Or maybe write "Don't pet a burning dog." on a napkin and leave that on the table?

wait wait wait... we are missing the scope here crashburn...

this skill that I have witnessed has nothing really to do with job profession, No i don't want to be a waiter at Pizza Hut and develop this skill

I want to develop this skill for everyday life, no matter profession, beliefs, goals or objectives.

I think it is totally possible to go through everyday life without giving a fuck... see task, do task to best of capability. Put yourself first and take into consideration others when need be.

There is a fine line of doing this and being knowingly selfish though... THIS is were the skill needs to be honed to perfection.

The ultimate outcome to practicing this is incredible and a life goal of mine and obviously many others as well... That is to a) Not get hassled and b) Live virtually stress free

Will also get you laid

Yes the not give a fuck attitude is key in getting laid at times...

however one should be able to adapt to the task at hand which may require sissying out a bit to finish the deal

Getting to school an hour and a half early sucks.

Wi-Fi access at said school killing time is a plus.

Werthless wrote:We didn't start the flame war

i love that

WOOHOO! My mom just called to tell me my name was in the inquirer for "uncaimed property" in Pennsylvania. So I went to the website, and it looks like a premium refund from PMI on my prior house. There are two categories- "under $100 and "over $100". I'm "Over"!!

Of course, the claim instructions are clear as mud. I must "submit the original property that is listed on the enclosed claim form". It's listed as "premium refunds". I don't get it.

Prolly $101. Better than nothing, I guess.

Can anyone tell me why it is fair or necessary for a college to have an attendance policy? Apparently, I can be dropped from my classes if I miss more classes in one semester than classes that meet in a week. In other words, if I miss one of my MWF classes four times, I can be dropped since 4 (absences) > 3 (week meetings).

I don't understand how this is fair or necessary. College isn't compelled by law like primary and secondary school, so how is it fair to dictate how I use my own money? And then there's that necessary part. I guess pressuring students into attending means more money spent at the bookstore and at the cafeteria and such, but I don't see this adopted by any of the bigger schools who would surely be enriched by it.

Or maybe I'm just ignorant -- do bigger colleges have attendance policies? I can't recall in talking with any of my friends that they couldn't just show up for the tests and skip the other days.

I say this because I missed my last speech in my public speaking class and my other classmates who had also missed it were allowed to make it up, but I was not. This speech was to be made at the beginning of the month, and our next speech, to be given next week, builds off of it, so this effectively puts me behind two speeches now. My professor, who I just got off the phone with, said it'd be unfair to let me make up the speech because it'd be unfair to the other students who missed three days or less.

She could have simply dropped me from the class, so I guess I should be thankful she didn't, but I basically have to get perfect scores on all my remaining speeches, tests, and other assignments for the rest of the semester just to pass.

I have never had this problem before even though I've missed upwards of 5 days a semester. This is the first professor I've had that has actually followed the school's dumb attendance policy.

Am I being unreasonable or do you guys think my concerns are valid?

Bucky wrote:WOOHOO! My mom just called to tell me my name was in the inquirer for "uncaimed property" in Pennsylvania. So I went to the website, and it looks like a premium refund from PMI on my prior house. There are two categories- "under $100 and "over $100". I'm "Over"!!

Of course, the claim instructions are clear as mud. I must "submit the original property that is listed on the enclosed claim form". It's listed as "premium refunds". I don't get it.

Prolly $101. Better than nothing, I guess.

We have one of those involving my late Father in Law. More than $100 in unclaimed property. We have a form around here somewhere to fill out. It'll probably take 3 days to complete if we ever get around to it.

You can go to a state web site and look up if you have some unclaimed property or cash lying around somewhere. I did so in Pa. and Washington and a few other states I lived in. That's how I found out about the one with my Father in Law.

Here's one:

http://www.patreasury.org/

Here's on that allegedly rolls up all (or at least all participating) states into a single query:

http://www.missingmoney.com/Main/Index.cfm

someone went to the land of the banned recently, didn't they?

CrashburnAlley wrote:Can anyone tell me why it is fair or necessary for a college to have an attendance policy? Apparently, I can be dropped from my classes if I miss more classes in one semester than classes that meet in a week. In other words, if I miss one of my MWF classes four times, I can be dropped since 4 (absences) > 3 (week meetings).

I don't understand how this is fair or necessary. College isn't compelled by law like primary and secondary school, so how is it fair to dictate how I use my own money? And then there's that necessary part. I guess pressuring students into attending means more money spent at the bookstore and at the cafeteria and such, but I don't see this adopted by any of the bigger schools who would surely be enriched by it.

Or maybe I'm just ignorant -- do bigger colleges have attendance policies? I can't recall in talking with any of my friends that they couldn't just show up for the tests and skip the other days.

I say this because I missed my last speech in my public speaking class and my other classmates who had also missed it were allowed to make it up, but I was not. This speech was to be made at the beginning of the month, and our next speech, to be given next week, builds off of it, so this effectively puts me behind two speeches now. My professor, who I just got off the phone with, said it'd be unfair to let me make up the speech because it'd be unfair to the other students who missed three days or less.

She could have simply dropped me from the class, so I guess I should be thankful she didn't, but I basically have to get perfect scores on all my remaining speeches, tests, and other assignments for the rest of the semester just to pass.

I have never had this problem before even though I've missed upwards of 5 days a semester. This is the first professor I've had that has actually followed the school's dumb attendance policy.

Am I being unreasonable or do you guys think my concerns are valid?

When I was in college, I missed a ton of classes, and it never mattered, other than the fact that by the end I was missing more than I went to and subsequently flunked out.

But I would think that public speaking is the kind of class where attendance is more important than most, so I don't think you have much of a case here.

phatj wrote:When I was in college, I missed a ton of classes, and it never mattered, other than the fact that by the end I was missing more than I went to and subsequently flunked out.

But I would think that public speaking is the kind of class where attendance is more important than most, so I don't think you have much of a case here.

Well, it's not like we have speeches every day. The semester stretches from mid-January to mid-May and we have a total of five speeches, so about one speech per month. Surprisingly, the class entails a lot of book work. :?

Thanks for the response, I'm trying to gauge my irrationality because I may or may not try to challenge my professor's decision to not allow me to make up my speech.

crash, our attendance policy is dictated pretty much by class size. if it's over 20 people, the professor doesn't bother with attendance.

very few are dicks about it, though.

Basically, crash, your argument boils down to you should be able to get a diploma as long as your tuition checks clear.

I think he's saying if he's able to do the work, attendance shouldn't matter

The Dude wrote:I think he's saying if he's able to do the work, attendance shouldn't matter

One imagines attendance is a big piece of a public speaking class.

He already said he has 1 speech a month

But he missed the class he was supposed to give his speech during. I could see that being something that would piss off a professor if he didn't have a decent excuse.