NationStates Jolt Archive

School starts again for me on Monday, August 7. I was wondering when most people go back to school, because I'm guessing that my area starts earlier than most places. So, if you are a student, when do you go back to school?

I just finished the summer semester, and I start back up again on the 28th. The joys of university life.

September 6th at my High School in Massachusetts.

September 6th at my High School in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts rocks. It's nice to see that at least some places let kids out of school for the entirety of Summer.

That's what it was like back in Port Aransas. When I went (Pre-Kindergarten through 1st Grade), school ended on May 29th and started again on September 21st. Of course, virtually everyone in that town was/is from New England (and the upper Midwest), where people actually understand the seasons, rather than go by archaic scheduling systems made for farmers.

As for me? Well, school starts as soon as I can afford it again. :p

Pancakes!!! Yay!

fortunately I've finished school *pokes with (not much)money and physical representation of time*

though technically I still have to get my results (if anyone has any idea when that is they could be a star and tell me)

my understanding is though that school term starts in September (though slightly earlier for Scotland) at least thats the way we do it in the U.K what kind of sick backwards country forces Students to work in August?

High schools in my state don't start until after Labor Day. However, they are getting out later than they did when I was high school. I graduated in late May (of 2000) and kids this year graduated in early June.

Massachusetts rocks. It's nice to see that at least some places let kids out of school for the entirety of Summer.

That's what it was like back in Port Aransas. When I went (Pre-Kindergarten through 1st Grade), school ended on May 29th and started again on September 21st. Of course, virtually everyone in that town was/is from New England (and the upper Midwest), where people actually understand the seasons, rather than go by archaic scheduling systems made for farmers.

As for me? Well, school starts as soon as I can afford it again. :p

Oh wow. Well, we get out around June 21st, and usually start right after Labor Day. But we also get anywhere from a week to two weeks for winter break, then a week for February vacation, and then a week for Spring Break in April. Also, we usually get a lot of little holidays off. Two and ahalf days off for Thanksgiving, most Jewish holidays, etc.

But it works, and I like not having to go back until the last day or two of August, or after Labor Day. (for some reason, it changes year-to-year)

Start first year of uni on the 21st of this month.

Oh wow. Well, we get out around June 21st, and usually start right after Labor Day. But we also get anywhere from a week to two weeks for winter break, then a week for February vacation, and then a week for Spring Break in April. Also, we usually get a lot of little holidays off. Two and ahalf days off for Thanksgiving, most Jewish holidays, etc.

But it works, and I like not having to go back until the last day or two of August, or after Labor Day. (for some reason, it changes year-to-year)

JUNE? Wow, that's late. But it seems like those extra vacation days might make up for it.

my understanding is though that school term starts in September (though slightly earlier for Scotland) at least thats the way we do it in the U.K what kind of sick backwards country forces Students to work in August?

I think the holidays start much earlier in the USA(?)

fortunately I've finished school *pokes with (not much)money and physical representation of time*

though technically I still have to get my results (if anyone has any idea when that is they could be a star and tell me)

my understanding is though that school term starts in September (though slightly earlier for Scotland) at least thats the way we do it in the U.K what kind of sick backwards country forces Students to work in August?

Florida does. See, we have these tests in February and March that are required for graduation (and school scores influence funding for the schools). Both the math and the reading section are quite easy, and most students pass the math, but only half of students pass the reading on their first try in the sophomore year.

So the state keeps starting the school year earlier and earlier so that they have more time to prepare students for it. We get out in the third week of May, too.

It's nice to see that at least some places let kids out of school for the entirety of Summer.

See, if they let us out for the entirety of summer here in Florida, we'd hardly be in school.:cool:

Although, I'm so used to Florida (from spending my entire existence here) that I still have to wear a heavy coat in the 60 degree Farenheit weather that passes for winter here:)

I move in sept 1st. No clue when classes actually start. I can't fucking wait.

See, if they let us out for the entirety of summer here in Florida, we'd hardly be in school.:cool:

Although, I'm so used to Florida (from spending my entire existence here) that I still have to wear a heavy coat in the 60 degree Farenheit weather that passes for winter here:)

1: Bah, I totally forgot about the whole difference in climate. But still, the end of May to the middle of September seems like the best bet. It's long without being too long, you know?

2: Heh. A few months ago, it was about 65 degrees here in Tomball. I was going into the local supermarket (H-E-B for those of you in the same state), and this guy was in the thickest coat I've ever seen (think George Costanza's fabled Gortex coat). On top of that, he was doubled over to keep his stomach warm, which was in stark contrast to my blue jeans and t-shirt. :p

Hehe, I never left.

I'm in grad school and am currently in a summer class, but my fall semester starts in September. *sigh*

I just finished the summer semester, and I start back up again on the 28th. The joys of university life.
what? that's no holiday at all :eek:
when i was at cardiff business school we got all of june (if you include exam leave) to october off :p

now though i'm not a student for the first year in my life, and its weird and hard having no summer hols at all :(

1: Bah, I totally forgot about the whole difference in climate. But still, the end of May to the middle of September seems like the best bet. It's long without being too long, you know?

2: Heh. A few months ago, it was about 65 degrees here in Tomball. I was going into the local supermarket (H-E-B for those of you in the same state), and this guy was in the thickest coat I've ever seen (think George Costanza's fabled Gortex coat). On top of that, he was doubled over to keep his stomach warm, which was in stark contrast to my blue jeans and t-shirt. :p

I just start shivering below 70 degrees. I think I'm naturally colder than most people. I've taken my temperature when I've felt really warm, only to find that my temperature was around 96 degrees. Right now, I'm at about 96.6 degrees. I've been called cold-blooded because of that.

Plus, I have practically no insulation. I'm just skin and bones (and other internal organs, too, I guess)

The strange thing is that the colleges around here start in September or at the very end of August. It's just the elementary, middle, and high schools that start earlier.

Pfft...southern wimps.

Hehe, I never left.
<---jealous.

<---jealous.

Don't be. It was so fucking boring up here. The only people here were the geeks and the fo-nahs. It sucked.

what? that's no holiday at all :eek:
when i was at cardiff business school we got all of june (if you include exam leave) to october off :p

now though i'm not a student for the first year in my life, and its weird and hard having no summer hols at all :(

I've gotten used to not having a summer break. I did spent 4 years in the Army, one of which in Iraq. Summer classes are pretty easy compared to all that. Also, I do get 3 weeks off, which is about 2 weeks longer than my vacation tolerance anyway.

Don't be. It was so fucking boring up here. The only people here were the geeks and the fo-nahs. It sucked.
all that was down here were people I despised...so I worked alot. At a summer camp. Where there are now about a dozen 7th graders who have a crush on me. It, too, sucked.

Don't be. It was so fucking boring up here. The only people here were the geeks and the fo-nahs. It sucked.

It could have been worse. Instead of being in Lansing you could have been in Mount Pleasant. Or *gasp* the Soo.

School starts on September 5th. One year it was on the second, although for most it was on the sixth.

We got off school I think in like the third week of June and then had exams. It was something like that.

They were exploring options like getting rid of summer vaca and just having four day weeks for us though... Sad thoughts.

my kids do school year round, but we homeschool, so it's 3 months on, one month off...ect. We are out April (which is helpful since I do taxes) July( which is when we go on vacation) and December (for the holidays)

The local schools start anywhere from Aug 7th to the 17th, but most don't get out until mid-June because of the multitude of "holidays" that the school districts let them out for.

Classes at OSU start on Sept. 21.

We home school - it never really ends around here.

what kind of sick backwards country forces Students to work in August?


The kind that is a world superpower. I go back to the halls of academia on the 28th, classes start the 30th.

August 28,2006 is when I start again at the university I attend. I move back into the dorms on Friday the twenty-fifth. Can not wait to move in for it means I will be closer to my girlfriend.

:( im starting the fourth week of an eleven week term tomorrow

The second uni trimester started about 3 weeks ago.

Fall Semester classes start on August 21 for me. I move back to the dorms on the eighteenth. Sleepless nights here I come...

I've never lived in dorms. I started university at 22 years old, so they didn't require me to live in them. If I did live in them my freshman year I would be in prison for mass murder right now. You could hear the music from the dorms 2 blocks away at 11:00 at night.

I've never lived in dorms. I started university at 22 years old, so they didn't require me to live in them. If I did live in them my freshman year I would be in prison for mass murder right now. You could hear the music from the dorms 2 blocks away at 11:00 at night.

Try living next door to that! Luckily it was during quiet hours so they were forced to turn it down or get written up.

I move to school on the 16th. It will be my first semester at college. I am so happy!!! The internet there will be SO much faster than the dial-up that I am using.

I move to school on the 16th. It will be my first semester at college. I am so happy!!! The internet there will be SO much faster than the dial-up that I am using.

What college/university?

When, and what the hell, is Labour Day?

(apparently I'm supposed to stop wearing white after it and all...)

Anyway, I'm going back for another Degree (this time in Law, last one being in Education, look at me, I'm so pompous), and school starts Sept. 6.

When, and what the hell, is Labour Day?

(apparently I'm supposed to stop wearing white after it and all...)

A day where everyone gets a day off from work. According to what I have been told, it is a day to celebrate the work of the laborer. I think.

What college/university?
University of Oklahoma. I got a lot of scholarship due to a high PSAT score.

Try living next door to that! Luckily it was during quiet hours so they were forced to turn it down or get written up.

I would have definately gone to prison then, because at least in the dorms I would have had to keep my firearms in the campus police station.

When, and what the hell, is Labour Day?

Labour Day in Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Day#Labour_Day_in_Canada)

You guys have it in Soviet Canuckistan as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_day

I was close.

I would have definately gone to prison then, because at least in the dorms I would have had to keep my firearms in the campus police station.

Typical but good for safety reasons.

Labour Day in Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Day#Labour_Day_in_Canada)

You guys have it in Soviet Canuckistan as well.

Now now. It is not polite to insult our friendly neighbor.

You guys have it in Soviet Canuckistan as well.
I guess I don't pay attention, because we celebrate actual labour-related activities (of the not-giving-birth-kind) on May 1st. And I guess we don't have the same kind of shopping hype as you do in the US...

Now now. It is not polite to insult our friendly neighbor.

I have nothing but love for Canada. In fact, when I lived right on the border I spent the vast majority of my time over there. It was then that I developed an addiction for poutine, which my girlfriend described as "vomitous" when we were in Canada last weekend.

And I guess we don't have the same kind of shopping hype as you do in the US...

I'm sure in TO they do, but in Canada proper maybe not.

University of Oklahoma. I got a lot of scholarship due to a high PSAT score.

HAHA! Your football team is in the midst of the biggest scandle since Maurice Clarett. Hope you enjoy life as a sooner. Good luck at school :)

I'm starting university. I move into my dorm two days before Labour Day and i start classes two days afterward. Take from that what you will/.

HAHA! Your football team is in the midst of the biggest scandle since Maurice Clarett. Hope you enjoy life as a sooner. Good luck at school :)
Ok, well, I suck at football anyway and I did not go there on a football scholarship. To be honest, I only went there because I dislike paying a lot of money for things. Oh yeah, thanks for the good luck statement.

I'm sure in TO they do, but in Canada proper maybe not.
Hahahaha..."Canada proper"...:D

Hahahaha..."Canada proper"...:D

When I lived up north all of my friends were Canadian, and northern Ontarians aren't too fond of TO .They did a fair enough job of indoctrinating me :p

When my girlfriend lived in Texas she had a friend from Toronto, and through her over IM we had a pretty lengthy discussion about just how Canadian Toronto was. It was probably the funniest discussion of my entire life.

August 28th and I cannot fucking wait!

I got a list of all my classes and they are all going to be easy!!

Also, according to new school changes, you no longer need to be at school by 7:45am. That means I have 15 more minutes to drink my coffee, and wont be late much!!

The only thing I'm worried about is who I'm going to eat lunch with.

Where there are now about a dozen 7th graders who have a crush on me. It, too, sucked.
Spoon their eggs. ;)

I'm sure you're happy summer is ending soon.

It could have been worse. Instead of being in Lansing you could have been in Mount Pleasant. Or *gasp* the Soo.

Hell man, I would have loved to go up to the Soo. Alas, with my workload and my lack of funds, I've been limited to 3 Minor league and one major league baseball game.

God, my life sucks.

Spoon their eggs. ;)

I'm sure you're happy summer is ending soon.

That's illegal, my friend. And a very firable offense.

That's illegal, my friend. And a very firable offense.
How about racing them to the finish line?

How about racing them to the finish line?

Dude, these are 7th graders. Get your mind out of the gutter and into your anus.

Dude, these are 7th graders. Get your mind out of the gutter and into your anus.
I laugh at you for not understanding how un-perverted I'm actually talking.

:p

I laugh at you for not understanding how un-perverted I'm actually talking.

:p

Sure...

Sure...
Have you never heard of egg races? :eek:

Have you never heard of egg races? :eek:

I have not had the pleasure of racing eggs.

I have not had the pleasure of racing eggs.
Sark has.

Cue frying pan.

Sark has.

Cue frying pan.

Perhaps he should explain it, then.

*dodges frying pan*

Perhaps he should explain it, then.

*dodges frying pan*
Perhaps he should.

*gets smacked in the face by frying pan*

Spoon their eggs. ;)

I'm sure you're happy summer is ending soon.
*smacks with frying pan*
Actually, I've come out of this with some really great friends and a potential girl, so I can't complain all that much. As for work...yes. It can't end soon enough. 7:30 is an ungodly hour and no one should be up that early. ever.

To explain Ruffys comment, I lifeguard at a summer day camp. He is convinced that we do egg races, and uses that to harass me. And when he does, I hit him with a frying pan.

*smacks with frying pan*
Actually, I've come out of this with some really great friends and a potential girl, so I can't complain all that much. As for work...yes. It can't end soon enough. 7:30 is an ungodly hour and no one should be up that early. ever.
So the captain got himself a wench?

Any time that is AM is evil.
To explain Ruffys comment, I lifeguard at a summer day camp. He is convinced that we do egg races, and uses that to harass me. And when he does, I hit him with a frying pan.
It's what brothers do.

:cool:

So the captain got himself a wench?quite a cute wench at that. Although, I don't see a relationship, as school starts soon (2 pts for being on topic!)

Any time that is AM is evil.any time before sunset is evil.

It's what brothers do.

:cool:
touche...may I offer you a killians?

quite a cute wench at that. Although, I don't see a relationship, as school starts soon (2 pts for being on topic!)
Such a shame.. (the school part, not the being on topic..)
any time before sunset is evil.
Harr.. I hear ye.
touche...may I offer you a killians?
You may, but I'd rather you offer me a funnel to drink the killians.

Such a shame.. (the school part, not the being on topic..)does enable the fun hookups without the commitment. Which is good. I think. I sound like a manwhore again, don't I?:(
You may, but I'd rather you offer me a funnel to drink the killians.can do. I've had 8 of the 12 pack. You can have 3. I want another.

does enable the fun hookups without the commitment. Which is good. I think. I sound like a manwhore again, don't I?:(
Casual hook-ups make baby Jesus cry. I think it's that satanic hair cut of your's. *nods*
can do. I've had 8 of the 12 pack. You can have 3. I want another.
Deal.

*chugs beers*

Casual hook-ups make baby Jesus cry. I think it's that satanic hair cut of your's. *nods*

Deal.

*chugs beers*so does punting him. Hasn't stopped me yet!:fluffle:

so does punting him. Hasn't stopped me yet!:fluffle:
:D

I hope they have alcohol in hell!

No alcohol in hell. Only apple juice.

Whenever the next holidays are finished.

Whenever the hell the next holidays are.

I don't have any plans to go back to school...

So, on the topic of school, what classes has everyone signed up for?

I got my schedule a few days back.

1st period- AP Psychology
2nd period- AP English Language
3rd perod- AP Latin
4th period- Pre-calculus
5th period- AP American History
6th period- AP Chemistry
7th period- Physics I Honors

Gov. 355: American Foreign Policy
Gov. 312: American Political Parties
Gov. 301: Political Research Skills and Methods
Hist. 342: Hitler and Nazism
Hist. 291: Modern Middle East

These are my classes this semester.

ECE 2214 Digital Design
ECE 2713 Digital Signals/Filtering
ENGR 2003 Engineering Practice
MATH 2433 Calculus 3
MUNM 1113 Understanding Music

ECE = Electrical/Computer Engineering
MUNM = Some music thing
ENGR = Engineering

By the way, the psychology AP test is one of the easiest, I got a 5 on that without taking the class.

When I was in elementary-high school, we went the day after American Labor Day. My brother has to go a few days before, though - ha ha. Assuming I can secure funding for college, I'll be going the last week of this month.

ECE 2214 Digital Design
ECE 2713 Digital Signals/Filtering
ENGR 2003 Engineering Practice
MATH 2433 Calculus 3
MUNM 1113 Understanding Music

ECE = Electrical/Computer Engineering
MUNM = Some music thing
ENGR = Engineering

By the way, the psychology AP test is one of the easiest, I got a 5 on that without taking the class.

Cool. :)

I've been looking into college courses. I'm thinking of going for a Bachelor of Science in chemistry after I graduate from high school (which will be in two years.)

I started school two weeks ago :mad:

Cool. :)

I've been looking into college courses. I'm thinking of going for a Bachelor of Science in chemistry after I graduate from high school (which will be in two years.)
Well, I noticed that you were taking quite a few AP courses. Hmmmm.... have you considered Chemical Engineering? I think it might be tougher but I think they make more money upon graduation. I'll post stuff from the bureau of labor statistics.

"According to an ACS survey of recent graduates, inexperienced chemistry graduates with a bachelor’s degree earned a median starting salary of $32,500 in October 2004"

"The following tabulation shows average starting salary offers for engineers, according to a 2005 survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers...... Chemical 53,813(for bachelors degrees)" The parentheses are mine, I just didn't want to copy the entire table.

Anyway, I'll just post the links for the information on engineering and chemists from the bureau for you to look at.

Engineering(includes information for chemical) (http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm)

Chemists (http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos049.htm)

School starts on September 6th for me but ONLY if I get the correct AS Level results to continue onto A2. However as this is going to be my last year in school I will be breaking up in June then I'll be off to university Huzzah!!!

Well, I noticed that you were taking quite a few AP courses. Hmmmm.... have you considered Chemical Engineering? I think it might be tougher but I think they make more money upon graduation. I'll post stuff from the bureau of labor statistics.

"According to an ACS survey of recent graduates, inexperienced chemistry graduates with a bachelor’s degree earned a median starting salary of $32,500 in October 2004"

"The following tabulation shows average starting salary offers for engineers, according to a 2005 survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers...... Chemical 53,813(for bachelors degrees)" The parentheses are mine, I just didn't want to copy the entire table.

Anyway, I'll just post the links for the information on engineering and chemists from the bureau for you to look at.

Engineering(includes information for chemical) (http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm)

Chemists (http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos049.htm)

Thanks for the information! It's really helpful. I'm actually planning to do graduate work after I get a bachelor's degree. Maybe I'll even go for a PhD. I've thoght about chemical engineering a little bit, but I really enjoy chemistry. I had about a 102% in Chemistry Honors last year, and I really enjoyed the class.

But what I really want to do is become a nanoscientist, and I'm really not sure what to major in to become one. From what I understand it's pretty much a very interdisciplinary field. So maybe I should start out generally and specialize more in graduate school? I'm really not sure. I just really want to be some sort of scientist.

Thanks for the information! It's really helpful. I'm actually planning to do graduate work after I get a bachelor's degree. Maybe I'll even go for a PhD. I've thoght about chemical engineering a little bit, but I really enjoy chemistry. I had about a 102% in Chemistry Honors last year, and I really enjoyed the class.

But what I really want to do is become a nanoscientist, and I'm really not sure what to major in to become one. From what I understand it's pretty much a very interdisciplinary field. So maybe I should start out generally and specialize more in graduate school? I'm really not sure. I just really want to be some sort of scientist.
Hmm.... nanoscientist? Well, I think that the best major for that would be like Materials Science or Materials Engineer as they specialize with creating new materials through messing around with the atoms and they take many physics and chemistry courses, however, both of those are not found at most schools but anything that involves both physics and chemistry is good. You can get into nanotechnology with chemistry or chemical engineering or physics and probably a few other fields, I am not an expert on this subject. Chemical engineering is a form of chemistry though that focuses more on commercial applications of chemical reactions but it is more complicated. I really don't know the best way to get into nanotech, there are some companies that are interested to be certain and some colleges with nanotechnology labs.

CAS EN 323 B1 Brit lit 2
CAS EN 533 A1 American lit: Beginning to 1855
CAS EN 545 A1 19th Century American Novel
SED LR 732 A1 Reading Methods

CAS EN 323 B1 Brit lit 2
CAS EN 533 A1 American lit: Beginning to 1855
CAS EN 545 A1 19th Century American Novel
SED LR 732 A1 Reading Methods

That sounds like a bullcrap class list if I ever saw one! :p

Where do you go?

My law school was a bit...odd, and had a rotating quarter system in which you took 11 weeks of class, followed by 11 weeks of internship, etc etc for 2 years, after the first year.

I was in class in the summer, and, absent a few small breaks here and there, was in school for nearly an entire calender year from 1st to 2nd year.

HAHA! Your football team is in the midst of the biggest scandle since Maurice Clarett. Hope you enjoy life as a sooner. Good luck at school :)
way to overblow the "scandle" btw there is none, a player on his own screwed up broke the rules, and got kicked off the team, no big "scandle"
:rolleyes:

way to overblow the "scandle" btw there is none, a player on his own screwed up broke the rules, and got kicked off the team, no big "scandle"
:rolleyes:

Actually it was two and yes...it is a good one. Oklahoma starting quarterback Rhett Bomar and sophomore guard J.D. Quinn will not play for the Sooners this season. The school said the players violated NCAA rules by working at a private business and taking "payment over an extended period of time in excess of time actually worked."

As I said..it is a good one. :D

September 6th at my High School in Massachusetts.
Hear hear! Canada and Massachusetts rock ^.^

The day after labour day.
It's the way it should be done.

My law school was a bit...odd, and had a rotating quarter system in which you took 11 weeks of class, followed by 11 weeks of internship, etc etc for 2 years, after the first year.

I was in class in the summer, and, absent a few small breaks here and there, was in school for nearly an entire calender year from 1st to 2nd year.
Where did you study law?

That sounds like a bullcrap class list if I ever saw one! :p

Where do you go?
haha...bullcrap except for that all but one are graduate level classes.

I'm up at BU. where are you?

Where did you study law?

Northeastern University School of Law, Boston

I'm up at BU. where are you?

Hah no kidding, I'm living about...15 minutes from BU. Or 30 depending on the time of day. Damned B line.

haha...bullcrap except for that all but one are graduate level classes.

I'm up at BU. where are you?

Boston U? Impressive.

*points to location*

Hah no kidding, I'm living about...15 minutes from BU. Or 30 depending on the time of day. Damned B line.
my sister is a senior at NEU.

I'm living up in Allston this year, so you might actually be closer to BU than I will be.

Boston U? Impressive.

*points to location*yeah, but which school?

MSU. The land of snow and tear gas.

my sister is a senior at NEU.

I'm living up in Allston this year, so you might actually be closer to BU than I will be.



I'm actually right past the Brighton line in Allston/Brighton, so if you're IN Allston, you're probably closer, depending on how deep in Allston and how far you are from the T.

MSU. The land of snow and tear gas.
ahh...sounds like good times. I'm not looking forward to winter. I have a half hour walk to campus daily. I might actually have to shell out the cash to take the T.:(

ahh...sounds like good times. I'm not looking forward to winter. I have a half hour walk to campus daily. I might actually have to shell out the cash to take the T.:(

Actually, I like winter. Everyone is packed into those moving sardine cans they call busses, so no one is walking. No one exept me. It can be really peaceful. As long as you like cold. Which I do.

Around here school starts August 28th this year. We got out June 9th. I have to go to school on the 23rd for "Freshman Orientation" though. There's only one high school in my county, therefore it's the only school that does that. The 2 middle schools have orientations too, but at night instead of the whole day. The 7 elementary school only have kindergarten orientations... and every school starts on the 28th.

I'm actually right past the Brighton line in Allston/Brighton, so if you're IN Allston, you're probably closer, depending on how deep in Allston and how far you are from the T.
I'm up directly between BU and BC...half hour walk onto campus, and sadly, the T takes about equally as long

Actually, I like winter. Everyone is packed into those moving sardine cans they call busses, so no one is walking. No one exept me. It can be really peaceful. As long as you like cold. Which I do.I like winter...but there is one bridge I have to walk that gets brutal wind...once you cross that, you never really get semi-warm again.

I'm up directly between BU and BC...half hour walk onto campus, and sadly, the T takes about equally as long
I like winter...but there is one bridge I have to walk that

So around the Commonwealth/Washington Street area?

I go to that Whole Foods there a lot.

Around here school starts August 28th this year. We got out June 9th. I have to go to school on the 23rd for "Freshman Orientation" though. There's only one high school in my county, therefore it's the only school that does that. The 2 middle schools have orientations too, but at night instead of the whole day. The 7 elementary school only have kindergarten orientations... and every school starts on the 28th.
Back in the Palaeolithic Era, when I was a kid, school started on the Thursday after Labor Day (the Thursday after the 1st Monday in September for folks not from the US). Starting earlier is just wrong! :( And all this staggering of start times is confusing, those poor kids, those poor mothers, trying to figure out when to report. :rolleyes:

:p
And how's the sunburn, Darknovae?

I'm doing summer classes right now. Fall semester at University of Maine starts right after Labor Day (1st week of Sept., for those outside the U.S.). I'll hardly get any vacation time, unlike last year when I was able to go to Disney World for two weeks.

Term starts on the 31st of September for me. Mind you, I am currently employed until the 9th, which means I get about 3 weeks of a summer vacation. Woot. ='(

So around the Commonwealth/Washington Street area?

I go to that Whole Foods there a lot.

One street up from Harvard Ave...its one of those streets that links Comm Ave and Brighton Ave...so yeah, close to that area

Term starts on the 31st of September for me. Mind you, I am currently employed until the 9th, which means I get about 3 weeks of a summer vacation. Woot. ='(
The, uhm, 31st of September?

:p
And how's the sunburn, Darknovae?

Lots better. I've been asked that about 2857238432947 times this week. :p

My legs don't hurt anymore and neither do my hands!! :D

Lots better. I've been asked that about 2857238432947 times this week. :p
only that few? :rolleyes: glad to hear it.

The, uhm, 31st of September?
Yes. It's a special day that only people who study advanced temporal mechanics get to use.

<_<;

I did mean the 30th. The fact that the last day in September was actually said date was beyond the reach of my poor overworked mind.

Yes. It's a special day that only people who study advanced temporal mechanics get to use.

<_<;

I did mean the 30th. The fact that the last day in September was actually said date was beyond the reach of my poor overworked mind.
I like the temporal mechanics answer ... :D And sometimes it is difficult to keep track.

only that few? :rolleyes: glad to hear it.

Actually it was more like 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 999999999999999999999999999999797978979798534554486876879 times.


:D

I get back to school on the 26th, and classes start on the 28th. I'm almost disappointed that I'm going back so late - living in a college dorm during high school rocks!

Actually it was two and yes...it is a good one. Oklahoma starting quarterback Rhett Bomar and sophomore guard J.D. Quinn will not play for the Sooners this season. The school said the players violated NCAA rules by working at a private business and taking "payment over an extended period of time in excess of time actually worked."

As I said..it is a good one. :D
Bomar is the big story around here, JD was just about useless so we don't talk about him, and it's not a "team scandal" it's a 2 idiots and a car lot scandal.

*is way too overprotective of her Sooners*

There have been huge team scandals with other teams, involving many more players.....you might check out Texas A&M's (http://www.tulsaworld.com/SportsStory.asp?ID=060803_Sp_B6_Aggie2619) history...really in comparison this isn't that "good" of a scandal, it's just more recent.

Hmm, I had to go re-check what classes I have this fall. I'd forgotten.

I changed majors last year from History to French, so I've got a couple of general education classes to finish up. After this semester I'll be done with that crap.

FRN 315 Advanced French I
FRN 320 France Today
ANT 368 Hispanic Cultures in the US
GEL 105 Environmental Geology (Yes, I'm a lazy bitch)
REL 334 Death and Dying

In the spring I'll be going to France for the semester, so I'll get caught up on my French things.