SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2006 So, I got an e-mail Friday that had some basic info about the summer practicum I have to for my Master's program in Special Education. I'm getting 6 hours of credit for this experience. The e-mail includes the following paragraph: Plan on spending from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. during the entire eight weeks of summer school for this field experience. Reserve ample time in addition to the onsite hours to complete assignments. Remember, summer practicum is equivalent to carrying 12 hours during a fall or winter semester. So...5 1/2 hours a day. 5 days a week. For 8 weeks. Plus onsight hours to complete assignments. That's the equivalent of 12 credit hours during a normal semester? The hell? Here's the best part: 6 weeks of the practicum will be me teaching summer school at an urban alternative school. UMKC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2006 Jerk, the stories I could tell of the better half's grad school adventures at the University of Dayton. Oh, the stories. Funny semi-related story. During my college days I took an unpaid summer intership, and my feminazi "adviser" (God I hated that bitch. Hopefully she's dead by now.) said I should make the intership a class credit. Basically I'd be paying several hundred dollars to some place where they gave me nothing to do half the time I was there, all for ONE CLASS CREDIT. When I said no because the summertime was when I saved up to pay for the fall semester's college tuition/fee expenses she got all pissy. Fuck you bitch; some of us actually paid for their education as much as they could so they wouldn't get overrun with student load debt. I can only wish the Cancer Fairy processed this request from a while back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yankovic fan 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2006 At least it's graduate credit... I had the bad experience last summer semester of taking Spanish 101 & 102 lumped into one 3 hour course five days a week for the duration of the summer (call it 6-7 weeks). Whatever grade you got was doubled. Even with only that as my course load (and the rest of the class) I don't think ANYONE got an A. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted May 30, 2006 Jerk, the stories I could tell of the better half's grad school adventures at the University of Dayton. Oh, the stories. Funny semi-related story. During my college days I took an unpaid summer intership, and my feminazi "adviser" (God I hated that bitch. Hopefully she's dead by now.) said I should make the intership a class credit. Basically I'd be paying several hundred dollars to some place where they gave me nothing to do half the time I was there, all for ONE CLASS CREDIT. When I said no because the summertime was when I saved up to pay for the fall semester's college tuition/fee expenses she got all pissy. Fuck you bitch; some of us actually paid for their education as much as they could so they wouldn't get overrun with student load debt. I can only wish the Cancer Fairy processed this request from a while back. Last summer my friend had to take do an unpaid internship as part of his degree and it was 8 credits. Needless to say he was not happy about having to pay over $1,000 to work 40 hours a week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Ol' Smitty 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2006 Also carrots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2006 Last summer my friend had to take do an unpaid internship as part of his degree and it was 8 credits. Needless to say he was not happy about having to pay over $1,000 to work 40 hours a week. Plus they also get to grade you. My one college buddy did a full-time 40 hour/week internship at the Heinz Company and this same feminazi only gave him a B, despite the fact he had built up a portfolio worth at least 50 pages from all the work he did in those three months. This is the same bitch, he said, who gave other people that just went to summer internships part-time and only turned in a handful of materials and got As. My friend, who was in the army and was in Somalia for a time, met the bitch in her office one day -- the meeting didn't go over too well. My only complaint was that he didn’t record the encounter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted June 1, 2006 Last summer my friend had to take do an unpaid internship as part of his degree and it was 8 credits. Needless to say he was not happy about having to pay over $1,000 to work 40 hours a week. Sounds like my situation. My tuition is almost $2000, and its only for 6 hours. My biggest beef is that the unpaid job I'll be doing is basically the job I've already been doing for the last 3 years. In years past, they made allowances for this situation and had them do their assignments and observed people at work. I'm still waiting for one of these wonderful summer vacations I keep hearing that teachers get. At least it's graduate credit... I had the bad experience last summer semester of taking Spanish 101 & 102 lumped into one 3 hour course five days a week for the duration of the summer (call it 6-7 weeks). Whatever grade you got was doubled. Even with only that as my course load (and the rest of the class) I don't think ANYONE got an A. No offense, dude, but apples and oranges. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted June 7, 2006 And now, an update. For the next 2 weeks I'll be getting ready to teach a 6 week summer school class in consumer math (aka personal finance). I have 2 partners. Both of my partners are female. Neither will be available for the next few days because they're still teaching at their regular jobs, so I'm on my own for now. Also, one of the partners will be gone the week of the 4th of July. My professor told me today that the reason she put me with 2 people who'd miss most of the first week was because all 3 of us had a lot of experience already. Yeah, more like "it never occurred to us to spread the people who wouldn't be here out instead of fucking you over." Our first class met Monday night. Our group's first assignment was to come up with a theme. My suggestion for a slogan was "Its All About the Benjamins". Then I had to explain what the fuck that expression means. Then I had to explain it to the professor, who didn't think high school kids would know what I'm talking about. Then when my partner turned the paper in, she titled it "What About the Benjamins?" Also, my partners already know each other, so they spent most of our work time (the only work time we'll have together for the next few days while all the other groups are putting their lesson plans together) gossiping. I sent them both e-mails today asking when it'd be possible to meet after their work hours, but as of 9 hours later, neither has gotten back to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zaius 0 Report post Posted June 7, 2006 My suggestion for a slogan was "Its All About the Benjamins". Then I had to explain what the fuck that expression means. Then I had to explain it to the professor, who didn't think high school kids would know what I'm talking about. Knock-knock. Who's there? 1998. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NYankees Report post Posted June 7, 2006 Well he is from Missouri. Maybe it takes 5-10 years for current trends to go from the east and west coast(NY and LA) to travel towards the hicks in the middle of the country. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted June 7, 2006 Well he is from Missouri. Maybe it takes 5-10 years for current trends to go from the east and west coast(NY and LA) to travel towards the hicks in the middle of the country. Yeah, I just my copy of Jet magazine in the Pony Express yesterday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted June 7, 2006 the east and west coast(NY and LA) Thank you for clarifying, good sir! Why, this here hearty midwesterner thought those cities couldn't be real, they just made it up for my that there TV box! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Ol' Smitty 0 Report post Posted June 7, 2006 How about them Benjamins? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted June 7, 2006 I hear Henry Ford is working on mass production of the horseless carriage Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vampiro69 0 Report post Posted June 8, 2006 Hell, we just got this here internet last week. I think the internet is going to be huge! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted June 9, 2006 It's not funny when you say it, though, because being in North Dakota, that might be close to true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted June 9, 2006 North Dakota isn't even exempt from wrath within the Midwest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maztinho 0 Report post Posted June 9, 2006 I went to North Dakota once... no wait, Mt. Rushmore is South Dakota isn't it? Still there ain't nothing there. NO-TING. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vampiro69 0 Report post Posted June 9, 2006 North Dakota may not be the Mecca of excitement for everyone, but there is enough for us to do here provided you actually go outdoors. If you want to talk make fun of a state though, you make fun of Montana. Even North Dakotans make fun of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted June 9, 2006 But they have dental floss tycoons Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted June 10, 2006 WHIPPING POST Kotz and I were discussing the Empty Quarter states yesterday. How in the world can people live there and not want to kill themselves? Idaho, Montana, eastern Washington/Oregon, Utah, Wyoming...what a miserable place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted June 10, 2006 I'm sure it's a nice place if you want to be left alone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vampiro69 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2006 These states are not THAT low on population. Except Montana, they have had their share of crazy people including the Unabomber and the Freeman Militia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2006 So...the first day with kids was today. Of course, the buses aren't running yet (the school I'm working at is within the confines of KCMO...aka the Worst district of teh EVERS~!) and so we had maybe 10 kids all day. So I earned my pay today, I guess. The wackiness of this experience only intensifies as I come to learn one of my partners is bi-polar. Let me share with you now the exchange we had after school today: Crazy Bi-polar Girl: We need to figure out what to do about those... (long pause) Me: Academic contracts? Because Brenda and I already wrote of the draft for it and its ready to go for tomorrow. Crazy Bi-polar Girl: NO, I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ACADEMIC CONTRACTS! YOU INTERRUPTED ME TO ANSWER A QUESTION I WASN'T EVEN GOING TO ASK! MY EX-HUSBAND INTERRUPTED ME ALL OF THE TIME AND YOU'LL NOTICE HIS NAME IS "EX"! Brenda: Wow, you have an ex-husband? I didn't know you'd been married... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2006 But what about the Benjamins? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2006 So I guess the wedding is off, huh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 If every woman I pissed off actually wanted to sleep with me, I'd end up in divorce court. There's no way I'd be able to turn down that much pussy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KGB 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 Her ex-husband's name is Ex? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 If every woman I pissed off actually wanted to sleep with me, I'd end up in divorce court. There's no way I'd be able to turn down that much pussy. If every woman I pissed off actually wanted to sleep with me, I'd ... uh, be getting a lot of sleep. That's all I got. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AboveAverage484 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 At least it's graduate credit... I had the bad experience last summer semester of taking Spanish 101 & 102 lumped into one 3 hour course five days a week for the duration of the summer (call it 6-7 weeks). Whatever grade you got was doubled. Even with only that as my course load (and the rest of the class) I don't think ANYONE got an A. Yeah, I took that but it was during the regular semester. Fast track Spanish, ugh. C- for me, but at least I killed off all of my foreign language requirements in one semester. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
