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Thank you!!! I spent way too long getting a useless degree in physics at Cal Poly SLO. They wouldn't let you switch majors (because every 17 year old knows wha
by CalRobert 8y ago
Thank you!!!
I spent way too long getting a useless degree in physics at Cal Poly SLO. They wouldn't let you switch majors (because every 17 year old knows what they want to do with their life) but it turns out changing schools is tough when your grades show you've hated your major the last 2 years.
The best thing I EVER did was sign up for classes at Santa Monica College after getting my Bachelor's. They're fantastic - this was a while back, but offering everything from Assembly to Android Dev and having great profs who actually listened to you was fantastic. I can't praise that school highly enough.
Funny enough, my wife and I both took German from _the same professor at the same time_. But I did it at SMC at night for basically free (I think $140 or so), and she paid a couple grand for the privilege at UCLA.
Community Colleges also don't destroy young lives with crushing debt that can never be discharged. We should be encouraging them and end with the cargo cult that is "everyone should go to a 4 year university"
- knicholes 8y agoHow did you and your wife take German from the same professor at the same time? Was he broadcasting his lesson, were you and your wife in the same location as the teacher, was the teacher able to duplicate himself, or is "at the same time" more of a "during the same semester" and not literally at the exact same time?
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- wincy 8y agoI can’t help but feel that clarification on any of these points is absolutely useless to the thrust of what he was trying to say. If I had to guess I’d probably go with the duplication, though. That’s probably how he did it.
- travisjungroth 8y agoSince he said he took them "at night" and didn't mention her time, I bet it's the same time in the sense that their schedules overlapped.
- zrobotics 8y ago>>But I did it at SMC at night for basically free (I think $140 or so), and she paid a couple grand for the privilege at UCLA So the same professor taught at both the community college and the university. Which would make it essentially the same course.
- CalRobert 8y agoMe, night school. Her, daytime. The German teacher was teaching at two community colleges and UCLA at the same time (week-level precision) yet struggled to pay rent.
- mixmastamyk 8y agoSame semester, different hours, most likely.
- CalRobert 8y agoProfessor used "she", btw.
- knicholes 8y agoMy face is red. I'll continue to strive to be more careful in my biases. Thank you for the reminder.
- repiret 8y agoIt’s not impossible to switch majors at CP SLO. My wife was a physics major at CalPoly SLO until she got tired of being the only girl in all her classes and switched to biochem.
- CalRobert 8y agoSorry to hear that. It was a big issue when I was there (mid 2000's). Not particularly friendly folks either. I hung out with music majors as much as I could
- hoorayimhelping 8y agoThank you for this post! I just moved to Santa Monica from the NYC metro area and I've been looking for a place to take classes.
- CalRobert 8y agoAt least around 2010, SMC was fantastic!