IWS #224 - Back To School, Fool - The Results

[QuikSand]

IWS #224 – Back To School, Fool -- The Results

Rodney Dangerfield would be proud…

Short on time, will be short on pithiness as well.

#1 - Stupid's youngest, his 10 year old daughter, is pretty eager to start fifth grade this fall. What time does the bell ring for her first class?

8:00 – 20
8:30 – 3
9:00 – 3
7:30 – 1

Nearly an eliminator, I thought this might have been more subtle, actually. But glad to do some quick wheat/chaff sorting right off the bat, I suppose.

#2 - She will be riding the bus to get to school most days - how long is her bus ride each way?

I meant this to be deliberately ambiguous on time/distance, but alas hardly anyone took the bait:

30 minutes – 15
15 minutes – 4
10 minutes – 4
60 minutes – 2
5 miles
20 minutes

...many cocky participants start smelling a perfect score at this point. Surely you realize that I never allow a perfect score. Don’t get your hopes up, front runners, you’ll all gas at the turn.

#3 - Stupid's older child is heading to college for the first time. He wasn't able to get in to some of the more aspirational schools he sought, and instead has enrolled at a "safety school" that M&M Stupid approved of. What is his new school mascot?

I really wanted this to be “name the school” but I felt that was too much of an invitation to do something built around either me and my geography, or else around some google-able “largest campus” statistic or somesuch. The mascot bundling seemed to accomplish what I wanted pretty well.

Tigers – 9
Bulldogs – 6
Eagles – 5
Wildcats – 4
Crash Test Dummy
Sun Devils
Nittany Lions

I declare the mascot angle a success if for no other reason than frustrating any ASU insurgency into otherwise suitable institutions of learning.

#4 - Stupid's son wasn't totally sure what to study, but his new school requires a truly declared major, nothing "unspecified" or "general studies" available. What is his stated major as he starts his freshman year?

business – 17
communications – 4
English – 2
History – 2
political science
education

Runaway eliminator, sorry. Should have included something like “that Mrs. Stupid approves of” to tamp down the surging popularity of President Business.

#5 - We know it's just a matter of time until Son of Stupid calls/emails/texts to ask for money. The script will sound something like this: "Yeah, I know we talked about books and clothes and stuff, but I didn't realize I'd need so much money for (THIS) -- I need your help, pops." What's the big ticket pitched for Stupid to fund for his freshman son?

So, apparently I worded this poorly. The (THIS) was meant to be a “fill in this blank” cue, but I guess it became tough to read for some who thought I wanted a dollar amount. Sorry about that, I suppose, but the authority figure in the white coat says… the experiment must continue.

Food – 10
computer/laptop – 4
beer – 3
$100 – 2
car – 2
TV, fun, futon, girls, gas, and $500

#6 - Stupid is now feeling a little stupid himself, and also inspired by the progress of Son of Stupid - so he decided to enroll in the local community college for his own educational benefit. He's taking a class that he finds academically interesting, not just career-advancing. What's he taking this fall?

history – 8
psychology – 6
computer science – 3
business – 2
marketing, literature, philosophy, economics, art, Spanish, musical instrument, photography

That’s the sort of spread I like to see at least once in a set of these. There’s a subtle difference between a total eliminator and a sensible scattering where multiple answers are viable but a couple stand out as a bit better.

Okay, maggots! Here’s your incoming freshman class.

General Studies
Comey 1,020
Korme 1,440
Suburban Rhythm 4,320
General Mike 5,120
Butter_of_69 5,400
Coffee Warlord 5,760
Pyser 6,800

Um…errr…communications, you know?
ntndeacon 12,240
PurdueBrad 13,600
Karlifornia 15,300
nol 16,320
Izulde 28,800
Barkeep49 36,720
digamma 43,200
TheRoyalOne 44,064
Alf 45,900

Business. All business.
panerd 51,000
Vince 54,400
claphamsa 64,800

Dual Majors, Dead Languages and Visual Arts
albionmoonlight 162,000
flere-imsaho 288,000
Logan 293,760
MIJB#19 306,000
Warhammer 391,680

Dual Majors, Home Economics and Pre-Dentistry
CU Tiger 1,377,000
britrock88 1,836,000

And our champion – already on the Dean’s List!
timmae 2,040,000

[korme]

Zoinks

[Alf]

The 8am did me in...

[timmae]

holy crap batman! I'll need to work on getting 225 set up.

[Izulde]

A history class is career advancing?

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Izulde

A history class is career advancing?

#6 - Stupid is now feeling a little stupid himself, and also inspired by the progress of Son of Stupid - so he decided to enroll in the local community college for his own educational benefit. He's taking a class that he finds academically interesting, not just career-advancing. What's he taking this fall?

[Butter]

Nailed the first 3, totally botched the last 3.

Thanks a lot, Kickstand!

[CU Tiger]

Perfect until the end....thought stupid needed help turning his PC on...

History?
Never woulda thunk it.

[DanGarion]

Um... where was my entry?

[flere-imsaho]

Business major for someone undecided? Instead of English? Really?

[albionmoonlight]

TV, fun, futon, girls, gas, and $500

sounds like a bad memoir

Good IWS. Congrats to timmae.

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

Business major for someone undecided? Instead of English? Really?

Stupid's son was reaching for the most popular undergrad major, I think.

[MIJB#19]

Lack of comprehensive reading on #5 hurt my score, but it was just the difference between 5th and 3rd place, I suppose.

On the plus side, I learned a thing or two about the educational system in the USA as I did research for potential answers for the first three questions.

Congrats, timmae!

[britrock88]

SO CLOSE!

I had Bulldogs and Psych, timmae had Eagles and History.

Congrats, timmae!