Random Thread: Merry Holidays

[nikohl]

I think she's taking extra college level classes in her own time. Or something like that, aren't you, Bean?

[Dlover]

I'd think the same. You can go through college/university at any age. Seriously, any age. There are really damn old people who should be on pensions by now who go to my local uni.

[thinkslogically]

Totally. There's no age limit on (formal) learning and there should never be Besides, learning new stuff is awesome!

[askstoomuch]

no no not like that i have woman in my class who are in there late 40's who still study
just misinterpreted it as high school classes and I tend to mix up peoples age

[BeanDip]

I'm in college. Just turned 22 in October.

Don't think that way. This is a road to self-destruction. There may be rare coincidence of what you want and what is required. Then you would not want to delude yourself and find that task boring.

I can see your point here and it's not that the learning is required, it's what is required to learn. Make sense? I'm a Criminal Justice major but I've since lost my passion for it and now I feel sort of directionless and the schoolwork is a drag. I can't think of any majors I'd rather switch to and it feels like I'm wasting my time and money right now. I fell out of love with the work in the last semester but wanted to make sure that it wasn't just a phase and took another semester of Criminal Justice. I'm certain now that I'm no longer interested in continuing the work but I'm unsure which direction to take my college education now. I've got no strong passion except for writing but I feel I'm capable of doing that fairly well without college work. Just sort of lost and bored/frustrated with my required work.

[thinkslogically]

One thing I've found about learning things is that if you have a good teacher they'll always have something to teach you that you didn't know before, and they'll push you to do better. If your passion is writing, switch to an English course and don't allow yourself to settle for 'fairly good'. Push yourself at it and allow yourself to be pushed by the class and you might find there's more there than you thought

There's nothing worse than trying to force your way through stuff you hate.

[Aegis J Hyena]

One thing I've found about learning things is that if you have a good teacher they'll always have something to teach you that you didn't know before, and they'll push you to do better.

People like that would be fired here for "corrupting the youth". I can't count the number of teachers that made me want to learn and who were ridden out out of town on the rails, and when some refused to be afraid of the school boards, thugs were hired.

[BadgeAddict]

And then there were the teachers that touched your no-no's...

Oh they wanted to teach you....and they wanted you to learn....

[thinkslogically]

One thing I've found about learning things is that if you have a good teacher they'll always have something to teach you that you didn't know before, and they'll push you to do better.

People like that would be fired here for "corrupting the youth". I can't count the number of teachers that made me want to learn and who were ridden out out of town on the rails, and when some refused to be afraid of the school boards, thugs were hired.

Really? I mean, I guess I'm talking more about uni where the syllabus is more flexible. Wheee about are you aegis?

[Aegis J Hyena]

Across the pond, Thinks... sanity here is frowned upon

[BeanDip]

One thing I've found about learning things is that if you have a good teacher they'll always have something to teach you that you didn't know before, and they'll push you to do better. If your passion is writing, switch to an English course and don't allow yourself to settle for 'fairly good'. Push yourself at it and allow yourself to be pushed by the class and you might find there's more there than you thought

There's nothing worse than trying to force your way through stuff you hate.

I agree that trying to do something you hate only brings headaches. It's not that I hate criminal justice, I'm just not interested in pursuing it anymore. Just losing interest and passion caused this to become a headache so I can only imagine it would get worse if I really hated the work.

I work in an online college because I'm not near the campus of the school I wanted to attend (or more correctly the only one I could afford...) so the teacher/student relationships are very much different and less connected. Still, you can tell the nice teachers from the buttholes by how they come across online.

I never gave a thought to an English degree. All I've ever heard is that it's a total waste of money and time and is sort of a joke degree but doing research now, it looks like something I'd really enjoy. I'm torn. The internet also seems torn with like sixty percent saying it's a useless degree and thirty percent saying it's not bad but there's better moneymakers out there and ten percent saying it's extremely useful and can be profitable sometimes. It's not all about the money, I know, but I've been struggling with finances for a LONG time now so the thought of nice stacks of cash intrigues me...

[thinkslogically]

Meh, it's a degree and that in itself is worth a lot. Just getting to the end of one gives you a whole pile of skills that are applicable to a load of general positions. So I would argue that it shows proof of critical thinking, analysis and an ability to write, all of which are hugely valuable skills to have in any job.

[askstoomuch]

hehe wine ^^ fancy

[kida]

Gog are giving 3 fallout games for free (11 hours remain):
http://www.gog.com/promo/fallout_series ... 01a5f61eb7

[Dlover]

And to clarify for anyone wondering, if you just set up an account with GOG and 'buy' those free games they'll be linked to your account permanently, so you can download them whenever.

[WearsHats]

In other news, in case you hadn't heard...

What does the fox say?

Question answered.

[Dlover]

People have actually known what sound foxes make for ages. They actually make two distinct sounds, depending on the situation.

[askstoomuch]

just bought violent video games for my lil brothers
which both take place on an island

#nomorefoodthisweek

[Aegis J Hyena]

Mega Millions game here --- $550 Million (cash all at once makes it 295M) --- if anyone posts numbers, I'll play them for Tuesday's drawing and share the pot if we hit it.

[nikohl]

How many numbers? You should play 3, 7 and 13.

[Dlover]

That's a lot of money if you win the pot. Except if it's anything like the one we have that offers a lot of money, the odds of winning are 1:(Some number with four more digits than the number of seconds the universe has existed) Seriously, that's not an exaggeration, that is literally what the odds of success were calculated to be. Of course, it was only using a rough estimate of the time the universe has existed, but still. Four digits.

[askstoomuch]

that's like to much money, there's like no way to even spend that

cr has been gone for over a week now she doesn't even update her tumblr anymore, her last post was blergh, I think I should be worried

[Aegis J Hyena]

How many numbers? You should play 3, 7 and 13.

5 from 1 to 75 and 1 from 1 to 15.

Odds of winning: 1 in 258,890,850.

[askstoomuch]

I had more homework then I remembered

[nikohl]

How many numbers? You should play 3, 7 and 13.

5 from 1 to 75 and 1 from 1 to 15.

Odds of winning: 1 in 258,890,850.

Wait, so... you win $550,000,000 and the chances of winning are one in 258,890,850? (because of the combination of numbers) How much are the tickets, a dollar each? That doesn't sound very profitable for the lottery company :/