tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post8047474326820187046..comments2024-03-28T01:33:22.764-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: Reflections on Graduation and our MessDiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-24932696041668292462014-04-18T09:34:34.276-04:002014-04-18T09:34:34.276-04:00Heh...Heh...Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-67881339728311117582014-04-17T13:20:05.970-04:002014-04-17T13:20:05.970-04:00Attn Michael@Adamsnet.infoAttn Michael@Adamsnet.infoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352174311146177708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-22857502625771867702014-04-17T11:50:32.229-04:002014-04-17T11:50:32.229-04:00Sorry, accidentally deleted my reply. You're r...Sorry, accidentally deleted my reply. You're right, but at least he uses his celebrity status for a good cause, one that could benefit a lot of kids.DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-35376153083486283752014-04-17T11:36:52.101-04:002014-04-17T11:36:52.101-04:00Michael, I would pay good money to watch a roomful...Michael, I would pay good money to watch a roomful of Gen Y students listen to that speech.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-26056688894854418132014-04-17T11:31:46.529-04:002014-04-17T11:31:46.529-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352174311146177708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-26148608151242734122014-04-17T08:55:56.302-04:002014-04-17T08:55:56.302-04:00When I graduated college, I knew of someone who gr...When I graduated college, I knew of someone who graduated Magna Cum Laude, someone who graduated Summa cum Laude. But me....I just graduated Way too Loud.whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-6181529208787026832014-04-17T08:16:29.874-04:002014-04-17T08:16:29.874-04:00ay Dave, when I was at Sydney Uni centuries ago in...ay Dave, when I was at Sydney Uni centuries ago in one of the dunnies there was some grafitti above the toilet roll dispenser reading 'Arts degrees, please take one' which I have always found hilarious.Popular Frontnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-28690544814189789692014-04-17T06:05:33.735-04:002014-04-17T06:05:33.735-04:00Of course Mike Rowe himself does not work a backho...Of course Mike Rowe himself does not work a backhoe for a living. He’s a TV pitchman and professional show host. His message is good, but he isn’t living his own dream. Were I 18, it’d be clear to me it pays better talk about hard work and dirty jobs than to actually do it.ErisGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383064735664269791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-45129783655932630022014-04-17T06:02:06.810-04:002014-04-17T06:02:06.810-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14302354966604837691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-7623338352269112322014-04-17T06:00:14.037-04:002014-04-17T06:00:14.037-04:00Gender studies has supplied careers for the ten of...Gender studies has supplied careers for the ten of thousands in diversity workshops, diversity offices in universities, studies departments, diversity consultants, etc. It is held in high esteem in universities. <br /><br />Diversity study in its various guises has supplied lucrative employment for decades. Who knew under Obama there’d be a temporary slump in demand? ErisGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383064735664269791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-75754362903829487302014-04-17T05:04:13.636-04:002014-04-17T05:04:13.636-04:00But, and these are important questions, is your so...But, and these are important questions, is your son's friend blonde with long legs who, shall we say, fills her uniform, which I trust comprises short shorts and a tight T-shirt, to perfection? If so, from what I hear 'over here', southern California is the very best, er, 'career' placement she could find. I have it on good authority that the 'zillionaire' count is good deal higher there than, say, Detroit.David Duffhttp://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-25233781994382099242014-04-17T02:50:58.027-04:002014-04-17T02:50:58.027-04:00Hartza's "job" is not to "sit.&...Hartza's "job" is not to "sit." Hartza's job is to give you love and affection when you need it the most and to be smart enough to recognize when that is. He will perform his job with amazing valor and you will be the better for it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443509203973938622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-5148204466167547222014-04-17T02:45:26.326-04:002014-04-17T02:45:26.326-04:00Cal Poly SLO, started Engineering school 1965.
Fi...Cal Poly SLO, started Engineering school 1965.<br /><br />First day of school the Chair of the School of Engineering met with 1,500 new freshmen. We expected to hear "Welcome to Cal Poly, we will give you the wisdom of the ages." Instead, he came to the podium, stood for about a week staring at us and said, "Gentlemen (there was only one woman in the room) look around. This time next year half of you will be gone. The following year half of those will be gone. One in five will graduate. And we (gesturing to the various Department Heads) will make sure of it." And he walked off the stage.<br /><br />He was right, one in five survived.<br /><br />Just to rub it in, if you asked for help in a freshman or sophomore class, the instructor handed you a change of major form, filled out for the Business School, with the charge, "If you can't do this you'll never survive when it gets hard. Get out now, save yourself the trouble."<br /><br />Most did. <br /><br />Poly's graduation rate is still about 28% but the business school is bigger so I'm guessing that while I can't imagine the Engineering Chair would give that speech, they still practiced what he preached.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443509203973938622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-34551517146213492592014-04-17T02:06:09.425-04:002014-04-17T02:06:09.425-04:00Nope.
Just the last time I actually sat in a movi...Nope.<br /><br />Just the last time I actually sat in a movie theater & where I thought the line better than the shoot 'em ups. <br /><br />And Josie Wales being Clint Eastwood from Misery - though in the original damn book Eastwood based it on said it was Arkansas - I'll be going with a line rather than a shoot 'em up.<br /><br />I've survived a line and more as I've tried 'em, 'shoot 'em ups' I'd prefer to leave to the experts. <br /><br />In other words, I'd rather Obama send Clint Eastwood to Ukraine than me as I would prefer "endeavoring to preserve" rather than that warrior shit.<br /><br />ArkieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-27104896161639798072014-04-17T01:37:19.522-04:002014-04-17T01:37:19.522-04:00Hey Michael,
I "suppose I might've"...Hey Michael, <br /><br />I "suppose I might've" er, messed up? Anyway my reply and Happy Passover to you too is somewhere shortly below around April 17, 2014 at 1:31 AM.<br /><br />In Common Friend,<br />ArkieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-65289756197681907052014-04-17T01:31:43.011-04:002014-04-17T01:31:43.011-04:00Happy Passover back at you Michael - although I no...Happy Passover back at you Michael - although I noticed my receptioned comments below might not be taking me so ... er, heck, I dunno.<br /><br />I just stopped awhile Michael aware we've a common able friend tho' our respective employments aren't so ... oh ... well Michael you'd know how me 'n Able'd put it.<br /><br />So here we three are.<br /><br />ArkieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-6422301594373807422014-04-16T23:16:25.489-04:002014-04-16T23:16:25.489-04:00Well, did Hartza "try" when he was asked...Well, did Hartza "try" when he was asked to sit, stay, or whatever? If he did, then who are you to say that he doesn't deserve the diploma? Please, try to move with the rest of us into 21st Century America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-25989333840605620632014-04-16T22:43:12.749-04:002014-04-16T22:43:12.749-04:00"Endeavor to persevere." A fine Cherokee..."Endeavor to persevere." A fine Cherokee you are?whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-7711489783874959832014-04-16T22:11:30.971-04:002014-04-16T22:11:30.971-04:00G'day Dip and Whitewall,
Four members of my f...G'day Dip and Whitewall,<br /><br />Four members of my family are secondary school teachers. One a Principal [also a Lt Colonel in our Reserve], two are Vice Principals and the fourth a Maths/Physics teacher at years 11 and 12. Makes for interesting conversations around a family dinner table when matters of curricula arise. The general disgust at the airy-fairy notions being pushed so that no one can fail is palpable. <br /><br />Whitewall I have managed to reach 72 after spending 34 years in HM's Service and then 20 years in private practice as an engineer and I no longer suffer those I consider fools gladly. [SWMBO says I never did and I gave up trying to argue with her years ago] I am happy for the "fools" to have dissenting opinions but when those opinions have the effect of glorifying stone age societies against the achievements of European enlightenment my safety valve pops.<br /><br />Having had my little eruption I feel much better.<br /><br />I trust the Jewish followers of "the Dip" had a good Passover and to the Christian followers I trust your Easter passes well.David from Oznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-92043482819856552302014-04-16T22:05:10.187-04:002014-04-16T22:05:10.187-04:00Having been raised in the land of chips (England),...Having been raised in the land of chips (England), I can definitively tell you the difference between chips and fries. English chips-perhaps even Aussie chips-are usually an undercooked, oily, soggy mess, unimproved by the addition of vinegar, barely made edible by the addition of salt. Fries on-the-other-hand are usually cut thin, cooked until golden and crisp, drained of oil, and lightly sprinkled with salt, plus they are edible. There are many things wrong with the USA at present, their ability to make fries is NOT one of them.<br /><br />Regarding Hartza-he has the native intelligence to understand that a winning personality and good manners will get you far in this world, the feminist I am guessing failed to learn that during five years of unneccessary schooling, in fact, if my observation of feminists is anything to go by they actively avoid any attempt to be pleasant (thats another of those 80/20 issues, before any of the 20% vociferously complain.)<br /><br />Having incurred the ire of Brits, possibly Aussies and 80% of of feminists in one short post I consider this days work done.Cascadiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-54977819704355800582014-04-16T21:48:33.820-04:002014-04-16T21:48:33.820-04:00Well then. I'll (Josie Wales -the movie-) &quo...Well then. I'll (Josie Wales -the movie-) "Endeavor to persevere."<br /><br />Comment in reply previous thread @ April 16, 2014 at 9:37 PM<br /><br />Arkie the Realest Hillbilly - not to be confused with Duff's Hill<strong>B</strong>illy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-22507992447788976722014-04-16T21:12:43.485-04:002014-04-16T21:12:43.485-04:00My youngest daughter graduated last May with a deg...My youngest daughter graduated last May with a degree in French (Her favorite place) and hope of a job in France (Not likely). She does have a good job in Tucson with full benefits and is making more money to start than her sister is making. One help to her was working as a waitress all through college. Her politics are similar to mine although she might be a bit more conservative.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-64182886160695209732014-04-16T21:08:27.878-04:002014-04-16T21:08:27.878-04:00I sense the steam is rising Down Under.I sense the steam is rising Down Under.whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-27368969485257774832014-04-16T20:55:13.273-04:002014-04-16T20:55:13.273-04:00Wouldn't dare argue against any of your points...Wouldn't dare argue against any of your points!DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-17392783291962225092014-04-16T20:41:40.256-04:002014-04-16T20:41:40.256-04:00I went to Virginia Tech 1980-85. Aerospace Engine...I went to Virginia Tech 1980-85. Aerospace Engineering. Freshman losses were 50%. Sophomore losses about 30%. It wasn't easy.Mike M.noreply@blogger.com