-----Original Message----- From: "GREWELL, AARON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 08:49:40 -0800 To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: problem for non Linux users - Windoze users
> This is interesting. That's not the way things are done here at all. I'm > not saying it's not a good idea, I've just never heard of it before. I took > a number of classes for which I hadn't fulfilled any of the prereq's and it > didn't cost me a thing. Intro to Computers was a required course, but I > took it last because it was a waste of my time. I had already been tech > support for several years by then. In truth, I taught myself more hacking > on my High School's PC's than was taught in that allegedly college-level > course. OTOH, I wasn't dumb enough to try to take Programming 2 before > Programming 1. That's just counter productive. I had several methods for > getting what I wanted out of school: > > 1) Take it at night. The instructors understand that people who take night > classes have real jobs and lives. Class sizes are smaller, and classes are > easier to get into. Also, the students are much more serious about it or > they wouldn't be there. They'd be out partying with everybody else. More > difficult if you have a nighttime job, of course. I agree. That is what I have been doing. It is also why it has taken me 4 years to get a 2 year degree. :-) > > 2) Go backwards. Upperclassmen get priority in scheduling, so classes that > have lots of people registering for them should be taken later if possible. > Take the less popular ones first, that way you can get into the popular ones > when you have more credits, and thus higher priority. Made easier if they > don't check pre-reqs and you know there are a few you can skip without it > hurting you. I did something along those lines. Basically I took most of my non computer class first. > > 3) Use the system to your advantage. When I couldn't get the schedule I > wanted, I took independent study courses designed to substitute for the > in-class stuff. If you find the right instructor you can usually arrange > this as long as you state up front that it's to replace the other course so > they know what you have in mind. I had to fill out this class sub form to graduate. I took a few class on the newer curriculum and had to sub those in for ones on my old cirriculum that weren't offered as much. > > If you do it the way they tell you to, it's a real hassle. If you work the > system properly, most of the time it can be made to work for you. If you > find your school to be inflexible there's lots of competition, and it might > not hurt to remind them of that under certain circumstances. > -- Tom Wilson -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
