Thursday, September 04, 2008

Soup re-do

I think the only University of Michigan class that T9 and I have in common was Freshman Chemistry. If I recall the course number was something misleading like 123.

She got an A and successfully pursued her professional dreams. I got a C- and limped back home for Christmas break vowing to never take another science course again. We both graduated four years and opposite ended transcripts later.

For years she has claimed it was because she worked harder, actually took notes in class, and studied for the exams. At the time, I believed that class attendance was just a suggestion, notes were something you could buy, and staying up all night playing Dr J versus Larry Bird was far more interesting than staying up and studying chemistry.

Now, years later I understand why. I am much more visual than her and I would have kicked her ass in a photoshop 123 class.

7 comments:

srudoff said...

Andy,

If only you had taken an independent studies course while at Michigan, you too would have learned how to take notes in class and organize your calendar. And it would have only cost you 15 minutes a week with the right professor ;)

That and throwing away that black highlighter pen you were using!

Andy said...

If only...

TitleIX said...

and here I thought it was the dig-dug

thanks for Warhol-ing my Soup Can.
MUCH better :-)

TitleIX said...

andy---
did you photoshop the counter too?
it's all zero's

(and no, that's a pitch out sru, you can't swing at it)

Andy said...

Dig Dug was the pc game of choice for the 2nd semester. Although the above linked version is in color -- I can only remember playing it on a monochrome green monitor.

And no, the counter is OK with me. We are currently sitting at 12,083. Try hitting F5 to refresh your browser.

Mikoyan said...

srudoff,
And I'm sure they don't have any classes like that in Bucknut land, do they? I'm sure that athletes who were less capable in classes didn't have any recourse at OSU, right?

Hmmm...I think I also read that Kwame's innocent.

srudoff said...

mikoyan

not sure if there are independent studies classes that were as blantantly cheating the system as hagan's, however i'm sure there are easy ass classes to help bolster gpa's at every school.