It's never too late. My mother graduated college about a year and a half ago. It took ten years, but she did it.
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bon bon - Mar 11, 2009 3:30:28 pm PDT #10277 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
dcp - Mar 11, 2009 3:32:15 pm PDT #10278 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
BC (?) Calc AP exam
I only had one year of calculus, so I only qualified for AP Calc. AB. The kids in my school prepping for AP Calc. BC were in the same classes as those prepping for A-levels.
I took AP Calc. AB, Chem., US History, and English Lit. I enjoyed the classes, and the exams. I am dismayed at how little I remember of any of it now.
Cashmere - Mar 11, 2009 3:42:53 pm PDT #10279 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
HELP! I need a head shot for my newspaper column and I decided to take my own (bad choice). But they need it tomorrow and I have these to choose from. Or should I ask to go into the office and have them take one for me?
Juliebird - Mar 11, 2009 3:53:28 pm PDT #10280 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I like the fourth best. Fab hair!
dcp - Mar 11, 2009 3:59:39 pm PDT #10281 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 11, 2009 4:01:10 pm PDT #10282 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My school didn't have calculus, though I think there was an advanced pre-cal course beyond trigonometry. The highest math I took was honors pre-cal as a college freshman. My teacher (the chair of the Math department) told me if I wanted to give up the Art degree I'd make a fine mathematician, and I promptly forgot everything I knew beyond long division in horror.
Cashmere - Mar 11, 2009 4:03:56 pm PDT #10283 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
As much as I love the drunken, sweaty, cleavagey shots, might not due for a parenting column. Hee! I especially love the coaster in the cleavage.
Jim Cramer is booked for the Daily Show on Thursday.
Hil R. - Mar 11, 2009 4:12:32 pm PDT #10284 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My teacher (the chair of the Math department) told me if I wanted to give up the Art degree I'd make a fine mathematician, and I promptly forgot everything I knew beyond long division in horror.
Carnegie Mellon has a degree called Bachelor of Science and Arts where the students pick an art concentration -- architecture, art, design, drama, or music -- and a science concentration -- biology, chemistry, physics, or math. The science and math courses required, beyond the basics, are the ones that relate more to the art stuff, and it looks like the art classes required are some of the more sciency ones. Someone I worked with a few summers ago was concentrating in art and math, and some of the stuff she was working on looked pretty cool -- she was working on a drawing that included a bunch of figures that show up in math applications.
SailAweigh - Mar 11, 2009 4:14:06 pm PDT #10285 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Cash, I like the first photo, myself.
My mother graduated college about a year and a half ago. It took ten years, but she did it.
Sing it. I didn't get my degree until I was 43 (18 years of school!) It's never too late.
Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth there was no such thing as AP classes. We had "college track" and "non-college track" courses. I took college track, so I ended up with Pre-Calc and Physics as a junior, which was virtually unheard of. They didn't offer Calculus in high school. What many kids did, instead of AP classes, was take college courses while they were in high school, then you could even graduate early. A couple of kids graduated as juniors.
Kathy A - Mar 11, 2009 4:28:42 pm PDT #10286 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My high school had geometry for freshman year, trig for sophomore year, pre-calc for junior and calc for senior, but only required three years of math. So, I skipped senior year due to hating math with a passion. I took pre-calc again in college and then took "business calc," which was much easier than engineering calc, for my two semesters of required math.
InotschoolN, I went to my diet doctor today for my first weekly checkup. Lost two pounds this week (considering I had a lot of sweets and did no exercising whatsoever, I was pretty happy with that result), and then there was the saga of the blood pressure. Last week's was 150/92 (too high for the diet medication that they prescribe), so they gave me water pills and did another reading today. First reading was 140/110, which I just knew was waaaay off. Second reading (different nurse, other arm) was 162/70, which was again waaaaay off, so they had me sit in the waiting room for ten minutes and relax a bit. Third reading? 140/70. Much bettter!! I'm still borderline for the medication, but they started me on it anyway and the doctor told them to have me come back next week for another reading. I think I'll be going there weekly for at least the next month so they can see if it goes down any.
So, this week will be no more sweets and some minimal exercising. My goal is to lose three pounds/week for the rest of the year, which will get me back down to what I was at for my sister's weddding by the end of July and down to my summer 2000 weight by the end of the year.