You knew it had to happen. A colleague of mine stopped in my office to tell me that he had just gotten an e-mail from a student. She couldn't turn in her work because the dog had eaten her USB drive. I told him he should give the student a two day extension since it should take about that long for her to retrieve it.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Back in the 70's I always used a note from "Epsteins Mother" it worked for me.

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For the Saved, this world is the worst it will ever get.
For the unSaved, this world is the best it will ever get.

Clk's Ebay Stuff BUY SOMETHING NOW!!!

Interesting.



Have you had any students send you corrupted files?

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

LOL, I found one of my kids' thumb drives with plenty of dog's teeth marks a few weeks ago.

I had a file corrupt on me which sent me in a panic until I realized I emailed it to someone a few days ago. I lucked out there.

This is my fifth and final year of college. It seems like the bar is getting set lower and lower every year. When I started, it was a short hop. Now it seems like they're putting the bar on the ground hoping you don't trip over it. A few teachers have obviously been handing out A's and B's to keep students coming, as they live in fear of the budget cuts killing off their department due to poor reviews or enrollment rates.

It has benefited* me in that I've been able to coast through putting in minimal effort. *I'm not sure benefit is the best word, but that's all I can think of right now.

What are your thoughts on the proposal of a 3 year undergraduate program as a means of budget cuts, thus cutting out some of the "fluff" classes that most students have less than 10% retention?

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Yep, our librarian, a very savvy tech guy always tells students to keep an e-mail account just for schoolwork. E-mail versions of work to the account frequently so you always have a copy of your work available from anywhere. He also tells students to send all bibliographical info to an e-mail account set up just for it.

Don't think cutting out a year of education would get very far. I suggested that we increase student tuition by x% and then upon graduation refund that amount to the student in a cash payment in order to encourage graduation.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I had a pleasant conversation about students cheating in the disabilities office.

The ladies there were just flabbergasted about the prospect of students cheating in their test taking rooms and wanted help from me to curb it. The computers in their rooms were all networked so I simply said remove the Ethernet cable.

Well what if they bring in flash drives and CDs?

Then periodically walk past the window. Not too hard. Cheating is an arms race and always will be, but checking up randomly on kids tends to discourage that.

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-Typos courtesy of my mobile phone.

Cut The Fluff!

Why do I, an engineering major, need to sit through an art course... not related to my major and waste of my money.. liberal education et etc

Perhaps so that you can become a useful citizen of the polity, rather than just a highly trained ape.

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

So you can figure out from the Latin root why different shapes of pastas are named as such and which of these names are made up.

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I've been an engineer for about 30 years now and I have had to write many thousands of pages in proper English. I also have to deal with and speak to some well educated people on a regular basis. At some point in your career, you will leave your dilbert cubical and be using your "liberal education" more than your technical education. Just sayin'

I will use my skills learned in Film Appreciation at some point.

Is college for education, or is it glorified job training?
Are you, as an individual, worth something simply because you are an individual, or is your worth completely described by the wealth you will ( hope to) earn?

I think that viewing college simply as job training seriously devalues education.

I have a friend whose memory of history is amazing. He can recall almost anything from the dynasties of Egypt, to the Kings of France to English history from the early 4th Century, or so. He is a music teacher, so this has no benefit on his job performance.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

Performing music is performing history. Playing an Elizabethan Galliard is reenacting history itself.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

The only LAS college requirement that left a very bad taste in my mouth was the required 20 hours of foreign language. When I hear someone speaking Spanish now I cringe with anxiety because of the year of hell I went through. All the teachers were grad students, with English being their second language. My other classes suffered because of all the effort I was putting in. I was required to take more foreign language classes than English classes, which confused me since the writing quality of most college students nowadays is awful.

Latin has been much more enjoyable. I love the old stories.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!