What Classes Do You Have This Semester?

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by skcin

Hill - your email addy is so appropriate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love it!

Thanks Paula!

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

<-----is playing Oregon Trail sent by Hillary



Oh damn, my last person just died.

Yay! (Not yay about the last person dying, but that you're playing it! )

[ryan8472]

Aww I miss Oregon Trail. It was the best game ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by dissention

Sorry, I'd rather race through a giant ear full of earwax on Double Dare than spend one minute in the presence of Mike O'Malley on Guts .

He was so annoying.

Oh, I know! But I watched it anyway. And I watched "Space Cases" and "The Secret Life of Alex Mack," too, as y'all have mentioned already. Looking back, those were pretty bad shows. The whole chemical falling on Alex Mack and giving her unexplainable magical powers thing was beyond ridiculous. And "Space Cases" was even worse. But hey, I was a kid.

[pianogirl04]

I just read through this whole thread and nodded my head to the entire thing. I remember kids in one of my classes playing Oregon Trail but for some reason I never got to play it. I really wish the old Nick shows still came on, though... those were awesome. Seems like the only one that's lasted is Rugrats.

Alright, schedule time.

MWF - History 102, Civilization, English 102 -- for some reason, every story in the book that they're going through right now has some kind of biblical basis. They keep talking about "the soldier knew he was going to be saved by the grace of God" and crap and it's just so annoying. And then after they had talked about how this story is related to theology, they asked if someone who believed differently would perceive it differently. No duh. I could have given 'em a mouthful on objectivism but I didn't.
M only - Bio lab (I took the lecture class last semester)
TTH- College algebra and music appreciation (eeee! At first I wasn't sure if I could take it since I might switch to a music major but then I went down and talked to the chair of the music department and he just flat out told me that it can substitute for music literature -- looks like I might be switching majors to music therapy! I'm so excited...)

And let's just complicate things some more -- not only is my school on academic probation and could (in my opinion more than likely) lose accreditation, but somebody who was a senior here was sent over to Iraq in October and he was killed this week. The school's holding a memorial service for him tomorrow and the high school he graduated from is letting his family use their gym for services. I think it just hit everybody here what's really happening to our kids overseas, but they're all still thinking that he died defending freedom. I don't know how to respond to that, I just think it's a crying shame that someone with so much promise and hope and just about to graduate was put in harm's way and taken from this world because of it.

[DeadliestPoison]

I forgot to mention Sociology in my Senior Schedule Rundown. I remembered I was taking that class when I was sitting in Psych and reminded myself to tell you all. I'm pretty sure English 12 is 1-semester, so Sociology would fit in after that class is over.

Back to the OTness. It makes me sad that Nickelodeon sucks now. Except for Spongebob, Fairly Odd Parents, and Jimmy Neutron. The end.

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by pianogirl04

not only is my school on academic probation and could (in my opinion more than likely) lose accreditation,

I had no idea that was going on with your school! I know a few people who graduated from there and had good things to say about it, one of them was a music teacher of mine, in fact. But it was a while back that the people I knew graduated from there. What's going on that would make the school lose its accreditation?

Originally Posted by pianogirl04

but somebody who was a senior here was sent over to Iraq in October and he was killed this week. The school's holding a memorial service for him tomorrow and the high school he graduated from is letting his family use their gym for services. I think it just hit everybody here what's really happening to our kids overseas, but they're all still thinking that he died defending freedom. I don't know how to respond to that, I just think it's a crying shame that someone with so much promise and hope and just about to graduate was put in harm's way and taken from this world because of it.

I am sorry to hear about that.

[WelshWitchPMD]

Originally Posted by WildInTheWind

I am so glad I don't really have anything else to add to this thread I hated school since 1st grade! (kindergarten was cool though )
~*~Becky~*~

I agree but I hated kindergarten, too.

I am thinking about taking a few web publishing classes but I want to go to the campus right near me. They don't have it however so I doubt that I will take the classes.

[pianogirl04]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

I had no idea that was going on with your school! I know a few people who graduated from there and had good things to say about it, one of them was a music teacher of mine, in fact. But it was a while back that the people I knew graduated from there. What's going on that would make the school lose its accreditation?

It's an awesome school, I got that impression right off when I started going there... but the majority of the problems it has are rooted in how it's got a religious background, not in the education at all. SACS came in... September?.. and they concluded that there were enough issues with academic freedom, governance (mainly with the board of trustees and where do their interests *really* lie, that kind of thing), and communication between the administration and students to put it on academic probation. I remember hearing back in May about how there were books removed from the bookstore because of their content and students were protesting... one of the authors came to speak at a high school and he basically said outright that he was not pleased with the actions taken and we all knew that's why he wouldn't speak there. They're looking for a new president too -- they had appointed somebody and he stepped down right before the holidays. (I won't say that's a bad thing -- they showed part of his speech on TV and when you see somebody holding up a bible and declaring it 'the final authority in all matters from administration to the classroom,' that scares the CRAP out of me.) They're holding a Q&A forum on the 18th for students -- I think I might check it out. I'd like to hear just how they plan on fixing things...

I am sorry to hear about that.

I think this is going to be really tough because this is the second student we've lost this year and we've only got a thousand people here. I have a feeling there's going to be a lot of tears shed tomorrow.

[GateandGarden]

Thanks for all the info, Kortni. As I'm sure you (and everyone else) can imagine, it would definitely scare the CRAP out of me if the president of the university said that the Bible is the final authority in every classroom. That certainly has implications in science classes. I imagine that this isn't the first time something like this has happened at a religious university. Maybe it's inevitable that something like that happens and then the academic programs have to be revamped. I don't know, just an assumption. If you don't mind, I'd like for you to e-mail me and update me on all that as it unfolds ([email protected]) My e-mail address is all over this thread, huh?

Originally Posted by pianogirl04

I think this is going to be really tough because this is the second student we've lost this year and we've only got a thousand people here. I have a feeling there's going to be a lot of tears shed tomorrow.

Y'all will be in my thoughts tomorrow.

[pianogirl04]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

Thanks for all the info, Kortni. As I'm sure you (and everyone else) can imagine, it would definitely scare the CRAP out of me if the president of the university said that the Bible is the final authority in every classroom. That certainly has implications in science classes. I imagine that this isn't the first time something like this has happened at a religious university. Maybe it's inevitable that something like that happens and then the academic programs have to be revamped. I don't know, just an assumption. If you don't mind, I'd like for you to e-mail me and update me on all that as it unfolds ([email protected]) My e-mail address is all over this thread, huh?

Cute addy! I'll definitely let you know what goes down. I'll send you an email so you'll have my email address.

Y'all will be in my thoughts tomorrow.

Thanks. I just saw on the news that PHS is going to create some kind of award for ROTC kids there in his name and probably build a ballfield or something like that because he really loved sports.

[GypsySorcerer]

Originally Posted by DeadliestPoison

My mom? Went to school with him. And Babyface.

She likes to tell me this whenever she sees either of them on TV.

Your mom must've gone to the same HS my boyfriend did. He talks about Babyface.

[GypsySorcerer]

Originally Posted by DeadliestPoison

Holy small world, Batman! My mom went to North Central in Indiana.

So did he.

[ShamHy89]

English
Spanish III
Geometry
Chemistry
AP Modern Euro. History
Jazz (I hope to take the AP theory test next year)
Scripture (private school)

And these old Nick shows discussions are inducing major amounts of nostalgia.

Shamus

[tommer]

19th century art history
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