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Michigan Tech Offseason III: Two Years To Prove It Can Be Done

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason III: Two Years To Prove It Can Be Done

Twitch Boy said:
Just saw the Summer Reading selection for this year. JFC. I didn't know you had to turn in your Man Card to register at Tech.

Who the hell is in charge over at Tech now, Oprah? Couldn't they have picked Garbageland or something else cool or...*gasp* *horror* engineering related?

If I were at that discussion group, I would have thunked down my 5-pound copy of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and say "I read something GOOD this summer."
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don't knock the book. It's an outstanding choice for the program.

whether or not 50% of the kids even read it... well, that's another story.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
I've heard people complain about this over the years, but I have no clue what they're talking about. I didn't have to read some stupid book before going to Tech, and it wasn't that long ago that I was a student. So they make students who aren't even students read some candy *** piece of **** book now before they even get to campus? Thats BS, if they told me that, there is no way I'd read it. The summer before I went to Tech I was busy golfing. What are they going to do? Tell you to go home to your parents if you don't read their stupid book? Doubtful.
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They really can't force you to read it. As I recall, it's just part of orientation group discussion. At least half the people in my orientation group didn't, while the other half admitted that we'd mostly just skimmed it a few days before leaving.

EDIT: Of course, the fact that they selected a rather terrible book in the first place didn't help. It wanted to be equal parts Ender's Game and 1984, with the twist that massive corporations ruled Earth in an oppressive form of technocracy, instead of authoritarian socialist governments keeping everyone down.
 
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It's The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells. Your typical everyday "I grew up in a dysfunctional family and had to move a lot and look at me, I'm a precious beautiful flower and I'm so strong and other crap that makes Oprah and her army of lonely housewives wet their panties" book.

Could be worse: they could have done Three Cups of Tea again, now that two-thirds of the book has been discovered to be a load of baloney.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
It's The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells. Your typical everyday "I grew up in a dysfunctional family and had to move a lot and look at me, I'm a precious beautiful flower and I'm so strong and other crap that makes Oprah and her army of lonely housewives wet their panties" book.

Could be worse: they could have done Three Cups of Tea again, now that two-thirds of the book has been discovered to be a load of baloney.
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:D I enjoyed your succinct review, but you missed the theme where "buying a higher education is your only key to prosperity and happiness."
 
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Oh lordy. From the Summer Reading website:

"The Glass Castle was chosen as Elle magazine's book of the year."

I rest my case. Oh, how I wish I still wrote for tBull. I would be lambasting this thing so hard.
 
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geezer said:
:D I enjoyed your succinct review, but you missed the theme where "buying a higher education is your only key to prosperity and happiness."
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Now if there was only a book that makes that salient and valid argument without emasculating two thirds of the student body.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
Oh lordy. From the Summer Reading website:

"The Glass Castle was chosen as Elle magazine's book of the year."

I rest my case. Oh, how I wish I still wrote for tBull. I would be lambasting this thing so hard.
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I enjoy reading and I actually read quite a bit (ask anyone who has seen the massive pile of books in my living room). But there is no way I'd read that book, if I were a student I would go to the Barn and Nobel and look for the book, read the back cover, put it back and go buy the newest Vince Flynn book.
 
Re: Michigan Tech Offseason III: Two Years To Prove It Can Be Done

Twitch Boy said:
Just saw the Summer Reading selection for this year. JFC. I didn't know you had to turn in your Man Card to register at Tech.

Who the hell is in charge over at Tech now, Oprah? Couldn't they have picked Garbageland or something else cool or...*gasp* *horror* engineering related?

If I were at that discussion group, I would have thunked down my 5-pound copy of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and say "I read something GOOD this summer."
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I had to read that POS book, so its already been done
 
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BlizzardT said:
This thread just took a wrong turn...
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You must be new around here. It's a tech thread, its rare that we're actually on topic. Usually we don't want to talk hockey because its too depressing.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
You must be new around here. It's a tech thread, its rare that we're actually on topic. Usually we don't want to talk hockey because its too depressing.
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Although this summer has been a bit of an exception to that.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
They really can't force you to read it. As I recall, it's just part of orientation group discussion. At least half the people in my orientation group didn't, while the other half admitted that we'd mostly just skimmed it a few days before leaving.

EDIT: Of course, the fact that they selected a rather terrible book in the first place didn't help. It wanted to be equal parts Ender's Game and 1984, with the twist that massive corporations ruled Earth in an oppressive form of technocracy, instead of authoritarian socialist governments keeping everyone down.
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I borrowed that from Flashy and killed a day of subbing reading that. I usually enjoy dystopia themed literature, but that one was just not good.

They should throw this one in to the mix one year. I think it might just hit home for some kids up at Tech.
 
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nmupiccdiva said:
I borrowed that from Flashy and killed a day of subbing reading that. I usually enjoy dystopia themed literature, but that one was just not good.
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For what it's worth, I killed an attendance stamp during orientation week by going to the author's lecture. He was a total hipster/culture snob; that's all you need to know.
 
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BlizzardT said:
This thread just took a wrong turn...
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You're going to hate it during the regular season, then. There seems to be this tradition of not discussing hockey in the series threads until Friday. Either man up and get used to it or walk away now.
 
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Michigan Tech Blue Line Club to host “Meet the Players Picnic”

Michigan Tech hockey looks forward to getting on the ice as they host the first game of the season Saturday October 1 at 7:07 PM. Please join the Michigan Tech Blue Line Club as they kick off the start of the hockey season on Tuesday August 30th at 5:30 PM at the pavilion at Kestner Waterfront Park in Houghton.
Join us as we welcome back Coach Mel Pearson, new assistant coach, Billy Mackult, assistant coach, Damon Whitten, new incoming freshman hockey players, and reconnect with those players returning.
The event is open to the public. Cost is $5 and includes hot dogs, hamburgers and soft drinks provided by the Club. A dish to pass would be welcome.

serious hockey news! join us! its a fun time, very casual, very relaxed.
 
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