Random College thoughts

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!

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

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

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?

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.

National Air and Space Museum.

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."

Yup. I'm stealing that one.

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

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