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BigV · 04-16-2007, 06:06 PM

I flunked or withdrew from Calculus three times. The fourth time I passed with a B or a C, I don't remember [/old fart].

Fault? Well, I did take the same teacher more than once, including the term I passed, so that variable remained constant from "experiment" to the next. I was certainly different by the end. I was a much more "together" student, plus I had already discovered several approaches to Calculus that did not work. I think I was having my first real world experience of what would become a pattern in my technical career; that is, that what I lack in brilliance, I more than compensate for in determination. I have long said that I may not get it right the first time, but I will get it right the last time.

In fact, I was on the *ahem* six year plan for my college career. Some of that pace belongs to me, the majority of it. But certainly some of it belongs to the institution as well. How can a college be "proud of its accomplishments", the performance of its students, and not own some of the same for students that don't perform. To me, it's shared, maybe 75-25, student to school.

04-16-2007, 06:06 PM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I flunked or withdrew from Calculus three times. The fourth time I passed with a B or a C, I don't remember [/old fart]. Fault? Well, I did take the same teacher more than once, including the term I passed, so that variable remained constant from "experiment" to the next. I was certainly different by the end. I was a much more "together" student, plus I had already discovered several approaches to Calculus that did not work. I think I was having my first real world experience of what would become a pattern in my technical career; that is, that what I lack in brilliance, I more than compensate for in determination. I have long said that I may not get it right the first time, but I will get it right the last time. In fact, I was on the ahem six year plan for my college career. Some of that pace belongs to me, the majority of it. But certainly some of it belongs to the institution as well. How can a college be "proud of its accomplishments", the performance of its students, and not own some of the same for students that don't perform. To me, it's shared, maybe 75-25, student to school. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.