TGRR,
I just realized now that your other half has returned to Asphodel, and perhaps it's time for spiritual advice. School is about to start for me again, what sort of mindset should I have going into it?
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 27, 2013, 02:35:11 AM
TGRR,
I just realized now that your other half has returned to Asphodel, and perhaps it's time for spiritual advice. School is about to start for me again, what sort of mindset should I have going into it?
What's your major, again?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 27, 2013, 02:39:53 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 27, 2013, 02:35:11 AM
TGRR,
I just realized now that your other half has returned to Asphodel, and perhaps it's time for spiritual advice. School is about to start for me again, what sort of mindset should I have going into it?
What's your major, again?
I just finished the equivalent of an Associates in History and Government, however, I am switching to some sort of to be determined Bachelor of Science in a subset of Biology with a double major in a to be determined other science (Environmental, Engineering, or Chemical). I can't actually switch my majors until I transfer to UMass Boston, for financial aid reasons.
ETA: ie- I might go into Bioengineering or Biochem. I might flesh that out more with appropriate double.
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 27, 2013, 02:42:57 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 27, 2013, 02:39:53 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 27, 2013, 02:35:11 AM
TGRR,
I just realized now that your other half has returned to Asphodel, and perhaps it's time for spiritual advice. School is about to start for me again, what sort of mindset should I have going into it?
What's your major, again?
I just finished the equivalent of an Associates in History and Government, however, I am switching to some sort of to be determined Bachelor of Science in a subset of Biology with a double major in a to be determined other science (Environmental, Engineering, or Chemical). I can't actually switch my majors until I transfer to UMass Boston, for financial aid reasons.
ETA: ie- I might go into Bioengineering or Biochem. I might flesh that out more with appropriate double.
Um.
Start praying.
Now.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 27, 2013, 02:45:47 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 27, 2013, 02:42:57 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 27, 2013, 02:39:53 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 27, 2013, 02:35:11 AM
TGRR,
I just realized now that your other half has returned to Asphodel, and perhaps it's time for spiritual advice. School is about to start for me again, what sort of mindset should I have going into it?
What's your major, again?
I just finished the equivalent of an Associates in History and Government, however, I am switching to some sort of to be determined Bachelor of Science in a subset of Biology with a double major in a to be determined other science (Environmental, Engineering, or Chemical). I can't actually switch my majors until I transfer to UMass Boston, for financial aid reasons.
ETA: ie- I might go into Bioengineering or Biochem. I might flesh that out more with appropriate double.
Um.
Start praying.
Now.
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The reason I say that is that you've gone from Government and History, which are based on human STUPIDITY, into science, which is based on how the universe, you know, ACTUALLY WORKS.
You have not UNDER-PREPARED, you have COUNTER-PREPARED.
At least you weren't an economics major.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 27, 2013, 02:50:03 AM
The reason I say that is that you've gone from Government and History, which are based on human STUPIDITY, into science, which is based on how the universe, you know, ACTUALLY WORKS.
You have not UNDER-PREPARED, you have COUNTER-PREPARED.
I understand. In retrospect the Government classes were based on accepting that the system works. The History classes were pretty informative and pointed out the human stupidity.
But I'm ready for science. I just might not be ready for the math. I'm a bit rusty.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 27, 2013, 02:54:18 AM
At least you weren't an economics major.
Dear Lord, if ever a pseudoscience there ever was. Ain't no middle ground with them.
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 27, 2013, 02:59:05 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 27, 2013, 02:54:18 AM
At least you weren't an economics major.
Dear Lord, if ever a pseudoscience there ever was. Ain't no middle ground with them.
Economics is FASCINATING. A little too witch-doctory for my tastes, but fascinating.
Quote from: Surprise Happy Endings Whether You Want Them Or Not on August 27, 2013, 03:01:50 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 27, 2013, 02:59:05 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 27, 2013, 02:54:18 AM
At least you weren't an economics major.
Dear Lord, if ever a pseudoscience there ever was. Ain't no middle ground with them.
Economics is FASCINATING. A little too witch-doctory for my tastes, but fascinating.
I imagine it is, but there seems to always be a bias one way or the other. Based on political and historical trends (ha!) I would probably say that I approve of more governmental spending and less Libertarianism (it's worth noting that one of my political professors was a staunch pro-USA interventionist Libertarian). But economic studies seem to me to be based on ideal conditions, one way or the other.
That is to say, that he felt that the USA has a very positive and necessary role in maintaining peace in the Middle East, as an arbitrator. So, in other words, completely full of shit.
You should have stuck with history like me. Watch me struggle through mountains of debt in a couple of years when I start teaching at the community college to make ends meet in attempts to get into a doctoral program so I can get into more debt and eventually upgrade to potty training undergrads at a university.
Which isn't at all what I want to do with my degree, but will probably bet the end result.
Quote from: Suu on August 27, 2013, 03:27:43 AM
You should have stuck with history like me. Watch me struggle through mountains of debt in a couple of years when I start teaching at the community college to make ends meet in attempts to get into a doctoral program so I can get into more debt and eventually upgrade to potty training undergrads at a university.
Which isn't at all what I want to do with my degree, but will probably bet the end result.
Yeah, that's why I'm bailing. Not because I dislike history, but because my career options are fairly limited and the more that time goes on the less appealing teaching becomes. And you know, it's not like I'm opposed to a science career. From the time that I was 6 until the time I was 14 I wanted to be a scientist. I won't be an astronomer like what really tickles my fancy, but I can always do citizen science there for a hobby.
SCIENCE is where it's at. And it never hurts to have a humanities background, I hear.
Quote from: Surprise Happy Endings Whether You Want Them Or Not on August 27, 2013, 04:16:06 AM
SCIENCE is where it's at. And it never hurts to have a humanities background, I hear.
My sociology professor (remember him?) for our last class, said flat out, if you're not in a hard science, you might want to change your major. He admitted that he lucked out because he was able to make it a clinical thing (found out more about that. He deals in culture shock, primarily for Asians, and LGBT issues).
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 27, 2013, 04:40:40 AM
Quote from: Surprise Happy Endings Whether You Want Them Or Not on August 27, 2013, 04:16:06 AM
SCIENCE is where it's at. And it never hurts to have a humanities background, I hear.
My sociology professor (remember him?) for our last class, said flat out, if you're not in a hard science, you might want to change your major. He admitted that he lucked out because he was able to make it a clinical thing (found out more about that. He deals in culture shock, primarily for Asians, and LGBT issues).
Yeah, realistically speaking I probably wouldn't even bother going to school for anything that isn't a hard science, except for psychology.