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Printablesammij said: FunkMistress said: hot pink and black stuff
your sig.   The Normal Whores Club | |
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FunkMistress said: sammij said: your sig. would jersey mind if we run off together? just for a little while. [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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sammij said: FunkMistress said: would jersey mind if we run off together? just for a little while. Yes. A condition of our marriage was No Running Off With Chicks Allowed, Even For A Little While. He's worth it.  The Normal Whores Club | |
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FunkMistress said: sammij said: would jersey mind if we run off together? just for a little while. Yes. A condition of our marriage was No Running Off With Chicks Allowed, Even For A Little While. He's worth it. 
i'm so happy for you both  [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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sammij said: FunkMistress said: Yes. A condition of our marriage was No Running Off With Chicks Allowed, Even For A Little While. He's worth it.
i'm so happy for you both Thank you so much. The Normal Whores Club | |
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All adults seem to do that to a degree, she just sounds pushy. Chime in & change the subject   I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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everyone should start asking her about STDs assuming she knows cause shes old and shit before there was sex education.
or ask her what the great depression was like. [Edited 11/4/08 15:29pm] | |
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horatio said: everyone should start asking her about STDs assuming she knows cause shes old and shit before there was sex education.
or ask her what the great depression was like. [Edited 11/4/08 15:29pm]  [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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sammij said: MoniGram said: That's to bad that she feels she must act that way.
it is 
and we're still cool, it's just some days i can't handle her.... 
it's like for anyone really, but i've had people come up to me and complain about 'your mature student friend'   I am a mature student now...and I feel it's just best and sit back. I have to admit the younger crowd scares me. Proud Memaw to Seyhan Olivia Christine ,Zoey Cirilo Jaylee & Ellie Abigail Lillian | |
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MoniGram said: sammij said: it is
and we're still cool, it's just some days i can't handle her....
it's like for anyone really, but i've had people come up to me and complain about 'your mature student friend' I am a mature student now...and I feel it's just best and sit back. I have to admit the younger crowd scares me. Really? I know sometimes we feel intimidated by mature students... I definitely do. And befriending them can be hard sometimes... But especially with art and the classes i'm taking, it becomes a lot easier to talk to everyone, regardless of where they're on in their life path... it was just today wasn't a good day for either of us i had a major presentation and she had her own shit to deal with
just one of those venting type things... gosh, i'm wondering if hokie is actually not fond of me after all this
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sammij said: I love them. I do.
I get along great with older students, hearing about their experience whether it be educationally related or otherwise. They're a great part of the classroom experience. BUT, what I don't like, is the older women who come into University as a mature student and try to teach the classes themselves - especially because they've had said experience. I'm in lecture right now, and this woman - who've i've been friends with for a few years now - is trying to tell everyone how to feel about a certain piece because SHE experienced it back then, and SHE knows how it all went. That just doesn't jive well with me. She's a mother. And she's beginning to mother everyone that gets close to her. The way she speaks to people is very forceful - and even rude. And she's been really imposing on others lately. I'm not asking for advice. This is a common sense situation and I know when I get the chance to address the situation, I will. I'm just mad. And the org probs has room for yet another venting thread. I really don't care if this goes anywhere. And NOOOO I'm not bashing mature students. I hope all of you took the chance to READ what I wrote first off. So before you come and post telling me off for my own opinions, read it over a few.  dunno (yet) if anyone's already mentioned this, but what I hated about "mature" students in college is that.... class is pretty much over, everyone's sitting there with their books in their bags, and the geezer in class is holding everyone up by taking advantage of the professor saying "are there any questions?" and eating up all of my sleeping/drinking/smoking time 
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horatio said: everyone should start asking her about STDs assuming she knows cause shes old and shit before there was sex education.
or ask her what the great depression was like. "do you remember where you were when the Csar of Russia was murdered?"My Legacy
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Canadians sure complain a lot, eh? | |
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Fuckin' right. [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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Really, it's true.
We whine and complain about everything 1(except ourselves, of course)...but we seldom ever do anything to change things we bitch about. We're a nation of cry babies. Oh well, hope the mature student who bugs you stubs her toe or something... | |
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I know what you mean. A few of my classes have mature students in them. While it's interesting to hear their perspective brought on by their extra experience, more than a few have tried to elad or dictate to the class. One woman in my Race and Ethnic Relations class is a cop, so that brings us into interesting areas some days. 
Officially I'm considered a mature student too since I didn't start college until last year, but I don't think of myself that way since I've only got a few years on the rest of the sudents. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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sammij said: hokie said: I'm a "mature" student.
I can see how that would be annoying. I am not a mom when I go to class. I'm just a student like everyone else. But, the thing that is so annoying are the younger students that obviously are rude and don't give a crap about the class. I had to work hard to pay for my education. They can at least stop talking throughout the whole class so I can listen to my professor peacefully.
I feel like slapping those stupid kids and telling them that if they would shut up and listen to the teacher maybe you'd get a better grade on your test. These are kids that whined when we got our first anatomy test back and they all failed. 
I ruined their chances of getting a curve. I was the only one to get an "A".  i knew i was going to get at least once response like that. my answer. not every young student has tuition payed for them by mommy and daddy. i, too, at 22, have worked my ASS off for any tuition i've payed for since second year. i see what you're saying too. and i see it in the first year classes i'm in. just sayin'.
I'm paying my own way through school. But if I mention to anyone I'm a college student? They assume I'm some spoiled overprivileged brat whose Mama's paying for me to go. Not only that, I've been accused -on here at the Org and by a stranger, no less -of having no concept of money's worth because I'm obviously being taken care of by my rich parents. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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JustErin said: Really, it's true.
We whine and complain about everything 1(except ourselves, of course)...but we seldom ever do anything to change things we bitch about. We're a nation of cry babies. Oh well, hope the mature student who bugs you stubs her toe or something... We actually dealt with the situation between classes. [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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susannah said:
Not just students though, any person who's older who thinks they can patronise you and tell you that they understand it better than you
Ever have to train someone on the job who's older than you? "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: sammij said: i knew i was going to get at least once response like that. my answer. not every young student has tuition payed for them by mommy and daddy. i, too, at 22, have worked my ASS off for any tuition i've payed for since second year. i see what you're saying too. and i see it in the first year classes i'm in. just sayin'.
I'm paying my own way through school. But if I mention to anyone I'm a college student? They assume I'm some spoiled overprivileged brat whose Mama's paying for me to go. Not only that, I've been accused -on here at the Org and by a stranger, no less -of having no concept of money's worth because I'm obviously being taken care of by my rich parents. it's happened to me too
i can't even get mad anymore, whatev
i was hoping you'd see my thread actually![...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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meow85 said: susannah said:
Not just students though, any person who's older who thinks they can patronise you and tell you that they understand it better than you
Ever have to train someone on the job who's older than you?  i don't even want to think about that [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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This thread is ageist! My Legacy
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i think it's easier to dress down an overzealous mature student than it is to tell a precocious teenage student about themselves with any hope that they'll change their behavior. when i was a kid in college i always liked the "non-traditional students" in my writing and creative classes because they were so earnest and didn't have a stake in any of the political favoritism/popularity crap that inevitably popped up on campus. their critiques were always very refreshingly non-biased and usually without creepy subtext. | |
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Anxiety said: i think it's easier to dress down an overzealous mature student than it is to tell a precocious teenage student about themselves with any hope that they'll change their behavior. when i was a kid in college i always liked the "non-traditional students" in my writing and creative classes because they were so earnest and didn't have a stake in any of the political favoritism/popularity crap that inevitably popped up on campus. their critiques were always very refreshingly non-biased and usually without creepy subtext.
But I'm guessing you only realized that recently My Legacy
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NDRU said: This thread is ageist!
Old people suck!! | |
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sammij said: meow85 said:
Ever have to train someone on the job who's older than you? i don't even want to think about that It's an adventure, I'll tell you that. The worst are the middle aged housewives coming back to work after years of running a hosuehold and being the boss there. Then no matter how fresh they are in the paid workforce or how much experience I, as the person assigned to train them, have they want to take charge and do things their way. It's like dealing with a very large and stubborn toddler. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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this thread probably won't end up too well... [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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sammij said: meow85 said:
I'm paying my own way through school. But if I mention to anyone I'm a college student? They assume I'm some spoiled overprivileged brat whose Mama's paying for me to go. Not only that, I've been accused -on here at the Org and by a stranger, no less -of having no concept of money's worth because I'm obviously being taken care of by my rich parents. it's happened to me too
i can't even get mad anymore, whatev
i was hoping you'd see my thread actually!I used to get mad about the assumptions certain people here have made about me, but now I just brush it off. It's frustrating, but I know it's not true so they can just go  themselves."A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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NDRU said: Anxiety said: i think it's easier to dress down an overzealous mature student than it is to tell a precocious teenage student about themselves with any hope that they'll change their behavior. when i was a kid in college i always liked the "non-traditional students" in my writing and creative classes because they were so earnest and didn't have a stake in any of the political favoritism/popularity crap that inevitably popped up on campus. their critiques were always very refreshingly non-biased and usually without creepy subtext.
But I'm guessing you only realized that recently no, i realized it then! it wasn't until now that i realized that i'm not too cool to actually socialize with them, because now i AM one of them.  | |
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Anxiety said: NDRU said: But I'm guessing you only realized that recently no, i realized it then! it wasn't until now that i realized that i'm not too cool to actually socialize with them, because now i AM one of them. you're still cool [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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