Weekly College Bitch-a-thon

[Warik]

So I need to take 15 credit hours worth of classes next semester and every semester thereafter if I plan to get out of college before it wastes 4 years of my life. Ok, no problem.

But I also have a ton of foolish requirements having nothing to do with my major... that's OK too. I'll just take some classes that meet multiple requirements.

Let's see... I have to take a biological science as part of the core (you know, since us computer science majors might need to do important biological stuff like spelling mitochondria correctly without the aid of a dictionary). But I also need to take an additional science course for the computer science program.

Oh! I have an idea. I'll take a biological science that happens to reside in the list of valid additional science courses.

OK. I found 3 of them. Intro to Botany, Intro to Marine Biology, and General Biology I. Well, General Biology I is one of those "For Biology Majors" classes that are for big lectures with 300 or so students. We all know how I feel about humans, so I decided to look into Intro to Botany and Marine Biology.

How interesting... NOBODY IN THE ENTIRE FUCKING UNIVERSITY IS TEACHING BOTANY OR MARINE BIOLOGY THIS SEMESTER. THE ONLY FUCKING BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COURSE IS GODDAMN GENERAL BIOLOGY I FOR BIOLOGY MAJORS IN A CLASS OF 300 DAMN PEOPLE.

Oh, let's not forget the best part, it's only taught either EARLY in the morning (9 friggin 30) or late in the afternoon (3 friggin 30 i.e. I get home at 6).

Could this be the end of Warik? Will he succumb to the evil university system and sit in a class with 300 humans to listen to pointless babble regarding material that will simply be purged from his mind the day after the final exam? Will he waste his morning or his afternoon with such nonsense? Will he pay excessive lab fees and accept admittance into lame "study buddy groups" when proposed to do so by other students after they see him raping the material simply because he doesn't want them to talk shit about "that asshole who doesn't talk to anybody?"

NO!

THIS CAN'T BE THE END OF WARIK!!

I WILL NOT SUCCUMB!!!

I WILL FIND A WAY OUT OF THIS!!!!

I WILL MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH.

I WILL INVADE HELL.

I WILL CONQUER THE UNIVERSE.

I WILL DO EVEN THAT WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR MORTAL MEN TO ACHIEVE IF IT WILL MEAN THAT I WILL NOT HAVE TO SIT IN A ROOM WITH 300 PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO "PROFESSOR TRACEY" AT 9:30 IN THE MORNING TALKING ABOUT MITOCHONDRIA AND GOLGI APPARATUSES WHILST FIGHTING THE URGE TO IMPALE MYSELF WITH A BALLPOINT PEN DUE TO SHEER MIND-NUMBING BOREDOM.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Warik

 

[TheSalami]

freshman year was all big classes. my biology class had well over 300 people. it was good because i never went to class. i went to about 3 classes a week that year. gpa could have been better but i dont give a fuck. it was a good time. every semester since then has just gotten better and better anyway.

 

[Freak Show]

Warik, you seem like a smart fella, trust me you don't really need to attend lectures for intro biology. Unless the jag-off prof makes attendance mandatory. As for the lab, well.... you may have to put up with mankind for a couple hours per week. Sorry.

 

[Warik]

The thing is, I'm not a freshman. I'm a junior and I still have a bunch of general education requirements (i.e. the shit you're supposed to do before declaring a major) because I was too busy taking the classes that actually pertain to my major. I'd say I have about 20 or so credit hours from general education that I've yet to complete.

Why don't they invent a school that actually "teaches" you what you need for your particular career and skip the BS? I think that's what I'll do. When I become ridiculously wealthy I'm going to open an elite school of major-only courses. You basically will declare your major on your application. It will be the most prestigious school in the entire world.

-Warik

 

[TheSalami]

all in all you really dont take that many classes involving your major. so far i have taken 2 classes that only finance majors take. that just leaves 1 year for the rest and i dont think its too many. i think i have 2 finance classes next semester. so you take the general shit. it makes you a well rounded person. who cares. the important thing is to have fun while your doing it.

 

[danielson]

this is why i get confused when i look at certain courses in america.....my american teacher told us about it a few yeats back, its great u learn allm these new things outside ur course, but what if u dont want to. what if u just wanna learn whatcha gotta and then get th hell out? tats why i gets confused

although my course sucks ass though

we HAVE to attend a 'surgery/clinic and get attached to a doctor'....and we see lots of patients....ooh, great u'd think except

a) these patients think we are doctors and ask us for medical advice, im sure somewhere in my course there's a shithead arropgant enough to think he can give it

b) we know jack shit at the moment....all we can look at is the standard of their care really, the rest can be looked at on a xerox'd peeice of paper for our own amusement or their pateint records....so all we can really ask is what is their standard of care...well its shite

c) we spend HOURS in one day examining the psychosicial issues of a condition with fuck knows how much brainstorming and charts and flow diagrams,. WTF!! as if we're gonna bother remebering what amounts to common sense. then we have to write up the days events making references to psychological texts. except we're not psychiatrists!!

d) the marks given for this pile of turd they call a 'segment of our course' is 2% of my final result. but if i dont attend every single one, i get kicked out of my course. except its the doctors responsibility to mark everything. so if she hates u or is a domanatrix nazi bitch bastard, if u miss one ur fucked. however others have brillianty people who let them turn up when they want. i have to trdge round an urban ghetto whilen its getiting dark in a fuckiong suit to meet a patient plus i have an exam the next day.

in short, my course suck too

 

[Warik]

BigPhysicsBastard,

Big ten? Not even close. My school is ranked number one billion or some shit. Not like I care. A meaningless piece of paper is a meaningless piece of paper. A computer science degree from a prestigious school is only useful in the hypothetical "MIT graduate vs. 'regular' graduate" job interview scenario (I didn't know they interviewed 2 people simultaneously now). How's this for a hypothetical job interview scenario? One guy is an MIT graduate, the other is a 'regular' graduate with years of experience. Gee I wonder who's getting the job. Stupid high school counselors.

Anyway, no it's not a big ten school... 300 student classes is ridiculous. I will find a way out of this. I KNOW I WILL.

danielson,

Agreed... your course sucks too... but at least you don't have 299 classmates pissing you off every day. =)

-Warik

 

[TheSalami]

why do you learn all the shit in high school that you will never use? the fact is learning a bunch of shit is good for your brain. also there is only so much shit in your major they can teach you. real experience will help you learn the important things you will need. i liked the big classes because they didnt take attendance and the professor never bothered me. now all my classes are small and i have to go to almost all of them or i should. the general classes you dont need to be small because they are less important for you. things work out perfectly. the most important thing though is to have fun. too many people think they come to college to learn and then they are miserable. you have to have fun also and fuck lots of hoes.

 

[danielson]

danielson,

Agreed... your course sucks too... but at least you don't have 299 classmates pissing you off every day. =)


-Warik

nope

i have 250 classmates to piss me off
lots of people in my lectire hall. i hate lectures. i aslo hate the people in them.....well not all of them, some i like....but some are such idiots that act like the 13 year old punks i see on my street corner trying to act 'all that'

lectures at 9.00 (like i go to them ) the day has ended as late as 5:30 or 6:30 in extremes. of course i take measure to combat this. i dont turn up ...how tha fuck did i pass

 

[FrankRizzo]

Why don't they invent a school that actually "teaches" you what you need for your particular career and skip the BS?

My major at Colorado State (Construction Management) taught me to use software that is industry standard, contract law, civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, estimating, etc. I was literally ready to go to work when I graduated. It is a very reputable program that places 100% of it's graduates. I picked it for this reason. These programs are hard to find, but they are out there.

At CSU you paid for credits up to 12 in one semester, then any credits after that were free. If your school works the same way it sounds like they are tailoring things to keep you there longer and make more money off you. State Universities are not far from complete bureaucracy. i.e. inefficient adn geared to separate you from your bank account.

Good Luck, I feel for ya. I've been there...I have faced the beast and got around him, but it wasn't easy. You will have nightmares about missing tests and shit for the rest of your life (Nice little bonus)