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 Posted: Fri, 17th Oct 2008 21:59 Post subject: damn, university is hard |
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so, today i finished my first freaking week of university and it's hard so far,
partly because the professor in one of my more important classes has a rather ... uninteresting style of teaching - he just reads from his book (which i'm going to buy, like most of the class intends to)
the other part that makes it rather hard on me is, i don't have a place to stay in the city my university is in, so i gotta go by train every morning for about 1 1/2 hours.
it's not so bad when my first class is at 10, i get up at 7 and all's fine and dandy
but when the class starts at 8:15 i gotta get up at 5 and that's just plain evil
getting up before 6 o'clock is just too hard on me.
sooner or later i'm gonna have to get me a flat or a room in a dorm or something...
yeah, pretty uninteresting read here but then again, that's why i posted it in the void 
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Fri, 17th Oct 2008 22:06 Post subject: |
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what are you studying?
asus z170-A || core i5-6600K || geforce gtx 970 4gb || 16gb ddr4 ram || win10 || 1080p led samsung 27"
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Fri, 17th Oct 2008 23:01 Post subject: |
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Naaaa, uni is not hard. Drink a lot of booze and shag a girl or 2...relax man. Worked for me and look where I am today .
But ok...math,  ...I had a couple of teachers that "told" good stories ( if a teacher can drag you in to a subject with a good story, you will get involved, and you will want more of that stuff!, that is at least how it worked for me)...History (yep i love it and delve in to it as much and as often as I can) Religion ( well, I checked them all out and came to the conclusion that there is no God...NONE!), Art (working as a car designer and doing a pretty good job I would say...ask someone else and they will tell you I am crap...NOT )
What else...Language (speak and write Swedish, English, German and Italian)
Anyway the bottom line is this, if you want something REALLY BAD!, you will go there, and you will master it...no matter what!. But you need to know at what you are aiming. Aim for the Stars if that will get U there, but keep focused and don't strain away!.
End of lecture. anyone can do ANYTHING!, if he wants it bad enough!, it works, you better believe it! .
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X_Dror
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| Posted: Sat, 18th Oct 2008 00:22 Post subject: |
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I know what you mean, last year I had this math teacher who did everything by his script, and mathematically strict, which was boooring! So I didn't attend his classes after the first semester. It worked for me because I'm really good with math, but others weren't that lucky...
But then there are other professors who really know what they're talking about and that makes it a lot easier to follow the studies. Hang in there, it's not that hard when you think about it 
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Thu, 23rd Oct 2008 14:19 Post subject: |
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sooooo.
somebody care to explain to me why i have to prove that x*0= 0?
or shit like that, why do i have to prove things that you get taught in 5th or 6th grade...
noo, now you know those axioms go ahead and use 'em asshole! grrrr...
and somebody else care to explain why i have to know this shit when i study computer science? i looked at the things i'm going to learn in higher semesters and i just don't see any reason for me to know this stuff.
dammit, if that goes on like this (and if i'm going to fail the exam) i'm gonna have to switch to study of english language and literature.
maybe i'm just too dumb for that.
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| Posted: Thu, 23rd Oct 2008 14:27 Post subject: |
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Good luck man. School's a bitch at times.
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deelix
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| Posted: Thu, 23rd Oct 2008 18:43 Post subject: |
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0*x=0, sounds like linear algebra to me... I think that you define vector space or sth like that, you'll find that often in life you learn stuff, that don't really helps you a lot, but in the end you're grateful you have learned them...
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Thu, 23rd Oct 2008 19:10 Post subject: |
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| FireMaster wrote: | | deelix wrote: | Uni is a waste of time, life is too short  (not saying education is a waste of time) Not having any work experience at 25 and exhausted by all the school aint good either |
that's why I went rogue and chose a life of crime |
Were talking real life here, not GTA. When you grow up, you'll understand...  |
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zipfero
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| Posted: Thu, 23rd Oct 2008 19:25 Post subject: |
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I'm in uni too and I don't do shit. Will probably soon when we near end of the semester.
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spankie
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| Posted: Fri, 24th Oct 2008 15:22 Post subject: |
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the good thing is, you only have to know 50% to pass an exam, you get months of holidays, being drunk is accepted, and people know the answer of your questions in advance, you can rely on people that know everything about a certain aspect and you can hit on every girl you want
When you work, you have to work with idiots, all the good girls are occupied, noone knows the answer to your problems and you are lucky to have 2 complete free days in the weekend and when you fuck up once=fired
so uni isnt that bad, enjoy
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Przepraszam
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| Posted: Fri, 24th Oct 2008 19:08 Post subject: |
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im paying 23k/year to learn how to factor (x-36)^2
and my school gets no jewish holidays OFF
only day we get off is columbus day and thanksgiving, should have gone to community college but oo well
funny b/c school(president and board of all that crap) is run by jewish people and we get 0 jewish holidays off
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| Posted: Fri, 24th Oct 2008 19:22 Post subject: |
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only day we get off is columbus day and thanksgiving, should have gone to community college but oo well |
We don't even get Columbus day.
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Przepraszam
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| Posted: Fri, 24th Oct 2008 19:26 Post subject: |
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lmao that is just so wrong, i thought my school is retarded
i should be glad then,but evening classes do meet on columbus day :/ only day classes have off
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Hierofan
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| Posted: Fri, 24th Oct 2008 20:20 Post subject: |
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fuck , i hate my uni , i'm usually tired
thursdays i have class from 8 to 6 , 10 fucking hours .. it's really fucking depressing
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| Posted: Fri, 24th Oct 2008 20:53 Post subject: |
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| besthijacker wrote: | lmao that is just so wrong, i thought my school is retarded
i should be glad then,but evening classes do meet on columbus day :/ only day classes have off |
I don't really mind. I mean, I'm paying the Uni to educate me. If I feel the class has nothing to offer, I don't go to the class except for finals and midterms to get it out of the way. Otherwise I attend lectures that genuinely interest me/teach me something interesting.
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Przepraszam
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| Posted: Sat, 25th Oct 2008 09:46 Post subject: |
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I can see where you coming from, 99% of my friends from HS went to community colleges which is about 5k$ tops per semester or even year
when its 23k$ there is no fucking around, what is the point of paying so much money if you not gonna attend classes anyway
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| Posted: Sat, 25th Oct 2008 10:05 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | what is the point of paying so much money if you not gonna attend classes anyway |
Exactly. But most people around here seem to just do it to appease their parents... wrong approach to take.
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