Re: CHAT: University Advice (was Re: A bit of advice)

Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>
> On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Robert Hailman wrote:
>
> > > Hmm.  Is IB available?  I bet Canadian schools recognize IB a lot better
> > > than most U.S. universities.  I might as well not have taken the stupid
> > > IB and gotten the diploma for all the good it did me here.  :-/
> > >
> > IB is available at certain private schools, like the one I used to
> > attend, but then dropped out of because I hated it and my parents
> > couldn't afford it (the main reason). I don't know how Canadian schools
> > recognize IB.
>
> Completely understandable.  I hated it too, but I came out of it with the
> highest score (41 or thereabouts) out of the 20 people stupid enough to
> take it (by the end of senior year we *all* hated it).  Bloody expensive,
> I was already going to a private school for lack of options in South
> Korea (the DoDs school is only for military folks), and now my folks are
> going broke because I will (probably) graduate this spring, but my sister
> is starting her freshman year.  I really don't know how parents do it,
> and the Korean economy crashing my freshman year didn't at all help.  :-(
>
Yeah, that could be a problem. It's clear that our parents make a lot
more sacrifices than we might care to imagine, for our sake.

> May your college and financial experiences be better than mine.  :-)
>
We can only hope.

> ObConLang: *education* in concultures/conlangs?  Education in mine is
> associated with the magistrates, who form the scholarly elite, in Qenar,
> though the word for "knowledge" connotes more wisdom/enlightenment (in a
> vaguely Zen-ish sense) than book-learning.  Education in Qenar is a
> privilege of the wealthy, and there "knowledge" connotes more
> philosophy/ethics.
>
Haven't decided yet, to tired to decide now.

--
Robert