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That sucks, I'm sorry! Are there any ways to stand out like extracurriculars? Public schools can be laaaame.
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Shit that sucks. I wouldn't beable to concentrate with people talking and chowing down on MceeDs while I'm trying to learn. Can you transfer to a private school next semster? Or if its really bad could you withdraw and get fully refunded, then start somewhere better next semester/year?
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Just get loud and say, "NOW YA'LL NEED TO STFU!" and mean it!!!!
I hate when people talk in class. I usually let people know that I'm tired of their rude behavior by sighing and smacking my lips. If that doesn't work (which is rare) then I will (yes I have really done it) tell them to SHUT UP!
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Andygirl
Is this a university?:O
Yep. With tens of thousands of students.
Re: My school is so ghetto.
Granted, I don't know where you go to school or what you are studying. I don't even know if you are pursuing Grad or Undergrad study. Nonetheless, I have gone through a similar experience and I can offer you some advice.
Through a twist of fate, I ended up in a less than ideal educational setting. I had the opportunity to go to a kick-ass nationally recognized University.... but at 18, I didn't have the stripper moola to actually attend. I found myself 3 days away from graduating high school with no College to go to, my dreams shattered, and no financial aid package to save the day. Damn. :-\
Long story short, I ended up at a local college where the conditions were just about as bad, if not worse than yours. I was angry, annoyed, and incredibly dissatisfied that my college experience wasn't going to live up to my expectations...
I did eventually realize, that I could use this environment to my benefit. And you can too! You are a smart cookie, a brilliant girl, and you are going to shine like a star in comparison to students around you. You are a big clever fish in a murky low-achievement pond...
Go all out. Wow your professors, give in the very best papers, make the most erudite presentations. Break the grading curves and demonstrate the superior intellect that you possess.
Students talk during lectures? Talk to the professor one on one during office hours... ask questions about the material directly, have a conversation, make observations and comparisons, and don't be afraid to argue.
The other students say Hamlet is an asshole.... turn around and challenge their view. "Explain how he was an asshole, show me a single line that makes him an asshole... come on!" I bet you they won't be able to. I bet you they won't even have the book and are going on the info in some made for TV adaptation of Hamlet. Fuck 'em. They aren't your equals.... set yourself apart. But at the same time, consider taking the alternate approach and help explain things to them if they can't comprehend what the professor is saying.
Make yourself stand out. The bar seems to be set so low at your school that you can absolutely shoot into the educational stratosphere without much effort. Does your school give out awards to high achievers? Does it have Honors courses or classifications for students? Does it have the Deans list? Collect those accolades as you would singles after a high roller makes it RAIN!!!
You will end up with a flawless GPA, glowing letters of recommendation, and a resume plump with honors and distinctions. Regardless of what school you went to, no one will be able to deny your brilliance, your sheer determination, and your ability to excel.
Kick some ass, young lady. I expect nothing less from you.
;)
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^ awesomeness. I'm a junior and need to get my ass into law school, so that's exactly what I need to do.
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ViolaStrings
^ awesomeness. I'm a junior and need to get my ass into law school, so that's exactly what I need to do.
Perrrrrfect.... These are the years to make a lasting impression on professors. You are going to blow them away!!!
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ViolaStrings
Majorly ghetto trailer park trashy.
Teachers let students cuss in class during discussion. Like "Hamlet is a fucking idiot" and "Why is Howard Zinn such an asshole?"
There's always some loud concert going on in the courtyard - right by the fucking library.
Students sit and eat in class, like full on combo meals from McDonald's, and leave their trash in the classroom.
Parking is $6 EVERYDAY, but the lots are always full, so you have to park on the 6th floor of the garage and there's NO elevator and NO air conditioning in the stairwell. You have to drive up and down long enough to make you ALWAYS late for class.
Students sit and talk during lectures, and teachers don't do anything about.
I should have taken out loans and gone to one of the 3 private universities in the area for 30K a year instead of this shit hole at 8K a year.
Where do you go to school? I would write a letter to the president of the school. What you have described is ridiculous and should not happen.
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Mr Hyde
Where do you go to school? I would write a letter to the president of the school. What you have described is ridiculous and should not happen.
That shit happens all of the time, actually. It's one of the tragedies of giant state-funded areas filled with 18-25 year olds.
Sophia_Starina, your advice is AMAZING. Good luck, VS!!!
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Mr Hyde
Where do you go to school? I would write a letter to the president of the school. What you have described is ridiculous and should not happen.
Eh, waste of time. Schools like this (and I'm at one too) care more about huge enrollment numbers and athletics than they do about academics.
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Yeah, and also state schools are required to allow in certain percentages of kids across the state... in California for example, a certain top percentage of all kids in a high school can get into any University of California campus, another percentage to California State Universities, etc..
And going to college to TONS of people means PARTY PARTY PARTY...
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ViolaStrings
Teachers let students cuss in class during discussion. Like "Hamlet is a fucking idiot" and "Why is Howard Zinn such an asshole?"
:rotfl:
at my school the teachers cuss too!
i don't really mind when students do, if it's part of an impassioned, intelligent debate or something. but yes, it makes me cringe when i hear "abortion is h3lla fuckin' st00pid 'cause" in my legal issues class.
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ViolaStrings
I should have taken out loans and gone to one of the 3 private universities in the area for 30K a year instead of this shit hole at 8K a year.
8K a year for public university!?!>?!?!?! damn. i go to a CSU & it's $1,800 a semester! it's not the TOP california university but we have a really good reputation in certain deperments (*cough* journalism *cough*).
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hardkandee
Eh, waste of time. Schools like this (and I'm at one too) care more about huge enrollment numbers and athletics than they do about academics.
Yeeeaah. Oh yeah. Our prez refers to us as 'customers'. Fuuuck yoooooouuuuuu.
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glitzy
8K a year for public university!?!>?!?!?! damn. i go to a CSU & it's $1,800 a semester! it's not the TOP california university but we have a really good reputation in certain deperments (*cough* journalism *cough*).
Mine's almost 12,000 a year. Blarg. Public just means 'open to all jerks and we have football/basketball/other sport' anymore.
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Oh, I can relate... the first time I heard someone cuss during a discussion, it really caught me off guard. I mean, who raised you, and said it was okay to cuss in the presence of a teacher?
Now I just roll my eyes and remind myself that they're young and immature and and still have to use bad words just to prove how cool they are.
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RoseLeigh
Yeeeaah. Oh yeah. Our prez refers to us as 'customers'. Fuuuck yoooooouuuuuu.
Mine's almost 12,000 a year. Blarg. Public just means 'open to all jerks and we have football/basketball/other sport' anymore.
Oooh. The "customer" thing would really get my blood boiling. But that's basically how we're treated. I'm lucky because the College of Art is so much more down to earth than the rest of the university and there are some decent professors (overworked and underpaid but great people).
Tuition is about $3000 a semester at mine.
Parking was $520.
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hardkandee
Oooh. The "customer" thing would really get my blood boiling. But that's basically how we're treated. I'm lucky because the College of Art is so much more down to earth than the rest of the university and there are some decent professors (overworked and underpaid but great people).
Tuition is about $3000 a semester at mine.
Parking was $520.
That parking thing pissed me off. Mine was almost $200 and we had to PAY NJ TAX ON IT.
Seriously though Viola, my school is a lot like yours. It USED to be awesome apparently, but now just bites. I'm so glad I'm done with my general requirements so I don't have to sit in an auditorium of 400 kids on the cell, watching porn on laptops, having full out conversations. 3-400 level art history classes are run with a iron fist (a good one!). I agree with SS-stand out. Rock the house. And then run screaming to law school.
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hardkandee
Eh, waste of time. Schools like this (and I'm at one too) care more about huge enrollment numbers and athletics than they do about academics.
They can still enforce standards. What the fuck? I work in higher ed and have never seen what she describes, anywhere. And I work with some ghetto-area schools.
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^^Yeah, but when was the last time you *were* an undergraduate? We're describing actual conditions, not statistics. If this helps you to enact new policies, then more power to you.
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cinammonkisses
Just get loud and say, "NOW YA'LL NEED TO STFU!" and mean it!!!!
Yeah....that wouldn't add to the 'ghetto-ness' AT ALL. ;D LOL j/k
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^ I think that might actually work! I'll stripper thug them.
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RoseLeigh
Yeeeaah. Oh yeah. Our prez refers to us as 'customers'. Fuuuck yoooooouuuuuu.
OMG Rose I seriously just laughed over here for like 5 minutes and had to tell my boyfriend about it. What the fuck? I wish I could have heard that
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I'd guess your fellow 'students' don't pay for their own education and that's why they don't value it.
Talk with your counselor, your school's dean, and send a letter to the schools board of directors and to your state legislator. The pres you already have covered. You want law studies; sounds like you'll be doing a law practicum.
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threlayer
I'd guess your fellow 'students' don't pay for their own education and that's why they don't value it.
That is very possible. Though I knew quite a few that just wanted to coast on the bare minimum. They didn't mid getting straight D's as long as they graduated.... eventually.