I'm pretty sure I've avoided ever naming this school, but if Purdue has put even one man on the moon, I think it has this school beat.
He never said it to students, just to other faculty, because he was at least smart enough to realize it wouldn't go over well.
Purdue has something like 10 of the first 13 astronauts or something like that, including Neil Armstrong. It was literally Astronaut U in the 50s/60s. This is a Who's Who of famous people:
http://www.purdue.edu/space/astronauts.html
I know which school you're referring to -- you said you work there and it is on your Facebook.![]()
Because I find six years to be totally unacceptable, and extremely depressing. Most people my age will be done next May. Even the slower ones will be finished May of 2013, five years total. SIX?
10 of 13, yeah, LOL, that's a serious stance of dominance.
Meh. Shit happens. People change majors midway through and take 6 years. My cousin took 8 years (IIRC) to get hers in education (WTF?!?!). She worked most of the time, but still -- education is one of the easiest majors out there.
I am probably off on those numbers, but here is an interesting bit of trivia: both the first and last man on the moon were Purdue grads.
Eight for education, whoa.
I had just come to terms with five, I could live with it after having transferred schools and then fucked around for two more years. But six is really depressing. Everyone I graduated with is going to be done except for those in graduate school. Sure, most of them are doing various liberal arts or business programs, but that's not much of a consolation prize. I'll be 24 when I graduate. 24, having never lived anywhere else, never held a real job. How does one spell "failure"? S-t-e-p-h-e-n...
And then if I want to consider graduate school myself, that just adds more and more time (and debt).
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And yes, I remember what you've said - get a company to pay for graduate school. That's all well and good, as long as you a) have a company that is willing to do that, and b) unless you may want to consider a career in academia, land of the greatest benefits imaginable.
That is hardly a failure. You'll be fine and it may take that long for the economy to be back to normal at this rate.
Most companies will offer some sort of tuition reimbusement.
And b) is why I am reluctant to leave here.
