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15 05 2009

titled, ““Why the Girl Who Sits in Front of Me Deserves to be Executed via Guillotine, and Other Things I Learned at a Four-Year State University”:

What is up with this attitude? Why are you in a 3300 level class that you don’t even care about?

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16 05 2009
Crimson Wife (15:54:49) :

I was a science nerd in college and bitterly resented the humanities classes I was required to take as distribution requirements. I loved to read, but I hated to do the type of B.S. literary critique in vogue at my alma mater. I remember telling my mom one time that I’d have rather taken the 3 grand I paid in tuition for a Shakespeare class and gone on an awesome trip to England to watch the Bard’s work performed at the restored Globe Theatre. Guess I had a closet “unschooler” side even back then…

16 05 2009
JJ (20:36:59) :

That must’ve been some Shakespeare class! ;-)

Or some pricey U, if tuition years ago was pushing $1,000 per credit hour? That’s a reason I hadn’t considered, for thinking twice choosing a school. What you want it for might be worth the price but you’ll also be paying that much for what you don’t want it for!

17 05 2009
Crimson Wife (10:59:58) :

The current tuition is $37,380/yr, or $12,460 per quarter. That’s a flat rate whether a student takes the minimum of 12 units up to the maximum of 20 units. I usually took 15-17 units per quarter; assuming a 16 unit load, the tuition works out to be $779/unit. The Shakespeare class is 5 units, so that would be $3900.

The figure for the class I took a decade ago must’ve been more like two grand. But still enough to have paid for a decent trip to England!

I don’t regret having gone to my alma mater because I loved the science classes I took there, it did help me in my career, and most importantly it was where I met my DH.

17 05 2009
JJ (11:03:27) :

Priceless! :)

17 05 2009
JJ (12:17:05) :

CW, did you mean trimester rather than quarter? I can’t get the numbers to work out otherwise.

18 05 2009
Crimson Wife (17:16:37) :

They call it the “quarter system” but the summer quarter is optional (and additional tuition).

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