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glacier_kittyAnyone else for the picture meme? I'LL GIVE YOU A SHINY STEEL STAR! (I wanna post the pics all at once haha)
I'm curious to see what my college classes are like..do they give homework on the first day? Haha
Let's get one thing straight: There is more to Nevada than Las Vegas. There is also the part that you have to drive through to get to Las Vegas. Fortunately you can do this at upward of 130 miles per hour, because there is no speed limit in Nevada. In fact there are no laws at all in Nevada. Even murder is legal, but it rarely happens, because people get distracted. A guy will be on his way to kill somebody, and he'll pass a slot machine, and he'll figure, what the heck, so he'll put in a quarter, and pretty soon he's broke and has to pawn his gun to get more quarters. The result is that Nevada has a very dynamic economy, with gambling being the number-one industry, followed closely by blood donorship. Las Vegas is also a cultural center, featuring extravagant theatrical productions in which world-class performers express the artistic concept: "Get a load of these hooters." And definitely do not miss the Liberace Museum, which presents a fascinating piano-oriented view of history. One plaque reads: "With Abraham Lincoln as president, the Civil War was raging when the Steinway Company of New York created this fine piano made of solid rosewood." We can just imagine the scene at the Steinway Company that fateful day: The board of directors is seated around the conference table, grim-faced, and the chairman says, "Gentlemen, Abraham Lincolin is president, and the Civil War is raging! We must make a fine piano of solid rosewood!" Nevada is also a Mecca for lovers of fine concrete, who will want to visit the Hoover Dam, which was completed in 1936 and resulted in the formation of the Grand Canyon. There is a guided tour of the dam, which your children will surely want to take seventeen or eighteen consecutive times while you go back to Vegas and shoot some craps
Today's Latin: non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat (it's not the heat, it's the humidity)
I'm curious to see what my college classes are like..do they give homework on the first day? Haha
Let's get one thing straight: There is more to Nevada than Las Vegas. There is also the part that you have to drive through to get to Las Vegas. Fortunately you can do this at upward of 130 miles per hour, because there is no speed limit in Nevada. In fact there are no laws at all in Nevada. Even murder is legal, but it rarely happens, because people get distracted. A guy will be on his way to kill somebody, and he'll pass a slot machine, and he'll figure, what the heck, so he'll put in a quarter, and pretty soon he's broke and has to pawn his gun to get more quarters. The result is that Nevada has a very dynamic economy, with gambling being the number-one industry, followed closely by blood donorship. Las Vegas is also a cultural center, featuring extravagant theatrical productions in which world-class performers express the artistic concept: "Get a load of these hooters." And definitely do not miss the Liberace Museum, which presents a fascinating piano-oriented view of history. One plaque reads: "With Abraham Lincoln as president, the Civil War was raging when the Steinway Company of New York created this fine piano made of solid rosewood." We can just imagine the scene at the Steinway Company that fateful day: The board of directors is seated around the conference table, grim-faced, and the chairman says, "Gentlemen, Abraham Lincolin is president, and the Civil War is raging! We must make a fine piano of solid rosewood!" Nevada is also a Mecca for lovers of fine concrete, who will want to visit the Hoover Dam, which was completed in 1936 and resulted in the formation of the Grand Canyon. There is a guided tour of the dam, which your children will surely want to take seventeen or eighteen consecutive times while you go back to Vegas and shoot some craps
Today's Latin: non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat (it's not the heat, it's the humidity)
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Date: 2007-08-15 03:29 pm (UTC)Hm I guess depending on your teacher and stuff...yeah, they usually give some HW on the first day. It's usually like a chapter to read by the next class or something, so it's nothing major.
I've actually never been to Las Vegas...only to Reno haha.
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Date: 2007-08-15 05:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-15 05:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-15 08:26 pm (UTC)100 = *yawn* I already know this! and doing the homework in class or the night before.
200 = Ah okay, now we're learning something. The homework is about what you're used to now and you still have some free time
300 = College level. These are the classes which follow the rule: two hours of studying for every one hour in class, and are what you'd expect from a college. Social life is still possible, but video games collect dust.
400 = Studying your biscuits off. What you think is an amazing job with all the bells and whistles, they look at as no more than was expected of you, take it in stride, and then assign another project.
500 = Your professors are your social life now, and "free time" becomes a nice cup of tea between studying topics.
Well okay, so really I've just taken up to the 300 level, this year sees me in a 400 class, and that's looking to be intense. You can do it though, it's totally possible, just have to devote yourself to it.
Words of wisdom: Talk to your teachers!
Find their office hours after class and just pop by to say hey. They love it when you ask questions, and will take forever answering them. If your teacher knows your name it's + to you. Ask questions in class too, it leads to them remembering you and giving you good letters of recommendation, which you need to get into graduate school. Also, the proffs can open up special doors for special students to get into the really cool classes that're actually interesting. There are awards, grants, and scholarships you may not know about, but if a teacher has you marked as a top student they may put in a good word for you, and you might walk away with more college money, or a fancy certificate to pin onto your resume.
Naturally this becomes more important as you get up into the higher-level classes, but yeah, make sure your teachers know your name and you know where their offices are. I think I've rambled on too much... let me know if you have any other questions ^_^
Speaking of which I haven't answered your first one. The first day of class is going over the syllabus: What the class is, what they expect, books, lessons, policies, test dates, ect. Don't loose this paper, it has their office hours and phone number on there. One class I was in; the teacher never announced the tests. When they were and what there were on were on the syllabus, so he just assumed we knew and expected us to be ready. That was a 200-level course, but he ran it like a 400-level. You'll do fine ^_^
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Date: 2007-08-15 08:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-15 08:42 pm (UTC)Oh, and another bit of advice: CLEP
The CLEP test. Basically you walk into your classroom, realize you've already covered that in middle school and can probably run the class better than the professor, so you get out of it and go take the CLEP. It's pretty much the same as just skipping right to the final exam. Faster, cheaper, and less mentally draining. Plus you'll get credit for the course and'll be able to take the next one up, which is the one you wanted anyway. Some classes you can CLEP out of, some you can't, but it's usually the 100-level easy classes. Talk to the councilors about it, they'll be happy to set you up :)
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Date: 2007-08-15 09:12 pm (UTC)