Did I Just Encounter a Gaggle of Rabid Meese?

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This forum discussion revolves around the emotional turmoil and academic pressures faced by students, particularly regarding grades and their implications for future success. Participants share their experiences with various grades, such as a B- in astronomy and C+ in Real Analysis, while humorously exaggerating the consequences of these grades. The conversation highlights the absurdity of equating grades with self-worth and includes dark humor about suicide, which some participants find inappropriate. Ultimately, the discussion underscores the importance of perspective in academic performance and the varied reactions to grading outcomes.

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  • #31
I had a 26% in philosophy in high-school... but, in my defense, when I signed up for that class I figured it would consist of sitting in our desks for an hour and pondering.
 
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  • #32
moe darklight said:
I had a 26% in philosophy in high-school... but, in my defense, when I signed up for that class I figured it would consist of sitting in our desks for an hour and pondering.

HA as it should've been
 
  • #33
kdv said:
Ah yes, making jokes about suicide is soooo funny!

Thanks for the laugh, Cyrus.

Can be. Like in this case it was.

BTW, I failed one of my classes this semester.
 
  • #34
Don't worry, your grades won't matter once you've left university... :-p
 
  • #35
Cyrus said:
You're quite welcome.

Maybe if someone close to you commist suicide or if you ever have to work to help counsel students on a campus (who go through all sorts of crisis and are sometimes feeling very desperate) you wil become less of an *******
 
  • #36
kdv said:
Maybe if someone close to you commist suicide or if you ever have to work to help counsel students on a campus (who go through all sorts of crisis and are sometimes feeling very desperate) you wil become less of an *******

Or like in my case, more of one! :rolleyes: Get over it.

Casey
 
  • #37
ice, FSU is not a joke school at all in mathematics. Like UGA they probably have classes for all levels. I know several people on the staff, such as Jack Quine, Paolo Aluffi, Eriko Hironaka,..., any of whom can offer you as much math as you can absorb, and no doubt the others on staff are equally helpful.

Go see some of them if you would like some good math conversation, and maybe a recommendation into the right class.

when i was an undergrad and got an A in an easy class, i celebrated for a week, and then moved up to the honors sequence (Loomis - Sternberg) where i started back at B+, and worked my way up again.
 
  • #38
I would just drop out of college and just become a janitor. Good luck in competing against non-English speaking immigrants in the US.
 
  • #39
fizziks said:
I would just drop out of college and just become a janitor. Good luck in competing against non-English speaking immigrants in the US.

Or finish college, and become a janitor at Fermilab. Same caveat applies.
 
  • #40
Asphodel said:
Or finish college, and become a janitor at Fermilab. Same caveat applies.

Nah, there's no way he can graduate with a B+. Most schools require you to maintain a 4.0 GPA average or it's the boot for you.
 
  • #41
Shut up.
 
  • #42
kdv said:
Maybe if someone close to you commist suicide or if you ever have to work to help counsel students on a campus (who go through all sorts of crisis and are sometimes feeling very desperate) you wil become less of an *******

I can't believe you're making jokes about *******s. My father was killed by a pride of rabid *******. You insensitive *******!
 
  • #43
Why does PF asterisk out møøse? No one cares if it bit your damn sister.
 
  • #44
a pride of rabid møøses?

I think you mean a flock of rabid møøses. Or a gaggle of rabid meese, if your Canadian.
 

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