China has begun its second day of military drills targeting Taiwan, in what it says is punishment for “separatist acts” after the inauguration of its new president on Monday....
Culture difference is a big thing. I do think Putin has lost a step. If you look at previous autocratic actions by him they were better planned and executed. Yeah Ukraine is the biggest thing he has tried to do. At the same time Putin is further down the dictator trap I really don’t think Putin of ten years ago would have blinder so badly. Xi is an autocratic too and will definitely get there eventually. He is just not as deep in the hole.
Man don’t even worry, I was kicked out of HS. Yet I still got a bachelor’s degree from a good college. You have the GED so you can check the box that asked if you graduated HS. No one has to know it was a GED.
Hell for a while I had my GED framed right next to my college diploma.
Here is what you do if you want to go to a 4 year university.
Go to Community College, after a year at CC you are no longer a new student when applying to a 4 year university. You are a transfer student. So the only thing the 4 year school wants to know is if you graduated HS. They don’t care how or what your grades were. They only look at your CC grades.
If you want more detail send me a DM and I will tell you everything that worked and didn’t work for me and a friend who did the same thing.
Okay this is fixable, you are just going about it the hard way.
First do you have a 4 year school that you would like to attend and you have an idea about a degree you want? Use community college to get all your general education stuff out of the way. It is cheaper and you are in smaller classes in CC so more attention from the instructor.
Have a broad idea about a 4 year degree. Then go to a CC and ask to see an advisor. Advisors are one of your best tools to navigate college. Tell them you would like to get an associates degree in general education. That will take you through the end of your sophomore year. You can then take that associates degree and skip all the general ed classes at the 4 year school.
It is much much easier to do this if the CC and the 4 year school are in the same state. The CC advisor will know exactly how to get this done the best way.
Another really good resource is www.transferology.com it can tell you what credits transfer between what schools and what kind of credit it will become.
Oh also ask the advisor about scholarships. They are very much worth the trouble. Sadly Pell grants just don’t cover what they used to
FYI getting a UROP might be a little hard. Not saying you shouldn’t try but often there aren’t that many spots. It will vary a lot depending on the school.
So you really have to do it as a transfer student. Applying straight to a 4 year school may require a certain GPA in HS, ACT/SAT and you will be in the pool with all the HS applications. Transfer student have a different pool, and most colleges reserved a certain number of spots for transfers.
So CC is definitely not like HS. Yes they teach some of the same classes, but that is just for people who didn’t learn that subject in HS so you are prepared for college level courses. That is not most of CC, CC is mostly 100/200 level courses that are real college courses, many of my CC professors also taught at the local 3 year school. They used the exact same material they used at the 4 year school.
Honestly my CC courses were way better than the ones at the 4 year school. Learn more, it was easier to ask questions, etc. CC are different all over, but mine had 30 students per class. I had classes at the 4 year that had 200 students. There you got a lecture and we’re just expected to keep up.
There are a lot more adult students now. Many schools have a specific office that is there just as a resource for adult students. There are scholarships for adults many are open to all ages. You are not too old for a scholarship, this is exactly the stuff that an advisor will walk you through.
CC advisors will see you before you are enrolled and will give you a much better understanding of what is the best path for you. To them your story is not new or something to be ashamed of. They see GED students every day and they can help steer you through the right order to take classes so you don’t have difficulties you had before. They are a wealth of information. I left a lot on the table because I didn’t understand the things they can help with until it was too late to take advantage. If I could go back I would have spent way more time in their office.
I know it feels like a big hurdle to deal with. I was right there with you. I had such a bad time in HS it took me 10 years before I was willing to try school again. I really didn’t know if I could do it at first. But every year it gets easier to deal with.
I really thought that she might follow through on her anti trump thing. She pretty much went full send during her campaign. Didn’t think she was going to let back in by trump. I never expected her to support the Dems, but thought there was a real chance of her not supporting Trump… Well so much for that
The acquisition of a 25-square-meter flat has provided Gong with a sense of liberation, as she now spends two days a week at the property, enjoying solitude.
Why can’t she just pay a live in nanny to deal with her kids. Like all the other rich bitches do when they can’t be bothered to relate to their kids.
My mom didn’t take a day off for 25 fucking years. When I became an adult and realized how much work to just be an adult with no responsibilities… I have no idea how she did three kids as a single mom. Between work, cooking, cleaning, making us do our homework and everything else. I really wonder if she ever got a full night of sleep.
And this rich bitch buys an entire extra flat. Fuck this.
Yes they sure did. I don’t believe any Tesla ever shipped with Lidar, maybe some did. The big thing that they removed/disabled was the radar. They did this because the radar and visual cameras would disagree about where things were. So instead of spending more R&D time to get it right. They just removed the radar and called it solved.
Colorado governor to sign bills regulating funeral homes after discovery of 190 rotting bodies (apnews.com)
Norway sued over deep-sea mining plans (www.theguardian.com)
WWF says the government has breached the law ‘without adequately assessing the consequences’...
xkcd #2936: Exponential Growth (imgs.xkcd.com)
xkcd.com/2936...
Macron hits Putin for rejecting truce with Ukraine during Olympics (thehill.com)
An honorable warrior (lemmy.world)
Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift’s Private Jet (gizmodo.com)
Legislation just signed into law has made it exceedingly to difficult to track private jet activity.
China testing ability to ‘seize power’ in second day of military drills around Taiwan (www.theguardian.com)
China has begun its second day of military drills targeting Taiwan, in what it says is punishment for “separatist acts” after the inauguration of its new president on Monday....
Being a remedial student who was blocked from better classes, but passing the GED without any studying on the first try shows something is very broken.
Either I never belonged in the remedial classes, the GED is a participation trophy, or both are true....
Drinking, gluing, & sucking (sh.itjust.works)
Biden Campaign Quietly Meets With Haley Supporters After Trump Endorsement (www.thedailybeast.com)
Cultural differences (lemmy.world)
As Trump campaigns, he's spreading QAnon posts anew. Some call that 'playing with fire' (www.usatoday.com)
Stressed Out Mom Buys $69K Flat For Herself; Takes A Break From Family Twice A Week (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
The acquisition of a 25-square-meter flat has provided Gong with a sense of liberation, as she now spends two days a week at the property, enjoying solitude.
It's just not fair! (lemmy.world)
Nigel Farage says he will not stand in UK general election (www.theguardian.com)
Nigel Farage has said he will not stand in the UK general election, instead focusing his efforts on getting Donald Trump re-elected in the US....
On self-driving, Waymo is playing chess while Tesla plays checkers (arstechnica.com)
Thar is so much evidunce (lemmy.world)