What's new
By:
USCHO Fan Forum

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

  • The USCHO Fan Forum has migrated to a new plaform, xenForo. Most of the function of the forum should work in familiar ways. Please note that you can switch between light and dark modes by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the main menu bar. We are hoping that this new platform will prove to be faster and more reliable. Please feel free to explore its features.

Rep Retirement Thread 133: I still hate you all

Rep Retirement Thread 133: I still hate you all

  • Total voters
    28
  • Poll closed .
Status
Not open for further replies.
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 133: I still hate you all

St. Clown said:
I don't recall where I read it, but there was a study done by some group that stated the students who work an average of 20 hours/week average a third or half grade-point higher than those with no job at all. I forget what the difference was to those working full-time in addition to a full class load. At this point it no longer matters to me, so look it up if you're interested. It shouldn't be too hard to find.
Click to expand...

Less time to party. Duh. (Yes, I'm being serious).
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 133: I still hate you all

Brenthoven said:
Less time to party. Duh. (Yes, I'm being serious).
Click to expand...

“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.” ~Thomas Paine

I think that it also gives a bit of perspective on why you should be in college and that it is an opportunity that needs to be taken seriously.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 133: I still hate you all

Almington said:
“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.” ~Thomas Paine

I think that it also gives a bit of perspective on why you should be in college and that it is an opportunity that needs to be taken seriously.
Click to expand...

I'm just saying that the temptations of the party aspect of college are rarer if you only have time to work a job and study.

1. "Hey, there's a party on X Ave, let's go!" "I have to work."
2. "Hey, there's a party on X Ave, let's go!" "Eh, I don't have a job, why not?"

Something about idle hands and free time seem to factor into that. That's all.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 133: I still hate you all

I wasn't disagreeing with you (believe it or not). The Devil finds mischief for idle hands to do.* Working ~15/week on campus isn't much of a burden really, I had a number of friends who were effectively paid to sit at the library desk and do homework and check out books for people from time to time.


* originally from: "Facito aliquid operis, ut te semper diabolus inveniat occupatum" (Always do something, so that the devil always finds you occupied.) ~St. Jerome
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 133: I still hate you all

Morning gents.
Was supposed to fly out on the redeye tomorrow night.
Now, because those flight are booked, I fly out early tomorrow morning.
Non-rev standby kinda sucks.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 133: I still hate you all

Almington said:
I hated my circuits class. .
Click to expand...
I liked it at UMaine, the teacher was great, it was the hardest class I took that semester, took a lot of time compared to other classes. Turned out to be useful also:D


Howdy kids
Got a guy coming to look at my floors, to sand and refinish. Can't wait to see them done.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 133: I still hate you all

Patman said:
I told a colleague point blank that more people took AP Stats than AP Calc because it was easier.... sure, there may be some counting theory involved... but the rest is algebra at worst.
Click to expand...

Meh, I was just looking for an AP math class to knock out college credits. I definitely knew at that point that I wasn't going in to anything even remotely math related, and I always was interested in Statistics. It just seemed like a better fit.

Patman said:
I've found engineers get rolled when it comes time for their statistics class... I have to believe its a different kind of thinking... statistics is nothing but mathematically applied philosophy... great that it works... it approximates reality well enough... but I have to think that after all the applications in physical sciences one then jumps into a field which is inherently intangible... so its sort of a shock. At least that's how I figure it.

To the engineer, I'd say that statistical methods, when applied, can approximate processes and nothing more... can never be exact. That doesn't help in the classroom, but that's my take.

I always liked tutoring/working with the engineers because while they may not have gotten it they tend to be straight-forward people.
Click to expand...

This is probably why.

Scarlet said:
And not for nothing, but thatcommerial with Alex Ovetchkin's head in a bowling ball bag? Cree. Pee.
Click to expand...

Definitely. The Biddco-lookalike kid in the commercial doesn't help things, either.
(Hi, Scarlet!! :))


St. Clown said:
I don't recall where I read it, but there was a study done by some group that stated the students who work an average of 20 hours/week average a third or half grade-point higher than those with no job at all. I forget what the difference was to those working full-time in addition to a full class load. At this point it no longer matters to me, so look it up if you're interested. It shouldn't be too hard to find.
Click to expand...

It forces you to have better time management skills. That's what I found, at least. My GPA jumped at least a full .5 once I started working.

'Morning, Lodge. Barely freaking slept last night, finally gave up at about 6:30am. Thank goodness I have today off. The only thing I have to do today is run 8 miles. Beyond that, I'm not doing anything.
 
Last edited:
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 133: I still hate you all

Morning Lodge!

Last day of teaching before our spring break! Then three weeks left and I will have my degree! I cannot believe I am that close! It seems like yesterday I had 18 weeks until my degree...
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 133: I still hate you all

Thanks for all the well wishes, Lodgers! Got my results back this morning and I passed the exam. Now I just have to pass the hands-on practical, then I'm a certified EMT-B! :) (I probably could have had my results yesterday, but I was looking on the wrong webpage. :o )
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 133: I still hate you all

Morning Lodge.

Back at the dawn of time, while dinosaurs still roamed the earth and I was starting the U of MN IT, freshman Physics was known as the weed-out class.

I foolishly signed up for a brand new class (anyone sense a potential problem here?) called "Computer Oriented Calculus." What a effing disaster! I was in the first class of this thing, no real book, TAs didn't know what the hell was going on either. Class started with like 150 students in three sections and was down to about 40 in one section by the end of 3rd quarter.:rolleyes: Understand children, that to run a program back then we punched the commands line-by-line in Fortran on "IBM" cards then submitted them to the computer center where they were fed in and returned to us some hours, or days, later along with the output sheets.:eek:

BTW, I found "Linear Algebra and Differential Equations" to be the hardest math class I had to take.
 
  • Like
Reactions: jen
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 133: I still hate you all

Congrats 'ewe!! That's really great to hear.

OK, question for you all before I post this inquiry over on the DI forum. What is the first year the NCAA called the Frozen Four the Frozen Four? According to the trivia at the arena during the championship game, it was 1999. But I checked my pins (I get one every year) and the first year I see Frozen Four on the pin was 2000. Now, I did not go in 1999 and had a friend get me a pin but I find it hard to believe that back then they had more than one kind and that the NCAA would allow a version to be sold without the trademarked name. I need an answer today, or by noon tomorrow at the very least. Thanks!
 
Re: Rep Retirement Thread 133: I still hate you all

bostonewe said:
Thanks for all the well wishes, Lodgers! Got my results back this morning and I passed the exam. Now I just have to pass the hands-on practical, then I'm a certified EMT-B! :) (I probably could have had my results yesterday, but I was looking on the wrong webpage. :o )
Click to expand...
Congrats!
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top