You Are Not Special!

[BigBallinStalin]

Sounds like you were exploited, TGD. Let's blame it on something vague like "capitalism." Yeah, that sounds good.

[thegreekdog]

Sounds like you were exploited, TGD. Let's blame it on something vague like "capitalism." Yeah, that sounds good.

Well I should clearly not be responsible for my own actions when I was conned by the professors.

[nietzsche]

I was thinking that if I wanted to gain an educatioon but didn't have the money, I would just sit in during classes (not pay to sit in...literally just attend the classes, maybe borrow someone's test after they get it back...it could work). OF course you won't get a degree in the end, which I guess is the main point in going to a tertiary school, but if you find lectures that are large enough you could definitely pull it off.

Well that's silly. You could just teach yourself from books or whatever. In fact, I only go to school to get a degree so I can get a job. I could teach myself anything at less cost than going to school, but I wouldn't get some fancy paper with my name on it.

-TG

I don't know, I think interaction with a professor or other students can help someone learn. It helps me, at least.

And I'm not saying pay for school, I'm saying just show up at the classes. Seriously, I've enrolled in classes in three different colleges and some deutschebag literally could just walk in and sit down and the professor wouldn't even know if they were in the class or not.

The best professors write the textbooks. If you read an entire textbook it's like an excellent professor is taking you thru the whole topic.

In most of my college courses, the professor did write the books. I wouldn't say that made him or her an excellent professor; I think that made him or her a crony capitalist (where the crony is his or herself). I always found it somewhat ironic that my insanely liberal political science professors would force us to buy their crappy books for class.

I guess that's a possibility, since everyone in the US has written a book... I don't think I remember any of my professors writing the textbook.

[BigBallinStalin]

Sounds like you were exploited, TGD. Let's blame it on something vague like "capitalism." Yeah, that sounds good.

Well I should clearly not be responsible for my own actions when I was conned by the professors.

Should we up the ante and blame it on academic institutions?

[Neoteny]

If you guys had entered a real field, this would have been less of an issue.

[Neoteny]

Tangent: my job title is "Research specialist." Not only am I special, I'm the most special.

[Army of GOD]

The only books my professors forced me to buy that they wrote themselves have been lab books.

I'm blaming capitalism because f*ck you BBS

[john9blue]

I'm blaming capitalism because f*ck you BBS

market forces made you say that

[Army of GOD]

I'm blaming capitalism because f*ck you BBS

market forces made you say that

THE GOVERNMENT INCENTIVIZED ME TO DO IT

[nietzsche]

so we are meeting here today...

how are you guys doing?

[Army of GOD]

so we are meeting here today...

how are you guys doing?

estoy bueno

[nietzsche]

so we are meeting here today...

how are you guys doing?

estoy bueno

you mean "estoy enano"

[AndyDufresne]

e-stu beano (Digital bean soup). Special enough?




--Andy

[Army of GOD]

so we are meeting here today...

how are you guys doing?

estoy bueno

you mean "estoy enano"

je ne comprends pas

[natty dread]

I have special needs

[BigBallinStalin]

I'm blaming capitalism because f*ck you BBS

market forces made you say that

THE GOVERNMENT INCENTIVIZED ME TO DO IT

Sure, go ahead and blame others. Don't take responsibility for your own actions. In 3 years time, you'll be a bum. You hear me, AoG? A lousy bum.