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1st day of college today
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1st day of college today

A summary:

-Teachers are quite old, at least those I've seen, but they seem knowledgeable and nice to be around
-Classmates are open and friendly
-I've got 5 subjects: literature, two courses based on linguistics, practical English course and English civilisation. As to German, I don't know yet.
-Got two courses tomorrow: phonetics/phonology and civilisation, with two-hour break in between.

Overall, I'm stoked as FUCK. =)

Let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as grass.

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Disaster lurks within good fortune;
Who can say how things will end?
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RE: 1st day of college today

Awesome! College is fucking awesome.

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RE: 1st day of college today

(10-04-2011 04:51 AM)UnschoolShqiponjë Wrote:  Awesome! College is fucking awesome.

Huh Am I the only one who thought of college as high school 2.0?
10-04-2011 05:44 AM
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And thus begins the battle of Experience V Knowledge

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10-04-2011 06:34 AM
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RE: 1st day of college today

(10-04-2011 05:44 AM)Ayliana Wrote:  
(10-04-2011 04:51 AM)UnschoolShqiponjë Wrote:  Awesome! College is fucking awesome.

Huh Am I the only one who thought of college as high school 2.0?

I saw it that way for the 1st two years simply because the course requirements were highschool 2.0.

After getting a bachelor's shit gets specialized and awesome.

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I'm glad it's working out for you so far. Smile
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first year for me and I hate it >.<
A lot of what they are "teaching" me is stuff that I already know and the process sucks. I love learning, but I'm getting crappy stuff to "learn"

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