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ErisQuodSum · 07-14-2011 01:28 AM

The whole point of this site is that you guys wish high school could be college. But it's not and it never will be. So the most you can do is realize that high school isn't anywhere close to being fatal or soulsucking and just put up with it until you get to college.

Oh, wait, your bad grades might keep you from doing that.

Well I guess that's why some of you have to stop whining and learn to beat the system instead of wasting time hopelessly trying to fix it.

Absnt · 07-14-2011 02:15 AM

ErisQuodSum Wrote:The whole point of this site is that you guys wish high school could be college. But it's not and it never will be. So the most you can do is realize that high school isn't anywhere close to being fatal or soulsucking and just put up with it until you get to college.

Oh, wait, your bad grades might keep you from doing that.

Well I guess that's why some of you have to stop whining and learn to beat the system instead of wasting time hopelessly trying to fix it.

Nigga pleaze.

Anyway, I just gained respect for Fabian because he speaks multiple languages. That nigger grammer Nazi's people and he isn't even a native english speaker. I mean, shit.

Aya · 07-14-2011 02:15 AM

ErisQuodSum Wrote:Oh, wait, your bad grades might keep you from doing that.

Community College's are open enrollment. :troll:

thewake · 07-14-2011 02:19 AM

ErisQuodSum Wrote:Oh, wait, your bad grades might keep you from doing that.

Please. I make great grades.

psychopath · 07-14-2011 02:39 PM

ErisQuodSum Wrote:The whole point of this site is that you guys wish high school could be college.

Wut? Since when?

ErisQuodSum · 07-14-2011 03:39 PM

psychopath Wrote:
ErisQuodSum Wrote:The whole point of this site is that you guys wish high school could be college.

Wut? Since when?

You tell me.

The Desert Fox · 07-14-2011 04:20 PM

Since he started trolling.

Faby · 07-14-2011 04:37 PM

Yeah, no.

My topic wasn't a practice ground for our latest troll to hone his skills, so split.

Efs · 07-14-2011 07:00 PM

I would go to Uni since I get good grades...but I'm dumb as fuck as Maths which will stop me from going to uni.

Bob Dole · 07-14-2011 10:11 PM

ErisQuodSum Wrote:The whole point of this site is that you guys wish high school could be college. But it's not and it never will be. So the most you can do is realize that high school isn't anywhere close to being fatal or soulsucking and just put up with it until you get to college.

Oh, wait, your bad grades might keep you from doing that.

Well I guess that's why some of you have to stop whining and learn to beat the system instead of wasting time hopelessly trying to fix it.

Graduated high school with honors, .1 away from high honors. Took honors classes through roughly half of that. Dropped honors classes during the latter half of high school so I could get a couple of IT certifications.

I'm currently in college, going for a computer engineering degree. Currently have a 3.45 GPA.

Two years down the road and I still think the primary and secondary education systems around the world need massive changes. Even the tertiary education system needs a massive overhaul.

If all you can say to people stuck in a broken system is "Eh, sucks to be you, deal with it," I feel sorry for you. I'll freely admit that a number of people on this site are too blinded by angst to do anything constructive to change their situation, but shoot, at least they're a little riled up by how they're getting screwed over. At the very least, they want a change in the educational system, because they realize how terribly broken and limited it is. It's a lot more than seeing a problem and ignoring it, because "everyone has to go through that. I did, now everyone else has to."

In before "don't feed the troll" etc.

Aya · 07-15-2011 01:22 AM

Efstratios Prime Wrote:I would go to Uni since I get good grades...but I'm dumb as fuck as Maths which will stop me from going to uni.

Major in something soft like english or political science. Those degree paths usually only require two semesters of math, which you can fill by taking the refresher courses of College Algebra (Algebra II) and Statistics.

SaintVicious · 07-15-2011 01:22 AM

I have a full ride to KU for computer in science and information
nigger.

thewake · 07-15-2011 01:30 AM

Comrade Wrote:I have a full ride to KU for computer in science and information
nigger.

Well I got a recruitment letter from Yale.
Negro.

SaintVicious · 07-15-2011 01:58 AM

Weswammy Wrote:
Comrade Wrote:I have a full ride to KU for computer in science and information
nigger.
Well I got a recruitment letter from Yale.
Negro.

DO IT FAGGOT. if thats true very nice.

Aya · 07-15-2011 02:05 AM

Weswammy Wrote:
Comrade Wrote:I have a full ride to KU for computer in science and information
nigger.
Well I got a recruitment letter from Yale.
Negro.

I dropped out of community college, after three years of study.

:troll:

ErisQuodSum · 07-15-2011 02:10 AM

Comrade Wrote:I have a full ride to KU for computer in science and information
nigger.

Kutztown University?

@Split: Thanks for the thread, but it's not for trolling.

thewake · 07-15-2011 02:12 AM

Comrade Wrote:
Weswammy Wrote:
Comrade Wrote:I have a full ride to KU for computer in science and information
nigger.
Well I got a recruitment letter from Yale.
Negro.
DO IT FAGGOT. if thats true very nice.

Thanks.

I'm not going to go, though. Too far away. I want to stay home and have my parents cover my cost of living. I'mma go to a local college.

But my parents' yearly salary is now low enough I could have gotten a full ride, assuming I would have gotten in.

Plus, those big universities are cesspools of orthodoxy.

ErisQuodSum · 07-15-2011 02:14 AM

Weswammy Wrote:I'm not going to go, though. Too far away. I want to stay home and have my parents cover my cost of living. I'mma go to a local college.

But my parents' yearly salary is now low enough I could have gotten a full ride, assuming I would have gotten in.

Plus, those big universities are cesspools of orthodoxy.

That's a good idea. At least for the first year, local colleges are just a smarter idea in general, especially if your freshman major is going to consist of the same courses wherever you go.

SaintVicious · 07-15-2011 02:15 AM

You'd meet all the smug assholes =D I would go just to make powerful friends.

ErisQuodSum · 07-15-2011 02:17 AM

Comrade Wrote:You'd meet all the smug assholes =D I would go just to make powerful friends.

We're going to be great friends at KU.

thewake · 07-15-2011 02:19 AM

I'm thinking CGNU.

ErisQuodSum · 07-15-2011 02:19 AM

Z҉A҉L҉G҉O̚̕̚ Wrote:
ErisQuodSum Wrote:The whole point of this site is that you guys wish high school could be college. But it's not and it never will be. So the most you can do is realize that high school isn't anywhere close to being fatal or soulsucking and just put up with it until you get to college.

Oh, wait, your bad grades might keep you from doing that.

Well I guess that's why some of you have to stop whining and learn to beat the system instead of wasting time hopelessly trying to fix it.
Graduated high school with honors, .1 away from high honors. Took honors classes through roughly half of that. Dropped honors classes during the latter half of high school so I could get a couple of IT certifications.

I'm currently in college, going for a computer engineering degree. Currently have a 3.45 GPA.

Two years down the road and I still think the primary and secondary education systems around the world need massive changes. Even the tertiary education system needs a massive overhaul.

If all you can say to people stuck in a broken system is "Eh, sucks to be you, deal with it," I feel sorry for you. I'll freely admit that a number of people on this site are too blinded by angst to do anything constructive to change their situation, but shoot, at least they're a little riled up by how they're getting screwed over. At the very least, they want a change in the educational system, because they realize how terribly broken and limited it is. It's a lot more than seeing a problem and ignoring it, because "everyone has to go through that. I did, now everyone else has to."

I like this.

Quote:In before "don't feed the troll" etc.

I think the only way I'm going to escape the troll label is if I start trying to make people like me.

That isn't going to happen.

So...

:troll:

Aya · 07-15-2011 02:23 AM

All this talk about going to college is making me feel intellectually inadequate.

[Image: sad_troll_RE_top_5-s259x195-141253-580.jpg]

thewake · 07-15-2011 02:27 AM

ErisQuodSum Wrote:
Weswammy Wrote:I'm not going to go, though. Too far away. I want to stay home and have my parents cover my cost of living. I'mma go to a local college.

But my parents' yearly salary is now low enough I could have gotten a full ride, assuming I would have gotten in.

Plus, those big universities are cesspools of orthodoxy.

That's a good idea. At least for the first year, local colleges are just a smarter idea in general, especially if your freshman major is going to consist of the same courses wherever you go.

If you're going to end up paying for it, or your parents are, it's best you choose a cheaper college (but an established, respected one. A lot of these new colleges advertised on TV aren't jack.). In the long run, if you're good at what you do you'll do good and if you're bad at it an expensive college will just put a huge debt yoke on your back.

And some people just don't need to go to college, especially if you're just going to get a BA in a non-technical field like History or Philosophy. You won't go anywhere with that. If you want to get a PhD in History, that's another matter. You can teach, or maybe if you're lucky get a job at a museum or institute.

ErisQuodSum · 07-15-2011 02:36 AM

Weswammy Wrote:If you're going to end up paying for it, or your parents are, it's best you choose a cheaper college (but an established, respected one. A lot of these new colleges advertised on TV aren't jack.). In the long run, if you're good at what you do you'll do good and if you're bad at it an expensive college will just put a huge debt yoke on your back.

I'm going local for Communication Design, KU is 15 minutes away. Eventually I'll be transferring to the School of Visual Arts in NY for a couple of reasons, mostly because some of their programs are more tailored to the career I'm pursuing. KU is ridiculously cheap for the first couple years, 8,000 for the whole year, especially since I'm commuting from in-state.

Quote:And some people just don't need to go to college, especially if you're just going to get a BA in a non-technical field like History or Philosophy. You won't go anywhere with that. If you want to get a PhD in History, that's another matter. You can teach, or maybe if you're lucky get a job at a museum or institute.

I have a lot of friends trying to become history teachers, and only one that recently changed his major to Philosophy and minor to Ceramics. Of course, this is the same person who is about to drop out of college and move to New Zealand to become a shepherd.

SaintVicious · 07-15-2011 02:37 AM

Ayliana Wrote:All this talk about going to college is making me feel intellectually inadequate.

I still love you
and @esquid Its Kansas University not what you said.

thewake · 07-15-2011 02:45 AM

ErisQuodSum Wrote:I'm going local for Communication Design, KU is 15 minutes away. Eventually I'll be transferring to the School of Visual Arts in NY for a couple of reasons, mostly because some of their programs are more tailored to the career I'm pursuing. KU is ridiculously cheap for the first couple years, 8,000 for the whole year, especially since I'm commuting from in-state.

The school I will most likely be going to, though I still have a year of High School left, charges 8,084 in 2011-2012, plus books which would be 1000. The other costs, meals and room, I won't have to worry about.

So, yes, the cheaper the better.

Quote:I have a lot of friends trying to become history teachers, and only one that recently changed his major to Philosophy and minor to Ceramics. Of course, this is the same person who is about to drop out of college and move to New Zealand to become a shepherd.

If that's what floats his boat. Better sheep than goats, is all I can say.

ErisQuodSum · 07-15-2011 02:50 AM

Weswammy Wrote:If that's what floats his boat. Better sheep than goats, is all I can say.

The problem is that he has no plan. He's been saying crazy shit like that for years though, he's probably not going to do it.

thewake · 07-15-2011 02:54 AM

ErisQuodSum Wrote:
Weswammy Wrote:If that's what floats his boat. Better sheep than goats, is all I can say.

The problem is that he has no plan. He's been saying crazy shit like that for years though, he's probably not going to do it.

You don't have to have a plan per se, just a general idea. That's enough to get in a general direction in life.

What does he really want? Ask him that.

HeartofShadows · 07-15-2011 02:55 AM

ITT: College is the future!

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