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I also threw myself into debt to be told how privileged I am and learn about why cishet white males deserve to be genocided in classes that have nothing to do with the subject matter. The food in the cafe is nice though, or so I’m told. It’s a designated safe space so I’m not allowed in. Also this one time I was required to protest this homeless shelter that was funded by our white supremacist government and this businessman pulled up in a fancy car and called me a faggot before speeding off with his hot wife to his corner office that’s bigger than the dorm room I share with three other guys who take turns banging my ex-girlfriend, but I still feel superior to everyone so college rules.
 
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scared sheep said:
What the fuck?
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It was the period when anyone could be a fucking teacher and they were just starting to push their own mindset to the youth, College in the UK is just a time waste and you get fuck all out of it most of the time.
You get some useful courses that you don't actually need a fucking teacher for, so you can just chat shit the whole lesson all year and still probably pass it.

As for those teachers, two were Irish, one was a 24 year old woman, guess who did what in my post.
 
scared sheep said:
Fasfa is completely randomized as tp who gets it.
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Really? That's weird, but can't complain about the final numbers. It was about what I had expected I had to pay, anyway.

Thinking back to college, while I enjoyed the courses, I'm wondering if most of what I learned is simply because of my classmates. I was the youngest student in my classes and thus had the "least experience" even though I did pretty well in class, but as I was also the cutest smallest, I might've been kinda coddled by everyone or something because they just automatically assumed I was that "sheltered" kid--which was kinda true, but I was no pearl-clutcher. It was kind of a running gag/occurrence with a few classmates that if they could get me to "innocently" (I guess) say something sexual in conversation, it was an accomplishment. I dunno, was pretty weird.

Meanwhile I'm still surprised by the number of geeks and nerds that made up most of the student body. Like I was aware it was more socially-acceptable to be open about playing Pokémon and watching anime and stuff, but I heard it everywhere at college compared to my high school. Was pretty neat; a double-edged sword nonetheless since those tended to be neckbeards, but neat.
 
At community College I took a three hour class and the prof gave us an extra long break "so the stoners can go out to their vans"
 
Kari Kamiya said:
Really? That's weird, but can't complain about the final numbers. It was about what I had expected I had to pay, anyway.

Thinking back to college, while I enjoyed the courses, I'm wondering if most of what I learned is simply because of my classmates. I was the youngest student in my classes and thus had the "least experience" even though I did pretty well in class, but as I was also the cutest smallest, I might've been kinda coddled by everyone or something because they just automatically assumed I was that "sheltered" kid--which was kinda true, but I was no pearl-clutcher. It was kind of a running gag/occurrence with a few classmates that if they could get me to "innocently" (I guess) say something sexual in conversation, it was an accomplishment. I dunno, was pretty weird.

Meanwhile I'm still surprised by the number of geeks and nerds that made up most of the student body. Like I was aware it was more socially-acceptable to be open about playing Pokémon and watching anime and stuff, but I heard it everywhere at college compared to my high school. Was pretty neat; a double-edged sword nonetheless since those tended to be neckbeards, but neat.
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College is way more accepting of quirkiness. Sometimes to hilarious extents. This college literally has a furry club. An official furry club.

No I will not join.
Flowers For Sonichu said:
At community College I took a three hour class and the prof gave us an extra long break "so the stoners can go out to their vans"
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Sounds like college alright. :3
 
Boyfriend Coefficient said:
Had a professor for biochem a while back who didn't really wanna teach so we were told you don't need to show up and every test including the final was a take home. In class he would just ramble on about his research and then end class early for every class. It was a mixed bag.
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Yeah, my organic chem prof was the same. He would only teach at 8:00am because he wanted to be on the golf course before noon. Tenure's a hell of a drug.
 
Testaclese Maximus said:
In all seriousness community college does fucking rule.
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True that. I had much more involved professors at LVCC ( before it bacame the college of Southern nevada) then I did at UNLV. The funny thing was many of those professors had offers to teach at other universities but enjoyed the smaller classes and freedom that came with teaching community college.
 
FierceBrosnan said:
True that. I had much more involved professors at LVCC ( before it bacame the college of Southern nevada) then I did at UNLV. The funny thing was many of those professors had offers to teach at other universities but enjoyed the smaller classes and freedom that came with teaching community college.
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That’s how all my professors feel about it. Most of them have taught at large fancy colleges and they hated it.
 
scared sheep said:
That’s how all my professors feel about it. Most of them have taught at large fancy colleges and they hated it.
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The best part is the pay they are offered isn't much better. It's like make an extra 5-10k a year but be on probation and probably displaced/fired over some trivial bullshit or stay put in a job I like with people that treat me fairly?
 
FierceBrosnan said:
True that. I had much more involved professors at LVCC ( before it bacame the college of Southern nevada) then I did at UNLV. The funny thing was many of those professors had offers to teach at other universities but enjoyed the smaller classes and freedom that came with teaching community college.
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I went straight from community to grad, so the two still felt about the same, only really differing in cost.
Anyone going through college now, savor the experience and do as damn well as you possibly can. You'll regret futzing about the moment the temporary gratification that laziness gives you fades.
 
Whee, I'm in my last semester of community college before I graduate! (Okay, well, with an Associate degree; I'm getting my Bachelor's after this at a tiny little Catholic college not far from home. Mostly because so many damn jobs want to see a Bachelor's even if it's in basket weaving...) I actually did go to college before this, but tl;dr shit happened and I went home and I have a bit of debt from that (not nearly as bad as some people have it, though).

I might use the summer as a chance to take some industry cert exams (my Associate is in computer networking). Maybe it's because I live in a decently affluent county, but I've had a good experience with the program here and my advisor and most of my instructors have been very helpful and knowledgable. The school even reimburses you the cert exam fees if you pass them (even if you've already graduated), which will help.

I only regret having been in school for as long as I have been. I know I'm really not an "older student" (I have classmates in their 30s and 40s), but when it takes you like seven years just to finish undergrad and your friends are starting to move on with their lives, it can be hard not to feel like a useless basement dweller. (:_(
 
I just want to throw this out there in case there's some Kiwis thinking about heading to College. If you know for sure what you want to do and the approximate degree, go for it. If your still undecided DONT DO IT. There's plenty of people I see that are going to college just cause it's what they think they have to. There's plenty of other options and you don't want to go down one path for a degree and then realize you don't want to do it and you just wasted valuable time and money.
 
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Oh, some advice, now that we've mentioned it: don't go to a for-profit school like DeVry or Kaplan, especially not if what you're after is an Associate degree or a certificate program. Almost every community college offers a comparable amount of flexibility and quality (tbh CCs actually tend to be better) for like less than a quarter of what the for-profits charge you (for-profits are also more likely to engage in predatory/misleading advertising). Many community colleges also have matriculation agreements with area schools if (like me) you do decide you want a Bachelor's degree later (again, those are usually still cheaper).

Your/your families' bank accounts will be happier and you'll probably get a better education for it.
 
Dirt McGirt said:
I just want to throw this out there in case there's some Kiwis thinking about College. If you know for sure what you want to do and the approximate degree, go for it. If your still undecided DONT DO IT. There's plenty of people I see that are going to college just cause it's what they think they have to. There's plenty of other options and you don't want to go down one path for a degree and then realize you don't want to do it and you just wasted valuable time and money.
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I can attest to that.
 
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