EPTNever been. I don't like big schools though. I've heard the parties are crazy, but I'm not a big partier.
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
Never been. I don't like big schools though. I've heard the parties are crazy, but I'm not a big partier. | ||
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
On November 22 2013 02:49 Roffles wrote: Idra's brother plz. I went to University of Phoenix. Best school NA. That's pretty good. I had to settle for Corinthian Colleges | ||
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Zdrastochye
Ivory Coast6262 Posts
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ComaDose
Canada10357 Posts
but yeah BlackPalidin I wouldn't beat myself up over it. I also failed courses and it took me 5.5 years to finish a 4 year program. (had wayyyy to much "fun") just keep going for what you want. i wish i could stay in school forever, don't be in a rush to do the same thing 5 days a week for 35 - 40 years. | ||
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
On November 22 2013 03:10 Zdrastochye wrote: It's not JUST a party school, but yeah it's big, ~25k undergrads, but not like you're interacting with that many. Big schools are the shit. Well that's the thing. SC is one tenth of that size. I liked walking around campus and recognizing almost everyone (even though I knew a much smaller fraction). I also went to a private high school where my graduating class was 53, so I'm just used to smaller crowds. On November 22 2013 03:11 ComaDose wrote: the only classes i ever had that large was first year chem. down to like 10 people in fourth year mechatronics. but yeah BlackPalidin I wouldn't beat myself up over it. I also failed courses and it took me 5.5 years to finish a 4 year program. (had wayyyy to much "fun") just keep going for what you want. i wish i could stay in school forever, don't be in a rush to do the same thing 5 days a week for 35 - 40 years. I don't wish I was still in school at all. I love learning, but school started to be a huge waste of time for me. I much prefer working. | ||
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BlackPaladin
United States9316 Posts
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ComaDose
Canada10357 Posts
 i mostly just miss the group of peers and staying up all night in labs making my shit work. | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
Mordek where you at bro? | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
On November 22 2013 03:30 WaveofShadow wrote: I may have just legitimately had one of the worst 12 hour periods of my life. Mordek where you at bro? On November 22 2013 03:31 mordek wrote: How can I assist you? The last 12 hours have been pretty boring. awwww the dads are bonding | ||
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Gahlo
United States35162 Posts
On November 22 2013 03:35 jcarlsoniv wrote: awwww the dads are bonding Playdate! | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
On November 22 2013 03:31 mordek wrote: How can I assist you? The last 12 hours have been pretty boring. No assistance required, just though I'd tell you a fun story (of something you most likely won't ever have to experience). + Show Spoiler [Dad stuff. Open at your own risk] + So there has been some batshit crazy 24-hour 'flu' or something going around in my area. Everyone I know has had it, and everyone who has had contact with anyone who had it, gets it. My son was sick for a little bit of that time (he woke up in the middle of the night to find him lying in his own vomit---wasn't pretty) but we got through that. 1-ish last night my wife is feeling sick, she may need to vomit, eventually does. She has a weak stomach and always has so I thought 'ok, meh, maybe she is a little sick, whatever.' I'm sitting on my computer for a bit and I realize I've got that sort of stomach pain where you feel hungry? Go prepare myself a bunch of food, eat it. It doesn't get better. Eventually nausea starts setting in. The rest of the night was a blur of the both of us doing unspeakable things from both ends while the guy got up periodically and screamed. I haven't been sick like this in a very long time, and the way we were both feeling made it nearly impossible to take care of him. I had to call and cancel my clinic day today to make it up another day. So the problem is, we have NOBODY to come help us---we live in a different city from both our families and any of my friends who could have potentially assisted us for the day have clinic or lab (not to mention it would be a dick move exposing them to this). We were too sick to get in the car and drive to Toronto, or even to the hospital considering how dehydrated my wife was---not to mention it's not like if we went to the hospital anyone would have been able to watch or take care of our son. I can't remember a time when I was so desperate. It's a really shitty feeling when you are so sick you are unable to take care of your own son properly (even though it was only for a few hours)---he was inconsolable for a lot of that time. We tried calling both our parents to see if anybody could do ANYTHING at all, but all of our parents still work and despite the urgency it isn't really fair to expect them to drop everything and trek out to help us. Thankfully it seems to have tapered off a bit and my wife's father eventually was able to come in and pick the two of them up and take them back to Toronto---I have work to do so I'm not so lucky. Moral of the story? I don't know honestly---maybe I just needed to get it out. That desperation and feeling of inadequacy is something I don't want to have to feel ever again. I can think of times where my parents were too sick at the same time to take care of us, but at least my grandparents were living in the same city. Hopefully you have family around you close by if this kind of thing ever happens to you. | ||
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
On November 22 2013 03:41 WaveofShadow wrote: No assistance required, just though I'd tell you a fun story (of something you most likely won't ever have to experience). + Show Spoiler [Dad stuff. Open at your own risk] + So there has been some batshit crazy 24-hour 'flu' or something going around in my area. Everyone I know has had it, and everyone who has had contact with anyone who had it, gets it. My son was sick for a little bit of that time (he woke up in the middle of the night to find him lying in his own vomit---wasn't pretty) but we got through that. 1-ish last night my wife is feeling sick, she may need to vomit, eventually does. She has a weak stomach and always has so I thought 'ok, meh, maybe she is a little sick, whatever.' I'm sitting on my computer for a bit and I realize I've got that sort of stomach pain where you feel hungry? Go prepare myself a bunch of food, eat it. It doesn't get better. Eventually nausea starts setting in. The rest of the night was a blur of the both of us doing unspeakable things from both ends while the guy got up periodically and screamed. I haven't been sick like this in a very long time, and the way we were both feeling made it nearly impossible to take care of him. I had to call and cancel my clinic day today to make it up another day. So the problem is, we have NOBODY to come help us---we live in a different city from both our families and any of my friends who could have potentially assisted us for the day have clinic or lab (not to mention it would be a dick move exposing them to this). We were to sick to get in the car and drive to Toronto, or even to the hospital considering how dehydrated my wife was---not to mention it's not like if we went to the hospital anyone would have been able to watch or take care of our son. I can't remember a time when I was so desperate. It's a really shitty feeling when you are so sick you are unable to take care of your own son properly (even though it was only for a few hours)---he was inconsolable for a lot of that time. We tried calling both our parents to see if anybody could do ANYTHING at all, but all of our parents still work and despite the urgency it isn't really fair to expect them to drop everything and trek out to help us. Thankfully it seems to have tapered off a bit and my wife's father eventually was able to come in and pick the two of them up and take them back to Toronto---I have work to do so I'm not so lucky. Moral of the story? I don't know honestly---maybe I just needed to get it out. That desperation and feeling of inadequacy is something I don't want to have to feel ever again. I can think of times where my parents were too sick at the same time to take care of us, but at least my grandparents were living in the same city. Hopefully you have family around you close by if this kind of thing ever happens to you. That sounds like an awful experience, let alone also having to be responsible for another person. I can barely take care of myself, but I'm consoled by the fact that if I'm ever that sick I can give my best friend Roffles a call and he will take care of me. | ||
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Duvon
Sweden2360 Posts
Oh, now I get it >.< | ||
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red_
United States8474 Posts
On November 22 2013 03:10 Zdrastochye wrote: It's not JUST a party school, but yeah it's big, ~25k undergrads, but not like you're interacting with that many. Big schools are the shit. I hated being at a big school. I mean, on one hand it facilitated my athletic experience, which is awesome, but the actual school experience was terrible. It's not just class sizes, it's the overuse of TA's, and the professors that are at the schools for research as opposed to teaching, which definitely shows in the way they handle their students as far as availability and interaction. | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
On November 22 2013 03:48 Duvon wrote: Gah I don't get how to get out of cages in Antichamber. Oh, now I get it >.< Stream it so I can watch you struggle | ||
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
On November 22 2013 03:55 Requizen wrote: 21-2-8 Chronos game. This character is fucking sick. Have you learned how to press 4 yet? | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
On November 22 2013 03:46 xes wrote: That sounds like an awful experience, let alone also having to be responsible for another person. I can barely take care of myself, but I'm consoled by the fact that if I'm ever that sick I can give my best friend Roffles a call and he will take care of me. He's call you cancerous and tell you to go die in a fire. Tough love style. | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
On November 22 2013 03:41 WaveofShadow wrote: No assistance required, just though I'd tell you a fun story (of something you most likely won't ever have to experience). + Show Spoiler [Dad stuff. Open at your own risk] + So there has been some batshit crazy 24-hour 'flu' or something going around in my area. Everyone I know has had it, and everyone who has had contact with anyone who had it, gets it. My son was sick for a little bit of that time (he woke up in the middle of the night to find him lying in his own vomit---wasn't pretty) but we got through that. 1-ish last night my wife is feeling sick, she may need to vomit, eventually does. She has a weak stomach and always has so I thought 'ok, meh, maybe she is a little sick, whatever.' I'm sitting on my computer for a bit and I realize I've got that sort of stomach pain where you feel hungry? Go prepare myself a bunch of food, eat it. It doesn't get better. Eventually nausea starts setting in. The rest of the night was a blur of the both of us doing unspeakable things from both ends while the guy got up periodically and screamed. I haven't been sick like this in a very long time, and the way we were both feeling made it nearly impossible to take care of him. I had to call and cancel my clinic day today to make it up another day. So the problem is, we have NOBODY to come help us---we live in a different city from both our families and any of my friends who could have potentially assisted us for the day have clinic or lab (not to mention it would be a dick move exposing them to this). We were too sick to get in the car and drive to Toronto, or even to the hospital considering how dehydrated my wife was---not to mention it's not like if we went to the hospital anyone would have been able to watch or take care of our son. I can't remember a time when I was so desperate. It's a really shitty feeling when you are so sick you are unable to take care of your own son properly (even though it was only for a few hours)---he was inconsolable for a lot of that time. We tried calling both our parents to see if anybody could do ANYTHING at all, but all of our parents still work and despite the urgency it isn't really fair to expect them to drop everything and trek out to help us. Thankfully it seems to have tapered off a bit and my wife's father eventually was able to come in and pick the two of them up and take them back to Toronto---I have work to do so I'm not so lucky. Moral of the story? I don't know honestly---maybe I just needed to get it out. That desperation and feeling of inadequacy is something I don't want to have to feel ever again. I can think of times where my parents were too sick at the same time to take care of us, but at least my grandparents were living in the same city. Hopefully you have family around you close by if this kind of thing ever happens to you. Wow, I'm sorry to hear that man. That sucks a lot. I am not looking forward to when any of us are sick let alone two or three of us. Might be a good time (in a week or so) to get some closer relationships in the area! We would probably move back to be close by parents if we didn't already have a large friend group and church network all ready here. | ||
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