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[bamadude]

10. Always play journeys "dont stop believing" before bed

 

[superchemicalgirl]

10. Always play journeys "dont stop believing" before bed

I request to be transferred to the wing that has metal before bed.

 

[ozexpat]

We used to start with College Algebra. English 101 where I went to school involved reading Chaucer.... and Beowulf. It was the first term of a three term sequence in English literature.

English 101 is all about writing an essay. It teaches high school graduates how to write a paper.

In my final year of high school English in Oz I studied The Mechant Of Venice and The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith for literature Dylan Thomas and John Donne.

As with English, Mathematics at senior high school was compulsory. There were 4 levels.

2 unit A was what we called veg math. It is at the level of college algebra Rational expressions, integer and rational exponents, quadratic formula, complex numbers and exponential functions

2 unit (standard) included logarithmic functions, conic sections and trigonometry and calculus. This was required for acceptance to most college degrees.

3 unit was 50% more detailed than 2 unit with advanced calculus

4 unit was for the ultimate math nerds

I also studied Geography, Physics and Chemistry

When you attend college in Austalia and many other countries you dont do any compulsory general ed subjects. You can do a few off topic units but typically you are required to study courses within your major. A phychology major studies psychology topics. They dont do languages, art apreciation and history. They are all taught in years 7-10. Students have the option of continuing them in their senior years

When I became a nurse in Australia it was a different system. I was one of the last diploma nurses. I studied nursing for three years. I then worked for 18 months before I could qualify for a post graduate 12 month critical care course. I left the country as an elite clinical nurse specialist and was recruited to work at Cedars Sinai with transplants.

I decided to get my bachellors degree in the usa so I could get a masters. I had to do all the 18 california mandated GE units so in my 40s I started at Santa Monica Community College. I sat next to 19 year olds in my English 101 class and wrote essays. I cut up a cat in Anatomy. I did two semesters of Spanish and appreciated art. Santa Monica is one of the best community colleges in CA. It has more students transfer than any other college in Socal. I was appalled that I had to do these subjects but could see why they were being done. These kids did not get a good education in high school. It was only 18 bucks a unit at the CC but students at USC were paying 20,000 a semester to learn how to find x and write an essay.

 

[ozexpat]

7. Other people's drama is not yours. You are free to walk away from it and will probably be much happier for not getting involved.

8. Love every minute of your life, even the sad parts because they teach you what happiness truly is.

9. Never wish to be younger if it means giving up the wisdom you have gained. Remember how stupid you were at 19? Who wants to go back to that?

11. Dont wish for the weekend to come. They come fast enough already

 

[tnspursfan09]

12. Um...never count your chickens before they hatch.

 

[Alaskan]

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I seriously know educated people who did not realize that butter was a dairy product until I told them.

 

[Alaskan]

12. Um...never count your chickens before they hatch.

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hummmm..... as in you want to eat metal? Have a metal bed, or listen to heavy metal music?

 

[superchemicalgirl]

hummmm..... as in you want to eat metal? Have a metal bed, or listen to heavy metal music?

Listening to heavy metal or goth metal in my metal bedframe. Pass the tin foil and the bib, please.

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: I know I have all kinds of family that migrated from Ireland to Canada and then into the US. My youngest son is Native American 1/16 Souix and 1/2 Apache and he now lives in Florida and by law he cannot walk into a store on Sunday and buy an asprin. A bunch of those old laws are still on the books. We are Irish, English, German and Souix I guess I am a heniz 57 and proud of it.

 

[Alaskan]

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For a tin foil hat?

I think it would taste funny with honey.