If you could go back in time and do it all over again, what would you do differently?!?!
1) I wouldn't major in philosophy. Instead, I would probably minor in it and major in either math, archeology, or computer science. Probably math.
2) I would have never applied to a Catholic college or any religion based institution.
Oh what horrendous mistakes I've made. n_n
lol i wish i could redo my entire life awdood;
I would have gone to SUNY Albany for biotechnology instead of SUNY ESF. At least that way, if I still wanted to switch my major to something not science-related, I wouldn't have had to transfer to a completely different school. And then I could still have been going away to school.
Honestly, I'm ok with where I'm at now though. I've come to terms with the fact that at the very least, I will be graduating a year late due to my first year as a biotech major.
College?
What is college?
I should have transferred schools earlier and left my first semester of freshman year when I was bullied for no reason by all the little shits on my dorm floor. :( I'm going to community college so I can eventually transfer to either the College of William and Mary or the University of Virginia.
I want to say I would have never went to community college but I met some cool people there but I would have much rathered not going to cc
and we'll have to see how this gap year goes for me but that may be a regret to
not gone to college.
I'm only a freshman, so I don't really have any regrets yet about college confuseddood;
Unless I get a terrible grade in Composition (which isn't very unlikely goowan) I don't have anything I can imagine myself regretting in the foreseeable future n_n
I regret that I only applied to one college when I should have applied to more :(
so far I'm thinking I did everything right
Quote from: vziard on September 29, 2011, 08:41:40 PM
so far I'm thinking I did everything right
You are one lucky man.
i would never have wasted any money on college "education" to begin with
I would not have fucked around for three years. I would have majored in Justice, done ROTC, and entered Law and Politics. Like I intended too, before other's influence. But it's alright. I'm an extraordinary individual. So it takes a lot do diminish this gentleman. Things will work out in time.
Quote from: Hippopo on September 29, 2011, 08:42:32 PM
You are one lucky man.
it's not luck it's really easy you just do what you actually feel will be most constructive for you and not give in to external ideas of what's 'right' for you
Quote from: vziard on September 29, 2011, 09:13:54 PM
it's not luck it's really easy you just do what you actually feel will be most constructive for you and not give in to external ideas of what's 'right' for you
I feel like I do that, but then I hit a major milestone in my life and my priorities change. Then I look back and get a little sad. I was passionate about it then, but not now.
Quote from: Hippopo on September 29, 2011, 09:19:35 PM
I feel like I do that, but then I hit a major milestone in my life and my priorities change. Then I look back and get a little sad. I was passionate about it then, but not now.
nothing wrong with that, anyone who has specific priorities that are constant throughout their life is a fool. constant re-evaluation is good.
All I would have done is maybe taken a few more psychology courses and lived in a real dorm rather than a private one full of New York Jews
Quote from: vulpix on September 29, 2011, 09:08:09 PM
i would never have wasted any money on college "education" to begin with
I'm sorry it didn't work for you, but there is plenty to gain if you go to the right school
Quote from: Yip Yipper on September 30, 2011, 01:22:10 AM
All I would have done is maybe taken a few more psychology courses and lived in a real dorm rather than a private one full of New York JewsI'm sorry it didn't work for you, but there is plenty to gain if you go to the right school
o sry mr college, I'm sure you're having fun, drinking games and finding yourself and making lifelong friendships n all that
Quote from: Yip Yipper on September 30, 2011, 01:22:10 AM
there is plenty to gain if you go to the right school
and there's even more to be gained if you are an auto-didact. not letting an institution tell you what/how to learn
it's my first semester and i'm studying history at a school i'm satisfied with
but this semester i thought i'd look into the classical world and study roman civlization
fuck those guys
if i wanted to learn about a bunch of italian assholes who ruin everything for everyone, i would watch jersey shore
Just read Gibbon for Romans, it's the best volume outside primary sources ever written for that Civilization.
Quote from: Socks on September 30, 2011, 08:40:48 AM
Just read Gibbon for Romans, it's the best volume outside primary sources ever written for that Civilization.
I've been meaning to read that, actually.
Now, to be fair, I'm learning some cool shit... I suppose I'm just a little disenchanted with Rome now, as if they've lost their mystique. But I did thoroughly enjoyed reading Livy and Plutarch, especially Livy's dramatic portrayal of possibly banal events.
i wouldn't have fucked off so much in regards to classwork AWESOME
Quote from: vulpix on September 30, 2011, 03:14:10 AM
and there's even more to be gained if you are an auto-didact. not letting an institution tell you what/how to learn
I think "results may vary" is the phrase you're looking for n_u
Quote from: vziard on September 30, 2011, 03:02:25 AM
o sry mr college, I'm sure you're having fun, drinking games and finding yourself and making lifelong friendships n all that
I would drink more games but most contain choking hazards saddood;
I didn't exactly say anything controversial yknow, live and let live and all that noise. No need to hate on others' life choices
So far I haven't really run into any huge regrets. Although I'm living kind of far from campus this year, which isn't bad because I can ride my bike wherever, but once the weather gets worse I'll probably have much different feelings about it.
If that's your biggest possible regret and pressing issue in life. Riding your bike to school. You don't even know what a life is. You should have major regrets.
Quote from: Socks on September 30, 2011, 11:33:21 AM
If that's your biggest possible regret and pressing issue in life. Riding your bike to school. You don't even know what a life is. You should have major regrets.
I thought that this thread pertained to only college. I've definitely had my fair share of regrets in life, but nothing of large significance in college. I've been having the best time of my life so far.
choose to be a teacher the first time around
i don't exactly regret getting a different degree first but it certainly is a bit of a waste of time and money to have to go extra semesters
Not been such a Passive Indifferent Asshole about it
Quote from: Yip Yipper on September 30, 2011, 09:40:30 AM
I think "results may vary" is the phrase you're looking for n_u
i don't understand what kind of person would rather be passively told what to learn than to actively discover the complexity and beauty of the world by themselves. results only vary if you respect yourself little enough to not care about building your mind, which is the point of....everything.
Quote from: vulpix on September 30, 2011, 02:49:26 PM
i don't understand what kind of person would rather be passively told what to learn than to actively discover the complexity and beauty of the world by themselves. results only vary if you respect yourself little enough to not care about building your mind, which is the point of....everything.
Yes, unfortunately with all of these classes I've lacked the time to explore the complexity and beauty of pretentious bigotry like you have. n_n
To say you don't build your mind in college is ludicrous. Sure you might not be able to learn of everything you want to from a professor, but a good majority of it is there and you have a chance to explore opportunities you otherwise may not have. And if you don't care about going to college I don't understand why the limitations should matter considering if you cared enough you could still go out and learn about said mysteries of life anyway.
It's your own damn fault if you just sit there and learn what's required of you and not look further into it. It's not the college's fault.
So today I had to meet with a new advisor to apply for graduation because my old advisor got fired (LOL goowan).
I learned that I don't meet the requirements for graduation by eight credits because my old advisor forgot to mention that I needed 40 credits of 300 level classes or above. WTF
So instead of having a nice leisurely last semester, I will have to take three 400 level classes in Philosophy and two 300 level outside of the department....
I met with my old advisor 8 times last year and I constantly asked if I was meeting all of the requirements. That fucking bitch lied.
collage sounds like an awful and horrifying place
[spoiler]i'm glad i left 5thgrade;[/spoiler]
Quote from: Tectrika on September 30, 2011, 06:10:11 PM
collage sounds like an awful and horrifying place
[spoiler]i'm glad i left 5thgrade;[/spoiler]
But.. I thought you still go. confuseddood;
An undergraduate degree today is what a high school diploma was thirty years ago at many universities. It is an essential job qualification for a lot of entry-level jobs. I really think there needs to be more regulations on tertiary educational institutions such as the regulation of tuition charged by publicly funded institutions and more safety regulations as the enforcement of the Clery Act rarely amounts to anything more than a slap on the wrist.
Quote from: sans culottes on September 30, 2011, 08:34:01 AM
it's my first semester and i'm studying history at a school i'm satisfied with
but this semester i thought i'd look into the classical world and study roman civlization
fuck those guys
if i wanted to learn about a bunch of italian assholes who ruin everything for everyone, i would watch jersey shore
this is my favorite thing ever
Going back, I should have realized I wasn't at a point in my life where college was the logical next step. It wasn't. I still don't think it is.
i've had no regrets so far because i get schooling for free
starting in the winter i'll apply for an art school
then i can socialize with other art students and then i'd have artsy friends and i'd use them to build up a network so I can have a job while i cry and complain how i'm being 'exploited'
so far i've only made friends with music people cry;
if i'm lucky i could go to some art colony when i'm older
hopefully my friends who wrote letters of recommendations don't commit suicide/die by then cry;
It's very rare that character outpaces information. What you 'learn' in school is not what has been 'taught'. And it is not the 'teaching' that allows you to learn.
You learn what your conscience is developed enough to understand. You really must build up the core first. If a person has no understanding of what proper attention is, or what practice entails, if they are not mature enough to realize those virtues, and to respect and adopt them, then no amount of lecturing, notes, reading or showing will motivate or inspire them. Waiting for what is enticing. Not what they need but what they want. To hell with consideration! Unleash the stimulation.
They simply don't know how to interpret life, because they have yet to reach that point. Internally. How would all the facts and presentation in the world help a man who does not know how to use that wealth of knowledge?
And that's not something that school can teach you. You have to learn from your parents and through society, which should provide you with the right environment to encourage and foster a sense of belonging and cultivate an effect of wisdom.
Is a teacher goig to tell you to look a man in the eyes, stand up straight and shake his hand, show humility and tend with care, and always part on good terms? That's just something you observe and recognize and learn.
It's not the rules which stopped me from cheating, it was my philosophy and integrity. But what is this, right? Can I define dignity? No. I can only embody it. It's not at all minor or irrelevant. I am constantly embarrassed with myself. How is school going to instill that?
The reflected mess of the present state is the mirror image of our dysfunctionality. You have to recognize, understand and realize the entire implications of any and all exerience to be able to digest it all.
Do you think a child can unrestand and handle a gun?
Legions are killing themselves because they are children with the biggest gun of all, life. Ignorance is lethal. It's astounding how much privilege and opportunity today's generation has, and how incredibly poorly it has managed it.
Perhaps we are spoiled. No need to ever branch out of our comfort zone and explore. To fend and survive on one's own. Do or die. To establish and thrive. We do not know this. We remain forever children. Much as Cicero said.
That's a natural disposition. But existence should be embraced, not endured. What's learned results from the experience of your character. If your character cannot property interpret reality, if it does not co-develop with history, then no amount of teaching will ever change that. You are then drowning in a waterfall.
The lessons and the courses and the materials and institutions and privileges and rights along with opportunity and advancement mean nothing to a little mind. You cannot comprehend the choices properly. You cannot appreciate their value nor fully conceived the consequences. You don't know what it really is, despite being involved with it and having life swirl around you. That is immaturity. And it is so prevalent among us.
How can someone understand instructions when they fail to listen?
We have created a culture that allows for a table of a dozen adults to possess numerous advanced degrees, masters and PhDs, chair committees and operate on men, and do not care to have a single sense of decency or the capacity to listen to their waiter introducing himself and welcoming them as well as explaining the menu. Not a single care that I blush out of an embarrasemt for them. Because it is a shame and I am being gracious. Saving face. Then have the audacity to tell me to repeat it again. That is what I mean by dignity. And will never think highly of that man. Because thouth he may be intelligent, he is still stupid. And has no humanity, which is more important than specialized application.
They act in accordance, which is pretentious. I act in line, which his prudent.
I serve out of duty and not of fear. There is no malice, there is shame in who I am.
And if this all seems like an incoherent rant. Huh, I will blame your learning for that. It's why you don't speak on the same terms as I do. And we seem worlds apart. When I am just like you. Very near. But see the same things in a whole different sort of view.
It's beautiful up here.