Off Topic 2011

[Chrisksaint]

Re: Off Topic 2011

Only been in college 6 weeks and i've determined it's way better then HS and middle school, Elementary school was aweseom(explains why I want to be an elem. school teacher)

Going home tomm!!! Looking forward to some actual food(oh the cajun food my mom will be forced to cook before i go back for fall), not looking forward to sitting in the middle seat in a truck for 5 hours

[BunnyHardaway]

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No, it's not.

I don't wanna be "that guy" still going to school as an undergrad when I'm 25 and trying to make friends with kids that were still in middle school when I was a senior in high school. Even if I stay with the 2 year program I'm starting I'll still be the last one of my friends to graduate.

[SqueakyD]

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College was a piece of cake. Didn't have to do anything until you needed to do something. Waking up at 1 for 2pm classes. Breaks, laptops, eye candy.

HS was a pain in the ***, despite the consistency of your days.

Opposite here... For me, HS was all slacking and getting easy A's, which led to a rude awakening my first couple years in college... Loved every minute of it, though.

[Mo]

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I don't wanna be "that guy" still going to school as an undergrad when I'm 25 and trying to make friends with kids that were still in middle school when I was a senior in high school. Even if I stay with the 2 year program I'm starting I'll still be the last one of my friends to graduate.

And? So you want to be the friend that doesnt? How is that better?

[auburntigersfan]

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We always started the week of my birthday and went to the first week of June. I remember Christmas break my Senior year was 8 days.. it had been 2 and a half weeks in all my years before that.

An aside, the quarter system that DU uses is crazy to me. First quarter ended the week of Thanksgiving, second quarter didn't start until the Monday after New Years. Then there's only 1 week off from January to June. That 6 months was brutal

You do to DU? I have a good friend going there next year. They do have a crazy schedule. They don't start 'til a week or two into September, too, right?

My sister goes to school not too far from there, either, at Colorado College.

[auburntigersfan]

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And? So you want to be the friend that doesnt? How is that better?

Yep, I would much rather be the oldest kid in school for a year or two than be without a college degree for the rest of my life.

[Chaos81]

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I don't wanna be "that guy" still going to school as an undergrad when I'm 25

I'll be 30 in in exactly a month and I'll be starting what is basically my second semester of undergrad in a couple weeks. I had a kid in one of my classes this summer who was in kindergarten when I was graduating high school. Not once have I felt I was "that guy" as you put it.

[BurghFan]

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I'll be 30 in in exactly a month and I'll be starting what is basically my second semester of undergrad in a couple weeks. I had a kid in one of my classes this summer who was in kindergarten when I was graduating high school. Not once have I felt I was "that guy" as you put it.

Yeah, that's the thing about college. Nobody cares how old your are. People go when they're ready. Heck, I've read stores about 90 year olds getting their college degrees.

[mKoz26]

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I don't wanna be "that guy" still going to school as an undergrad when I'm 25 and trying to make friends with kids that were still in middle school when I was a senior in high school. Even if I stay with the 2 year program I'm starting I'll still be the last one of my friends to graduate.

Your problem is that you will find the bad in anything. Or, if there is none, you'll create something ridiculous to deem it bad. Go to college if that's your best option. If you go and truly work hard, you'll create plenty of options for the future.

[duke776]

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*6 AM. the learning began at 7:10

The learning never started for me. I felt I had to rest up all day so I would have enough energy to walk home (took an hour to walk home). My most useful class was a typing class, where I learned how to type with all my fingers instead of one

I'll be 30 in in exactly a month and I'll be starting what is basically my second semester of undergrad in a couple weeks. I had a kid in one of my classes this summer who was in kindergarten when I was graduating high school. Not once have I felt I was "that guy" as you put it.

My dad is almost 50 and he is close to finishing his 2 year degree now. I'm definitely proud of him. It definitely gives me more motivation to get through college now because I am just like he was when he first attended college (never liked school, skipped, put in little effort), but I certainly don't want to have to end up going back later in life because I feel I missed out on achieving something. I may not care too much for it now, but I realize when I mature more I'll probably look back and regret not going if I stopped. But it's definitely good for people not to let age stop them from going back, because the only place age matters in college is in the persons head.

[Dog]

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I'll be in college until I'm 65. #likeaboss

[OSUFan_88]

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I don't wanna be "that guy" still going to school as an undergrad when I'm 25 and trying to make friends with kids that were still in middle school when I was a senior in high school. Even if I stay with the 2 year program I'm starting I'll still be the last one of my friends to graduate.

So let me get this right:

You'd rather not go to college and be satisfied with working retail jobs because...you don't want to look uncool and old?

Wow...just wow.

[TracerBullet]

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Opposite here... For me, HS was all slacking and getting easy A's, which led to a rude awakening my first couple years in college... Loved every minute of it, though.

I found both pretty easy if you halfway tried. I do feel like college work gives you a little more freedom though. I enjoyed high school and I've enjoyed college so far. Even though I am a loner but, at a community college, that doesn't bother me a bit.

Edit: And as I believe I've said before, I still prefer classes at 8 or 9.

[Watson]

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I do too. Start classes at 8, get out at 3.


also, since it's relevant, here's my schedule. I think it's a fair draw...that walk from Fayard to White back to Fayard could get old quickly.

[TheMatrix31]

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I don't wanna be "that guy" still going to school as an undergrad when I'm 25 and trying to make friends with kids that were still in middle school when I was a senior in high school. Even if I stay with the 2 year program I'm starting I'll still be the last one of my friends to graduate.

You seriously need to stop giving a **** about what people think of you. With the way you post, it would seem like YOU were the one living in Los Angeles. How much have you bitched and moaned about your so-called friends on this board? You're really living your life to please them or to appear a certain way for whoever you're trying to please?

Newsflash: Most people don't give a **** about you. Not you as in you. You as in general. People put ENTIRELY too much effort into living their lives for others.

Stop it. Good LORD.