Roane State Community College to AT: “You suck, go to hell.”
August 22nd, 2006 by Atomictumor
As a return to the post previously (and to put the words “go to hell” on the Rocky Top Brigade board), a quick update on my ever exciting quest for higher education.
After the setback of yesterday eve, I endeavoured to send a quick “pleeeease, pleeeease lemme have some financial aid” letter to the Veep of Financial Aid, but as of the noon deadline today had not heard anything. I drove down to Roane State to try a little face to face charm, of which I am all up ons.
Unfortunately, they weren’t having it. Although the admissions girl was into my “damn, wasn’t I dumb? now lemme have some aid” jive, the financial aid battleaxe had none of it. However, she did let slip that it isn’t a Regents thing, or federal, or state of Tennessee thing that folks on financial aid suspension have no recourse but to whore themselves out for school mone, but rather a unique quirk to Roane State.
Thats right folks. Withdraw from classes at Roane State when you’re getting financial aid, EVEN IF THE GOVERNMENT GETS ITS MONEY BACK, you’re cut off for 5 hours, or about 700 bucks. Now, I’m not going to be the one to call that embezzlement (because it technically isn’t), but I’ll sign up to say that its a dickheaded thing to do.
Lucky for the kid, its not the only game in town! No, with one day left to enroll, thanks to the impeccable timing of Roane States F.U. department, I’m off to Pellissippi, the soon to be alma mater of my lovely wife. Its a shame, because Roane State, well, I can look out my window and see it, but who said the path to higher learning was easy?
Seriously, Google it. Tell me, because I want to kick them square in the balls.
And I’ll tell you one other thing, readers. If I do get into this, and I do start school again, this is going to totally kick off a new line of bitching on Atomictumor.com, which is the AT thinks that the entire college system is screwed up and in serious need of an asswhooping. If I’m paying (well, technically, if all works well the federal .gov is paying) for college then by DAMN I expect to graduate. If a teacher has an entire class fail, his ass needs to be FIRED for not doing his damn job. If I’m running an IT department, and my computers all explode, I’m not going to get away by saying that “well, they were dells, see”. Nope, it’d be my ASS.
So, there you go. In summation:
1) Roane State hates the poor.
2) I’m a last minute person
2) Roane State sucks donkey balls.
3) Yes, those were both twos.
4) Who the hell was it that said that higher education was easy?
August 22nd, 2006 at 2:08 pm
Ouch. Bad beats, as they say in that card game I play.
Good luck on admission, it will be awesome to read your experiences :)
August 22nd, 2006 at 2:57 pm
Damn straight son. But I WILL PREVAIL, on account of I AM MIGHTY!
Like the /strong tag is mighty.
August 22nd, 2006 at 3:31 pm
Good luck with that higher education thang AT. This may sound really silly, but what are the chances of borrowing enough dough for the first five hours. Lord knows you’ll be rich and powerful someday, after you get smart and stuff. So you’re good for it…right?
August 22nd, 2006 at 3:46 pm
I wouldn’t say that the whole college system is screwed up. It’s more like the public college system is screwed up and the private college system is pointless. ;-)
August 22nd, 2006 at 3:59 pm
“Who the hell was it that said that higher education was easy?”
Not me.
“It’s more like the public college system is screwed up and the private college system is pointless.”
They have both become businesses. So, to the extent that American business is fucked up, so is higher education.
August 22nd, 2006 at 4:22 pm
Businesses don’t fuck people…people fuck people.
People suck.
August 22nd, 2006 at 4:23 pm
“If a teacher has an entire class fail, his ass needs to be FIRED for not doing his/her damn job.”
Ain’t happening at Pellissippi STCC, either. Trust me.
August 22nd, 2006 at 4:49 pm
Joel, I’m glad you brought that up. Actually, I’m in the firm belief that if colleges treated students more like customers, with an accountability for teachers who don’t belong there (regardless of tenure), we’d have a much better situation.
Sound off, since you’re in the industry.
August 22nd, 2006 at 5:09 pm
Did I already regale you folks with the tale of the Pellissippi teacher who flunked 80% of his class? Yes, no maybe?
A friend of mine had a introduction to drawing class last semester. 15 students, only one or two of them had an interest in drawing, the rest were taking it as a requirement and, as such, weren’t necessarily good artists. It was the last semester for that teacher, as he was moving to NYC the day after classes ended. He failed 12 of the 15 students, including my friend who has never made a grade below a B+. And I saw her work, she totally deserved a B.
Of course, his actions were reported and the students that filed grievances had their grades adjusted, but since the guy moved the day after end of semester, he wasn’t reprimanded or anything.
And apparently he was a giant ass to all his students. Good luck making a living as an artist in NYC, ass.