I know I will! 
This was spurnned by a wonderful revelation I had earlier today, when the head of general education began yelling "You're wrong! You're wrong!" in my face. See, for the past 3 or so years, I've been busting my ass to finish college early and to save cash. I've been doing 5 classes a semester, with three semesters a year.
In my first semester, I took an english class, appropriately titled "English 2". This was sometime in the fall of 2001. In the spring of 2003, in order to fill out my final english credit, my advisor urged me to take English 2. The transcript in her hand said I had already taken it, but it was the only english class availible, so I figured I would. I got to the class; it had a different teacher, different course material, different assignments...the very core of the class had changed.
Sometime late in the semester recently past, my second to last semester, a discrepancy popped up on my transcript. It seemed that, since I had taken English 2 twice, I was only recieving 3 credits for it instead of the 6 I should have been. My advisor said it would be fine, that it was some misprint or something, and that one of the education heads could rectify it.
I spoke with that education head today, and she wouldn't allow me the credits for the two courses. Regardless of the fact that the teachers, subject matter and assignments were different, English 2 in 2001 was the same class as English 2 in 2003, and thusly I deserved only 3 credits for it. "The entire class was different!" I stuttered, "the course material, the teacher, the assignments..." "Different teachers have different teaching styles," she cut in, "that doesn't make them different classes. You need to take more responsibility for what classes you take, you're advisor is only there to help." "Why didn't anyone point out this mistake earlier, then, when I could have rectified it? What's the point of having an advisor sign off on the schedule if they don't do anything?" "You're advisor can't do your homework for you," she cut in again, "we're going to have to talk to the dean about this."
I left for a while; I had a class. I came back as the dean was about to leave for a meeting. On a surprising note, even though he was already late for the meeting, he called ahead and said he would be later. We talked about it for a few minutes, I explained my standpoint to him, and he seemed much more understanding. The problem, however, is that the Dean also needed the Gen Ed's signoff to give me the credits for the course, so he sent me to her.
I apparently insulted the Gen Ed teacher at some point by assuming I knew more about the classes as a student taking them than she did as a teacher who was outlining them for other teachers. The shouting began and it was obvious that no one really gave a damn about my point of view, or that it wasn't my fucking fault. At one point the Gen Ed teacher jokingly accused me of trying to scam the system by getting the same grade twice. She was implying that a B- wasn't good enought the first go around, so I went again, got the same grade, and tried to cheat the school. Now that I think about it, I don't think she was joking...she also remarked in passing that my advisor was extremely intelligent, and wouldn't have made that type of mistake.
I was told then that I'd have to take another English course next semester, extending my stay at this hellhole. It's kind of ironic, I guess; all the shit I went through the make sure the required courses were finished when they had to be; I even overloaded this semester and I get screwed by an english class. Anyhoo, I'm going to contact my advisor tommorow to try and at least get reimbursed for the schools fuck up, as they refuse to give me the credits. Pardon any spelling and/or grammatical errors, I've got a wicked headache.not allowed
This was spurnned by a wonderful revelation I had earlier today, when the head of general education began yelling "You're wrong! You're wrong!" in my face. See, for the past 3 or so years, I've been busting my ass to finish college early and to save cash. I've been doing 5 classes a semester, with three semesters a year. In my first semester, I took an english class, appropriately titled "English 2". This was sometime in the fall of 2001. In the spring of 2003, in order to fill out my final english credit, my advisor urged me to take English 2. The transcript in her hand said I had already taken it, but it was the only english class availible, so I figured I would. I got to the class; it had a different teacher, different course material, different assignments...the very core of the class had changed.
Sometime late in the semester recently past, my second to last semester, a discrepancy popped up on my transcript. It seemed that, since I had taken English 2 twice, I was only recieving 3 credits for it instead of the 6 I should have been. My advisor said it would be fine, that it was some misprint or something, and that one of the education heads could rectify it.
I spoke with that education head today, and she wouldn't allow me the credits for the two courses. Regardless of the fact that the teachers, subject matter and assignments were different, English 2 in 2001 was the same class as English 2 in 2003, and thusly I deserved only 3 credits for it. "The entire class was different!" I stuttered, "the course material, the teacher, the assignments..." "Different teachers have different teaching styles," she cut in, "that doesn't make them different classes. You need to take more responsibility for what classes you take, you're advisor is only there to help." "Why didn't anyone point out this mistake earlier, then, when I could have rectified it? What's the point of having an advisor sign off on the schedule if they don't do anything?" "You're advisor can't do your homework for you," she cut in again, "we're going to have to talk to the dean about this."
I left for a while; I had a class. I came back as the dean was about to leave for a meeting. On a surprising note, even though he was already late for the meeting, he called ahead and said he would be later. We talked about it for a few minutes, I explained my standpoint to him, and he seemed much more understanding. The problem, however, is that the Dean also needed the Gen Ed's signoff to give me the credits for the course, so he sent me to her.
I apparently insulted the Gen Ed teacher at some point by assuming I knew more about the classes as a student taking them than she did as a teacher who was outlining them for other teachers. The shouting began and it was obvious that no one really gave a damn about my point of view, or that it wasn't my fucking fault. At one point the Gen Ed teacher jokingly accused me of trying to scam the system by getting the same grade twice. She was implying that a B- wasn't good enought the first go around, so I went again, got the same grade, and tried to cheat the school. Now that I think about it, I don't think she was joking...she also remarked in passing that my advisor was extremely intelligent, and wouldn't have made that type of mistake.
I was told then that I'd have to take another English course next semester, extending my stay at this hellhole. It's kind of ironic, I guess; all the shit I went through the make sure the required courses were finished when they had to be; I even overloaded this semester and I get screwed by an english class. Anyhoo, I'm going to contact my advisor tommorow to try and at least get reimbursed for the schools fuck up, as they refuse to give me the credits. Pardon any spelling and/or grammatical errors, I've got a wicked headache.not allowed
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