nietzsche wrote:Phatscotty wrote:nietzsche wrote:This is how I payed attention:
From 1st grade to 6th grade: I would pay attention to everything the teacher said, I liked school, besides in those grades paying attention didn't make you a nerd, I could still be friends with anyone and play soccer every recess.
7th grade: I joined a public school, big change. Guys would bring knifes and guns to school, I still payed attention and got straight As but started to adapt in order to not to be taught as a nerd, managed to be friends with one of the little delinquents because we ride on the same bus to get to school.
8th to 12th grade: Public system changed me and I started to pay enough attention to pass without having to study at home (it was still pretty easy so I kept getting 9s) and care more about having fun at school.
University: I moved to a different city, living alone. I would pay attention and participate whenever I was in the classroom, I attended like to 60% of my classes tho, (I'm a stupid because I payed for the 100% of them) because they have a 51% assistance policy.
Just a question. Was it really your money? or did it come from somewhere else (could be anywhere). I understand 51% of it came from "assistance". was that the school, the gov't, grant or shcolarship? and, not to get to personal, but I'm curious cuz I went through the exact same thing. Was this a US school I assume? how much of the 49% was "yours", and of that, how much came on loan from a bank or school? If you don't mind
No, by 51% assistance I mean
attendance , sorry, in Spanish is "asistencia". I hat to attend to 85% percent of classes to get 2 chances to pass the final, or 51% to have 1 chance. To me 1 chance was enough so I would attend just enough of the classes. Back when I was 17 I thought my family didn't have enough to support me in an expensive university, so I promised a scholarship when I applied (I could get it) but it was my bad luck that ONLY that year, the university suspended it's scholarship program, and next year when they reopened it, I went to apply for one but they told me it was only for new students
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And I guess I was very stupid for missing classes but I thought I was paying for meeting people from all the country like me and for the final diploma.
Oh, ok. Not the same story, but what happened to me was I went to college right after high school, and I used money that my great grandfather left me when I was 3 years old. I was only 1000 dollars, but it was managed well and grow over the decades into more than that. I knew how much was there, so when I got he blank check "free education" what did I do? I went out and spent way too much on a top of the line, 200 MHZ desktop, cuz I
needed that. I also bought all new books. What were the results? Missing classes, not studying for tests, sleeping through videos. I cared enough to show up about 80% of the time. My grades suffered. I never got an F, but I did drop a few classes that were not looking so good 5 weeks into them. huge waste of money.
Luckily, the individual who looked over the money so wisely, also demanded accountability. I soon as he saw my grades, he pulled the money. He said "I'm not letting this money go to waste, I would rather go on vacation or invest it or anything else. My dad left you 1000k, and you've already pissed away 5. That's it. If you want to stay in college, you pay for it yourself." Of course, as first, I was like "wtf, all C's aren't
that bad!" However, after some thought, and looking at my finances, I pitched a deal to split the tuition, and to give it another shot. He agreed, and now I was writing checks out of my own pocket every semester. Used books, and pens from work even!
Guess what? I got my first A in college that year, and a lot of B's as well. You know why? Because
I was paying for it. I learned something the person tried to teach me, personal accountability and the value of money. There was NO way in hell I was going to pay that much money for a class, and miss it! Not when I am paying for it. I had discovered a new drive to pay attention and actually try to do good work, and read the assignment, and do the notes, and retype the notes and print them out (highly effective), and do all of the optional skill tests at the end of each chapter, and retype those as well. I did not know I had it in me, and that is a huge reason why I am who I am today and why I talk about the things I talk about, as well as my reasoning against the bailouts and gov't takeovers in general, and made me a free-marketer. I know, from first hand experience, that we don't give a shit when it isn't our money. When our money is on the line, you are damn right we do everything possible to see that not a penny is wasted.
The more money that is "given", the less efficient the results become. I understand this is not true in all cases, but overall it is true. Look at Fannie and Freddie. People jumped in with both feet because they knew if it went belly up the gov't would bail them out in the end. There was no reason to do the homework, or look into the bigger picture. Naw mean?
