Fuck!

[Silver 2]

BHA,

Fight back, go to www.despair.com and buy some of the their old calendars and cut them up, buy a cheap picture frame that the pictures will fit in and hang it in your office or pod, change the picture once a month or so. That's what I do.

My favorite:
ADVERSITY
That which does not kill me pospones the inevitable.

Second Favorite:
CLUELESSNESS
There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.

[Rob the Wop]

Joel,

I was pretty much a poster child for the type of issues you are describing.

was???

Now now cutie, you're making me look like an ass.

uhm...
err...
never mind...

[Rian Jackson]

Joel,

I was pretty much a poster child for the type of issues you are describing.

was???

Now now cutie, you're making me look like an ass.

uhm...
err...
never mind...

be nice or I'll sic the 4WotA on you.

[cowboyangel]

in Vietnam they called the US "paper tigers"
4WotA seems like virtual-feminism ta me

[Rian Jackson]

...and that sounds like a load of fancy sounding crock to me.

pssst. you're overanalysing!

oh, and FUCK!

[Rob the Wop]

be nice or I'll sic the 4WotA on you.

Can I be naughty and just lie to Santa instead?

[Rob the Wop]

Add FUCK! to above, just not in front of Santa. Or I'll get on the wrong list.

[bullD]

Fucking classic:

went for a mnt bike ride early this morning, nobody on the trails, all alone with the sun just starting to peek through, and cold cold air, nothing better. Very very peaceful.
I return and decide to read what's happening on the "fuck" thread,,, Fukin hell!!! There is a reason I follow only this thread. You peeps make me laugh so fucking hard sometimes.

Fucking Thank You!!!

[AntiM]

RtW wrote;

Just a suggestion, but usually if a kid goes to a community college- they get a multiplier on any credits earned there- and it goes toward high school. And rather than 'forcing' a kid to be there- colleges can care less. I paid more attention at college than at high school as they didn't try to treat me like a kid. Childish antics are ignored, if you're not there- the college gets your money anyway. He would have to get a GED (or equivilant where you're at), but that would prompt him to try. There must be something at the local com college that he's interested in.

That's pretty much what I did. I was a very good kid, great grades, nice girl so forth ... got to Utah and the system refused to work with my cobbled together grades from the 14 schools I'd attended as a military brat. I was stuck in remedial courses because they didn't know if I could do the work, or that was the only class open. I skipped out in my junior year (sorry mom), took the GED and went to Weber State when my peerrs were still seniors at Ogden High. Sure, I screwed up college too, but certainly not from academics; blame the junkie boyfriend for the 0.0 GPA and joining the Navy. It all worked out eventually, I now have two BS degrees; I'd be a college student forever if I could get someone to pay for it.

And while I was a sub at Kinnick HS in Japan, I told a young man of 16 my education story; his parents must have listened to him, within weeks he took the GED and was attending U of M classes on base. I talked this kid off a balcony ledge, he was up there because he was bored and didn't think anyone would care if he dropped three stories. I never turned him in as a suicide as that wasn't what he was doing. I lost touch, but he seemed much happier with college and a part time job than dying slowly of boredom in school.

I may sub or volunteer again, but I won't saddle myself with a classroom in theis district!

Oh, and fuck. Here's to all of us who did, and all the kids who will survive childhood and adolescence intact.

[tisha2]

ditto.

i skipped out jr. year, too - straight to comm. college and 3.7 gpa after pretty much dropping to Ds in HS cuz i was so fucking bored with busy work and was miserable among my 'peers'.

took me a while to work my way through undergrad and figure out what i wanted to do - strike that - to convince my family that what i wanted to do (theatre) was viable. I now have a master's degree and the job of my dreams. just wish it paid better.

and i wouldn't trade the real world/hard knocks learning i got from doing it "the hard way" for anything.

[Rob the Wop]

I'd be a college student forever if I could get someone to pay for it.

A-fucking-men.

20 years of night school. Got a BS in IT and a 2 year electronics tech. Still going, probably always will. But now I don't have to work 2 jobs to afford it.

As to regrets for doing it the hard way, only one. I had an extremely stunted social life from 17 to about 27. No time for it between job/school. Either it was work, school, homework, eating, or sleeping- 24/7. That was it. Few friends, rarely got out, almost never had girlfriends. Oh and meth creeped into the picture during that time, but I left that behind a long time ago.

Left me being somewhat socially awkward, but I've always been kind of a weirdo anyway. I just learned to love being weird later in life (big thanks to the Burning Man and the Cacophony Society on this one).

[theCryptofishist]

LIke it or not, teachers are--and probably should be--the next line of defence. But, for 1000s of reasons it just doesn't happen.

Pardon my rant:

And pardon my f*ckn antiteacher comments. I know it's more complicated than that.

[Rian Jackson]

if i were to hazard a guess it would be that many of us find ourselves a little bit 'socially awkward'. count me in on that.

sometimes the way you pay for the traditional route is not finishing. hell, i had done 3 years of post high school college (.5 year worth from taking college courses in high school for a total of degree minus a semester, more or less) and then i just fuckin burned out. i've had intentions to go back for years, but now that the burnout factor has finally died down i just can't see having the cash.

besides that, i have yet to find a school that won't drive me crazy after a year and a half or so. those damn admin departments... grrr....

ah, btw, that's what 'Running Start' is in this neck of the woods. the whole, go to college and finish your HS diploma at the same time. i have some BRILLIANT friends who did that almost all through HS. one is delaying her graduation from evergreen because had she graduated this last year she couldn't legally drink at the party.

another idea is that here they have NEVAC - voctech courses taught at area schools. they're intensive courses, for several hours a day. people commute to different towns for their interest. we had Tech Theatre Performance and Production at ours, among others. Are there similar programs at yours? (where else do you get to play with paint and power tools on a regular basis and get credit for it?)

Besides that, i heard that the Alternative HS kids have all the fun.

[theCryptofishist]

adrenaline junkie

As far as I can tell that's the problem with young men. Testosterone poisening. I don't like to fall into the cliches with that, but it does seem to persistantly crop up, cross time and culture.

Being female and somewhat physically timid, it's completely beyond my understanding.

[Rian Jackson]

adrenaline junkie

As far as I can tell that's the problem with young men. Testosterone poisening. I don't like to fall into the cliches with that, but it does seem to persistantly crop up, cross time and culture.

Being female and somewhat physically timid, it's completely beyond my understanding.

eh, not just 'young' and not just 'men' for sure.

[theCryptofishist]

adrenaline junkie

As far as I can tell that's the problem with young men. Testosterone poisening. I don't like to fall into the cliches with that, but it does seem to persistantly crop up, cross time and culture.

Being female and somewhat physically timid, it's completely beyond my understanding.

eh, not just 'young' and not just 'men' for sure.

Okay, granted. But it reaches its apex in said group.

[stuart]

have yet to find a school that won't drive me crazy after a year and a half or so

thus my 5 schools in 8 years and no degree to show for it result

[GuinivereElise]

ah, btw, that's what 'Running Start' is in this neck of the woods. the whole, go to college and finish your HS diploma at the same time.

I did this in Minnesota... it's called PSEO (post secondary enrollment options); entered into college as a sophmore, and STILL haven't officially graduated... Fucking French class.

[gigglesnort]

Joel:

Just think of it this way.. much as it blows now (and really, it sounds like you are doing a stellar job) they could have NOT been underschievers in HS and then turned out fucked up later.

My sister and i were both pretty on top of grades and responsibilities and all of those things that were bred into us. Now she's become anti-social and i'm, well... how can we say this? my poor parents fear for both my life and my soul. and that's without knowing the half of it.

....


oh, and fuuuuck.
(slow, easy fuck for a friday morning)

I fall into this category. Top 10 percent of graduating class, straight As, prez of student council, yadayada, but upon graduating (actually starting the downward spiral my senior year) went nuts, including law trouble, major depression, floundering through university for years before bailing completely, marrying an abusive man on extremely short notice, leaving me a single mom of three, no college degree, who hangs out on a computer all day and all night..... Wait, is this the confessions thread? Fuck.

[AntiM]

Fucking always hang in there, just never know what will wander your way; hey, my first degree took me TWENTY fucking years to complete, only took chipping away at six or seven universities a course or two at a time!! I just had to finish it.

And then I found Burning Man ....

fuck! woohoo! I'm a highly educated homemaker! Not what I ever fucking imagined, but what works right now.

[Simply Joel]

my educational journey...
graduated HS in '75... average grades... to include flunking freshman typing as a senior... entirely too many young and lovely ladies...

attended a junior college only to flunk out/lost interest after two years.

joined the military, and returned to school, baked.
did Officer Candidate School and MP Officer Basic Course
got my AA in somewhere around '84 or so...
did Infantry Officer Advance Course
went back to school in '89
got by Board of Governor's BA in '93 or so...
began master's progam and lost interest...
was awarded an additional 4 years of free tuition due to veteran's status...
returned to school for teacher's certificate, picked up an art course, and lost interest in teaching...
i will return to school when there is something that interests me, like ceramics....

[Simply Joel]

my educational journey...
graduated HS in '75... average grades... to include flunking freshman typing as a senior... entirely too many young and lovely ladies...

attended a junior college only to flunk out/lost interest after two years.

joined the military, and returned to school, baked.
did Officer Candidate School and MP Officer Basic Course
got my AA in somewhere around '84 or so...
did Infantry Officer Advance Course
went back to school in '89
got by Board of Governor's BA in '93 or so...
began master's progam and lost interest...
was awarded an additional 4 years of free tuition due to veteran's status...
returned to school for teacher's certificate, picked up an art course, and lost interest in teaching...
i will return to school when there is something that interests me, like ceramics....

oh yeah... fuck

[buckethead alien]

F f f f uck!

I gotta run out, the power's off in our house but it's on in our neighbor's place. Did we miss paying a bill?

Fuck. Gotta run home and see what's up...

[robbidobbs]

I'm just trying to sink a lame-ass thread to the depths of fucking ignorability.

[bullD]

ditto..... and i wouldn't trade the real world/hard knocks learning i got from doing it "the hard way" for anything.

ditto indeed...




FUCK!!!

[bullD]

if i were to hazard a guess it would be that many of us find ourselves a little bit 'socially awkward'. count me in on that.

Only a little? he he he

Suppose I fit that mold as well...


FUCK!!!

[bullD]

ah, btw, that's what 'Running Start' is in this neck of the woods. the whole, go to college and finish your HS diploma at the same time.

I did this in Minnesota... it's called PSEO (post secondary enrollment options); entered into college as a sophmore, and STILL haven't officially graduated... Fucking French class.

Fucking anything French...

disclaimer-- That was my jaded pissed off anouncement for the day which is a direct result of a personal relationship gone bad.

Ahhh, it's good to get that out of the way for the day, fuck.

[bullD]

my educational journey...
graduated HS in '75... average grades... to include flunking freshman typing as a senior... entirely too many young and lovely ladies...

attended a junior college only to flunk out/lost interest after two years.

joined the military, and returned to school, baked.
did Officer Candidate School and MP Officer Basic Course
got my AA in somewhere around '84 or so...
did Infantry Officer Advance Course
went back to school in '89
got by Board of Governor's BA in '93 or so...
began master's progam and lost interest...
was awarded an additional 4 years of free tuition due to veteran's status...
returned to school for teacher's certificate, picked up an art course, and lost interest in teaching...
i will return to school when there is something that interests me, like ceramics....

fucking

[AntiM]

Fuck. Know what happens when a deer steps in front of a FreightLiner doing 65 mph?

Bambi Surprise. Bambi Ker-blobs. Chunky Creamed O'Bambi.

I'm just glad Larry is fucking Okay, and that the little car behind was only disabled by deer pieces rather than the whole deer, would've likely killed the folks. Larry's rig only lost a headlight, signals and a bit of fender; the little Civic lost a radiator and most of their front end.

Oh, and fuck, the TRUCK was doing 65, not the deer.

[Zulegoona]

It's a fucking bitch to get the deer's insurance to pay for repairs in cases like that too...