Anyone else out there been in college for far too long? I'm registering this week for next fall, which begins year 5 1/2. It's not year six, it's not year six, it's not year six....

For some relief from my long-long-term college career, I picked up a little John Cleese, courtesy of the Fawlty Towers series [amazon.com] on DVD. If you've got some cash to blow, go for it.

"So that's two eggs mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Herman Goering, and four Colditz Salads."
-Basil Fawlty, trying 'not to mention the war'

Six years? Bah.

Let's just say that while some people believe they can cram a decent undergraduate education into four years, I'm not one of them.

In Response to zamphir (#5754):

I'm just getting my BA after year seven and I'm already looking around for grad schools...what's he rush?

I feel that I'm in a sad minority of people that actually came to college to learn and not just to get some ultimately useless piece of paper.

I'm constantly astounded by the value our society puts on ultimately useless pieces of paper.

In Response to stilllwaiting (#5757):

By displaying to society that you have the ability to strive towards achieving an ultimately useles piece of paper, you prove to them that you are ideally suited to a job as a corporate wage slave striving to achieve smaller, greener pieces of almost useless paper...

In Response to stilllwaiting (#5757):

I too am in that minority; however, I find it equally astounding that a large number of the faculty here are encouraging the "ultimately useless piece of paper" method of education.

In Response to daubergoat (#5763):

Well, of course, if the students don't have to know the material in order to pass the class
...
then the faculty doesn't have to teach the material, do they?

Well...my degree (BArch, not BA or BS) requires 5 years instead of the usual 4.....

In Response to Dynedain (#5775):

You're majoring in Archery?!

In Response to daubergoat (#5776):

Architecture

In order to become a licensed architect you need an accredited degree. There are two different ways of doing this, getting a BS or BA in architecture (4 years) and then an accredited Masters (2 more years), or getting an accredited Bachelors of Architecture, which takes 5 years.

In Response to Dynedain (#5777):

Yes, but majoring in archery would be so much more useful!

Why hasn't anyone tried Archer-sniper attacks? I think it would immensely effective for outdoor assassination attempts, and would have far more finesse than plain old assassinations. Of course, it would require a closer range, but I'm sure that could be arranged.

Besides, "thok" is a better noise than "blam" anyday.

"Veni, Vidi, Vi-thok."
I came, I saw, I shot it with an arrow.

In Response to Dynedain (#5777):

Architecture

Oh. Like Indiana Jones!

Cool!

In Response to zamphir (#5783):

Do you know Lara Croft?

In Response to AsphaltBuffet (#5949):

*rolls eyes* Yeah, she, Mario, Luigi, and the Easter Bunny were over a few nights ago. She's a terrible cook.

In Response to saskia (#5780):

Hi, My name is Yosh

(Collective Audience) Hi Yosh

I've been in school for four year and I still have a year and a half.

The thing is. I majoring in assasination techniques.

(Group leader) It's okay Yosh, just let it all out.

Ok, They said that my thesis on the ethical ramification of using chickens and sewing needles in warfare wasn't adequate.

Now I have to be a teacher (sobbing)

In Response to daubergoat (#5953):

Well, there's not much you can do with a small green dinosaur. I mean, if mario and luigi rode him over, he's gotta be at least a little tough.

In Response to AsphaltBuffet (#5964):

Little green dinosaur makes a perfect substitute if your grocer doesn't carry pony.

In Response to mea37 (#5969):

Pony tends to be easier to de-scale.

And Little Green Dinosaur is better suited to Thai food.

But other than that, yeah, they're acceptable substitues.

In Response to stilllwaiting (#5757):

Well yes, but I've found that if you learn things, the professors tend to be more likely to give you the diploma...

Then they kick you out, which is bad. I honestly wasn't planning to ever leave college, but now I've got a year to wait for grad school.

In Response to zamphir (#5971):

Yes, but you're forgeting something

This little green dinosaur poops out eggs if you feed it turtles or walking mushrooms.

MMMMMM, walking mushrooms.

Anyone for an omelette?

In Response to Yoshi (#5977):

I like Thai food better than omelettes.

In Response to zamphir (#5988):

Yeah, and if you feed the dino correctly and have good timing with it's burping, you can get it to cook itself and then fall from a very high place to remove its own scales on impact. It's like selfpreparing pony. And all without having to make the children watch their pony die and get buchered for "character building."

In Response to AsphaltBuffet (#6023):

Is there a dark past behind this post?

In Response to daubergoat (#6032):

Poor Buttercup; i'll miss you, but you made lovely patties.