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[tirediron]

N'Yawker V. Florida Liberal Arts... Hmmm... I can see where that might have been good for a giggle!

 

[limr32 1]

requirements are a good thing. They set standards of accreditation which makes your certificate worth something.

I'm not suggesting that they ignore the requirements. I'm saying that they are randomly applying them. The requirements are clear:
--30 credits total
--4 required courses
--6 electives (choose any from the list)

I took the 4 required courses. I took 6 electives from the list. They are now saying that one of my electives doesn't count, even though there was never any indication that it would not count.

What muddies things is that the director of the program died suddenly a year after I started, so there was a bit of a mess afterwards trying to find a new director. The interim director (who originally started the program many years ago but was now semi-retired) is quite flaky and we just got a new director last semester (when I was already finished). I'm sure there are some administrative things that fell through the cracks. I just now need to make sure that I am not one of those things that fell through.

 

[bribrius]

requirements are a good thing. They set standards of accreditation which makes your certificate worth something.

I'm not suggesting that they ignore the requirements. I'm saying that they are randomly applying them. The requirements are clear:
--30 credits total
--4 required courses
--6 electives (choose any from the list)

I took the 4 required courses. I took 6 electives from the list. They are now saying that one of my electives doesn't count, even though there was never any indication that it would not count.

What muddies things is that the director of the program died suddenly a year after I started, so there was a bit of a mess afterwards trying to find a new director. The interim director (who originally started the program many years ago but was now semi-retired) is quite flaky and we just got a new director last semester (when I was already finished). I'm sure there are some administrative things that fell through the cracks. I just now need to make sure that I am not one of those things that feel through.

i guess i just don't understand why you think basket weaving should count as a election toward being a paralegal. .

 

[limr32 1]

Hey, that basket is my intellectual property! If that's not legal, I don't know what is!

 

[sm4him]

requirements are a good thing. They set standards of accreditation which makes your certificate worth something.

i guess i just don't understand why you think basket weaving should count as a election toward being a paralegal. .

Hey, that basket is my intellectual property! If that's not legal, I don't know what is!

Are you absolutely sure that bribrius isn't the new flaky director??

 

[Gary A.]

Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. How the hell is everybody (except Leo, we know how you are.) Colombian Supremo this morning. Great dinner last night, chicken marinated in orange, lemon and lime juices, herbed up a bit, seasoned with that pink salt, fresh ground pepper and a dash of my homemade chili pepper. Tossed on the giant George Foreman and basted with all the left-over juices. It was very good, a freshly plucked kale and mango salad, brown rice, steamed broccoli and mushrooms and washed good with a Meridian Chardonnay. After dinner I had a 9:00 p.m. meeting at the campaign office ... that sucked.

 

[bribrius]

Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. How the hell is everybody (except Leo, we know how you are.) Colombian Supremo this morning. Great dinner last night, chicken marinated in orange, lemon and lime juices, herbed up a bit, seasoned with that pink salt, fresh ground pepper and a dash of my homemade chili pepper. Tossed on the giant George Foreman and basted with all the left-over juices. It was very good, a freshly plucked kale and mango salad, brown rice, steamed broccoli and mushrooms and washed good with a Meridian Chardonnay. After dinner I had a 9:00 p.m. meeting at the campaign office ... that sucked.

how are you involved in this campaign stuff again? you keep mentioning it but i am totally lost at what it is you are actually doing or why.

 

[bribrius]

requirements are a good thing. They set standards of accreditation which makes your certificate worth something.

i guess i just don't understand why you think basket weaving should count as a election toward being a paralegal. .

Hey, that basket is my intellectual property! If that's not legal, I don't know what is!

Are you absolutely sure that bribrius isn't the new flaky director??

i think all my credits long expired. There must be a statute of limitations on them. Probably couldnt transfer or re-use a single one. If i ever went back i would probably be starting out with basic core courses again.

 

[Designer]

You should have been there in college in Florida when I had to sort out a similar mess with the very Southern staff of the UFlorida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Yup. I would have paid money to watch that.

 

[Designer]

i think all my credits long expired. There must be a statute of limitations on them. Probably couldnt transfer or re-use a single one. If i ever went back i would probably be starting out with basic core courses again.

It is mostly up to the institution that you are trying to enter.

 

[Gary A.]

Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. How the hell is everybody (except Leo, we know how you are.) Colombian Supremo this morning. Great dinner last night, chicken marinated in orange, lemon and lime juices, herbed up a bit, seasoned with that pink salt, fresh ground pepper and a dash of my homemade chili pepper. Tossed on the giant George Foreman and basted with all the left-over juices. It was very good, a freshly plucked kale and mango salad, brown rice, steamed broccoli and mushrooms and washed good with a Meridian Chardonnay. After dinner I had a 9:00 p.m. meeting at the campaign office ... that sucked.

how are you involved in this campaign stuff again? you keep mentioning it but i am totally lost at what it is you are actually doing or why.

I am running the city council campaign for a very nice lady. I am running the campaign, (designing, writing, developing strategies and tactics, budgets and schedules) to improve the chances for the very nice lady to win. And, I like democracy and I like exercising my democratic rights. (I think my level of electoral involvement actually expands/increases my vote proportionally to the level of participation.)

 

[Gary A.]

i think all my credits long expired. There must be a statute of limitations on them. Probably couldnt transfer or re-use a single one. If i ever went back i would probably be starting out with basic core courses again.

It is mostly up to the institution that you are trying to enter.

Some places will give you some credit just living ... I hear that community college is free.

 

[bribrius]

i think all my credits long expired. There must be a statute of limitations on them. Probably couldnt transfer or re-use a single one. If i ever went back i would probably be starting out with basic core courses again.

It is mostly up to the institution that you are trying to enter.

Pretty much what i was thinking. If i applied to get a certificate in basket weaving at the local community college they might accept my calculus credits. If i applied for anything of a degree program at a real school i would be starting from scratch maybe.

 

[bribrius]

Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. How the hell is everybody (except Leo, we know how you are.) Colombian Supremo this morning. Great dinner last night, chicken marinated in orange, lemon and lime juices, herbed up a bit, seasoned with that pink salt, fresh ground pepper and a dash of my homemade chili pepper. Tossed on the giant George Foreman and basted with all the left-over juices. It was very good, a freshly plucked kale and mango salad, brown rice, steamed broccoli and mushrooms and washed good with a Meridian Chardonnay. After dinner I had a 9:00 p.m. meeting at the campaign office ... that sucked.

how are you involved in this campaign stuff again? you keep mentioning it but i am totally lost at what it is you are actually doing or why.

I am running the city council campaign for a very nice lady. I am running the campaign, (designing, writing, developing strategies and tactics, budgets and schedules) to improve the chances for the very nice lady to win. And, I like democracy and I like exercising my democratic rights. (I think my level of electoral involvement actually expands/increases my vote proportionally to the level of participation.)

i don't even vote anymore. i went on strike. Lol

 

[Gary A.]

Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. How the hell is everybody (except Leo, we know how you are.) Colombian Supremo this morning. Great dinner last night, chicken marinated in orange, lemon and lime juices, herbed up a bit, seasoned with that pink salt, fresh ground pepper and a dash of my homemade chili pepper. Tossed on the giant George Foreman and basted with all the left-over juices. It was very good, a freshly plucked kale and mango salad, brown rice, steamed broccoli and mushrooms and washed good with a Meridian Chardonnay. After dinner I had a 9:00 p.m. meeting at the campaign office ... that sucked.

how are you involved in this campaign stuff again? you keep mentioning it but i am totally lost at what it is you are actually doing or why.

I am running the city council campaign for a very nice lady. I am running the campaign, (designing, writing, developing strategies and tactics, budgets and schedules) to improve the chances for the very nice lady to win. And, I like democracy and I like exercising my democratic rights. (I think my level of electoral involvement actually expands/increases my vote proportionally to the level of participation.)

i don't even vote anymore. i went on strike. Lol

Good, that increases the value of my vote.