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I've only been to four classes all quarter
    #7914648 - 01/22/08 01:12 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Time to drop to part-time... again.


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7914659 - 01/22/08 01:15 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Which classes are you taking?

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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: Sell Your Soul]
    #7914664 - 01/22/08 01:18 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Philosophy 150 Intro to Logic
English 276 Intro to Rhetoric
PoliSci 210 Intro to Political Theory

Come around 3 or so tomorrow I'll only be taking the English class.


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7914675 - 01/22/08 01:22 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Yeah, I don't think any of those could sustain my interest for very long.

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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: Sell Your Soul]
    #7914709 - 01/22/08 01:32 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

It has nothing to do with interest, it has to do with motivation.


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7914753 - 01/22/08 01:45 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I would think that interest was one of the main ingredients in motivation.
Perhaps I am wrong.

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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: Sell Your Soul]
    #7914772 - 01/22/08 01:50 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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I would think that interest was one of the main ingredients in motivation.
Perhaps I am wrong.




Nah, the gap between the two is understandable. In fact, I'd say it defines a lot of people's lives.


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: Sell Your Soul]
    #7914780 - 01/22/08 01:52 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

It's part of motivation, but think about how many classes people take to get a degree that they absolutely loathe. They manage to get by though, using (I'm assuming) the end result (the degree) as motivation. Not so much for me. I could care less about a degree.

Or, in other words, I doubt many people go to college because they think the academics overall are interesting to them. They want to get paid more money in the future.


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7914786 - 01/22/08 01:54 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

You suck dude!:tongue:  Get your ass to work, you aint getting any younger.

If you need them try taking two maybe

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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: DieCommie]
    #7914792 - 01/22/08 01:56 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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you aint getting any younger.




So why should I spend what should be my best years wasting away in classes I don't care about?


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7914817 - 01/22/08 02:05 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Thats a good question. If you dont have a good answer for that then drop all of your classes! Start doing what you should for "the best years of your life"

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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7914832 - 01/22/08 02:10 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

why are you in school if you don't want to be...

or are you just forced to take these classes right now, and if that's the case, you're going to need to pass them sooner or later for whatever it is you're in school for.


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7914889 - 01/22/08 02:27 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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So why should I spend what should be my best years wasting away in classes I don't care about?




Because you can look back on them and have something to show for them. Would you rather look back on them and say: "Wow, I pumped gas during the best years of my life".


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: badchad]
    #7914933 - 01/22/08 02:32 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Reminds me of an old patton quote -
"There is one great thing you men will all be able to say when you go home. You may thank God for it. Thank God, that at least, thirty years from now, when you are sitting around the fireside with your grandson on your knees, and he asks you what you did in the great war, you won't have to cough and say, "I shoveled shit in Louisiana.""

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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7914949 - 01/22/08 02:35 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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you aint getting any younger.




So why should I spend what should be my best years wasting away in classes I don't care about?




How do you spend your time when you are not in class?


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7915002 - 01/22/08 02:47 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

You know something I knew who posted this without having to look. Damn Jew, get your shit together, maybe join the Army and they will motivate you.

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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7915062 - 01/22/08 03:00 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

get your ass in motion, man

you don't want to be stuck in ohio or college all your life, and i doubt you're considering the dropping out self-sustainable lifestyle, so you're pretty much going to need a degree for a halfway decent paying job...that or move to toronto and become a barback


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: badchad]
    #7915333 - 01/22/08 03:57 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Haha, good question Whiskey.

I spend time here, playing Scrabble, hanging out with people, drinking, and playing lacrosse.

Badchad: Or I could spend my time doing shit I enjoy, and then go to college later. Then I can look back and say "My, I had a good time when I was younger, and I still have a college degree."


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7915353 - 01/22/08 04:00 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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Philosophy 150 Intro to Logic




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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7915386 - 01/22/08 04:08 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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Haha, good question Whiskey.

I spend time here, playing Scrabble, hanging out with people, drinking, and playing lacrosse.

Badchad: Or I could spend my time doing shit I enjoy, and then go to college later. Then I can look back and say "My, I had a good time when I was younger, and I still have a college degree."




your parents aren't going to pay for you to have fun for the next 10-20 years until you decide to go back and actually finish


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: demiu5]
    #7915387 - 01/22/08 04:09 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I got plenty of money saved.
I think that's part of my problem in all honesty.


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7915394 - 01/22/08 04:10 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

you have enough to pay rent, food, insurance, bills, medical, gas, and emergencies, etc...?


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: demiu5]
    #7915397 - 01/22/08 04:11 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

If I lived cheaply, like, poverty cheap, and didn't work, I could probably pull it off for a couple years.


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7915402 - 01/22/08 04:13 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

that's a pretty big if

believe me, i've gone through all the figures for my state (after dropping health and car insurance, which would mean driving illegally and risking more fines), and figured it would cost me at least 10-15k per year to live healthily even if not comfortably or in the best part of town


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: demiu5]
    #7915408 - 01/22/08 04:14 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Edit: I don't need to be sharing that shit with people.


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7915422 - 01/22/08 04:16 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Damn. What happens when you finish those few years? You need a job or to go back to school. Jobs are hard to get w/o a degree.

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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7915426 - 01/22/08 04:18 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

there's no way i can talk you in/out of this, but man, trust me.

you should know how much i hate college, especially considering the alternative which is feasible.

if you stay in and get it over with now, you will be happier about it. it's a lot easier to knock something out of the way than have it looming over you

but do what you want


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: demiu5]
    #7915430 - 01/22/08 04:19 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I have no plans of dropping out. I know there aren't any true viable options aside from the military, and that's not really a viable option for me right now. I'm just saying it's frustrating. I guess this is my monthly "I hate college" post.


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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7915443 - 01/22/08 04:21 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Would you do school part-time like you do now and work part-time too? Or just do school part-time and get the best of both worlds.

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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7915475 - 01/22/08 04:25 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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I spend time here, playing Scrabble, hanging out with people, drinking, and playing lacrosse.

Badchad: Or I could spend my time doing shit I enjoy, and then go to college later. Then I can look back and say "My, I had a good time when I was younger, and I still have a college degree."




So you don't even have a job?

Going to college later probably means you'll be making less money your whole life than you would be at the same age if you had finished school earlier. Basically you're deciding to be fiscally retarded so you can please yourself round the clock for the moment. The savings will go fast.

It's not like you can't have fun in your life AND go to class. Seriously man, I urge you to rethink this. I'm not all that much older than you and I already wish I had gone to school as early as possible. I'm the same age as some of my colleagues yet they have more experience in this industry and they make more money.

You'll still be young, you'll have school behind you, and you'll have years ahead of you before you get all tied down with a family and shit.

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Re: I've only been to four classes all quarter [Re: jewunit]
    #7915486 - 01/22/08 04:28 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

i probably had about 10 or 20 drop out conversations per semester with my mom over the last two and a half years. it's finally set in that finishing is for the best, even if never put my degree to use or need it for anything...the fact that i have it if i do ever need to get a "real" job, it's there. kind of a safety net


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