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David_Dovey:
Yeah seriously dude are you actually suggesting that it is unfair or ineffective to have lectures that go for less than an hour what the hell is wrong with you people.
Jace:
I have never been to college and I didn't do that spectacular in high school. But I really really enjoy history and I am smart at economics (I do not enjoy it as much as history). I can see myself being a History teacher, but I'd have to go to college. I currently don't have any money, but becoming a student would probably be a really good thing for me as I am feeling really aimless and I keep coming back to "go to school, do something with your life."
Is there a place for History majors in the world, if I am not working at a museum? Should I be a teacher? I mean, I liked every single one of my history teachers because they were all super into the subject, and history is probably number 3 on my list of things I am passionate about. Internet, I leave it to you to give me advice on my current situation, should I try to get into college for the spring, seeing if I can get scholarships (unlikely), grants (unlikely), and/or student loans (likely)?
Addendum: I don't want to end up like my roommate or friends that I know, with a partial degree that they are now paying off the student loans for even though they never use it.
StaedlerMars:
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 16 Sep 2009, 22:48 ---Yeah seriously dude are you actually suggesting that it is unfair or ineffective to have lectures that go for less than an hour what the hell is wrong with you people.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_span
Andy, if it's an art school I'm assuming you don't sit in a lecture hall and listen to some old guy talk for four and a half hours straight. You're probably doing something productive. If not, then I am truly sorry.
Social Bacon:
First year doesn't matter in the least! Pass your courses and meet new people, that is all that really matters. Don't worry yourself because doing well is not important. The profs will either be harsh or extremely kind and understanding, but as long as you learn from the course your grade does not matter. Most important is meeting new people and trying new things, now is the time to learn things about yourself, and how can you do that without trying everything and seeing what you do and do not like? You won't know what you regret until you do it!
Hat:
Do not let anyone tell you that you need to drink or have a good time or basically do anything apart from study at college, you will know if you have spare time to do this stuff by about the end of the first week. Depending on your work and study schedule, college could be 4 years of intense social isolation with brief spurts of wearing a toga and being spun around upside down on a hills-hoist, or it could basically be a 24 hour a day party with some books involved. Find out for yourself! Do not be afraid to party if the timing seems right but also do not think that university is a great excuse to get drunk and laid all the time because that is how dropouts are born.
Also do not be afraid to get to know people in your classes on the very first day you have them because otherwise you will not talk to them all semester and it will be even more awkward if you have another class with them later and try to introduce yourself then.
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