actually decide to go through with it. Chem E's make so much money and are in high demand that especially in a recession I'll be comparatively rich even with just a 4 year.

[Jenius]

The problem was I overshot myself and took Arabic 1st sem, and Arabic was right after International Relations and right before College Writing, so not only was it a difficult course, it was also in the middle of a 6 hour fiesta of academics.

That and my CSW teacher gave me an A- for saying that since America elects it's executive and legislative branches, we're a democracy.

I think there's a word for electing people that represent you but on a certain level after their election you don't get much of a say so in what happens. I'm completely spacing on it though.

[good news]

aren't we a representative democracy? aren't you the polisci major?

edit: kant, not jenius.

[Kant]

I think there's a word for electing people that represent you but on a certain level after their election you don't get much of a say so in what happens. I'm completely spacing on it though.

It's arguing semantics to say that Representative Democracy is massively different from democracy, when you consider that Representative Democracy is the only way you'll get a democratic system on a national level, especially in a country this large. The teacher said that we are not a democracy, I argued that if you only count 'true democracies' then the word has no meaning, because it then only applies to a couple of ancient city-states and local legislature.

[Jenius]

I was going for Constitutional Republic but I think that one works too.

It's not a semantical difference. There's a huge difference between voting on people who make decisions for you and voting for the decisions. Shouldn't a Poly Sci major know this?

[Keeper]

There's plenty of time to do that on the weekend. Some of my (major) scholarships are gpa based, so I don't have a free ride if I suck at school. Plus I want grad school as an option, though who knows if I'll actually decide to go through with it. Chem E's make so much money and are in high demand that especially in a recession I'll be comparatively rich even with just a 4 year.

What I'm saying is you are a MASSIVE tool.

Good grades are wonderful, but they can only get you so far if you are an insufferable self-absorbed twat.

[good news]

You're aware that we really don't have any say, and that all political decisions are based on economic elites keeping power, right?

Also, the majority of my classes this semester are self-graded. ha.

[Kant]

I was going for Constitutional Republic but I think that one works too.

It's still the same argument, though. A republic is as close you can get to a democratic system in reality. Even Athens, which the teacher argued was a true democracy, only let male freedmen vote.

[Kant]

You're aware that we really don't have any say, and that all political decisions are based on economic elites keeping power, right?

That's true in any system, though. In communism, you're ruled over by the politicians, who control the private sector and other forms of life. In a democracy, you're ruled over by both capitalists and politicians, who have some cross over. When you have fewer regulations and few anti-corruption laws, then you're generally ruled over by capitalists.

All countries have an elite. That's a part of the natural inequality of human beings.

[Kant]

The Cold War is over, you lost, bro.

d

[good news]

The Cold War is over, you lost, bro.

This is totally irrelevant to anything I've said.

[Jenius]

What I'm saying is you are a MASSIVE tool.

Good grades are wonderful, but they can only get you so far if you are an insufferable self-absorbed twat.
How does not drinking regularly make me a twat? I'm sorry I can't have a conversation about how wasted I was last night at the start of class but I'm kinda busy paying attention to a teacher that I'm paying (well the school's paying for me) large sums of money to have.

[good news]

All countries have an elite. That's a part of the natural inequality of human beings.

This is why I hate polisci/econ majors.

WAY TO INTERNALIZE IDEOLOGICAL DISCOURSE AND FAIL TO REALIZE THAT IDEOLOGIES ARE IMAGINARY RELATIONSHIPS TO REAL MATERIAL CONDITIONS

[Jenius]

It's still the same argument, though. A republic is as close you can get to a democratic system in reality. Even Athens, which the teacher argued was a true democracy, only let male freedmen vote.

It doesn't matter that a true democracy isn't really feasible, what matters to your teacher is that you understand that a representative democracy is merely the best alternative to a true democracy we could think of that would actually work on a large scale system. It doesn't at all mean it's the same thing, it's more a compromise.

[Kant]

It doesn't matter that a true democracy isn't really feasible, what matters to your teacher is that you understand that a representative democracy is merely the best alternative to a true democracy we could think of that would actually work on a large scale system. It doesn't at all mean it's the same thing, it's more a compromise.

You're misundertanding what occurred.

My teacher said we are a fascist government.

That's what he said.

[Keeper]

It's funny because no one's changed at all!

[Kant]

This is why I hate polisci/econ majors.

WAY TO INTERNALIZE IDEOLOGICAL DISCOURSE AND FAIL TO REALIZE THAT IDEOLOGIES ARE IMAGINARY RELATIONSHIPS TO REAL MATERIAL CONDITIONS

Are you saying that each and every human being is born equally intelligent, attractive, and charismatic?

[good news]

How does not drinking regularly make me a twat? I'm sorry I can't have a conversation about how wasted I was last night at the start of class but I'm kinda busy paying attention to a teacher that I'm paying (well the school's paying for me) large sums of money to have.

I kind of do it in the reverse. when I'm drunk or on drugs I start talking about what I'm learning in class.

"GUYS THERE'S NO ESSENTIAL SELF *HICCUP*"

[Kant]

So how's NYU treating you?

SUNY purchase, I basically only applied to state schools because my sister was anorexic during senior year, so my parents really had no say in where I applied, and I went to the school with the highest SAT score and the farthest away.

It actually has some pretty good teachers, but the CSW's are either insane or boring as ♥♥♥♥.

[good news]

Are you saying that each and every human being is born equally intelligent, attractive, and charismatic?

No, I'm saying that our conceptions of intelligence, attractiveness, and charisma are culturally constructed and not the essential "thing-in-itself" (to use the terminology of yr namesake)

[Keeper]

How does not drinking regularly make me a twat? I'm sorry I can't have a conversation about how wasted I was last night at the start of class but I'm kinda busy paying attention to a teacher that I'm paying (well the school's paying for me) large sums of money to have.

No, I mean every post you make about your GPA and college and how much you totally rock and no one else has anything to be proud of hth.

[Kant]

No, I'm saying that our conceptions of intelligence, attractiveness, and charisma are culturally constructed and not essential things in themselves.

We are social animals with some degree of individuality. Because of this, and because we've evolved so that each of us is different, that means that some of us are better than others at some things. That's true of any species that breeds sexually. Yes, charisma, attractiveness and intelligence are culturally constructed (man that sounds pretentious), but, besides attractiveness, if you're smart enough you'll be able to work within the cultural constructs.

[Jenius]

I kind of do it in the reverse. when I'm drunk or on drugs I start talking about what I'm learning in class.

"GUYS THERE'S NO ESSENTIAL SELF *HICCUP*"

I really wonder what's up with that though. Do people really think the fact that they were drunk (or rater "sooooo drunk") last night is a fascinating conversation piece? I mean at the very least they could talk about what happened at the party/whatever rather than constantly rephrase their level of intoxication.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQCkNo0qfgY

[notallama]

i don't drink at all and i have a 3.32 gpa.

maybe i'll do better this semester. probably not, though. i'm expecting to get a c or d in one of my classes. (oral and written communication skills. i don't understand their marking criteria at all.)

i find that getting a- is pretty much no effort at all in most classes, but getting higher than that is a ton of work.
and there's always at least one class i suck at. last term it was linear algebra (i suck at basic arithmatic, and diagonalizing matrices takes a lot of it)

[Jenius]

No, I mean every post you make about your GPA and college and how much you totally rock and no one else has anything to be proud of hth.
I'm sorry I've been posting in college/life related threads.

[good news]

We are social animals with some degree of individuality. Because of this, and because we've evolved so that each of us is different, that means that some of us are better than others at some things. That's true of any species that breeds sexually. Yes, charisma, attractiveness and intelligence are culturally constructed (man that sounds pretentious), but, besides attractiveness, if you're smart enough you'll be able to work within the cultural constructs.

The point about cultural constructions is that they aren't essential/"natural," read: it doesn't have to be that way.

Also we are a fascist government, which I managed to miss the first time around. This is more personal paranoia than the previous facts I have used.

[Jenius]

last term it was linear algebra (i suck at basic arithmatic, and diagonalizing matrices takes a lot of it)

Did you like the class though? I thought the proofs could be pretty fun, especially the one deriving the fibb sequence.

[Kant]

I really wonder what's up with that though. Do people really think the fact that they were drunk (or rater "sooooo drunk") last night is a fascinating conversation piece? I mean at the very least they could talk about what happened at the party/whatever rather than constantly rephrase their level of intoxication.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQCkNo0qfgY

Generally the people who act like that haven't drank/smoked enough. You can always tell someone who hasn't done drugs or drank often because, by that point in time, they'll have been heavily affected by the media's portrayal of how people act high/drunk (MANNNNN IM SOOOO HIGHHHH RIGHT NOW). The fact is that mind-over-matter applies very heavily when you're intoxicated, so if you think that you become a dick when drunk, or if you think that drunk people only talk about how drunk they are, that's what happens.

[Kant]

High ♥♥♥♥ five to whoever changed the thread title.

<-----

[Kant]

And so it begins

[notallama]

Did you like the class though? I thought the proofs could be pretty fun, especially the one deriving the fibb sequence.
yeah, it's pretty fun. i'm taking the second part now as an elective.

and we didn't do the fibb sequence in that class, but i went and figured it out with what i learned anyway.

the proofs are all so short and nice. it makes me happy.

if it was all proofs, i'd probably do much better in the class. damn numbers, interfering with my math.

[good news]

I think the appropriate spelling is "colege"

[Jenius]

yeah, it's pretty fun. i'm taking the second part now as an elective.

and we didn't do the fibb sequence in that class, but i went and figured it out with what i learned anyway.

the proofs are all so short and nice. it makes me happy.

if it was all proofs, i'd probably do much better in the class. damn numbers, interfering with my math.

Yeah I loved the class because of how simplistic and elegant it was. Though it always suck if you made one minor math error in some row reductions or whatever because you basically throw off the entire problem.

Algebra is hard guys I swear.

[Kant]

čõļļēğē

[Jenius]

Hey guys misspelling college is humorous because its a word talking about higher education. I am so clever for coming to this realization and implementing it.

[Jenius]

I'm just trying to bring the Source back, where the jokes are as shitty as the posters.

[Kant]

I'm just trying to bring the Source back, where the jokes are as shitty as the posters.

Cute

[good news]

Holy shit 3.8 is what you ♥♥♥♥ers are aiming for for grad school? I think our Valedictorian last year had a 3.8.

Its crazy though how here how most people I talk to have relatively low GPA's. Seriously I know maybe a handful of people who have over a 3.6. Most people are hovering around a 3.0 here. And we only take like four classes a semester.

Maybe I'm just aiming relatively low. But I feel like the GPA at this school is kind of low.

I don't think they're in the liberal arts. Numbers mean things for them.

edit:
the only person I know who has a 4.0 in college shot up a speedball in front of me a few days ago.

[Jenius]

Holy shit 3.8 is what you ♥♥♥♥ers are aiming for for grad school? I think our Valedictorian last year had a 3.8.

Its crazy though how here how most people I talk to have relatively low GPA's. Seriously I know maybe a handful of people who have over a 3.6. Most people are hovering around a 3.0 here. And we only take like four classes a semester.

Maybe I'm just aiming relatively low. But I feel like the GPA at this school is kind of low.

It prolly varies from school to school. I've had a lot of classes where the cutoff for 4.0 was something ridiculous like 91 or 90. We actually have good profs and stuff here, it's just that grade inflation is massive. Course, in my major I've still had like half the class flunk out a couple of times so I guess it doesn't matter how low you set the bar.

Edit: Real classes like O chem and such have the regular 95 or so % cutoff, but it's pretty hard not get get above 3.5 with any effort at all your freshman year.

[Kant]

Holy shit 3.8 is what you ♥♥♥♥ers are aiming for for grad school? I think our Valedictorian last year had a 3.8.

Its crazy though how here how most people I talk to have relatively low GPA's. Seriously I know maybe a handful of people who have over a 3.6. Most people are hovering around a 3.0 here. And we only take like four classes a semester.

Maybe I'm just aiming relatively low. But I feel like the GPA at this school is kind of low.

How's Vassar.

[good news]

You're such a weirdo to me dan. You're a "liberal arts" kid but you're at a state school.

Me, I'm sitting in the kitchen of my house, which happens to be a vegeterian co-op art house, while my friend makes guacamole from organic produce. I'm typing away on my mac book while listening to Tim by The Replacements on my record player. We're sharing it with a white girl who has dred-locks.

Slops:
Major Label album by the Replacements
Bought it at Best Buy

Honestly, though- umich has really good liberal arts- you just gotta search for it. I'm in a program, the residential college, that's basically a small college inside the university
It's kind of a nice thing, because there are graduate programs for shit like comparative literature and you can take grad classes as an undergrad- also the professors are serious practicing academics who are here because it's a research university- I'm not sure how that works at a small college like yours.
But next year I'm moving into a sex-positive vegan co-op, all of my friends are lesbians, my dorm uses all organic, locally grown produce and meat and eggs, two of my classes are self-graded and the professor's daughter won't stop texting me and all of my classes are dedicated to deconstructing essentialist, metaphysically violent thought.

Also I don't know anybody in sororities and all of my friends and I are like actually, objectively cool and not just like "quirky" hippies.

Also the colleges I wanted to go to decided that I didn't need any financial aid when they cost 50K a year.

[Psion]

It scares me of how big of a gap (mostly related to age and college and shit) I feel between me and the rest of TS, and that that gap is smaller than I think.

[Tee See Em]

It scares me of how big of a gap (mostly related to age and college and shit) I feel between me and the rest of TS, and that that gap is smaller than I think.
How old are you, again?

[Kant]

I'm transferring out of this school next year. I don't want to have to do grad school shit, and I'm thinking I apply for Foreign Service at the end of my senior year. If that doesn't work out (and it won't), I'll get my diploma through peace corp.

[Psion]

How old are you, again?

15.

Also, Kant: you go to college where my parents went to college. :V

[good news]

where does kant go to school?

[Psion]

SUNY Purchase, I think.

[Kant]

SUNY Purchase, I think.

D=

[notallama]

holy shit stats sucks.
this class is an insult to my intelligence. (and everyone else's who has to take it)

seriously. you need either calc 1 or some first year stats class as a prereq, and they're asking us stuff like "what is 1/(2^2)? alright, now what's 1/(3^2)?"

and it's a required class for cs. :/

[good news]

what is cs?

[Psion]

Computer Science?

or Counter-Strike, I guess.

[notallama]

computer science.

[Kant]

Computer Science?

or Counter-Strike, I guess.

Counter Strike.

He majored in Counter Strike.

[Psion]

computer science.

He majored in Counter Strike.


NO HE DID NOT! :mad:

[Zerg]

The whole thread is generally tl; dr, but...

What are you majoring in, Kant?

[Kant]

The whole thread is generally tl; dr, but...

What are you majoring in, Kant?

Political Science. Because my school has a relatively small (but pretty good) political science wing, I can't actually major in International Relations, which is what I'm going to major in when I transfer out into a larger school.

[Zerg]

3.66 GPAPolitical Science.That's hard, rite?

[Jenius]

Could be depending on how big of dicks his teachers are on essays and such. With hard science classes if you're not wrong it doesn't matter how douchebagy they are.

[Psion]

I just found out what PoliSci means today.

[Zerg]

Could be depending on how big dicks of his teachers are.wat?

[Jenius]

I was confused for a second before I realized you edited the quote. What a clever ruse I managed to foil.

[notallama]

Could be depending on how big of dicks his teachers are on essays and such. With hard science classes if you're not wrong it doesn't matter how douchebagy they are.
in first year physics, they were pretty douchebagy.

the would basically make up a 2.5 hour exam and give us an hour to do it. (for midterms)
and then for the finals, it was a 3ish hour exam, and we were given 2 to write it. (not nearly as bad)
their goal was to centre the bell curve at 50%.


also, math profs knock points off for not showing work, even if you get the right answer.
sometimes they can be douchebags about how much work you have to show.


also, not a hard science, but i think my software development prof marked everything with diff. he was kindof an asshole.

[Kant]

Yeah, my 1st sem CSW teacher was a dick. He took off points from my midterm because I suggested the move from paganism to catholicism was good for the Roman empire.

And add to that that both my international relations and CSW teachers gave us finals on subjects we only did 1 class on (the International Rel teacher gave us material on Afghanistan/Pakistan and gave us half a week to study, but had I not organized a study session I'm guessing a bunch of kids would've failed that exam)

[Shadow]

So, I'm an Electrical Engineering major. :V

[Kant]

Be a massive sexist during the class.

It's all you can do.

[Kant]

Did that in intro women's studies and i got a pretty awful grade.

By extension you should be able to deduce that I am taking at least my second women's studies class.

my god!

I am so sorry for you. I'm figuring that when I'm transferring next year I'll take my womens studies, but is it really that hard to just play devils advocate? I mean, you just have to copy, word for word, the arguments of 19th century guys.

[Naga]

Did that in intro women's studies and i got a pretty awful grade.

By extension you should be able to deduce that I am taking at least my second women's studies class.

my god!

I remember what you took this.

I don't know why.

[Jenius]

It was also an interesting learning experience though. You don't understand how odd some girls must have it until you walk into a class room and you are a ffffing minority in terms of sex.
My uni I has a small majority in terms of female iirc. Almost all my general education requirement classes had more girls than guys, though obviously my engineering related courses are sausage fests.

What's up with that anyways? Do girls just go to college to get useless comm/humanity related degrees? I wonder why there aren't more in the hard sciences. I hardly see any around the labs I work in either. We had a chemist over the summer in my lab group (what she was doing in the chemical engineering labs I'm not sure) but other than that, I don't see many.

[Kant]

It was also an interesting learning experience though. You don't understand how odd some girls must have it until you walk into a class room and you are a ffffing minority in terms of sex.

My school is like 20% straight men. Nearly everyone from staff to students to people who live in the adjacent city call this place "SUNY Vassar"

[Zerg]

By extension you should be able to deduce that I am taking at least my second women's studies class.Why??

On topic: I took a Jane Austen course and the class was something like 38 girls and 2 guys. :V

[Jenius]

My experience here (PROBABLY NOT A SHARED EXPERIENCE WITH ANY OF YOU BECAUSE VASSAR IS CRAAAAAZY) the only girls that go into hard sciences are interested in going pre-med.

That's how it is here, except rather than med it's normally vet (we actually have one of the best vet programs on the west coast).

I just don't really get it though, is it just cultural stigma that prevents girls from being engineers/scientists/etc?

[good news]

All of the classes that I think sound really manly always end up having a million girls in them.

[good news]

also there are these two engineering guys in my history class AND THEY ARE SO ANNOYING

[good news]

National period of Latin America. Everybody in that class are history/polisci double majors WHICH MEANS PRE-LAW and none of them are anybody I would want defending me on anything.

edit: as a side note I LOVE MY HISTORY CLASSES I WANT TO BE A HISTORY MAJOR

[good news]

It's actually super interesting (though chances are that's because I'm Latin American studies or something like that) but nobody thinks it's interesting!

I'm also holding judgment on law school until I realize that I won't do anything in academia.

[Zerg]

My history seminar is filled with idiots. If I could kill like three people that class would rule. One of them is a ffffing general classics major aka he has no concentration in Latin or Greek. But he feels the need to bring up the ancient world CONSTANTLY (one of the reasons I decided against majoring in classics, when all you have to talk about Crassus, you start sounding like a ffffing prat) in conversations about the MIDDLE ffffING AGES (kind of relevant, but not nearly as much as he seems to think). I swear, next time he brings up Herodotus, I'm going to be all like "COULDN'T CUT IT IN LATIN, COULD YOU?"You have those people in every humanities field.

For example, in English classes there's usually this one talkative idiot who pretends to know science. Since he's an English major he can obviously argue that <insert metaphor> in a poem is actually a metaphor for an atom with electrons spinning around it.

And when you point out that electrons are part of an atom and they don't spin, he feels really stupid, but does the same thing next week anyway.

[notallama]

there's this one guy in my computer science classes, and he doesn't understand a fucking thing. and then he gets all angry because he's a fucking moron.
and he looks like a gopher with glasses.


also, about the whole male-female ratios:
in my cs classes, it's a sausage fest. (there are 4 girls to 30 or so guys in my year) it was slightly less unbalanced in first year.
in psychology, it was mostly women. probably around 3/4
philosophy was pretty much even.
physics was like, 1/3 girls.
first-year calc was 100% male. (started out with like, 5 girls and 35 guys, then all but 14 people dropped it within a month)
linear algebra is about (1+5^(1/2)):2, female:male

[Van]

At Thomas Jefferson's esteemed university, girls outnumber guys, period. Even my CS, ECE, and Physics classes have a decent number of women in them (none of them decent looking however).

Anyway, I'm taking ECON 201, Digital Logic Design, Discrete Math, Engineering Physics, and Intro to Materials Science. Because I'm a retard and got addicted to internet again, I'm failing all those classes at the moment. Trying to pay attention and bring my GPA back up, but then I get sick. Awesome.

ECON is fun. The material covered is terribly basic supply/demand, but the teacher is interesting enough. He pronounces "equation" as "e-kwan-shun." Materials Science is stupid hard, even if its just been an extension of Chemistry so far. The amount of deduction it requires drives me insane. DLD and Discrete are basically the same thing, but they're fun. I sleep through Physics.

[Avedomni]

Yay, ratios.
Our physics courses are female free.
Advanced Calculus is about female:male = 2:3
Linear Algebra is 1:4
PDEs/Fourier is probably 1:2 (the last one is the only one we don't have a roster for).

In the Calc/Alg courses, almost all of the females are Math Education majors, where the males are mostly math majors or Engineering majors with math minors. PDEs is mostly graduate engineers, with only a few undergraduates other than ourself.

[SizzlingStapleCider]

Anyone else read the title as call-luge?

Edit: Edits are fun! >_>

[Sven_v2.0_LITE]

Anyone else read the title as call-luge?

Edit: Edits are fun! >_>
no.

[good news]

Oh my god, I took physics freshman year and there were tons of girls who were all a million times better at physics than I.

And then all of these kids in my mandatory study group who gave me the funniest look when I said I was majoring in comparative literature. "What do you do with that?"

[Zerg]

"What do you do with that?"No, really?

[good news]

I don't think it's an important question. I'm not going to college to increase my job prospects.

[Jenius]

Then what the hell are you going to college for? And if your answer is either teach or research that falls under job prospects.

[good news]

to LEARN

[good news]

hahahahaha.

[good news]

but srs kind of.

[good news]

That is to say, the future doesn't really figure into my current plans. I guess the idea is to take things as they come.

[Naga]

to LEARN

You and me think alike.

[Jenius]

That is to say, the future doesn't really figure into my current plans. I guess the idea is to take things as they come.

But really you must have some idea where you plan to go with it right? You don't really want to get a job after 4 years of education that you could have gotten out of high school do you?

I mean if you do you're kind of just wasting a lot of your own/parent's/state's/school's money. I mean I guess the former two are fine, but if you're riding on scholarships I don't see how you wouldn't feel guilty about dinking around for shits n giggles when there's probably someone from a low income family that wanted an education so they could get themselves a future that didn't get a good financial aid offer because of you.

[Kant]

I shall quote from my History class text-

"The language of the basques," wrote Judge de Coras, "is so obscure and difficult that many have thought that it can not be expressed by any written characters." In fact, an edition of poetry in Basque was printed as Bordeaux in 1545, but what administritive records and contracts there were in the Labourd were kept in Gascon or in French.

I have to write a 6 page essay on gender relations present in French peasantry in the Return of Martin Guerre.

Fuck this class makes me want to hurt someone.

[Zerg]

I have to write a 6 page essay on gender relations in present in French peasantry in the Return of Martin Guerre.That's painful man.

Fail book + fail topic = gg

At least it's not a long paper.

[ROFLCOPTER]

Are you kidding, that book rules! Impersonating people would rule! You could have sex with their wives and watch their daughters change through a peephole and jerk off!

You can do that without impersonating anyone.

[bun_bot]

PK is black I thought.

[LegendShark]

Unfortunately, its probably more god damn Tibullus, Propertius, and Catullus (I really hope we do Virgil). I am so sick of translating those ®®®®®®®s. Not looking forward to next semester.

I'm translating Virgil this year in High School. I hate poetry.

[Naga]

PK is black I thought.

No, that's Keeper.

[mrs_bun]

I know! There was a post earlier, though, where PK was black. But I know what he looks like.

[bun_bot]

>_>

[bun_bot]

[Impersonating bun]
Oh hush, no it wasn't lmao.

[Cee Pee]

For fucks sake, stop double posting.

[God]

Deu 1:36 But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he will see it; and to him and to his children I will give the land over which his feet have gone, because he has been true to the Lord with all his heart.

[mrs_bun]

I've been drinking 40's of Colt 45 pretty much every 3 nights and I've been holding a 3.66 GPA and my place on the deans list. To add to that, a pair of my classes are meant for juniors.

YEAH, WHAT, SUCK IT!

:V

[Van]

:V

Awesome.

[Jenius]

Awesome.

This is both incredibly mean and funny at the same time. I didn't realize bun could be so spiteful.

[mrs_bun]

It wasn't my fault, I jsut saw a guest looking at this thread and I was like what is this? And then I remembered the convo with Kant earlier, so I thought I'd be silly. XP

I <3 Kant.

[Jenius]

Just remind me not to get on your badside.

[mrs_bun]

Kant isn't on my badside, this was just too perfect. So, watch out for random planetary alignments or something! :P

[Jenius]

I'm just saying if I got a failing grade on a midterm I'd be feeling pretty terrible as is without having people kick me while I was down.

But I suppose no one isn't without a bit of sadism.

[mrs_bun]

I'm a cunt when I wunt.

I really think Kant will be okay, jsut as long as he realizes college is different from high school soon enough.

[Van]

I'm a cunt when I wunt.

I really think Kant will be okay, jsut as long as he realizes college is different from high school soon enough.

Of course it's different, because he actually gets laid now.

Or...got laid. I think it was only that one time.

And he didn't do it right.

Kant does not know how babby is formed :V

[good news]

I'm a cunt when I wunt.

I really think Kant will be okay, jsut as long as he realizes college is different from high school soon enough.

kant won't be okay until he shaves his facial hair off and loses weight and gets a different personality

[Fonzy]

kant won't be okay until he shaves his facial hair off and loses weight and gets a different personality

The other 2 won't help.

[Van]

Well, if personalities are in part determined by one's environment losing the douchestache and the fat would hopefully expose him to people that weren't... hm, what's the word I always use... retarded? and help him become less of an asstard himself sometimes.

At the very least they couldn't hurt!Don't forget clothing. He wears a military jacket every day BECAUSE HE IS TOTALLY IN THE ARMY.

[Kant]

Don't forget clothing. He wears a military jacket every day BECAUSE HE IS TOTALLY IN THE ARMY.

I have never met a person who wears an army jacket who is pro-military. It's probably a new england thing, but the more intense your jacket is the more of a punk you are.

And at the rest--Thank you for your opinions. I care about them deeply.

[Fonzy]

I have never met a person who wears an army jacket who is pro-military. It's probably a new england thing, but the more intense your jacket is the more of a douchenozzle you are.
.

[Van]

I have never met a person who wears an army jacket who is pro-military. It's probably a new england thing, but the more intense your jacket is the more of a punk you are.

And at the rest--Thank you for your opinions. I care about them deeply.
Don't forget your head is shaved. Shaved head + army jacket + not enlisted = neonazi :V

If you had a mohawk and made your own pants, then you'd be punk. You're just creepy old Kant.

[Lord Caldera Forty-Three]

There's plenty of time to do that on the weekend. Some of my (major) scholarships are gpa based, so I don't have a free ride if I suck at school. Plus I want grad school as an option, though who knows if I'll actually decide to go through with it. Chem E's make so much money and are in high demand that especially in a recession I'll be comparatively rich even with just a 4 year.

My dad's a chem E. It's a righteous pain in the ass.

[Kant]

Who gets butthurt enough to gravedig a thread in order to insult someone?

This internet vendetta is retarded.

[Shadow]

All the punk kids I knew had leather jackets. Then they would sew on their own patches and stuff or stencil them. then they would put in the studs themselves. If you just bought a jacket then it sorta seems like it defeats the entire purpose cause you're supposed to make it yourself with your hands and make it yours. Or at least that's the feeling I get why people do it.

[Van]

Who gets butthurt enough to gravedig a thread in order to insult someone?

This internet vendetta is retarded.

I see you having more butthurt than bun :V

And it was one of the better burns of TS. I heartily approve.

[Kant]

All the punk kids I knew had leather jackets. Then they would sew on their own patches and stuff or stencil them. then they would put in the studs themselves. If you just bought a jacket then it sorta seems like it defeats the entire purpose cause you're supposed to make it yourself with your hands and make it yours. Or at least that's the feeling I get why people do it.

I'm halfway into the punk scene in New York (mostly because I like the music and a lot of friends of mine are punks). I'm a contrarian there too, though. I like having fun with them by pretending that I'm an intense Maoist communist, going far enough to say that free speech is bad for society, hearing these guys agreeing with my "Radical politics" is fucking hilarious.

[Van]

I'm halfway into the punk scene in New York (mostly because I like the music and a lot of friends of mine are punks). I'm a contrarian there too, though. I like having fun with them by pretending that I'm an intense Maoist communist, going far enough to say that free speech is bad for society, hearing these guys agreeing with my "Radical politics" is fucking hilarious.

Kant: "lol no guys I'm just trolling it's cool"

Everyone else: "No you're a poser. Shut the fuck up."

[Shadow]

I'm halfway into the punk scene in New York (mostly because I like the music and a lot of friends of mine are punks). I'm a contrarian there too, though. I like having fun with them by pretending that I'm an intense Maoist communist, going far enough to say that free speech is bad for society, hearing these guys agreeing with my "Radical politics" is fucking hilarious.

So you are faux punk so you can fit in with your friends.

[Kant]

So you are faux punk so you can fit in with your friends.

Not in the least.

[Fonzy]

Little-known fact: Since being anti-establishment has become so popular amongst the mainstream, it's actually punk these days to be in favor of the establishment.

[Kant]

Little-known fact: Since being anti-establishment has become so popular amongst the mainstream, it's actually punk these days to be in favor of the establishment.

.

[Prole]

You are all faggots.

[Tidal Kraken]

Little-known fact: Since being anti-establishment has become so popular amongst the mainstream, it's actually punk these days to be in favor of the establishment.

- south park fans

[Tidal Kraken]

gahoy lets not stand for for anything lets just be in a state of constant rebellion for no fucking reason hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Kant]

gahoy lets not stand for for anything lets just be in a state of constant rebellion for no fucking reason hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

There's a massive difference between not standing for anything (I do rather clearly stand for something) and insulting people who are rebelling for the sake of rebellion.

What I was describing was that, but besides that I'm generally a politically moderate person when it comes to politics, at least compared to the guys I hang out with.

Healthy, objective, exterior analysis is good for the individual. Otherwise you get no outside perspective and you become ... well, quite frankly an awkward self-important pompous jackass.

And how the fuck is this thread healthy or objective?

[Tidal Kraken]

There's a massive difference between not standing for anything (I do rather clearly stand for something) and insulting people who are rebelling for the sake of rebellion.

What I was describing was that, but besides that I'm generally a politically moderate person when it comes to politics, at least compared to the guys I hang out with.



And how the fuck is this thread healthy or objective?

what? man i didnt even read this thread

[Kant]

what? man i didnt even read this thread

I was agreeing with you that being contrary for contrary's sake is douchebaggy.

[mrs_bun]

Ur ok to me Kant, dont owfry about it. Skay? :)

[Tidal Kraken]

I was agreeing with you that being contrary for contrary's sake is douchebaggy.

oh ok i just read "theres a massive difference between..." and zoned out

[Jenius]

It's healthy because we're telling you to stop being such a dick.

It's objective because I doubt people care enough to have a vendetta.

To be fair, Bun was pretty fucking vindictive for dragging this thread back up. I think it went a bit over the line for mere internet trolling, but that could just be me.

[Fonzy]

Johnny Ramone was a fucking faggot for believing this shit, and more importantly, it depends on the definition of punk.

But more importantly, who really gives a shit "what's punk". Does it matter at all? Like even slightly? Anybody who cares about notions like this either way is a poser.

[mrs_bun]

To be fair, Bun was pretty fucking vindictive for dragging this thread back up. I think it went a bit over the line for mere internet trolling, but that could just be me.

Kant made it clear a long time ago he doesn't have feelings or thoughts. That's TS, right? I was just posting a smily I thought was funny. No hetero.

[Jenius]

Kant made it clear a long time ago he doesn't have feelings or thoughts. That's TS, right? I was just posting a smily I thought was funny. No hetero.

I think it bugs me more than you're pretending it wasn't incredibly vindictive then how mean it was in general. I mean you basically just twisted the knife in a wound, I dunno if Kant really cares that much, but had I been in the same situation, even over the internet that type of shit prolly would have made my day notably worse.

I mean, if it really was just "lololol I thought it would be funny xp" then you have less social awareness than I do :/.

[Van]

I think it bugs me more than you're pretending it wasn't incredibly vindictive then how mean it was in general. I mean you basically just twisted the knife in a wound, I dunno if Kant really cares that much, but had I been in the same situation, even over the internet that type of shit prolly would have made my day notably worse.

I mean, if it really was just "lololol I thought it would be funny xp" then you have less social awareness than I do :/.

Okay, that would be a valid point.

Except this is Kant we're talking about. Twisting the knife is all we do around here. :V

[Fonzy]

Eh, it matters about as much as any other pointless, life-neutral subject we discuss on this board every day.

I meant in terms of the "what's punk" discussion, it seems like caring about it would automatically preclude you from knowing or being it.

[Cara]

I want to get an Army jacket with a bunch of anarcho-syndacalist flags on it for that very purpose.

Paypal me 140$.