* Warik - 1, University - 0 *

[Warik]

Lol... too ez.


Before:

* Warik has 10 credits worth of foreign language requirement, plus a high school language requirement.

* Warik has a ridiculous "Arts" credit to complete by means of such educationally meaningful classes as Painting, Sculpting, Creative Writing, and Ballet.

* Warik has exceeded the maximum number of credits allowable before completing the CLAST exam and will be unable to register for Fall semester due to a hold from the Dean's office.

* Some other shit.

After:

* Warik needs to take 1 class to clear out the 10 credits of foreign language requirement, the high school language requirement, AND the arts requirement.

* Warik gets himself exempt from the CLAST exam.

* Warik is told by one of the women in the Dean's office to simply pick up the phone if he still has a hold when it's time to register.

* Some other shit is cleared up too.

Muhahaha.

This is the first time I've left my house and come back in a not-bad mood.

May1010, please make some kind of jokes regarding my detesting of human interaction so that my evening will be even more pleasurable by debating with you in this thread that you cannot delete. =)

-Warik

 

[danielson]

hmmm

american universities are very different to ours. whats a CLAST exam? and why should u have to do one for getting credit? still on the plus side doing all this extra shit must make uni a bit more interesting <sigh>.....

 

[JustinM]

good job man..but i have a question all those credits you took in language and arts are being dropped? i dont quite understand...and what school do you go to?

 

[Warik]

danielson,

CLAST = "College Level Academic Skills Test" Basically an exam to test whether or not I still have some brain activity going on (I'm told it is that easy). Shouldn't the existence of any brain activity have been determined BEFORE I entered the university? Jeez.

I'm told I can't register for more than 60 credits until I've completed the test. Hah.. we'll see about that.

I'd have to agree, though. Today was pretty much the funnest day I've ever had at school. Most of the time it consists of me sitting around listening to people ask stupid questions.

This summer I had to listen to some goof spend TEN MINUTES asking the teacher how to log on to the class's website and print something out. TEN MINUTES! What class? Computer Programming III (3)!!! How the hell did that peon get that far?

-Warik

 

[Warik]

Justin,

I never had those credits. They were required credits for some stuff I didn't have yet. I must not have worded it too well. As SG would say, I'll go hang myself now.

I go to FIU. Read my other thread a little lower on the page to learn more. =)

-Warik

 

[X.X]

Warik - you are a smart guy. You beat the system

 

[danielson]

hee hee

ive been there. it really makes u feel like turd when theres some dude next to u that is impressed with the fact hes managed to keep breathing these last 19 years and ur in the same uni as him

still on the plus side u get less of them in ur actual course.

 

[RyanH]

Warik--

I still fail to see your BIG VICTORY....

Ryan.

 

[Fonz]

danielson,

CLAST = "College Level Academic Skills Test" Basically an exam to test whether or not I still have some brain activity going on (I'm told it is that easy). Shouldn't the existence of any brain activity have been determined BEFORE I entered the university? Jeez.

I'm told I can't register for more than 60 credits until I've completed the test. Hah.. we'll see about that.

I'd have to agree, though. Today was pretty much the funnest day I've ever had at school. Most of the time it consists of me sitting around listening to people ask stupid questions.

This summer I had to listen to some goof spend TEN MINUTES asking the teacher how to log on to the class's website and print something out. TEN MINUTES! What class? Computer Programming III (3)!!! How the hell did that peon get that far?

-Warik

LOL Warik.

I had the same thing happen to me in my UNI.

I was not allowed to take ANY spanish or french language
courses because I would have an "unfair" advantage
over the other students.

I was like WTF?????

Thats what happens when you can speak better spanish
and french than the teacher.......LOL

Godspeed

 

[spentagn]

My dad formerly taught at the North Campus of FIU. Oh well.

 

[Warik]

I still fail to see your BIG VICTORY....

Let me simplify.

Warik need take much class. Warik need silly test.

That bad! Warik no like!

Warik go to school. Warik get mad.

Warik need now 1 class. Warik not need take silly test. Warik like!!!

What don't you see?

-Warik

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

Warik,

You're not up 1-0.

You're down like 1000 - 1.

You lose again every day you go there. Your time could be better spent - yet you allow them to take money due to your attendance. Don't even bother about your scholarships.....it;s your time you are wasting.

You didn;t win any battle - you bought it. Big deal.

 

[JustinM]

matttheskywalker 1, warik 0...


wow...

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

Justin,

I'm not looking to flame warik. He's a cool guy. Just throwing some perspective out...bending people to your will when they are collecting a 5 digit fee because you go there annually is not exactly magic.

Where you from on LI? I'm in western suffolk.

 

[HappyScrappy]

so that one class... I don't know about you - but I'd make it the ballet.

 

[Warik]

You lose again every day you go there.

You go there too - last I heard. =)

Your time could be better spent

I went to my Statistics class a total of 3 times this summer (for 30 minute tests).

I spent almost every day of my Programming III class doing work on my laptop for my job, pretending I was taking notes and following the teacher's examples.

yet you allow them to take money due to your attendance.

175% scholarship - leftovers are tax free. I get paid to go.

Don't even bother about your scholarships.....it;s your time you are wasting.

Too late.

You didn;t win any battle - you bought it. Big deal.

Winning proves I'm strong.
Buying shows they're weak.

I did both.

Woohoo.

-Warik

 

[TheSalami]

what could he better spend his time doing than going to college? working his way up the mcdonalds food chain?

 

[thermo]

Anyone else notice!

 

[Warik]

what could he better spend his time doing than going to college? working his way up the mcdonalds food chain?

Hey now, we all know that we don't need college to succeed.

Besides, 2 1/2 years is nothing more than a weekend for an immortal master of the universe like myself.

-Warik

 

[TheSalami]

even if you end up not needing it its still best to go through it just in case it does help you. college grads do tend to make more than people who didnt go to college. they also tend to have more teeth.

 

[Fonz]

Hey now, we all know that we don't need college to succeed.

Besides, 2 1/2 years is nothing more than a weekend for an immortal master of the universe like myself.

-Warik

Warik, sometimes intelligent people need to learn how
to be humble.

Most of the people in my future profession are 40+
with over 10 years exp..
In my UNI I'm considered a genius, next to them I feel
like an ant.
Just putting things in perspective.

Godspeed

 

[Warik]

even if you end up not needing it its still best to go through it just in case it does help you. college grads do tend to make more than people who didnt go to college. they also tend to have more teeth.

Hey! You disagreed with my point of view. I'm going to have to edit you now.

Unless, of course, you show me your tits.

-Warik

 

[TheSalami]

how about i just rest my balls on your forehead?

think about it.

salami, going to bed.

 

[Warik]

Warik, sometimes intelligent people need to learn how to be humble.

Hey now, sometimes intelligent people need to learn how to recognize when other intelligent people are making megalomaniacal jokes. =)

Most of the people in my future profession are 40+
with over 10 years exp..
In my UNI I'm considered a genius, next to them I feel
like an ant.

That's the kind of person I want to be - the kind that does the ant-ing.

I'm honestly not impressed when someone tells me educational credentials. "Harvard, Yale, MIT, Caltech, blah blah blah!!!" OK, so you've proven that you can score close to perfect on the SAT and that you enjoy sleepless nights of studying - what have you done in the real world?

When someone asks me: "why should I hire you instead of someone else" (even though in my/my friends' experiences that is the bullshit question that everyone warns you about even though it never gets asked... does it ever get asked?), I want to be able to list companies, accomplishments, and software products as opposed to "I had an A+ at MIT!!! Me SMART!!!!!!!!"

-Warik

 

[Shrebly]

how about i just rest my balls on your forehead?

think about it.

salami, going to bed.

Yawn... guess mom said it was time for you to go study for your summer school classes... tough life being 13 huh salami?

 

[Warik]

Salami,

:Q

-Warik

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

You go there too - last I heard. =)

That's over brother. And it took 3 years to clear my head of all the bullshit. hate to see it happen to you.

I went to my Statistics class a total of 3 times this summer (for 30 minute tests).

hey if you think that justifies wasting your time....

I spent almost every day of my Programming III class doing work on my laptop for my job, pretending I was taking notes and following the teacher's examples.

You're learning....

175% scholarship - leftovers are tax free. I get paid to go.

Taking any economics courses? If you are then you know about opportunity ocsts - that's the amount it costs you to be there, because you could be getting paid more doing something else.


=)



Winning proves I'm strong.
Buying shows they're weak.

I did both.

Woohoo.

-Warik [/B][/QUOTE]

 

[JustinM]

matt i know you werent trying to flame him but it was funny how you put it..and i agree with you for college but my parents are still making me go..i am from eastern nassau...syosset...it is in the town of oyster bay..and i live right off of jericho turnpike..how bout you...huntington maybe??

peace bro

 

[JustinM]

and i gotcha warik, peace bro

 

[TheSalami]

Yawn... guess mom said it was time for you to go study for your summer school classes... tough life being 13 huh salami?

haha it was nice of shrebly to wait about a half hour not doing anything just so she could write "yawn" after one of my posts. i think she is obsessed with the salami.

 

[Warik]

i think she is obsessed with the salami.

She wants you, dude.

heheh

-Warik

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

Justin,

Little bit east of Huntington, off of 25A.

 

[JustinM]

are you in oyster bay cove?? i was right in tall oaks today painting a house, because i paint for my dad...

what block do you live on?..

 

[Fonz]

Warik, you're taking my words out of context.

You know perfectly well thats not what I meant.

You see, when I was 19,20 I was pretty much like you.
I hated group work because a lot of people
are slow. That annoyed me even though I tried
hard for it not to.
The fact of the matter is group-work is ESSENTIAL in any
type of endeavour.
If you go through life doing just solo work, you'll suffer.
I'm telling you you will.
Warik, I'm not being mean or anything its just that
I've seen a lot of very bright and capable people
get isolated because they just couldn't work well
in groups.
And LOL, I too couldn't care less what marks I got at UNI.
I find it very easy. The only reason I go is that I get
to Kibitz with some VERY experienced and knowledgeable
people from British Aerospace and EADS.
I've learned more about the intricacies of the Aerospace
industry in the past year than I've learned in my
4 years of Uni.
In conclusion, there's always someone smarter,or
more experienced than you.
I had to find that out the hard way. I can laugh at it now,
but damn did I ever get embarrassed at the time.

And btw, the US system SUCKS. European universities
tend to be much better. Less bullshit, more interesting.
(Except for sports. They just suck )

Godspeed

 

[Warik]

Actually I did think you were referring to my megalomaniacal humor (that's what you quoted). I agree with you in terms of group work. It unfortunately IS essential for large endeavours. The horror stories my friend tells me about his job (project lead for a software company) makes me wish I didn't have to do any group work in the future.

It's like that old idea of "most people are average and then you have some exceptions that excel." It doesn't seem to be that way in the computer world... here it's like "most people are goofs, but eventually you'll find someone who knows what he's doing, and then, in rare cases, someone who actually excels."

I hope to be the one who excels.

-Warik

 

[Fonz]

Well said.

Godspeed