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It's quite nice seeing two people have a friendly conversation for once.

SBSP wrote:It's quite nice seeing two people have a friendly conversation for once.

It would be wonderful if you would shut up with this sentimental rubbish for once.

Thats cool. Whats the best way to learn outside of formal education in your opinion Glen?

Sean wrote:Thats cool. Whats the best way to learn outside of formal education in your opinion Glen?

Besides reading, I think that there is no better way to learn truth than to just light up a doobie and toke with a diverse group of 4/5 individuals.

Glen Miller wrote:

SBSP wrote:It's quite nice seeing two people have a friendly conversation for once.

It would be wonderful if you would shut up with this sentimental rubbish for once.

#REKT

Glen Miller wrote:

Sean wrote:Thats cool. Whats the best way to learn outside of formal education in your opinion Glen?

Besides reading, I think that there is no better way to learn truth than to just light up a doobie and toke with a diverse group of 4/5 individuals.

You wouldn't be advocating the use of illegal narcotics?

SBSP wrote:It's quite nice seeing two people have a friendly conversation for once.

dickcunt

Sean wrote:

Glen Miller wrote:
Besides reading, I think that there is no better way to learn truth than to just light up a doobie and toke with a diverse group of 4/5 individuals.

You wouldn't be advocating the use of illegal narcotics?

Absolutely, man.

vel wrote:

SBSP wrote:It's quite nice seeing two people have a friendly conversation for once.

dickcunt

SBSP is seven times the forumite you will ever be.

HAHAHHAHAHAHA

Woah Glen, you've changed man.

Sean wrote:Woah Glen, you've changed man.

I haven't, I had a heart attack when they all but decriminizalized marijuana in DC.  Having to change my sheets from the bottom bunk to the top bunk every Saturday night because my roommate was high and drunk simultaneously made me hate my life & those substances even more.

Glen Miller wrote:

Sean wrote:Thats cool. Whats the best way to learn outside of formal education in your opinion Glen?

Besides reading, I think that there is no better way to learn truth than to just light up a doobie and toke with a diverse group of 4/5 individuals.

Oh btw, I meant in relation to German here

Sean wrote:

Glen Miller wrote:
Besides reading, I think that there is no better way to learn truth than to just light up a doobie and toke with a diverse group of 4/5 individuals.

Oh btw, I meant in relation to German here

I read a couple of German novels last summer & my reading improved massively. Die Geschichte von Hern Sommer & Eine Liebe Aus Nichts were the books, but I am sure you can find something much more interesting, they were pretty bad. Don't read anything over 100 pages or too complex, though.  I also tried to visit Der Spiegel a few times a week.

My German teacher always encouraged us to watch German sitcoms but I never bothered, and that's probably why my speaking/listening lags so far behind. However, there are 2 German films that I enjoyed, the first especially:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/

The Lives of Others.   Probably should watch Good Bye Lenin! some time soon but there are like 200 other films I need to see as well.

I've seen Good Bye Lenin but I watched with English subs because I know no German at all. Great movie though.

Ra's al Ghul wrote:The Lives of Others.   Probably should watch Good Bye Lenin! some time soon but there are like 200 other films I need to see as well.

I hate to use the expression, but I was actually blown away by that film.  

Americans say "blown away" all the time

vel wrote:Americans say "blown away" all the time

Agreed, hence why I hate the expression so much.

Glen Miller wrote:

Ra's al Ghul wrote:The Lives of Others.   Probably should watch Good Bye Lenin! some time soon but there are like 200 other films I need to see as well.

I hate to use the expression, but I was actually blown away by that film.  

The Lives of Others? I would say that that's a reasonable reaction, it's a masterpiece.

What are you leaning towards majoring in, Glen?

Ra's al Ghul wrote:

Glen Miller wrote:
I hate to use the expression, but I was actually blown away by that film.  

The Lives of Others? I would say that that's a reasonable reaction, it's a masterpiece.

Agreed.   

Keyser Söze wrote:What are you leaning towards majoring in, Glen?

I thought I would study Government when I arrived, but then I realized how irritating political people are and how much more interesting and entertaining apolitical people are, so I've gone off of that.  I have taken a few econ & history classes and enjoyed those, so I might major/minor or double major in those.

I wish I was smart enough for economics, I find myself really interested in it but I just dont have the mathematical skills.

What are you studying, Sean?

English Literature with Creative Writing.

So basically, how to spend 9 grand to work in McDonald's

Sean wrote:English Literature with Creative Writing.

So basically, how to spend 9 grand to work in McDonald's

You're at QUB, right?  You are an intelligent enough chap, you should be fine.  Do you plan on going into teaching or something else?

Glen Miller wrote:

Sean wrote:English Literature with Creative Writing.

So basically, how to spend 9 grand to work in McDonald's

You're at QUB, right?  You are an intelligent enough chap, you should be fine.  Do you plan on going into teaching or something else?

Yea that's right.

I dont know, hopefully Journalism. All though being a lecturer would be pretty cool as well I guess.

You guys should watch World On a Wire and The Wave as well. Both very good Germany films.

Rei Andros wrote:You guys should watch World On a Wire and The Wave as well. Both very good Germany films.

The Wave looks very interesting.

Glen Miller wrote:I thought I would study Government when I arrived, but then I realized how irritating political people are and how much more interesting and entertaining apolitical people are, so I've gone off of that.  I have taken a few econ & history classes and enjoyed those, so I might major/minor or double major in those.

  Are you basing that on students from your University or just people in general?

Economics is something I'd like to do. History in secondary school consisted of nothing but WW1 or WW2 so I have an impression that it's incredibly boring.

Keyser Söze wrote:

Glen Miller wrote:I thought I would study Government when I arrived, but then I realized how irritating political people are and how much more interesting and entertaining apolitical people are, so I've gone off of that.  I have taken a few econ & history classes and enjoyed those, so I might major/minor or double major in those.

  Are you basing that on students from your University or just people in general?

Economics is something I'd like to do. History in secondary school consisted of nothing but WW1 or WW2 so I have an impression that it's incredibly boring.

A bit of both, I guess. It's probably particularly bad at my school because of its strengths & location, but I don't really like the people who actively fulfill stereotypes-the Republicans who went to elite private schools & dress in pastel colors & yell about Adam Smith/the Democrats who also went to elite private schools & try to turn every discussion towards sexism when they aren't handing out contraceptives at the Birth Control Club desk. I don't mind politics or discussing it, but too many kids wear it on their sleeves and make it impossible for me to view them as what they are, young students, outside of some political schema. 

SBSP can confirm or deny this, but history in a US public school is almost entirely about 1776 with some semesters discussing how the US saved the French and British in WWII.  The other semesters are also about the USA.  I've enjoyed econ so far, but I have had limited exposure to it so far, so we'll see how it goes.