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Well, you're a douche then. Why are you at university if you don't want to learn anything and just cruise through?
They would find out pretty fast anyway, especially if you're in a Russian/Polish class and your last name ends in 'ski' or 'vich'.
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Because I've seen dumb/ditzy people with university degrees, and people who are really good at their jobs without university degrees. They want my money, and I want to be more employable, I "learned" everything I needed to know after 1 semester, my method for understanding hasn't changed since then, there is no benefit in making your electives any harder than they need to be. |
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12-01-2011 at 03:02 PM
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Well if that isn't the most conceited post I've ever read.
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12-01-2011 at 04:19 PM
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Well, you're a douche then. Why are you at university if you don't want to learn anything and just cruise through?
They would find out pretty fast anyway, especially if you're in a Russian/Polish class and your last name ends in 'ski' or 'vich'.
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They were all actually allowed to stay in the course though. I didn't see any of them in 1Z03 the semester before however so I don't think they were allowed into that. Considering both of those courses are really about learning grammar and basic vocabulary, it's not like either one would have been anything new for a Ukrainian speaker really. |
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12-01-2011 at 05:54 PM
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They won't force you to leave the course. I have a friend who speaks Russian and is taking Russian right now. A lot of people in linguistics take their language requirements in languages they already speak also.
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12-01-2011 at 06:04 PM
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... I "learned" everything I needed to know after 1 semester ...
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Regardless of your program, no, you didn't. |
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12-01-2011 at 06:09 PM
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I took German 1Z06 in first year and there was a guy fluent in German in the class. I don't think my Prof minded. If you want to do it, do it. But its just a waste of your money and time seeing as you pay like $500 to be in the class and it would be so easy it hurts for you lol.
But no one is going to stop you.
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12-01-2011 at 06:26 PM
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They won't force you to leave the course. I have a friend who speaks Russian and is taking Russian right now. A lot of people in linguistics take their language requirements in languages they already speak also.
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I don't think people already fluent in the language (or a very similar one, like Ukrainian and Russian) should be eligible for introductory courses designed for people with no prior exposure to the language, considering seats are so limited in language courses. Yes, they are paying for the course the same as anyone else, but when there's a limited number of seats, and half of them are taken up by people who have nothing at all to gain from the course other than an easy 12, I think it might be better to let people who will actually gain some knowledge into the course first... |
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12-01-2011 at 07:10 PM
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I don't think people already fluent in the language (or a very similar one, like Ukrainian and Russian) should be eligible for introductory courses designed for people with no prior exposure to the language, considering seats are so limited in language courses. Yes, they are paying for the course the same as anyone else, but when there's a limited number of seats, and half of them are taken up by people who have nothing at all to gain from the course other than an easy 12, I think it might be better to let people who will actually gain some knowledge into the course first...
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I didn't say anything about whether or not they should be allowed to take the classes, only that they won't stop them from doing it. |
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12-01-2011 at 08:07 PM
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Yea, and I feel like perhaps they should... lol.
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I didn't say anything about whether or not they should be allowed to take the classes, only that they won't stop them from doing it.
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They might. For language courses, if your prerequisites aren't what they're looking for, you will have to write a test. They will be able to figure out your knowledge of the material and place you accordingly.
I don't think you will get kicked out of a course once you're already in it. But getting in without the prereqs is difficult. |
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