Not exactly my finest moment.
If you were Asian and male maybe you could be me.
I'm technically done. You know, now that I've got my degree and everything. Unfortunately, these days an undergraduate degree doesn't get you anywhere because nearly everyone has one. So that means we have to upgrade to a graduate degree.
And to do that, I need to do various per-requisite courses to even qualify for some of them. I need at least 4 more courses for Speech and Language Pathology. But taking into consideration what my prof said, maybe I should start looking into Marketing as well.
Which means taking some Economics courses.
This is my understanding of Economics.
I've also been looking into jumping provinces for grad school. But because my grades hover around the B level (as opposed to people with As who can go anywhere) I might have to go to Saskatchewan. For people who don't know the run-downs of the provinces of Canada, it's basically this:
British Columbia: Asians and the ocean.
British Columbia: Asians and the ocean.
Alberta: Oil and Canada's rednecks.
Saskatchewan: Flat lands and Native Americans.
Manitoba: Lakes or something?
Ontario: Capital of Canada and Niagra falls.
Quebec: Crazy French people.
Nova Scotia: Fish.
Prince Edward Island: Funny accents and potatoes.
Newfoundland: Fish and funny accents.
New Brunswick: More funny accents.
Yukon/Northwest Territories/Nunavut: Native Americans and cold.
Fellow Canadians may have deduced my home province based on these partially incorrect stereotypes.
In the meantime, I'll be taking Linguistics courses and a friend of mine looped me into a MWF Sociology course which killed my 4 day weekend. I don't even need this course, I really wanted a lax term but my parents kept hounding me claiming that unless my schedule was fuller I'd be wasting my time and my life. And so I caved in and added another course to my schedule.
Ian, this course better be the GPA booster you claim it is. I gave up my 4-day weekend for this.
*smile* let's study !
ReplyDeleteGiven what you've give up, I do hope that all this extra work is worth it and you do end up where you want to be.
ReplyDeleteYou mightn't believe me dude but you are going to really enjoy Economics despite the difficulty of the whole thing, it's a good subject and actually is interesting once you look past all the money related things. Glad to hear that you've finished your undergraduates degree although not that you fell asleep in class because that must have been quite embarrassing. It's fine though because you at least have an excuse for it which is something.
ReplyDeleteThe words/phrases "welp" and "exploding with enthusiasm" had me grinning right off the bat, here. :)
ReplyDeleteGood luck in grad school!
Good luck!
ReplyDeleteInteresting....I have only been to Canada once, and I was toonyng to remember it.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd fit nicely in any of those provinces.
ReplyDeleteSaskatchewan has the hottest economy in all of Canada right now, so a move there might be good for you! Try to land in Saskatoon, not in Regina.
ReplyDeleteI have several reactions to this post of which only one should be taken seriously:
ReplyDelete1. Your understanding of Economics is roughly on par with my own
2. Having grown up in the United States, I feel it necessary to make a crack about Canada being the 51st State.
3. I am now following this blog. I would really like more followers on my own Clean Sheets and Dirty Girls blog.
Yeah I'm guessing Yukon is not on your list.
ReplyDeleteLmao, yes we do have plenty of friggin fish here and a few hillbillies too haha, good luck being back and going for an upgraded degree.
ReplyDeleteMy sleep schedule is still borked from christmas and new year
ReplyDeleteThat picture looks like me in my grad classes!!
ReplyDeleteEconomy courses. Rest in peace, DWei.
ReplyDeleteHey, watch the comments on the Crazy French people ;-) Another fun session ahead!
ReplyDelete1st classes study hard
ReplyDeleteYou crack me up! Thanks for the guide, it may come in handy.
ReplyDeleteDon't give up on your dreams. The economy comes and goes; education always pays off. It's one of the only things that can't be taken away from you.
That linguistics course may help you with the crazy accents.
ReplyDeleteYour funny stereotypes make me chuckle. Good luck, though. Update and such.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you're going to be really busy.
ReplyDeleteHope the Linguistics course works out the way you were told it would!
Hoping you get accepted at one of your top picks! I've been hinting at my oldest to get another degree...this time, one that will increase employment opportunities!!! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteseems like we have the same understanding of economics lol.
ReplyDeleteI know at least one to five people (friends and relatives) "all over Canada" but no one gives me a good rundowns of provinces clear as yours ha ha
congrats that you're technically done and good luck to your linguistics and sociology courses. btw, your parents are right :)
I'm a business student and let me tell you, marketing is great fun. In our classes we got to work with rael start up companies. One of the ones I worked for was honibe which was amazing and they went on to be on the Dragons Den. Hopefully you get an opportunity like that if you take some marketing courses.
ReplyDeleteHaving grown up in Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick till 18, and PEI since then) I like your classifications of them. There's a ridiculous variety of potatoes in the supermarkets here in PEI.
"I don't even need this course, I really wanted a lax term but my parents kept hounding me claiming that unless my schedule was fuller I'd be wasting my time and my life."
ReplyDeleteSo... your parents aren't big on "hobbies" and "free time," are they?
Sadly, your provincial stereotypes list is correct, lol!! Good luck :)
ReplyDeleteironic as it seems, you'll appreciate being student better after you graduate
ReplyDeletehave a nice day ^_^
"Diaries of an Indistinctive Writer"
Good luck with the new classes. I need to get back into school soon. This working a cruddy job at minimum wage stuff is the pits. ><
ReplyDeleteSorry, you may be exiled to Saskatchewan. Hopefully, it's better than Siberia.
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather was from Saskatchewan. I've seen pictures of the place - seriously flat!
ReplyDeleteNice ponytail.;)
ReplyDeletei'm in ontario, damn it feels good to be a gangsta
ReplyDeleteI really should have went back or even stayed in school after I got my BA. a masters/grad degree would probably have helped me since Im stuck looking for work without much luck these days =/
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