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tiny_rabid_birds
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Re: about to register for classes!!! [Re: Neuron]
#11383675 - 11/04/09 12:45 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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i took a couple psych classes. i could find myself interested from time to time, but i don't think it's for me. with the whole bad student thing playing into the mix, there were a fair number of readings i didn't really read. or if i did, it was a speed read for basic content sort of thing.
and though i can certainly find myself interested in some aspects of psychology, i could never see myself in a related field career wise. the more i think about it, the more simply i see myself living in the future... working with my hands. probably never in a money-making career. of course, i do always have my degree to fall back on, but with the job market the way it is, i'm not sure it would do me much good. and i don't really want to end up in an office, which i figure would probably happen with an econ/mngt degree.
i've actually given thought to looking into becoming a flight attendant. that would let me travel quite extensively. and i'm loving traveling so far. the service aspect is something i'm very familiar with, having worked in restaurants and catering for the past 5 years. and from what i understand, it can be decent paying, especially for a single guy used to living on a budget. enough to get my loans paid off pretty quickly.
i'm totally rambling and thread-jacking though. i think it's a sign that the 018 is hitting me. nice.
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Neuron
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you could also teach english in foreign countries.
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youbreakyoubuy
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Re: about to register for classes!!! [Re: Neuron]
#11387583 - 11/04/09 08:51 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Neuron said:
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tiny_rabid_birds said: the key is to not give a shit. 
i didn't really care about my major. i declared it because i had to declare something. but there was absolutely no passion. and little intention of following up the same course of studies through grad school.
also, i am NOT a morning person. i'm not functional in the morning. especially in college where everyone i knew was up until 3am. i just have a natural tendency to shift towards a nocturnal active life.
do i regret not having worked harder? fuck yeah. but i'm a procrastinator through and through. and in case you were wondering, no mommy and daddy did not pay for any of my education. i'm shouldering that debt alone. what i regret more than not working harder, is never discovering what i'm passionate about. i'm a year and a half out of college and still trying to work it out.
Not everyone shares your lack of passion. Don't rain on somebody else's parade, just because you *chose not to make the most of college.
On the same note, I don't think the snap judgments of excitement about college should be correlated with "mommy and daddy paying every penny" or being a freshman. I paid my way through school, and have been excited about college every step of the way.
Congratulations OP, for being responsible about registering early and getting the classes you want/need/deserve.
My tentative schedule for Spring is(although you're prob signing up for Winter): Cognition Evolutionary Psychology Intermediate Statistics Emotion Adult Development and Aging
tiny_rabid_birds---I feel you about that passion thing. For a long while I couldn't find any reason to stay in school beyond that it was a fiscally (one way or another)sound method of staying alive. You see, I've got knee problems that limit my ability to do manual labor anymore, and I didn't have any health insurance to take care of it while working in the service industry. So....I went back to school and got back on my mom's insurance. Ever since then I've scrambled to validate my continuing stay, and I'm thankful that I'm finally finding a passion for what I'm doing. I'm even planning on going to grad school.
Neuron---Thanks! I'm signing up for spring courses. A couple of your classes sound like real snoozers (cognition and stats) but the others sound like interesting stuffs.
I'm taking (definitely ): Organic Chemistry II Cell Biology Intro to Evolutionary Process Interpersonal Communications Intro to Music(still not certain about this one)
I might be getting an undergraduate research position (I hope, I hope) so I might have to ditch the music or evolution course. My big problem is that I want to take everything that I can, but I have to balance that out with not screwing myself with too heavy a course load. I'm one of those people that could stay in school almost perpetually without too much remorse. I do eventually want a job though.
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Rustifer
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I'm going next week to get signed up for classes.
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Neuron
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Re: about to register for classes!!! [Re: Rustifer]
#11388614 - 11/05/09 12:30 AM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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you break you buy- Cognition is basically a neuroscience course, so it's anything but boring. Intermediate stats is so fast-paced, that there is no time to snooze.
But it does get redundant. Aye.
I hear ya on the "I wish I could take every class in the book." If I had the time, I'd take econ1, econ2, accounting1, accounting 2, pre-calc, calc1, 4 auto mechanic courses, and minor in French AND Japanese.
However, during the next 3 semester, I only have time to finish a psych major/management information systems minor.
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Re: about to register for classes!!! [Re: Neuron]
#11388643 - 11/05/09 12:39 AM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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i like school monst of the time but i hope it never turns me in to a conceited self absorbed judgmental prick...^
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Neuron
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btw, dr. dick - I have you NIGNORED, in case you were responding to me.
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Re: about to register for classes!!! [Re: Neuron]
#11388696 - 11/05/09 12:55 AM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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yeah i was just callin you a self righteous prick thats all brah
sorry you dont realize this yourself it must suck
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Boutang
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I haven't been to class in the last ten weeks maybe nine.
Job gets in the way alot when you're on call 24/7 everyday you're not there.
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Doctor_Dick
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Re: about to register for classes!!! [Re: Boutang]
#11388742 - 11/05/09 01:07 AM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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so yeah, im a freshman i just signed up for my spring term. i signed up nice and early and got all classes i was interested in this time. human body, philosophy1, music appreciation and a mandatory math class. im like the oldest freshman im 22 but its okay better starting now than never.
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Rustifer
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Re: about to register for classes!!! [Re: Doctor_Dick]
#11389804 - 11/05/09 09:46 AM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Don't feel bad, I'm going back at the age of 22 as well as a freshman.
I don't really plan on graduating before I'm 30. I'm glad I didn't stay in college, I did 2 semesters back when I was supposed to be a senior in high school. Then my dad died and I lost funding, so I took 4-5 years to figure things out and get some partying out of my system. I figured out I don't want to be a cs major, or really ever work for somebody else.
At least this time I feel a little more grounded and actually want to go to college for reasons other than finding pussy/drugs.
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