The problem with today's colleges and kids...

In school now, Mechnical Engineering Bachelors, two semesters left (so close to being done!) .Never seen a syllabus like the one posted, most of the ones I see are pretty hard core: cheat, you're done, miss a test you're done, f*ck off and not do your work, you are done. I have to say most of the younger/ millennial kids in the engineering program put their time in, work hard and try to learn. Yeah they cry a bit but for the most part they do their work. The ones that do not, man oh man they fail sooo miserably and drop out.

There was one day around midterms the Thermal System Design Professor who was also the ME Department Head and honestly a really nice guy, gave us the option of the midterm being on a Tuesday or Thursday. A Snowflake raised her little emo tattooed hand, "but but but ....I have 2 midterms on both of those days.......why not wednesday??? (cry)".

Professor just stood there in awe.. like ..what the f*ck..just a priceless look, the class got quiet.. he looked her straight in the eye, dead pan voice.." well,..... tough shit.. that is life and it's not all about you". Yeah, snowflake did not make it and dropped the class.

Mike

 

He was nicer than the professors I had. In ancient times, she wouldn't have gotten the courtesy of an answer...then again, most professors wouldn't have offered an option.

 

Why, we had to walk uphill through snow both ways just going to the men's room.
And there wasn't any damn women's room because there wasn't any damn wimmin, dammit!

 

Pfff...we didn't have much snow in Raleigh. The humidity was so thick it was like walking through snow uphill both ways though.

 

The pollen in 2008 was kind of like a blizard...

 

But you are working an extra 5 hours a week , just to avoid some traffic .

 

The '66 Mustang I had in HS was pollen yellow. Quite handy for Raleigh in the springtime if you hate washing cars.

 

That's because changing the schedules that were carved into stone with a chisel was hard to do....

 

I saw this yesterday and hadn't seen it here, but is relevant.

 

Punch cards did require a bit more effort than GUI.

 

"working"

 

result of parents wanting to be friends with their kids and not being parents

 

Ha. When I started at GT, they had Punch cards being used in the labs. I didn't study/use them, but I saw them. I was really advanced...Fortran.

 

Last class to use them so they not want fix the punchers. End of the quarter we were down to one working puncher for everyone

 

I'm going to throw the BS flag if you tell us you did all this uphill walking with no shoes.

 

What are shoes?