• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      What’s wrong with crunchy granola?

      I’m just glad some one did the right thing. Because it’s the right thing.

      Most that negotiate will just play the long game and expect the urgency to go away. I’m not sure that it will- but history says it should.

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        It wasn’t a criticism, it was a description. Evergreen is basically what happens when hippies find a way to give people a good college education.

        I have a friend who went there.

        Edit: Wikipedia should elucidate:

        Evergreen is unique[46] in that undergraduate students select one 16-credit program for the entire quarter rather than multiple courses. Full-time programs will encompass a quarter’s worth of work in everything related to that program concentration, by up to three professors. There are no majors; students have the freedom to choose what program to enroll in each quarter for the entire duration of their undergraduate education, and are not required to follow a specific set of programs. Evergreen is on the “quarter” system, with programs lasting one, two, or three quarters. Three-quarter programs are generally September through June.

        At the end of the program, the professor writes a one-page report (“Evaluation”) about the student’s activity in the class rather than awarding a letter grade, and has an end-of-program evaluation conference with each student. The professor also determines how many credits should be awarded to the student, and students can lose credit.

        That honestly seems like a pretty decent way to do college and better than my alma mater of Indiana University.

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          6 months ago

          It does sound like an amazing way to do college. it also sounds like the kind of college I could actually enjoy going to.

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            6 months ago

            It sure worked out for my friend. She’s had a series of well-paying federal government jobs because of it.

            Also, Matt Groening went there, so that’s quite the endorsement.

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        6 months ago

        I was called granola once because I’m pretty hippie. I wear these rope sandals everywhere (they’re so damn comfortable) and I dress in the most comfortable clothes I can find.

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          6 months ago

          . . . I can respect that. (though, I need more arch support than what usually is found in rope sandals…)

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            6 months ago

            I mean I was a little confused on whether I should be upset or not, but then they explained it and I was like “okay”