I just accidentlied all over the new HIVE! lol
- Thread starter Relique du Madde
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After a BA, a JD and an MBA, I'm back in school...again.
This time, I'm going after a degree in Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution. To be employed in the field, you have to have a degree or certificate.
As it turns out, my local community college offers the program...and its run by the same guy who runs it at SMU. But for MUCH less, obviously. In addition, if you go for the degree rather than the certificate, its cheaper still. And funnily enough, the students in the cert and degree programs sit side by side.
The difference is that the cert program is pass fail.
Well...I figure I can get a C+ and pay less for it.
Here's the funny.
To get into the degree-seeking program, I have to go through the application process. No sweat, right?
They put me on probational acceptance because they saw a "D" for a Calc class I took in 1986- a class that I was taking in HS with simultaneous credit at that same community college.
A grade they should have ignored in the light of the "B" I got in another Calc class taken a few years later.
It took them the better part of the hour for them to clear that up.
This time, I'm going after a degree in Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution. To be employed in the field, you have to have a degree or certificate.
As it turns out, my local community college offers the program...and its run by the same guy who runs it at SMU. But for MUCH less, obviously. In addition, if you go for the degree rather than the certificate, its cheaper still. And funnily enough, the students in the cert and degree programs sit side by side.
The difference is that the cert program is pass fail.
Well...I figure I can get a C+ and pay less for it.
Here's the funny.
To get into the degree-seeking program, I have to go through the application process. No sweat, right?
They put me on probational acceptance because they saw a "D" for a Calc class I took in 1986- a class that I was taking in HS with simultaneous credit at that same community college.
A grade they should have ignored in the light of the "B" I got in another Calc class taken a few years later.
It took them the better part of the hour for them to clear that up.
Relique du Madde
Adventurer
Wait... Even though "you are a lawyer"(tm) and had alot of other degrees they still tried to give you probationary status when applying? WTF!?! That is seriously retarded. "You should sue" (tm).
A bureaucrat- especially one using a computer that may not be checking out scanned-in documents- may well tell Jesus and Buddha that they needed to take Religion 101 to graduate.
After clearing up the math thing, they almost tried to get me on their English requirement...despite my good English grades in 1986 (like the calc class, done in synch with their program) and an English minor in college.
Its like they say, "There is nothing so rare as common sense."
Hopefully, they won't come after me for other "deficiencies" while I'm going through their program.
Actually, I think that their computer was simply having a bad day. The lady who was helping me register was baffled by my status. Even though she picked up on the disconnect, it refused her every attempt to override its...error.
After clearing up the math thing, they almost tried to get me on their English requirement...despite my good English grades in 1986 (like the calc class, done in synch with their program) and an English minor in college.
Its like they say, "There is nothing so rare as common sense."
Hopefully, they won't come after me for other "deficiencies" while I'm going through their program.
Actually, I think that their computer was simply having a bad day. The lady who was helping me register was baffled by my status. Even though she picked up on the disconnect, it refused her every attempt to override its...error.
Relique du Madde
Adventurer
The machines are taking over man.. [/tinhat]
Phaezen
Adventurer
Relique du Madde
Adventurer
So... it's been three weeks already?
I was watching Glastonbury 2009 on Palladia a little while ago, and Spinal Tap was playing.
The first clip was "Stonehenge," complete with the 3' tall inflatable Trilithon and dancing dwarves.
They followed that up with "Big Bottom." In keeping with some prior appearances, the 2 guitarists swapped out their guitars for basses. In addition, they invited another bass player out on stage to bring the total to 4. Funny + Heavy!
The first clip was "Stonehenge," complete with the 3' tall inflatable Trilithon and dancing dwarves.
They followed that up with "Big Bottom." In keeping with some prior appearances, the 2 guitarists swapped out their guitars for basses. In addition, they invited another bass player out on stage to bring the total to 4. Funny + Heavy!
Blackrat
He Who Lurks Beyond The Veil
It has now
. Was good, though I could have stayed on vacation a week or two more... Yesterday I went to an amusement park with a bunch of friends. Rollercoaster on a rainy day is way fun 
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