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oyster  ·  2206 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 4, 2018

Do you have to take a mandatory basic computer class or do you get to skip it ? That class was hilarious until other students had questions and then it was sad.





user-inactivated  ·  2206 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Because it wasn't taught by the math/computer science department and because of academic politics, CS students had to take that class when I was an undergrad. They graded on attendance, so we had to show up, but we turned it into torment the poor TA hour. All his windows would run away from his mouse one day, all the text in powerpoints would get translated into pig latin the next, voice synthesizers on every machine in the classroom started shouting profanity at each other the next. I enjoyed that class very much.

They made an exception for CS students a few semesters after I took it.

kleinbl00  ·  2206 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have no prerequisites.

I realized this morning that when I was an undergrad, I had supervisory authority over my classmates... once they graduated.

I just realized that when I was an undergrad, I had supervisory authority over my instructors.

oyster  ·  2206 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sooo, you gotta take the computer class or is it ethics these days ?

kleinbl00  ·  2206 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Naaah dawg when you already have a degree they let you waive all that shit.

oyster  ·  2206 days ago  ·  link  ·  

But how will you ever learn how to print screen and then crop the small part you wanted in paint like it’s the 90’s ?