What Now?

[Sgt PSN]

There are some things you can do.

First, you need to get with your professor. Get a meeting with him/her and be prepared with everything you've mentioned here. Have a report of all expenses printed up, with receipts attached (and bring a photocopy that you can leave behind.) Write up a letter explaining your situation to leave with the professor as well. Spend some time on it so it reads better than this post. Then see what happens. If the professor has no interest in your claim, go to the dean. Try the same tactic. Investigate what recourse you may have to an appeal on the grade.

If all that fails, take a deep breath and chill. So you spend another year and a half in school. That's alright. You're young, you've got time on your side. Find a way to finish. You've got to keep showing up until it's done.

Well, there's the pep talk.

Don't forget to beat the moron's ass for farging things up. Or at least let the air out of his tires and farg his girlfriend.

Great advice, especially the part about shagging that one guy's girlfriend.   

Oh and do yourself a favor..don't join the farging military.  Let someone else do George W. Bush's killing.

Hey jerky.  Do I make your job harder?  Bite me hippie. 

[Zanshin]

Am I the only person that paid his way through college by himself?

I paid for it myself.  With loans and working up to 50 hours a week while carrying 18 credits.  Felt like I was paying off those loans forever, too.

[MadMarchHare]

Meh, I cheated.  Had well-timed deaths in the family.

[Sgt PSN]

Meh, I cheated. Had well-timed deaths in the family.

It's ok for me to laugh at that, right? 

[Phanatic]

Stay in school. Do everything you can to try and save this semester. If it doesn't work out, I'd do what you have to do to finish school. While I don't regret the military and what it did for me, your in a different place. Too close to bail out now.





Cool!! The Concrete Board Advice Column. Surpisingly good advised from "bad ole" Eagle fans.  I think there could be a market for this... really!!   

[General_Failure]

Meh, I cheated. Had well-timed deaths in the family.

It's ok for me to laugh at that, right?

If anyone asks tell them it's a coping mechanism and mention you're in the military.

[Tomahawk]

My company is currently and will be hiring engineers of all fields. I can get you a job, but not the degree.

[mussa]

im agreeing with everybody here.  just try to relax, assess the situation, see your professor, be formal, not an emotional wreck when you meet with the professor.  if you can't get out of it, just do it over again. gets loans.  your that close to finishing.  joining the military would be stupid, if its only for the reason to pay for school.  your almost done.  you won't finish that year and a half for another 4 or more if you join the military.  good luck

[T_Section224]

Am I the only person that paid his way through college by himself?

nope, i'm in the same boat, and managed to do it without any loans too.

[Diomedes]

you won't finish that year and a half for another 4 or more if you join the military.

Especially not if you die in farging Iraq.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Oh and do yourself a favor..don't join the farging military.  Let someone else do George W. Bush's killing.

My take is pretty much the same, but for very different reasons.   

[Sgt PSN]

you won't finish that year and a half for another 4 or more if you join the military. good luck

By no means am I thinking he should join the Air Force as he mentioned but I just want to point out that it is totally possible to complete 1.5 years of school while serving 4 years in the military.  People do it every day......especially in the Air Force. 

The war in Iraq is a ground war.  There is very little need for the Air Force in the middle eastern theater.  When's the last time you heard of an airman getting killed in Iraq?  Nothing recent that I can think of and not too often either.  The vast majority of the deaths are soldiers and Marines. 

Also, the Air Force is all about quality of life.  In terms of getting an education I don't think there's a better service to go into besides the AF.  You didn't hear that from me though. 

Again, I am not saying he should join the service.  I think he should try and stick it out.  However, if he's exhausted all other avenues then the AF wouldn't be a bad choice.  But that's the only branch I'd even consider if I were him.  And you still didn't hear that from me. 

[Susquehanna Birder]

Am I the only person that paid his way through college by himself? 

In a way, I wish I had. my father planned way in advance for it, and he footed the bill. There was definitely a time when I didn't appreciate it, and I wasted a lot of time and money. He was pissed, but he kept on paying for it because I promised to straighten up. In hindsight, I wasn't very bright when I was getting my education.

[General_Failure]

The war in Iraq is a ground war. There is very little need for the Air Force in the middle eastern theater. When's the last time you heard of an airman getting killed in Iraq? Nothing recent that I can think of and not too often either. The vast majority of the deaths are soldiers and Marines.

What's the joke about the Air Force? They're the only branch of the military where the officers go to fight and the rest sit back and watch?

[Sgt PSN]

The war in Iraq is a ground war. There is very little need for the Air Force in the middle eastern theater. When's the last time you heard of an airman getting killed in Iraq? Nothing recent that I can think of and not too often either. The vast majority of the deaths are soldiers and Marines.

What's the joke about the Air Force? They're the only branch of the military where the officers go to fight and the rest sit back and watch?

Yeah, something like that.  Unless you're a pilot (in which case you have to be an officer) then you pretty much have zero chance of seeing any type of combat.