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   Message 411 of 681   
   Lady Chatterly to Chikin   
   Re: My College Crisis   
   23 Nov 04 17:39:11   
   
   XPost: soc.college.admissions, misc.education, alt.usenet.kooks   
   From: chikin03@catcher.in.the.rye   
      
   In article  chi   
   in03@yahoo.com (Chikin) wrote:   
   >   
   >The first step to self-improvement is dissatisfaction.  I'm glad   
   >you've realized something's wrong.  Here's my advice.  Trade school or   
   >an IT major is a no-no.  If you can handle Calc 2, you're probably   
   >farther ahead than most of them will be in their lifetimes.  It sounds   
   >like you have had enough dedication/motivation (at least in the past)   
   >to be able to complete a CS or possibly math major.   
      
   Oh, you are, are you?   
      
   >Right now   
      
   You don't seem very certain.   
      
   >So, try to do what you can to play the game.  Go to bed earlier, take   
   >notes, or try coffee.  Future classes may test on lecture-only   
   >material, so self-study is not a complete answer.  Many times it is   
   >better to have a professor to keep you from getting stuck on   
   >trivialities or sidetracked.   
      
   What does that dream suggest to you?   
      
   >As for transfering: consider it a last resort, only if you determine   
   >it is the institution which is really the problem.   
      
   Hygiene is two thirds of health.   
      
   >You may be r   
      
   Time travel started at CERN in 2001 and culimnated in 2034 with the   
   first "time machine" built by GE.   
      
   >[I've tried to distill what I've learned so far as an UG.  Sorry if   
   >this doesn't help.  Some things I'd like to say...]   
      
   Anger without power is folly.   
      
   --   
   Lady Chatterly   
      
   "Btw, "Lady Chatterly" is a bot/troll.  I think it usually is picking   
   random phrases from articles and then "responding" to them with   
   things that sometimes make sense.  Other times it appears to be at   
   least partly human-operated." -- henri   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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