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- Dec 16, 2017
My college is infamous for a having a high number of virgins.
It's a STEM school so there's never enough time to chill. Any time not spent on working is spent on either "super smash bros melee" or "magic".
There's gotta be a degree out there that pays off like STEM, but doesn't make you cry. Something like accounting maybe?
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- Jan 16, 2017
Because it banged out 2 GE requirements I was missing to get my degree, I took a Women's Studies one semester that was once a week for 3 hours. The class was actually pretty damn great. Mostly because of the professor, who was a very nice, down to earth woman,was welcoming to everyone in the class, made the material engaging, and didn't get confrontational with the men in the class (that was the TA). I had heard horror stories about other teachers in the woman's/gender studies department beforehand, but this professor was great. If anything, I thought she was too nice to the idiots in there who I swear I only saw twice the whole semester, put no effort into there work, and more than likely passed the class anyway. The only topic I really disagreed with her on was reverse racism. I'm sorry, but the"only white people can be racist" argument is fucking wrong.
If I've got any advice for you youngsters still making your way through college and working towards your degree, get as many internships and do as much volunteer work in your field as possible. Having a degree is nice, but it really doesn't mean shit if you haven't practiced what you've been taught in any type of setting, whether you're paid for it or not. The more grunt work you do, the more people you can meet to potentially be used as a reference on your resume. Take it from a guy who had only some volunteer work and 1 internship under his belt after graduation, and couldn't get hired in their field because they didn't have any connections or references. The key to employment is really all about who you know.
If I've got any advice for you youngsters still making your way through college and working towards your degree, get as many internships and do as much volunteer work in your field as possible. Having a degree is nice, but it really doesn't mean shit if you haven't practiced what you've been taught in any type of setting, whether you're paid for it or not. The more grunt work you do, the more people you can meet to potentially be used as a reference on your resume. Take it from a guy who had only some volunteer work and 1 internship under his belt after graduation, and couldn't get hired in their field because they didn't have any connections or references. The key to employment is really all about who you know.
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- Jan 15, 2018
Back in High School my physics teacher had a thick Russian accent. She always pronounced "geometry" as "gel-om-et-reh". It was memorable.
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- Jul 10, 2015
I'm only two weeks into my new semester, and I already have some minor cows in my classes.
In my Chinese History class, it only took two classes for the rest of us to single out the biggest kissass in the room. He always sits in the front, thinks he knows everything, and hijacks the class with his comments far longer than anyone else. Every time he opens his mouth he's met with a mixture of eye rolls, finger guns to the head and the blowjob symbol. It's gotten to the point where we all take a perverse glee whenever the professor (who was actually born and raised in China.) dunks on him for being wrong.
And in my Digital Filmmaking course, we decided to kill two birds with one stone and have the autismo and the pretentious kid be the same person. Seriously, almost every cliche about both groups apply to this guy: Fat, creeps on girls, neckbeard, loves Eraserhead, you name it. Our first assignment was that we had to tell a story in ten shots. And his project involved taking photos of his uncle asleep intercut with photos of his garbage cans with wacky, changing aspect ratios. He called it a "subjective narrative" where it's "up to your interpretation". It's already the first meme in the class. The rest of the class may honestly have to draw straws in order to see who he'll work with when we start making short films.
In my Chinese History class, it only took two classes for the rest of us to single out the biggest kissass in the room. He always sits in the front, thinks he knows everything, and hijacks the class with his comments far longer than anyone else. Every time he opens his mouth he's met with a mixture of eye rolls, finger guns to the head and the blowjob symbol. It's gotten to the point where we all take a perverse glee whenever the professor (who was actually born and raised in China.) dunks on him for being wrong.
And in my Digital Filmmaking course, we decided to kill two birds with one stone and have the autismo and the pretentious kid be the same person. Seriously, almost every cliche about both groups apply to this guy: Fat, creeps on girls, neckbeard, loves Eraserhead, you name it. Our first assignment was that we had to tell a story in ten shots. And his project involved taking photos of his uncle asleep intercut with photos of his garbage cans with wacky, changing aspect ratios. He called it a "subjective narrative" where it's "up to your interpretation". It's already the first meme in the class. The rest of the class may honestly have to draw straws in order to see who he'll work with when we start making short films.
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- Apr 30, 2017
For the love of god; group chat =/= someone does the homework for you, or study for you.
Want to know why I finished the exam first and likely got an A? Because I actually did the homework and study guide on my own so I actually knew the material! Instead of texting every five minutes: what did u get on question ii 8?!?!
I am so close to just blocking all their numbers, assigned group or not.
(Yes I'm a B, in the Honors Society, nerdy kind of student. But I'm also paying $2,000 a term.)
Want to know why I finished the exam first and likely got an A? Because I actually did the homework and study guide on my own so I actually knew the material! Instead of texting every five minutes: what did u get on question ii 8?!?!
I am so close to just blocking all their numbers, assigned group or not.
(Yes I'm a B, in the Honors Society, nerdy kind of student. But I'm also paying $2,000 a term.)
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- Jul 10, 2015
Just got done with finals. This was a semester and a fucking half for me due to a mix of personal shit and work overload/burnout. Seriously, the actual week before finals even began was my own personal Nam.
But some highlights included watching everyone else flounder during the end project for my video tech class, while my team came through with an extremely smooth, easy production.
Pretty much sleepwalking through my Modern China class and still coming out as one of the smarter kids there.
Losing 25 pounds thanks to regular exercise.
My first real 420 party.
But some highlights included watching everyone else flounder during the end project for my video tech class, while my team came through with an extremely smooth, easy production.
Pretty much sleepwalking through my Modern China class and still coming out as one of the smarter kids there.
Losing 25 pounds thanks to regular exercise.
My first real 420 party.
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- Oct 20, 2021
I. Wanna. Get. Laid. In. College.