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WCDT strips 3861-3865 (29th October to 2nd November 2018)
dutchrvl:
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--- Quote from: LeafyFox on 29 Oct 2018, 01:32 ---Yeah, Claire needs to cool it. I understand that she is under a lot of stress, but instead of jumping down Clinton's throat she should be happy that her brother has been able to tackle some challenging topics. It may just be me, but I believe she is the one who is the dickbat here.
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Claire is studying for her final finals, and that's a wholly different scenario than just your random end of semester finals. To me it sounds like Clinton has some topics he's generally really interested in coming up in his exams, which makes studying easier.
I don't think Claire is afraid of the exams as the exams per se, it's more the perceived lack of alternatives and expectations to be held up.
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Yeah this is really it.
Studying for any run-of-the-mill exam is a completely different animal than having your final exam (or defense, like MS or PhD) come up.
With the first you may fear failing your exam, but even if you were to fail it you most likely won't suffer any big immediate consequences. You generally remain a student and have plenty of chances to either redo your exam or to just replace it with a different subject.
With the latter, it's often not really a fear of failing, but a fear of passing and not knowing what the future brings. A fear of failing often is reserved to those who already have a nice job lined up that might be lost if failing the exam. A generally less common situation.
David F:
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 30 Oct 2018, 07:42 ---
Studying for any run-of-the-mill exam is a completely different animal than having your final exam (or defense, like MS or PhD) come up.
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If Claire is studying for a comprehensive final like some fields of study do, everything she's learned from day one could be on the exam. Having been through two thesis defenses, I think I'd prefer those to handling a comprehensive.
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: Technetium on 29 Oct 2018, 04:51 ---Those are some interesting names...
http://crawl.chaosforge.org/Ashenzari
http://crawl.chaosforge.org/Ru
http://crawl.chaosforge.org/Jiyva
http://crawl.chaosforge.org/Iskenderun%27s_Mystic_Blast
Didin't know Jeph was a Dungeon Crawl fan.
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He definitely is! See post under comic 1895
Near Lurker:
...US healthcare? What?
cesium133:
Yeah, I'm not seeing the parallels. If it were U.Shealthcare it would be $10,000 (or a $100 copay) for the bread, or $30,000 for an actual study aid (which wouldn't be covered under insurance). Also bad grades are a pre-existing condition.
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