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   Message 412 of 679   
   Basil Fawlty to chikin03@catcher.in.the.rye   
   Re: My College Crisis   
   27 Nov 04 18:09:32   
   
   XPost: soc.college.admissions, misc.education, alt.usenet.kooks   
   From: basil_fawlty_2004@yahoo.NOSPAM.com   
      
   On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:39:11 GMT, Lady Chatterly   
    wrote:   
      
   >In article  ch   
   kin03@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.   
      
   To the original poster, it sounds like your tired of traditional   
   teaching methods.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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