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Xander ,'Selfless'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


Amy - Jun 05, 2013 1:07:20 pm PDT #24910 of 30001
Because books.

Or walk off the stage when she gets up there.

But I guess the CB only has one thing to sell and that's the validity of their test scores.

That's true.


Kat - Jun 05, 2013 1:07:58 pm PDT #24911 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Dana, there are about 8 randomized test forms. When proctors give the test, they submit a seating chart with the book serial numbers and how the books were handed out and which desk received which book. It's pretty easy to have kids near each other with the same form.


Laura - Jun 05, 2013 1:08:01 pm PDT #24912 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Or walk off the stage when she gets up there.

Oh, I like this idea!


Kate P. - Jun 05, 2013 1:09:43 pm PDT #24913 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Oh, Kat, what a mess!

I don't understand, though: if she's not getting a diploma at graduation, what will you be handing her? A blank piece of paper?


Kat - Jun 05, 2013 1:10:42 pm PDT #24914 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Kat - Jun 05, 2013 1:11:25 pm PDT #24915 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Everyone gets a blank jacket. Once you return the gown you get the diploma paper. Since we get charged for lost gowns.

Also walking and not getting a diploma because you still have oustanding requirements is relatively common at UCLA, even in grad programs.


beekaytee - Jun 05, 2013 1:13:45 pm PDT #24916 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

Oh god, Kat. I'm all flaily hands for you. I'd be furious...beyond disgusted...perhaps even apoplectic in your place.

How do these people even imagine they will succeed.

I knew a dude like this is high school. He buffaloed everyone and got by on sheer bs.

In the end, he cheated at West Point. I don't know how deeply he ruined his life, but I can only hope that this chick gets some of her own.


sj - Jun 05, 2013 1:14:22 pm PDT #24917 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Ugh, Kat. What a mess. I hope for as little drama as possible on graduation day.

Everyone gets a blank jacket. Once you return the gown you get the diploma paper. Since we get charged for lost gowns.

We had to buy our gowns in high school, but we were also given the blank jackets during the ceremony. We were threatened that if we didn't behave at graduation, we wouldn't be given the real diploma, which I find kind of ridiculous at the time.


Steph L. - Jun 05, 2013 1:16:25 pm PDT #24918 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

But if that's the case, why should I go at all?

Is it worth it for you, personally, to go for the other students who want you there? Especially the nonfiction independent study guy?

Also walking and not getting a diploma because you still have oustanding requirements is relatively common at UCLA, even in grad programs.

Totally. People walked and got blanks for *outstanding library fines* when I graduated from college.


Kat - Jun 05, 2013 1:19:17 pm PDT #24919 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Sorry for leaving giant holes in the conversation. I just don't want this hanging out there. But it's hard for me to not talk about it. So I deleted. Call me paranoid.