Random Rants XX: I CAN'T FIND MY FAGS!!!

[SS-18 ICBM]

Eh, nvm.

Finished a lab report. Felt good.

 

[Mirc]

Pandora does not live up to expectations. Most of the music sucked, and then it wouldn't let me skip songs.

At least it's not completely blocked in the US.

 

[Tani Coyote]

My grandma sent me a gift!

That should be a rave, but...

It's a drawing book...

That teaches anime style and has an anime fairy girl on the cover...

...And the title is "Shoujo", the Japanese genre meant for girls. There's tutorials on guys, but the pink cover, fairy, and title all add to the gayness factor.

To add insult to injury, my mother said she'd think of me if she came across the book. I wryyyy'd and immediately crushed her with a Steamroller.

Not that I don't appreciate the gift, but still...

 

[Karalysia]

Just wait until you have to start reading the primary sources. By the end of today i need to have mesmerised 300 law cases- facts and principles, read nearly 1000 pages of two different 'manual' esque books before proceeding to read another 250 pages of two different yet slightly related books. I've got an interview at the weekend with 2 QC's and 3 benchers to look forward to coupled with a tribunal case coming up which needs preparing for. All that does not take into account day to day work and coursework. However, i am still quite sure that many people do at least the same as me or more.

I'll create a facebook group

"Overworked uni students irritated by high-school baby whiners" sound like a good name?

 

[Shekwan]

I rant about highschoolers whining about their work. Over the past day and night I've read about 500 pages worth on the Ottoman Empire, and I now have an additional 500 or so pages worth to read about war and then I have around a 100 or so pages to read about political parties because I have 3 midterm exams and an essay in a row this week plus the magazine that needs to be finalized and the party meeting and voting on constitution and prep for the town hall. Stupid highschoolers.

Bah, its not like you're doing a Real Degree like Medecine, Law or Engineering. I realise that you've said that you are studying law, but if you're reading about the Ottoman Empire you're clearly doing some sort of phoney law course (like me). As for your magazine and town hall stuff, you brought that on yourself so TOUGH BEANS.

 

[BCLG100]

Bah, its not like you're doing a Real Degree like Medecine, Law or Engineering. I realise that you've said that you are studying law, but if you're reading about the Ottoman Empire you're clearly doing some sort of phoney law course (like me). As for your magazine and town hall stuff, you brought that on yourself so TOUGH BEANS.

Does that apply for me? I did a history degree but now enjoying the delights of a law degree crammed into a year and yet still giving me a degree when i've finished it. I can only wait for next year where all i have to learn is Archibold/Blackstones and the White book.

 

[Karalysia]

Bah, its not like you're doing a Real Degree like Medecine, Law or Engineering. I realise that you've said that you are studying law, but if you're reading about the Ottoman Empire you're clearly doing some sort of phoney law course (like me). As for your magazine and town hall stuff, you brought that on yourself so TOUGH BEANS.

I'm an undergrad so I won't be doing any real law until law school. Right now all my law courses are part of my poli sci or history degree.

 

[Yared]

My brother just got home with 2 pairs of glasses.

He's 5 and turning 6 this December.

I hope he doesn't end up being too bullied

Luckily, he's huge for his age (he wears age 8 clothes!!!) so he won't get pushed around much me thinks. And he's got me too...

 

[Adria]

Damn my officemate wanted to check out the afternoon's 'adventure' too, and I lost the coin toss.

I guess I shouldn't be too disappointed - there's no guarantee I'd be able to keep lunch down during the procedure, especially with being there for the purpose of taking photos for documentation.

 

[LightFang]

Bah, its not like you're doing a Real Degree like Medecine, Law or Engineering. I realise that you've said that you are studying law, but if you're reading about the Ottoman Empire you're clearly doing some sort of phoney law course (like me). As for your magazine and town hall stuff, you brought that on yourself so TOUGH BEANS.

Coincidentally, did you know that those three (and Medicine too, although that and Medecine are pretty similar) were the only acceptable choices for my college major for my parents? Oh, Asians!

My grandma sent me a gift!

That should be a rave, but...

It's a drawing book...

That teaches anime style and has an anime fairy girl on the cover...

...And the title is "Shoujo", the Japanese genre meant for girls. There's tutorials on guys, but the pink cover, fairy, and title all add to the gayness factor.

To add insult to injury, my mother said she'd think of me if she came across the book. I wryyyy'd and immediately crushed her with a Steamroller.

Not that I don't appreciate the gift, but still...

Ain't nothin' wrong with shoujo.

My personal rant is that I have a CS midterm tomorrow and I have to teach myself about hierarchal data structures, data-directed programming, message passing, a Scheme interpreter, and object oriented stuff today. At least OO is easy--the actual implementation isn't going to be on this test, thank God.

But damn it, I still can't wrap my head around the interpreter. Written in Scheme. For Scheme.

WHY?

 

[azzaman333]

12 hour day... great...

 

[BCLG100]

My brother just got home with 2 pairs of glasses.

He's 5 and turning 6 this December.

I hope he doesn't end up being too bullied

Luckily, he's huge for his age (he wears age 8 clothes!!!) so he won't get pushed around much me thinks. And he's got me too...

He might do if he tries to wear 2 pairs of glasses at once...

 

[Yared]

lolwut?

one is spare

 

[Shekwan]

Does that apply for me? I did a history degree but now enjoying the delights of a law degree crammed into a year and yet still giving me a degree when i've finished it. I can only wait for next year where all i have to learn is Archibold/Blackstones and the White book.

You're doing a law degree in a year? Then yes. I welcome you into the crap law degree club. Of course I'm being a bit tongue in cheek about this, but it is true that people will dismiss your law degree unless you do the full three or four years of BCL or LLB studies.

I'm an undergrad so I won't be doing any real law until law school. Right now all my law courses are part of my poli sci or history degree.

Sounds very similar to my course. Except I'm saddled with economics instead of history. Although its final year now so I've skipped almost all economics content. Still gonna have a degree in economics despite my almost complete ignorance in the field. Score.

Coincidentally, did you know that those three (and Medicine too, although that and Medecine are pretty similar) were the only acceptable choices for my college major for my parents? Oh, Asians!

And I guess by engineering they mainly meant architecture?

This makes me really appreciate my parents full support of my poor career choices.

 

[LightFang]

And I guess by engineering they mainly meant architecture?

This makes me really appreciate my parents full support of my poor career choices.

Totally off. Computer Engineering is probably tops (EECS major in Berkeley, can I get a what-what?). BioE is pretty sought too. Actually, pretty much every engineering degree.

 

[Shekwan]

Totally off. Computer Engineering is probably tops (EECS major in Berkeley, can I get a what-what?). BioE is pretty sought too. Actually, pretty much every engineering degree.

Wow, talk about low status! Although it must be pretty hard to get into that Berkeley course.

 

[BCLG100]

You're doing a law degree in a year? Then yes. I welcome you into the crap law degree club. Of course I'm being a bit tongue in cheek about this, but it is true that people will dismiss your law degree unless you do the full three or four years of BCL or LLB studies.

Yeah, it's called the GDL (olden days CPE) when you add the BPTC (olden days BVC, older days BTC) or the LPC it becomes an LLB. We get everything which normal law degrees get, crammed into a year (well really only two years of a law degree because you don't really do much in the first year).

The mark in the GDL itself is what is viewed rather than whether or not we get the LLB, by that point nobody cares and it doesn't really matter whether or not you have the LLB at all. For instance I was accepted into the three (Arguably) best law schools in the country for next year and it wont matter a jot to me if i don't walk away with an accredited degree. At least if you're going to the Bar; put simply if you're not from Oxbridge you're on a level playing field with everyone else not from Oxbridge! My friends are going down the Solicitor route so that might be different but I haven't asked them too much. You know which way you want to go/even go toward the law?

 

[Ulyaoth]

Drink, it helps you get over that hurdle

Not if he's an angry drunk, he'll just drive people away then.

Stupid non-engineering majors (I assume you are because your work sounds awfully lame.).

Yeah really, they wouldn't be getting punished in school if they were doing something that benefited humanity.

 

[Narz]

My car ended up costing me $480 instead of $450 because when I brought it back to be re-inspected a couple more things were found wrong.

 

[Zack]

I'm not sure if you mean the homework, or the online schooling, but I'll answer both just in case...



I was bullied a lot, so when several magnet schools presented to my junior high, I rushed home and gave my mom the papers for the online school.

On the homework, it's easy to fall behind because you a) don't interact much with the teachers and b) the lack of face-to-face interaction means you require a LOT of personal discipline in order to succeed. Many teachers have said that going to the online high school is like going to college in the amount of personal discipline you require.



The online schooling's structure has changed with each year. The first year had required attendance sessions once a week, and a program you submitted homework to(submitting homework is the same as taking a political quiz or attaching a document). The second year got rid of required sessions, and changed the program used to submit homework. The third year got rid of on-site testing altogether, and the fourth(my current year) drastically changed things so teachers don't even bother setting up sessions unless on student request.

As a result, the amount of traditional structure has gradually been devolved, and I guess it's been a bit of a shocker to me, hence why I struggled to keep myself from failing AP Government and AP Literature last semester(I managed to pull it off though, mainly because I aced the exams). I'm 3 weeks behind in Government and 2 in Literature at the moment(it happened again... ), and I'm working on remedying that. Wouldn't be so shameful if not for the whole taking only 4 courses this year thing...



Nope, most of my interactions on CFC are jousting with trolls and not telling my life story.

Wait, wouldn't it be extremely easy to totally cheat and get a 100 in every class?