Open Bar 3.17 - now more glitchy than ever!

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

I might actually do this to bring some intelligence to the evil that is FB.

If you'll be reading Jane Austen, then no, you won't be.

yeah, your probably right.

Awwww come on y'all she's been on the required reading list for English Lit for how many years?

I'm not saying I'm a fan but dammit everyone should have to suffer thru both Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility...   

Jane Austin never got around to POOMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. 

which would have surely been her masterpiece!!

[Suu]

I just had to explain to someone what the "X" meant in X-Mas, and why we use it as shortform for Christ.

The response I got was, "I don't get it, but at least those silly Greeks make good gyros!"



I just...I...I...

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I just had to explain to someone what the "X" meant in X-Mas, and why we use it as shortform for Christ.

The response I got was, "I don't get it, but at least those silly Greeks make good gyros!"



I just...I...I...

Looks like Eliza bots are no longer a functioning social tool.   

[Suu]

I just had to explain to someone what the "X" meant in X-Mas, and why we use it as shortform for Christ.

The response I got was, "I don't get it, but at least those silly Greeks make good gyros!"



I just...I...I...

Looks like Eliza bots are no longer a functioning social tool.   

[Freeky]

I have yet to take the 100 class I'm required to. Fortunately, it's a major-specific one, so it shouldn't be *too* shoty-in-the-face.

100 doesn't count here, you have to take 101 and 102 for it to count toward the degree i'm going for, which is a transfer one to UofA.

Fortunately I got a 99/100 on the writing placement test, so I don't have to spend the extra cash to get into it like I do with all the math classes and science classes. 

Here's a WTF for you, and I wonder if this happens at your guys' schools:  Say you want to bypass the baby level of whatever subject, and you can do that by taking a test and getting so much percent on it.  Do you have to enroll AND pay for the class you wanted to bypass  as well?  Because that's what they do here and I was like, "Fuck it, I'll just take the course later on."

Wow, no, here if you test out of a level you just go to the next level.

I tested out of all English/writing requirements.

But this is Arizona.

Still, I was gobsmacked when I was told this.  There has to be some kind of misunderstanding, here.  Maybe.  This is ALSO the area that has "County-specific curriculum", so you have to buy many of your textbooks from the bandits & rapists at the college bookstore.

Seriously, they are going to make her pay for classes she tests out of? That's some serious bullshit.

And whether or not she takes the classes or CLEPs, there's no credits toward graduating until you reach a given level.  It's a hell of a fucking racket, if it's actually that way.  Either you can afford to CLEP out of everything right away, or you get to spend the same amount of money over time and take 3-4 years to get a 2 year degree.

WHAT THE FUCK???

That can't be right.

I may not understand how shit works, actually. 

Freeky,
DERP A HERP DERP

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I have yet to take the 100 class I'm required to. Fortunately, it's a major-specific one, so it shouldn't be *too* shoty-in-the-face.

100 doesn't count here, you have to take 101 and 102 for it to count toward the degree i'm going for, which is a transfer one to UofA.

Fortunately I got a 99/100 on the writing placement test, so I don't have to spend the extra cash to get into it like I do with all the math classes and science classes. 

Here's a WTF for you, and I wonder if this happens at your guys' schools:  Say you want to bypass the baby level of whatever subject, and you can do that by taking a test and getting so much percent on it.  Do you have to enroll AND pay for the class you wanted to bypass  as well?  Because that's what they do here and I was like, "Fuck it, I'll just take the course later on."

Wow, no, here if you test out of a level you just go to the next level.

I tested out of all English/writing requirements.

But this is Arizona.

Still, I was gobsmacked when I was told this.  There has to be some kind of misunderstanding, here.  Maybe.  This is ALSO the area that has "County-specific curriculum", so you have to buy many of your textbooks from the bandits & rapists at the college bookstore.

Seriously, they are going to make her pay for classes she tests out of? That's some serious bullshit.

And whether or not she takes the classes or CLEPs, there's no credits toward graduating until you reach a given level.  It's a hell of a fucking racket, if it's actually that way.  Either you can afford to CLEP out of everything right away, or you get to spend the same amount of money over time and take 3-4 years to get a 2 year degree.

WHAT THE FUCK???

That can't be right.

I may not understand how shit works, actually. 

Freeky,
DERP A HERP DERP

I seriously hope not, because if it actually works like that you'd be better off skipping community college and going right into university.

[Suu]

I know in RI, some credits from CCRI are NOT transferable to URI or RIC, which makes them definitely not transferable to the private schools. That has more to do with the performance of incoming CCRI students at the university level, though. I mean, if the state schools are giving you the finger...something is up.

[Freeky]

I seriously hope not, because if it actually works like that you'd be better off skipping community college and going right into university.

If I did that I couldn't afford even a single class, which means absolutely no school at all.  Like Roger says, schools here have students by the short hairs.

[Suu]

I seriously hope not, because if it actually works like that you'd be better off skipping community college and going right into university.

If I did that I couldn't afford even a single class, which means absolutely no school at all.  Like Roger says, schools here have students by the short hairs.

Get that GPA up, get off of academic probation, and I'll help you afford school.

[Freeky]

I seriously hope not, because if it actually works like that you'd be better off skipping community college and going right into university.

If I did that I couldn't afford even a single class, which means absolutely no school at all.  Like Roger says, schools here have students by the short hairs.

Get that GPA up, get off of academic probation, and I'll help you afford school.

Got an A and a B this semester.  If the trend is the same, my GPA will get bumped by about 1.3 .8 points.  


Edit: math fail

[Suu]

Keep at it! 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Not all credits are transferable to all programs, which is part of why dual enrollment programs are a great idea if you can do them. But that's a different issue from forcing students to pay for classes they don't need in order to qualify for higher level classes.

Freeky, something isn't right in what you're describing. I suggest you talk to an academic advisor.

[Freeky]

Not all credits are transferable to all programs, which is part of why dual enrollment programs are a great idea if you can do them. But that's a different issue from forcing students to pay for classes they don't need in order to qualify for higher level classes.

Freeky, something isn't right in what you're describing. I suggest you talk to an academic advisor.

Bolded is why baby level chemistry and anything below calculus won't count, as I am interpreting it. 

Also, yes I do need to speak to an advisor.  Gonna do that today.

[Suu]

Yes, because the purpose of a CLEP exam is the ability to SAVE MONEY and skip required courses. Paying extra is total derp.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Not all credits are transferable to all programs, which is part of why dual enrollment programs are a great idea if you can do them. But that's a different issue from forcing students to pay for classes they don't need in order to qualify for higher level classes.

Freeky, something isn't right in what you're describing. I suggest you talk to an academic advisor.

Bolded is why baby level chemistry and anything below calculus won't count, as I am interpreting it. 

Also, yes I do need to speak to an advisor.  Gonna do that today.

OK... but the fact that certain prereqs don't apply toward your transfer is not relevant to whether you need to take them. That's a different conversation. Either that or I am very confused.