Random Thoughts...

[alexryb]

if anyone wants an invite to gilt groupe, pm me yr email.

i figured that's random, so this is where it belongs.

[16steps]

i had them every semester and they were probably tougher than the university finals i just did

no wonder most 1st year kids at university are undereducated

makes sense. I even went to a "distinguished California high school"

I wasn't prepared when i went into college. Not because the material was hard, but rather because it was the grading system was completely different.

Most Poli sci classes are just 2 midterms and a final, maybe substitute an exam with a paper, but that was generally it. College seemed way easier than high school because cheating was so easy. Never really studied

Notes on my ipod is how i graduated

[bill]

i dont ever remember finals in HS

The principal of my little brother's school called me, telling me that he never went to today's final. It seams like he doesn't mind falling his classes.I don't really care, but my parents do. Todays dinner will be funny

[ojjairus]

Oh shittt Koston is officially on Nike SB.

[High Monika]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat???

Jumping off Lakai. Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.

[16steps]

i would too after they bastardized the fuck out of his first sig model

[ojjairus]

dang i might be copping some more nike sb jawnz soon!

[Osmosis Jones]

makes sense. I even went to a "distinguished California high school"

I wasn't prepared when i went into college. Not because the material was hard, but rather because it was the grading system was completely different.

Most Poli sci classes are just 2 midterms and a final, maybe substitute an exam with a paper, but that was generally it. College seemed way easier than high school because cheating was so easy. Never really studied

Notes on my ipod is how i graduated

Everything after High school graduation has been a long summer vacation.

[samsikle]

zubin, where'd you go for hs?

[NatseOklim]

I failed an exam in high school because I needed to piss the whole time.

[w00tah]

I failed an exam in high school because I needed to piss the whole time.

i did that with the sat but i got mid 1100 on math and reading comp

[NatseOklim]

Mine was Graphical Communications (ie technical drawing) for which I was predicted an A, but got an E.

[ProfMonnitoff]

i have this weird thing that i always go into exams with a half full bladder

keeps me concentrated i guess?

should probably go into superconfessional or superOCD

[dunkin deeznuts]

what grade is an E?

in the US it goes A,B,C,D,F

they skip E for some reason......

or E,G, P and whtever else is in that weird system....

[ProfMonnitoff]

what grade is an E?

in the US it goes A,B,C,D,F

they skip E for some reason......

or E,G, P and whtever else is in that weird system....

over here we have 1st (70%+, but harder to get than a 90 in most american schools), 2.1 (60%+), 2.2 (50%+), 3rd (40%+), and fail

yeah our system is retardedly arbitrary whutup

[NatseOklim]

what grade is an E?

in the US it goes A,B,C,D,F

they skip E for some reason......

or E,G, P and whtever else is in that weird system....

We have A*, A+, A, A- (etc) until D-. All those are technically passes then E+, E, E- count as a fail and then we have U for ungraded.

At university we have First, 2.1, 2.2, third, fail. Oh and % for those grades vary depending on the Uni.

[dunkin deeznuts]

yeah some schoold have plus minuses and all that

most colleges have the 4.0 -0.0 system where 4.0 =A+, 3.8 is like an A

blah blah blah........

[my gym shorts]

does anyone remember eating those desserts for kids where its like.. pudding with oreo cookie crumbs and gummy worms in it?

ahhhh

i miss those

[High Monika]

Shit. Makes me think of something my mom used to make. Layer of crumbled chocolate cake, layer of puddiing+toffee bits, alternate a few times, pudding on top, top off with a lot of crumbled oreos and whipped cream.

Fuck I'ma make that.

[my gym shorts]

ahhh, i love toffee

u guys should try that.. wendy's tongue twister:

Wendy's Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty

haha

delicious

but all the toffee at the bottom killed my teeth

[icandunkonu]

from now on i will only be paid upfront in bricks of gold for all online transactions

[crissyw]

i just played guitar for the past 2-3 hours and damn my fingers got owned

[sawyer]

got laid off w/20 other people from my office gig

back to ships i guess, the amistad wants a deckhand but i dunno about that boat

[sawyer]

it was funny, HR was all "do you all know how to apply for unemployment benefits cause we got these pamphlets"

and this one guy near me said "yeah i applied last week"

[lawless]

yo so i got this great job that allows me to watch movies and surf the web all day and it pays pretty great, but i'm finally starting college (1 yr hiatus) and i'm not sure if I should go full time or half time. The upside to full time is that it would drastically help me with my portfolio and allow me to transfer into the school of my original choice easier. The down side is that I have car payments, insurance and misc. expenses to pay every month and I can't be certain that a part-time job could pay my bills. Parents are no help and there's very little financial aid money for me. I've never been a fan of living in debt but I know I'd eventually get to that point. There's also no compromise with the schedule at my current job so it's basically full time with little to no job or like 2 classes at school with a guarenteed source of income.

my main objective right now is to get accepted into 1 of the 4 schools that I'm applying to so i'm leaning more towards full time right now. input would be 'preciated.

[High Monika]

Sawyer: sorry to hear that mang. But yeah, that's funny.

Lawless: start by selling me those books we talked about.

[sawyer]

lawless nothing stresses me more than financial insecurity i would go half time

but if you're okay with debt you should go ahead as it sounds like that's what you need in the long run

just don't fuck up your grades cause then you get the worst of both worlds i've been there/not pretty

[ProfMonnitoff]

college + a real job is suicide however you look at it

debt sucks but i'd go for it

[freecat]

economics and no graphical calculators :confused::confused:

we do all the math stuff by hand. it's alright but a graphical calculator would help a lot and also would permit us to put the course in it !

the failure rate is approx 65% each semester, which is more than 75% on the 2 semester of the year. those who succeed either study all day and never go out, study a lot and are lucky (like they pass with 301/600) or are: chinese, norwegian, south american ... and usually older than us. there's far more foreigner in my lecture hall than french people.

and also it's basically free (i'm even paid 427€/months for my studies; but you have to be french and either poor/far away from home to have such financial aid).

[16steps]

just don't fuck up your grades cause then you get the worst of both worlds i've been there/not pretty

this. i worked full time and it greatly affected my grades.