Wednesday, April 25, 2007

  • Remember last week when I said there was 3 weeks of school left? I don't know what I was smoking. Because as of this week, there's 3 weeks of school left. I can't tell you how adding another week has bummed me out. I'd be more bummed out but I have a speech to write that I have to give tomorrow. Now, how do you giove a speech on something you think shoudl exist, that doesn't exist, and use 6 sources? The thing doesn't exist, there are no sources for this idea. Also, none of the sources can be from the internet. Joy! And in less than 24 hours I have to give this speech. I feel a bit of pressure...

    In other news, my economics teacher cancelled class today and friday. We were already behind. I don't mind. Really, I could not care less for this subject.

    In other other news, the asshole in the financial aid office cancelled my Fall Pell Grant because, he told my advisor, I am taking frivolous classes that have nothing to do with my degree. As a matter of fact, mister dickhead, every class I have taken to date was required by my degree, I haven't take one class just for fun except the intermediate algebra class! And really, math isn't fun. I just wanted to see if I could do it. I'd like to take the next class too, but I'm sick of being screwed with at this school. If I can just get the financial aid back for the last semester I will finish this degree and then take a big crap on the guys car. Once I have the degree paper in my hand, mind you.

    Then I may or may not go to UW for the bachelors degree. It depends on how pissed I am at the world at that point. In theory, I'll be all happy-like, having a degree and more importantly, not having to deal with the Casper College financial aide asswipe again.

    So, if I get to finish this degree, my Fall classes will be the following sucky classes:

    Human Communications with the teacher I do not like who kept giving me F's on my papers.
    Statistics - only because UW requires this class for the bachelors degree and it'll be cheaper to take it from the college.
    (I'd like to insert Pre-Cal Algebra here but I think statistics will turn my brain into mush)
    Some foreign language class, because UW will require I have 2 semester of it. But it won't be with Linda Durham who should just go reture by buyring herself alive in someone's vegetable garden.

    So lesse, I need 10 credit hours for the degree, 12 to be full time. That's 9 or 10. Er, euw, statstics is a 5 credit class. That means it sucks a lot more than I thought. Well, that's 12 credit hours in 3 classes. Bleh. I will have managed a degree and not taken one single class for fun.

    Anyway, back to my speech writing.

Comments (11)

  • shadowyn
    I think its time you found some representation and sued that guy and the school.  Dammit that takes money.  However I would sue them for you if i was a lawyer.  There has to be some student bill of rights about what is going on with you in that school thats legally binding.  If there is, and he's violated it for fun, its a lawsuit :P. Im so tired of people doing whatever they can to screw people.
  • Fleener
    So am I. Not just because I'm the guy getting screwed.
  • rache
    you should give your speech about intelligent, helpful college administration/professors. you'll fail, but you'll be a hero.
  • shadowyn
    Great advice there RAChe.. ;)
  • rache

    they call me Mrs. Great Advice.

    or, you know, they will.  someday, when my mind is appreciated for the finely-tuned instrument it is.

  • Put_Down_That_Science_Pole
    Hearing about your financial aid office makes me feel better about the one at my school Thank you for that
  • MuertaVida
    it's pretty amazing to me how much joy they seem to get about messing with your life. don't let them make you give up. that's be ass.
  • jrat

    Sorry to hear you missed out on Underwater Basket Weaving or Bong Making 101.  Maybe a summer course?

    lawyers offer free consultations a lot of the time.  Maybe you could get one to work on contingency of you winning something?  Or, maybe one would just be nice enough to write a letter for you for nothing....Hey, don't laugh...I've seen it happen.

  • moontree_studios
    I like Rache's idea too. But then again, we're all snarksters here. I also like jrat's idea, as i can personally testify. It's amazing what people will do if you just ask them, even lawyers. Sometimes all it takes is a scary looking letter written in legalese.

    ie: gimme my client his monies, beyotch! signed, Attny Ficus McSnarkysnark, Esq.

    Also: i got a kick out of the image of someone burying themselves alive in a vegetable garden.
  • magealita
    What an asshat, that pisses me off about your pell grant.! grrr, grrr, I hope he get's lot's of bad karma for being a genuine asshat. There has got to be some free-legal counsel at the school? Usually there was something , some lawyer who provided advice free to students, who was paid by the school. I know we had to talk to him when people had landlord problems off campus, I was a member of the student tenant union. Maybe you should write a speech about asshat financial aid officers who smoke too much crack, go and do some qualitative research, track him down, follow him, take snapshots.
  • solomon_grundie
    Pete should have it in his inbox.
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