With the weather being so nice, I've been walking outside. Something that will soon become impossible with the coming Calgary winter. During one of these walks, I came across a big banner that's hanging between Mac Hall and Science Theaters. “Welcome Future Alumni." Are you kidding me? I remember during my orientation, first year, back eons ago when I used to be young lad, a speech that was given by the dean of the university. (I still don't know his name, the guy with the beard) He specifically said more than 60% of you guys will not be with us next year. We here at university of Calgary have a 60% drop out rate of first years! Now I'm not much in to stats, it was one of my least favorite classes, but that's an awfully large number. So it's amusing to see how optimistic the university is when it comes to their first years. What this means for first years, is that if university was a game they would have a 60% chance of losing. Or if it was a coin and they were to flip it 10 times, it would show “get the hell out of our university” six times. Those odds suck. They suck more than the odds you get at the casinos.
...But I like it. There are a lot of people who manage to crack through the flawed high school/day care system. People who think it's still cool to not care about their classes, or act like they HAVE to be here. filter them out. I like having an extra chair to put my foot on during classes.
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