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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: QuDDus on January 09, 2004, 06:09:44 AM
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Well school starts back up monday. I have been forced to take night classes because they would not offer my classes in the day time. I am just so fed up with school. I don\'t even want to go.
I have to go all the way for a phd and I am just about finishing up my A.A.S. I am thinking of not even going and taking some time off but I know I will hate it in the long run.
I just feel like i have been goig to long. I wish I would have not changed my major and stuck with the first career I had chosen I would be finishing up now.
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Suck it up. AA is worthless.
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I left school 12 and a half years ago.
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^^
and he\'s only 22
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I hated school. I was good at it, I just didn\'t like it. Went through to an AA in Journalism. I write for a local newspaper now and am thinking of pimping out some video game freelancing, so I\'m good.
(Had to add that to defend the AA is worthless remark, heh.)
But yea, I hated school with a passion. I don\'t miss it at all. When we were little, our parents used to say work was worse. THEY WERE LYING.
-Eik
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Same with me Q, all I have is 1 semester left but I was considering droppong out and finding a job. My friends & fam convinced me to stay though. it\'s just soo much bs you have to put up with.
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How can you have an AA in journalism? An AA is just a general degree that says you took sociology and a math class... Well nevermind. I don\'t know what college you went to.
I never got an AA. I guess I could have applied for one.. I got a BS in News and a BS in Operations from the college of Journalism and I got a minor in business.
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I just started school and I\'m going through all my entry level courses right now. The only thing I hate as of now is how goddamn expensive it us, that simple fact has me going to a community college till I transfer after getting my associates. Atleast I think thats what they call it before I transfer.
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you can get an AA/AS in different subjects Vid-miester, like my college you can get an AA/AS in something like 120 different majors.
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AA is worthless.
word.
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Now..., how do all these degrees compare ; USA - Europe ?
1st there\'s elementary school : all the same
2nd there\'s high school : USA all the same ?
here in Netherlands we have that devided into 3 levels ;
- MAVO
- HAVO
- VWO
3rd there\'s college : do they call it all \'university\' in USA, or
maybe \'academy\' ?
in Netherlands it\'s like this ;
from MAVO you can goto MBO
from HAVO you can goto MBO and HBO
from VWO you can goto MBO, HBO and what we call University
I know that HBO graduates can graduate \'cum laude\' and \'baccalaureus\' (which probably translates into \'bachelor\' )
HBO also accommodates \'MasterClass\'.
I think what we call University, is like Harvard level. Ppl can graduate Phd there.
Now...I graduated from HAVO highschool in 1996 with grades good enough to transfer to VWO, but I opted instead to jump straight to HBO artsacademy. I got my Baccalaureus (Bachelor? )
there in september 2001 ( a week after the 11th :( ) with these grades :
Theory majors : 9 + 9
Practice majors : 8 + 8
Philosophy major : 7
Ppl with five 8\'s get Cum Laude :( Well, I guess i \'ll take my comfort in the fact that the sum of my 5 grades is higher than the sum of five 8\'s :thepimp:
In Holland we have this study funding system which works different from USA scholarships i guess. Every student can get a one time funding by government. My HBO grades are good enough and qualified to go University. Of course, becuz i finished and graduated my funding had been used up. So I bridged over time in 2002 by just working and at the end of 2002 i had money to do a parttime computer graphics class at a commercial independant school. I graduated from that in March 03. Since August 03 I work at http://www.siu.nl doing webdesign and stuff, parttime, while trying to create a good enough portfolio to make the jump into the pro- CGI biz :bounce:
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Theirs many University\'s in USA that offer a doctorate or Phd, Harvard just being nicer than some.
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i KNOW AA is worthless I am not going to apply for it. I am just going to continue on and get my BS. I forget half the classes I have taken once I am done with them.
I want to hurry up and get this crap over with that is why I am not focusing on nothing much but getting the heck out of school. Once i get that phd it will be all worth it. $$$$$:D
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AA is like a salad. It\'s absolutely worthless and gets you ready for the main course.
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^^
I\'d compare it to a hand job, it\'s not the greatest but better than nothing at all.
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OK, I\'ll give you that.
AA is like a hand job..