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Well duh. Between cliques, crazy parties, and general irresponsibility, I ended up treating getting my bachelor's degree as I treated my HS diploma: that place

Well duh. Between cliques, crazy parties, and general irresponsibility, I ended up treating getting my bachelor's degree as I treated my HS diploma: that place I have to go to for four years while avoiding just about every so-called 'social engagement' that takes place after 5pm. Of course students will need the requirements nerfed down to nothing - when only three or four other people besides me got enough sleep at night to be awake at the 8AM class, who can blame the schools for trying to adjust their expectations of these students?

notfromhere 9y ago
that sounds like a terrible way to do college
- baldfat 9y ago
  I worked 3 years as a Resident Director. I blame the low academic standards for this way of college. People drop out of college just because they can't get to their seats for class on time and can't hand in assignments. The cost of failing to do these things don't really kick in federally till after their sophomore year. I can't tell you how many people were dumbfounded that their 1.25 GPA meant they had to go to community college to bring up their GPA before they could continue the "College Life." Or they just bum around the college for 2 years + working a mind numbing job. I have had a few success stories in my years in college life. I kind of hate seeing young adults throwing away and just wouldn't let their lack of life skills destroy their potential. It usually meant a meeting in my office where I have backing powder and hydrogenation peroxide and me knocking on their dorm door at 8 AM for a month.
  - balsam 9y ago
    Lol are the chemicals for getting rid of their smells? (Did you learn chemistry in a German environment, btw?)
  - spraak 9y ago
    > where I have backing powder and hydrogenation peroxide What's that for?
    - baldfat 9y ago
      Example of Potential. If you have opportunity and ability but you don't combine the two you don't get the potential from chemistry. Just like their wasted opportunity that is their college career. ALSO it helps with the smell of unwashed clothes, and poor hygiene (Especially smelly hair I LEARNED TO HATE THAT SMELL). I would also boil white vinegar in my tea pot when the smell got really bad.

notfromhere 9y ago

that sounds like a terrible way to do college

baldfat 9y ago
I worked 3 years as a Resident Director. I blame the low academic standards for this way of college. People drop out of college just because they can't get to their seats for class on time and can't hand in assignments. The cost of failing to do these things don't really kick in federally till after their sophomore year. I can't tell you how many people were dumbfounded that their 1.25 GPA meant they had to go to community college to bring up their GPA before they could continue the "College Life." Or they just bum around the college for 2 years + working a mind numbing job. I have had a few success stories in my years in college life. I kind of hate seeing young adults throwing away and just wouldn't let their lack of life skills destroy their potential. It usually meant a meeting in my office where I have backing powder and hydrogenation peroxide and me knocking on their dorm door at 8 AM for a month.
- balsam 9y ago
  Lol are the chemicals for getting rid of their smells? (Did you learn chemistry in a German environment, btw?)
- spraak 9y ago
  > where I have backing powder and hydrogenation peroxide What's that for?
  - baldfat 9y ago
    Example of Potential. If you have opportunity and ability but you don't combine the two you don't get the potential from chemistry. Just like their wasted opportunity that is their college career. ALSO it helps with the smell of unwashed clothes, and poor hygiene (Especially smelly hair I LEARNED TO HATE THAT SMELL). I would also boil white vinegar in my tea pot when the smell got really bad.