going back to college as an older person feels like cheating

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ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

Robo Reagan posted:

tho the late 40s early 50s bored housewives that dont stop asking simple questions that are explained in more detail in the textbook should die imo

It's even better when the question isn't about the material specifically but the actual meta of the classroom. Like when they ask a bunch of inane questions about how many questions will be on the test as if that's going to change anything about how well you do on it.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 18:48

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# ? Apr 27, 2024 06:21

ziasquinn: Jan 1, 2006; Fallen Rib

There was a girl in my college year that was like 16 and hyper smart but the joke was on her because she was way younger than everyone else, a know it all, and had no social skills whatsoever because she moved to a different school every year when she was younger. Gg

# ? Sep 25, 2014 18:49

ziasquinn: Jan 1, 2006; Fallen Rib

After dropping out for two years, tutoring high schoolers, getting medicated, I only want to go back to school so I can laugh at how retarded I was before

[Im gay]

# ? Sep 25, 2014 18:50

The Dipshit: Dec 21, 2005; by FactsAreUseless

Dicere posted:

It feels like cheating because the first year of undergrad is laughably easy.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 18:51

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

FordPRefectLL posted:

i already did all the gen ed stuff when i was like 19-20 and it transferred over, i'm not doing first year stuff

So the the equivalent of 7th or 8th grade for a 20 year old, still not even in high school yet. I hope you've pieced it together why this is an embarrassing thing to pretend is an accomplishment as opposed to a hidden shame you should carry around.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 18:52

Big Bowie Bonanza: Dec 30, 2007; please tell me where i can date this cute boy

ArbitraryC posted:

So the the equivalent of 7th or 8th grade for a 20 year old, still not even in high school yet. I hope you've pieced it together why this is an embarrassing thing to pretend is an accomplishment as opposed to a hidden shame you should carry around.

Tell us about your life

# ? Sep 25, 2014 18:54

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

Your Dead Gay Son posted:

There was a girl in my college year that was like 16 and hyper smart but the joke was on her because she was way younger than everyone else, a know it all, and had no social skills whatsoever because she moved to a different school every year when she was younger. Gg

Due to a program where you can take community college courses to overlap with highschool credits and count towards your future degree I entered college as a junior at 18. My academic adviser was like how about taking a bunch of stuff not relevant to your major so you can spend some time developing social skills and networking. Was best advice ever and I'm super glad I didn't just pound my major's courses and leave, though I had a free ride so there wasn't a lot of cons to just taking my time.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 18:56

Big Bowie Bonanza: Dec 30, 2007; please tell me where i can date this cute boy

ArbitraryC posted:

Due to a program where you can take community college courses to overlap with highschool credits and count towards your future degree I entered college as a junior at 18. My academic adviser was like how about taking a bunch of stuff not relevant to your major so you can spend some time developing social skills and networking. Was best advice ever and I'm super glad I didn't just pound my major's courses and leave, though I had a free ride so there wasn't a lot of cons to just taking my time.

(the advice didnt work instead you posted on the internet about drugs and got mad about other people doing well)

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:00

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

FordPRefectLL posted:

Tell us about your life

Like you I'm 26 (well barely). I have a graduate degree in chemical engineering and work in a national lab. I haven't gotten much traveling in yet (except for a bit in the US and canada) but I grew up in a single parent household with poverty level income so it wasn't too feasible. Now I make bank and am building up some vacation time and will probably take a long trip overseas within a year or two.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:01

Big Bowie Bonanza: Dec 30, 2007; please tell me where i can date this cute boy

you should do that good luck where do you want to go

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:02

Irradiation: Sep 14, 2005; I understand your frustration.

Waltzing Along posted:

Everyone hates you, OP. Especially the teachers.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:11

hofnar: Dec 27, 2008; by sebmojo

Tuxedo Gin posted:

good job being an insufferable prick

Actually you seem to have this covered

hofnar fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Sep 25, 2014

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:16

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

FordPRefectLL posted:

(the advice didnt work instead you posted on the internet about drugs and got mad about other people doing well)

Drugs are p cool and I'm glad I got into them. Mellowed me out a lot and probably played a large role in me being good at stem fields but not an insufferable libertarian. A bit of growing/selling also helped me stretch that grad student budget out just a bit more.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:17

Burt Sexual: Jan 26, 2006; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Switchblade Switcharoo

What ju co you go to OP?

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:17

Big Bowie Bonanza: Dec 30, 2007; please tell me where i can date this cute boy

Darth123123 posted:

What ju co you go to OP?

Arizona state university junior college

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:18

raton: Jul 28, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

The TA is younger than me and it makes it easy to bully him.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:22

a creepy colon: Oct 28, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Tuxedo Gin posted:

any intellectual superiority you think you gained by being a world traveler is immediately lost by the fact that you're going into IT and list "MUDs" as an interest on your profile

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:25

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Sheep-Goats posted:

The TA is younger than me and it makes it easy to bully him.

sounds like a worthwhile use of class time. the rest of the class thinks it's totally funny too btw

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:26

a creepy colon: Oct 28, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Sheep-Goats posted:

The TA is younger than me and it makes it easy to bully him.

I do this too haha

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:26

bollig: Apr 7, 2006; Never Forget.

I'm like thirty and I"m going to grad school in Europe. I'm going to get a masters for like $3500. poo poo owns.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:27

Tuxedo Gin: May 21, 2003; Classy.

bollig posted:

I'm like thirty and I"m going to grad school in Europe. I'm going to get a masters for like $3500. poo poo owns.

cool. next time pick a subject where you get paid to go to grad school it owns even more

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:32

a creepy colon: Oct 28, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Why don't you Master interviewing techniques so you can land a PhD canidate position haha

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:45

Cool NIN Shirt: Nov 26, 2007; by vyelkin

going back to college as an older person is cool bc then you can trade legally-purchased booze for adderall with your underage classmates. Also, be sure to flash some chest hair to "rustle the jollies" of teenage coeds

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:52

Khorne: May 1, 2002

ArbitraryC posted:

But don't you see he's going through material people 8 years his junior are tackling in between partying and loving constantly, it's a feat to be bragged about for sure. I was only slightly exaggerating about a 20 year old chilling with elementary school students, it'd be the equivalent of being a 20 year old in ~6th grade.

School actually gets harder after your mid twenties.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 19:53

mind the walrus: Sep 22, 2006

ArbitraryC posted:

But don't you see he's going through material people 8 years his junior are tackling in between partying and loving constantly, it's a feat to be bragged about for sure. I was only slightly exaggerating about a 20 year old chilling with elementary school students, it'd be the equivalent of being a 20 year old in ~6th grade.

And remember, this is you as a mellowed-out non-libertarian STEM-lord.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 20:02

Rhymenoserous: May 23, 2008

FordPRefectLL posted:

i'm going into IT

lol certification trumps education dummy.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 20:04

Tuxedo Gin: May 21, 2003; Classy.

Khorne posted:

School actually gets harder after your mid twenties.

only because you generally have to work full time while doing it. i don't think that's something that somebody who spent their entire adult life loving around in asia/europe/haiwaii needs to worry about

# ? Sep 25, 2014 20:06

vyst: Aug 25, 2009

GJ spending a majority of your 20's being a failure OP

# ? Sep 25, 2014 20:09

Inzombiac: Mar 19, 2007; PARTY ALL NIGHT

EAT BRAINS ALL DAY

Yeah well I dropped out of college to work and look how cool I am now

Pretty drat cool

I have no future!

# ? Sep 25, 2014 20:16

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Inzombiac posted:

Yeah well I dropped out of college to work and look how cool I am now

Pretty drat cool

I have no future!

that intro to women's studies course really would have put you over the top

# ? Sep 25, 2014 20:19

Pendent: Nov 16, 2011; The bonds of blood transcend all others.
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Rhymenoserous posted:

lol certification trumps education dummy.

A degree sure doesn't hurt though, especially if you ever want to get onto a management track.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 20:23

vyst: Aug 25, 2009

Rhymenoserous posted:

lol certification trumps education dummy.

Not anymore. You need at least a degree if you're going into a non-programming/non-tier 1 call center monkey field. Degree doesn't need to be in CIS or CS but having a degree is important now and is used as a filter for a lot of companies.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 20:26

Pendent: Nov 16, 2011; The bonds of blood transcend all others.
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vyst posted:

Not anymore. You need at least a degree if you're going into a non-programming/non-tier 1 call center monkey field. Degree doesn't need to be in CIS or CS but having a degree is important now and is used as a filter for a lot of companies.

My experience has been different but I also went to a trade school so :shrug:

# ? Sep 25, 2014 20:33

Big Bowie Bonanza: Dec 30, 2007; please tell me where i can date this cute boy

vyst posted:

GJ spending a majority of your 20's being a failure OP

I remember one day I woke up after a nap on a beach in Bali next to my ex and being like "I've failed"

# ? Sep 25, 2014 20:39

CountButtula: Jan 5, 2014

which subject is cooler with pooping yrself in class

i think womens studies would frown on that whereas IT would be like "nbd"

# ? Sep 25, 2014 20:50

TontoCorazon: Aug 18, 2007

Good luck drowning in skizz op

# ? Sep 25, 2014 20:58

Costello Jello: Oct 24, 2003; It had to start somewhere

Tuxedo Gin posted:

actually it's not a waste i just think this is a dumb thread

You're so mad at the OP who turns out to be pretty much exactly you. Do you hate yourself? Let's get deep here.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 20:59

Tuxedo Gin: May 21, 2003; Classy.

Costello Jello posted:

You're so mad at the OP who turns out to be pretty much exactly you. Do you hate yourself? Let's get deep here.

ya but the real point is that i like to make fun of anyone who tries to brag about dumb poo poo online because at the end of the day we all paid to post on the internet and have nothing to be proud of

# ? Sep 25, 2014 21:06

Action Yak: Nov 9, 2008

I had never taken the ACT in high school but it was required to move on to university (not required for community college) so I took an ACT prep class. It was me and twenty teenagers. Really loving awkward.
Also I didn't read the thread.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 21:20

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Tuxedo Gin: May 21, 2003; Classy.

Action Yak Police posted:

Also I didn't read the thread.

that makes you the smartest person here

# ? Sep 25, 2014 21:23

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