Zeedman
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So that's what a cellulose molecule looks like...
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flowerbug
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i really liked the organic chemistry part of chemistry in high school, but when i went to college i didn't want to get weeded out and the chemistry classes there were notorious for weeding people out who couldn't hack it. i had my hands full as it was with my degree classes and labs and didn't really have time to take those. instead i ended up taking biology and botany. neither of those classes were a waste, but at least i could get through them. 
physics, i barely made it through that, i just wasn't geared towards all the math derivations that guy was doing i just wanted the basics overview.
physics, i barely made it through that, i just wasn't geared towards all the math derivations that guy was doing i just wanted the basics overview.
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Sounds a lot like me. In order to get to the botany classes for my degree, I had to take Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry AND Physics (as well as a full slate of English, Language, History and other Liberal Arts classes every year. My school was big on the "Renaissance Man who has Mastered Everything School of Thought" . Moreover you had to take most of these in your first year AT THE SAME TIME if you wanted enough time to take all of the courses in your actual major. And ALL of them were weeding out classes. I did so badly the first year I got put on suspension for a year. And even when I got back (after having taken enough classes at the local much easier college to more or less make up the difference. The Physics (which has almost Kept me out of graduating High School before) almost sunk me again immediately ( I only squeaked by because it was such a killer nearly EVERYONE failed and the teacher graded on a curve and took pity on me*)
After that, I had ZERO interest in trying for Organic Chemistry there (which was rumored to be the greatest killer of them all) I took it over the summer at the local college and they accepted the credits.
*Sort of, The teacher had had bad experiences with a brother with mental problems, and noted the signs of them in me. The problem was he was TERRIBLE about how to approach that with someone who was scared like me (Note if you are trying to get someone help, do not 1. Ask the medical staff if they can prescribe mood altering drugs WITHOUT ever seeing the person. and 2. Do NOT talk about how much you want to see them undergo electroshock.)
After that, I had ZERO interest in trying for Organic Chemistry there (which was rumored to be the greatest killer of them all) I took it over the summer at the local college and they accepted the credits.
*Sort of, The teacher had had bad experiences with a brother with mental problems, and noted the signs of them in me. The problem was he was TERRIBLE about how to approach that with someone who was scared like me (Note if you are trying to get someone help, do not 1. Ask the medical staff if they can prescribe mood altering drugs WITHOUT ever seeing the person. and 2. Do NOT talk about how much you want to see them undergo electroshock.)
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I liked physics in high school, but then had to take two quarters of it in college. I barely passed the first one, then had to drop the second one cus of my F. I took it at a local community college and got a B.
I was a bio major and liked most of my classes. I did like Organic chem. Wish I had taken physiology tho.
I was a bio major and liked most of my classes. I did like Organic chem. Wish I had taken physiology tho.
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It took me seven years to get my 4-year engineering degree with me working to earn money for school and a tour in the army. It worked pretty well, when I graduated I had two months left on the GI Bill.
This was so long ago I was on the quarters system, not the semester system. My first two years I had to take certain basic "engineering" courses, a few certain other courses like English but also had a lot of electives. For example, to graduate I had to have three history courses. The first two were set (Western Civ and American History) but the third could be my choice out of many.
Some grades I was quite proud of. I skipped a quarter to work so I got out of sequence in chemistry. When I got back the chemistry professor felt that every one of his students were there because they had messed up and he was going to show them how easy the chemistry class they had failed and were forced to repeat really was. Out of 160 students there were zero A's, 4 B's, I had one of the ten C's. The other 90% either got a D or F. Chemistry was a weed-out course but he was a weed-put professor. He was one of the very few professors I had that I truly disliked. Many of us had not failed the previous quarter.
Twice in history I had the highest B in the class, a different professors for each class. One professor in particular would not give an A to anyone that had not been in his class before. I didn't know that when I signed up but a friend's girlfriend told me about that after it was too late. She and a couple of friends spent a lot of time in his office buttering him up and had no issues getting A's after their first quarter. Tech offered pass-fail as an option to grades. Since a B was bringing my grade point average down I took the third class pass-fail under a different history professor who had a bad reputation. Turned out he told you exactly what was going to be on the test so if you paid attention the tests were not bad. But he wrote a different test each time so the sororities and fraternities did not have copies of his tests from previous years hence his hard reputation. If I had taken that class for a grade it would have been one of my easiest A's since he graded on the curve.
It was interesting that some of the courses I thought would be easy took work. Some with a weed-out reputation were actually pretty easy. Engineering Economics which was basically learning how to use three formulas and with an open book so I could use tables caused a lot of problems, I still don't know why. It should have been an easy A. Thermodynamics was supposed to be really hard, it wasn't. I hated the electricity part of physics but the rest was pretty easy once I figured out that keeping the units straight (mass, distance, and time) usually led me to the right answers. As an engineering student I took more hours of math than many math majors, just not the same courses. I did not get the theory they did, most of my advanced math classes had an engineering tilt. That made math my minor.
I stayed away from things like biology, after high school I figured it was mostly memorization which was not my strong suit. Now that I've retired it seems most of my interests are biological, chickens and gardening. Interesting how we all have different experiences, strengths, and weaknesses.
This was so long ago I was on the quarters system, not the semester system. My first two years I had to take certain basic "engineering" courses, a few certain other courses like English but also had a lot of electives. For example, to graduate I had to have three history courses. The first two were set (Western Civ and American History) but the third could be my choice out of many.
Some grades I was quite proud of. I skipped a quarter to work so I got out of sequence in chemistry. When I got back the chemistry professor felt that every one of his students were there because they had messed up and he was going to show them how easy the chemistry class they had failed and were forced to repeat really was. Out of 160 students there were zero A's, 4 B's, I had one of the ten C's. The other 90% either got a D or F. Chemistry was a weed-out course but he was a weed-put professor. He was one of the very few professors I had that I truly disliked. Many of us had not failed the previous quarter.
Twice in history I had the highest B in the class, a different professors for each class. One professor in particular would not give an A to anyone that had not been in his class before. I didn't know that when I signed up but a friend's girlfriend told me about that after it was too late. She and a couple of friends spent a lot of time in his office buttering him up and had no issues getting A's after their first quarter. Tech offered pass-fail as an option to grades. Since a B was bringing my grade point average down I took the third class pass-fail under a different history professor who had a bad reputation. Turned out he told you exactly what was going to be on the test so if you paid attention the tests were not bad. But he wrote a different test each time so the sororities and fraternities did not have copies of his tests from previous years hence his hard reputation. If I had taken that class for a grade it would have been one of my easiest A's since he graded on the curve.
It was interesting that some of the courses I thought would be easy took work. Some with a weed-out reputation were actually pretty easy. Engineering Economics which was basically learning how to use three formulas and with an open book so I could use tables caused a lot of problems, I still don't know why. It should have been an easy A. Thermodynamics was supposed to be really hard, it wasn't. I hated the electricity part of physics but the rest was pretty easy once I figured out that keeping the units straight (mass, distance, and time) usually led me to the right answers. As an engineering student I took more hours of math than many math majors, just not the same courses. I did not get the theory they did, most of my advanced math classes had an engineering tilt. That made math my minor.
I stayed away from things like biology, after high school I figured it was mostly memorization which was not my strong suit. Now that I've retired it seems most of my interests are biological, chickens and gardening. Interesting how we all have different experiences, strengths, and weaknesses.
digitS'
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That's why it's rewarding to have ...
Our childhoods may not prepare us to realize how interesting humanity is. How technology may fit with others' lives. "To make the heart sing," as Steve Jobs put it.
On a serious note, Americans so often make decisions that have international effect with only a limited understanding of how people with different cultures might view or integrate these policies. Fortunately, we have important contributions and benefits from a diverse culture here at home.
Steve
who is using a tablet that each and every time sees the word "Steve" typed, predicts that the next word will be "Jobs."
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Steve, I would have enjoyed taking more liberal arts classes. I even had a discussion with an English professor about that. For a liberal arts professor he was fairly understanding. For a liberal arts guy.
I was taking 17 to 18 hours of classes a week plus working 20 hours or so in the school cafeteria. Most of my liberal arts majors friends were taking 12 hours of classes and not working. If I was going to finish the engineering program in 4 years I had to take that many hours. Technical engineering courses, most were not crip courses. For those unfamiliar with the term, an easy course in school was a "crip course")
I know, getting too serious for a humor thread but we can hijack any thread. It's what we do.
I was taking 17 to 18 hours of classes a week plus working 20 hours or so in the school cafeteria. Most of my liberal arts majors friends were taking 12 hours of classes and not working. If I was going to finish the engineering program in 4 years I had to take that many hours. Technical engineering courses, most were not crip courses. For those unfamiliar with the term, an easy course in school was a "crip course")
I know, getting too serious for a humor thread but we can hijack any thread. It's what we do.
Dirtmechanic
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I paid my own way through college and would scare those idiots as an adult. I truly disrespect 75% of what I paid to be exposed to, and I would say that is just another way of saying education is expensive.
Now back to the regularly scheduled foofery.....
i really liked the organic chemistry part of chemistry in high school, but when i went to college i didn't want to get weeded out and the chemistry classes there were notorious for weeding people out who couldn't hack it. i had my hands full as it was with my degree classes and labs and didn't really have time to take those. instead i ended up taking biology and botany. neither of those classes were a waste, but at least i could get through them.
I paid my own way through college and would scare those idiots as an adult. I truly disrespect 75% of what I paid to be exposed to, and I would say that is just another way of saying education is expensive.
Now back to the regularly scheduled foofery.....
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Carol Dee
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WOW this Humor thread got derailed !!!
