The School/Uni Thread

[Death Aflame]

I'm in Communications (*waits for insults*) and Film Studies. I really don't have much of an idea about what I want to do once I graduate other than I would like it to be media related (advertising, pr, broadcasting, films, videogames etc.).

 

[skeptik]

Where are you going after, Rutgers?

 

[Hammer of Might]

I had a scientific friend who couldn't understand the point of doing History. I personally can't think of anything more interesting, except Heavy Metal in tied first place. People who don't understand or care about the past are the ones who seem crazy to me.

 

[s_a_o]

I had a scientific friend who couldn't understand the point of doing History. I personally can't think of anything more interesting, except Heavy Metal in tied first place. People who don't understand or care about the past are the ones who seem crazy to me.

So damned true.

There are a lot of people who don't understand why I would want to study this, but I find it to be the most interesting thing out there to study. The past is insanely vast and to disregard it would be stupid.

 

[skeptik]

but the past already happened

 

[Astrum]

Words of wisdom.

 

[Zephyrus]

Anyone else here taking AP exams this/next week? These tests are fucking brutal. I had the English Literature/Composition exam today. Three hours of 60 multiple choice and three, count em three essays all in one sitting. I've got the Latin/Vergil test next Friday, that one should be much easier.

For those of you who don't know what AP is, it stands for Advanced Placement. It's a class you take in high school that grants you college credit should you pass the exam around which the course's curriculum is set. It's really useful if you want to get a head start on studying a certain subject in college, or it's good for clearing space in your schedule of those pesky core requirements.

 

[MasterOLightning]

I remember that English one. I got a four, but Northwestern only takes fives in a lot of stuff. I at least got a five in US Gov't. It was so easy. US History wasn't that hard either. I ended up getting out of three courses in college. It was definitely worth the work and effort back in high school.

 

[Zephyrus]

Yeah I'll be pissed if I score too low on the English exam. I spent my whole year in that fucking hellhole of a class, full of snobby leftist girls, and to know it was for nothing would be absolutely devastating.

 

[MasterOLightning]

You definitely want to skip English classes in college if possible. The reading loads are brutal, and it'll detract from whatever else you're working on.

 

[George]

Just finished my last final for the semester. One more year to go.

 

[Zephyrus]

Yeah my plan with English was to get out of college English courses, while my motive with Latin is to get a head-start on my career as a Latin teacher, and eventual professor.

 

[Hammer of Might]

So damned true.

There are a lot of people who don't understand why I would want to study this, but I find it to be the most interesting thing out there to study. The past is insanely vast and to disregard it would be stupid.

So what areas of history do you plan to focus on?

 

[skeptik]

English > Latin

Faggots.

 

[Zephyrus]

English > Latin

Faggots.

English = Poetry about flowers and feminism

Latin = Poetry about bloody wars and ritual sacrifice

English = History of retarded literary movements

Latin = History of the Glorious Roman Empire

 

[skeptik]

Way to not know shit about shit. Maybe that's your high school English, but you don't know anything about English until you get to college. I mean, have you even read any Shakespearean sonnets? Donne? Whitman? Frost? And that's just poetry, which I only have a passing interest in. It's kind of retarded to only focus on poetry when talking about English, since, you know, it entirely discounts the world of prose. Also, in case you didn't realize, "poetry about bloody wars and ritual sacrifice" is part of English.

 

[Cythraul]

English is más puto.

 

[Zephyrus]

I admit my biased generalization of a dynamic subject such as English. I've always been interested in linguistics, so I'm solid in the grammar department. However, poetry and prose just completely turn me off (unless it's in another language to translate). I enjoyed a few of the novels and plays I had to read but most of it was bullshit geared toward a female/gay audience.

 

[skeptik]

English is más puto.

Is that because you don't speak english?

 

[Cythraul]

Is that because you don't speak english?

I speak English just fine, BITCH.