I believe there is a strong correlation between having entire week days off and difficulty in finding a job after school is done.

Originally Posted by Ownaginatios

I believe there is a strong correlation between having entire week days off and difficulty in finding a job after school is done.

Really? Interesting theory. I was developing a similar one of my own where in there is a strong correlation between McMaster's science students and egos the size of an eighteen-wheeler.

Guess what sweetheart, just because you like math or science or computers and I like history or language or the arts doesn't make either of us better than the other one.

There are favourable AND available jobs in BOTH fields. I'm pretty sure most lawyers don't come from engineering backgrounds and no one typically sees them struggling for a position or cash. Not that how much a person makes defines their job satisfaction anyway.

I know the saying goes "Don't feed the troll" but I'm really sick of listening to students from one disipline ripping on students of another. Just because we all do different work or attend labs vs. lectures or write papers vs. doing experiments or spend more hours in class vs. out of class reading or studying DOES not make one better than the other, just different. The world will always need both teachers AND doctors, scientists AND historians, musicians AND engineers so why not quit griping and just appreciate that while you are learning how to work with computers, someone is learning how to teach your kid one day.

Gah!

^Amen to that.

This is how conversations usually go when I tell people I'm going to McMaster

Person: so, where are you going to school?

Me: McMaster

Person: [extremely excited, sometimes may exhibit flushed cheeks or dilated pupils] REALLY? OMG, THAT'S SO COOL. YOU'RE GOING TO LIFE SCIENCES/HEALTH SCIENCES/ENGINEERING/NURSING, RIGHT?

Me: I'm going for English.

Person: [visibly deflates] Oh. English? Really? Why?

In term 2, I have Tuesdays off also, I just have a tutorial on thursdays for term 2 as well so it might be 3 days of school for me for a few weeks

well look does my timetable look good ??????

Originally Posted by AelyaS

^Amen to that.

This is how conversations usually go when I tell people I'm going to McMaster

Person: so, where are you going to school?

Me: McMaster

Person: [extremely excited, sometimes may exhibit flushed cheeks or dilated pupils] REALLY? OMG, THAT'S SO COOL. YOU'RE GOING TO LIFE SCIENCES/HEALTH SCIENCES/ENGINEERING/NURSING, RIGHT?

Me: I'm going for English.

Person: [visibly deflates] Oh. English? Really? Why?

People are just not informed about education. In a world where technology advances so quickly and where people want to live as long as possible, that's all they know about. It's really sad that those are often the only things that are valued when other subjects are equally as important like culture and languages (especially since everyone is flying everywhere).

Originally Posted by Reda

well look does my timetable look good ??????

You might want to consider moving Psych somewhere else. Maybe in the Monday 12:30 slot if that exists.

everything is full! but i was able to change it to We 16:30 - 17:20

i think this is a little better

Originally Posted by Reda

everything is full! but i was able to change it to We 16:30 - 17:20

i think this is a little better

Yeah, that works too.

Originally Posted by cjdzl

what is this non sense 3 days off per week? srsly?
god dame it
I was happy enough that I only had 2 lecture on friday but 3 days off?

I could fit 3 week days off into my schedule. I originally had that, but then switched a class to Tues/Thurs morning to make the long days a little less brutal.

Lucky first years. Not one of my classes has more than one core. My timetable is set in stone.

Originally Posted by MacPack

You SoSci people

I'm in Social Science and I was never able to take any week days off for 4 years. :( I'm coming back for another degree and I still won't be able to. I don't know how people do it!

Originally Posted by eleduc

Really? Interesting theory. I was developing a similar one of my own where in there is a strong correlation between McMaster's science students and egos the size of an eighteen-wheeler.

Guess what sweetheart, just because you like math or science or computers and I like history or language or the arts doesn't make either of us better than the other one.

There are favourable AND available jobs in BOTH fields. I'm pretty sure most lawyers don't come from engineering backgrounds and no one typically sees them struggling for a position or cash. Not that how much a person makes defines their job satisfaction anyway.

I know the saying goes "Don't feed the troll" but I'm really sick of listening to students from one disipline ripping on students of another. Just because we all do different work or attend labs vs. lectures or write papers vs. doing experiments or spend more hours in class vs. out of class reading or studying DOES not make one better than the other, just different. The world will always need both teachers AND doctors, scientists AND historians, musicians AND engineers so why not quit griping and just appreciate that while you are learning how to work with computers, someone is learning how to teach your kid one day.

Gah!

Is it just me or did he (i.e., the person you're replying to) not mention anything about being in science versus being in soc sci / humanities?

Your arguments are valid, but they seem to be directed to a post that doesn't warrant it.

But it's lolsy that this seems to show you recognize and admit that only humanities / soc sci programs allow for days off compared to science programs.

Originally Posted by Alchemist11

Is it just me or did he (i.e., the person you're replying to) not mention anything about being in science versus being in soc sci / humanities?

Your arguments are valid, but they seem to be directed to a post that doesn't warrant it.

But it's lolsy that this seems to show you recognize and admit that only humanities / soc sci programs allow for days off compared to science programs.

I know a couple science students that have days off :\

Yeah, that's my point lol, Ownaginatios didn't mention anything about science versus soc sci and humanities, yet the post replying to it assumed that's what it was about.