Random College thoughts

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  1. DSL1990 VMI Cadet 4/c, MIDN 4/c

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    not so bad all the time. 1st time ever as a sentinel and i got to yell at another rat for not straining and even an upperclassman for improper uniform! :p

    (ok, ok, you'd have to be here to understand...:eek:)

    now its sleep 2 hours at parent's hotel and back for the 2-4am shift. woohoo. :eek: at least the hotel bed is nice. but my right shoulder is so sore, i wish i could swap with someone else. :icon_cryi
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    Ventilee Member

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    So my school is sending a few of us to Washington, D.C. this weekend. Basically, I have one day to explore the Capitol, anything special I should go and see besides the usual sights? Places I should eat? Things I should do, etc?
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    Go to the museums that interest you. Good stuff there. I'm guessing you'll see the monuments regardless, but I also recommend the museums if you can fit it in to your schedule.
  3. usnfa18 FS SNA

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    National Air and Space Museum.
  4. bluesig1 sure thing

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    Some might get a quick laugh out of this, others maybe not, but since it deals with college it made me laugh.

    A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so
    many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal
    Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth.

    She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch
    Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that
    she had participated in and the occasional chat with a professor, she
    felt that her father had for years harbored an evil and selfish desire
    to keep what he thought should be his.

    One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher
    taxes on the rich and the addition of more government welfare
    programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors
    had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded
    by asking how she was doing in school.

    Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and
    let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was
    taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which
    left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She
    didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many
    college friends because she spent all her time studying.

    Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?"

    She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy
    classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so
    popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She's always invited to
    all the parties, and lots of times she doesn't even show up for
    classes because she's too hung over."

    Her father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office
    and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend
    who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and
    certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."

    The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily
    fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I have worked really hard for my
    grades! I've invested a lot of time and a lot of hard work! Audrey has
    done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my
    tail off!"

    The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently,
    "Welcome to the Republican Party."
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    BACONATOR Well-Known Member

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    Yup. I'm stealing that one.
  5. RUFiO181 Active Member

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    So there's this place here in town that offers $1 mimosas for brunch.

    This is quite possibly the best college discovery ever. EVER.
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