They should film that story and show it every Christmas.

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Spike's Bitches 31: We're Motivated Go-getters.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Nora Deirdre - Jul 31, 2006 3:50:21 am PDT #6097 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

ack, Raq! I'm sorry.

Hey Nora? Your marriage damaged cause them there gays get to be hitched and have the same legal rights you do?

No. Though I suspect that the next step is to ban my marriage because we are "non-procreational" which seems to be a big thing for banning the gay marriage. So, my opinion may not count so much!


Fay - Jul 31, 2006 3:52:57 am PDT #6098 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Oh!

remembers what she'd been going to ask in the first place

How long does one generally stay at University? I mean, what age is a person, generally, when they finish? And what about if they've fucked things up a bit, might they take longer to get a degree? Be allowed to retake a year, that kind of thing?


Nora Deirdre - Jul 31, 2006 3:55:53 am PDT #6099 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Fay, it takes folks between 4-7 years to get a bachelor's degree, on average, starting when they are 17-18 years old. I powered through in 4 years and graduated at 21 years old. So, if someone took an extra couple semesters to finish, I would put them at 23?-ish? Maybe?


Fay - Jul 31, 2006 3:59:37 am PDT #6100 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Hmm. Bless you. So if they went to Europe, first for a year, say, then they might conceivably be 25 or 26 in their last year? Maybe?

Especially if they were kind of ditzy, and couldn't settle on a major?


Nora Deirdre - Jul 31, 2006 4:01:32 am PDT #6101 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

That would be on the later side, but there are all sorts of things that causes folks to be graduating in their mid 20s. Folks have to work and take classes part time for some of it, or take semesters off...


Sophia Brooks - Jul 31, 2006 4:11:04 am PDT #6102 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I don't know if this person is wealthy, but generally financial aid seems to run out after 8 full-time semesters. That is why a lot of people can't use financial aid for summer sessions


Fay - Jul 31, 2006 4:19:05 am PDT #6103 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Hmm. How about if you held off going to University for a couple of years? Would that work?

eta

OR, if you'd gone to Uni straight from high school, would you be able to be a member of a law firm by the time you were 26?


Nora Deirdre - Jul 31, 2006 4:24:08 am PDT #6104 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

If someone went to community college for a couple years, then transferred into a 4 year institution, I think they'd still be eligible for financial aid at that point -the system tends to favor, though not exclusively "traditional" timing of graduate high school-go to college.

But I think that community college attendence, a year abroad, and then a 4 year institution could well conspire to have a regular middle class or low-income family person (ie, requiring financial aid) graduating at 25.


brenda m - Jul 31, 2006 4:24:11 am PDT #6105 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Yep. If you go the straight route, you could do undergrad 17 or 18 to 21-22, law school another three years. So minimum probably 24, 25 more common.


Nora Deirdre - Jul 31, 2006 4:25:08 am PDT #6106 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

AHA! Law school! Well, that changes everything. And I point to What Brenda Said.