L. Marcus Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Re: The Last Word Ah. Bastards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Re: The Last Word We had other labels for them as well, but they all boil down to the same thing, with colorful excesses to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Re: The Last Word I don't think "washout class" means what I think it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Re: The Last Word "You keep using that word . . ." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Re: The Last Word A "washout class" is a class that is intentionally difficult (and/or taught unhelpfully) and is used as a de facto barrier for people seeking a degree in a particular program. At UW when I was an undergrad, organic chem was a pre-med washout class (one of several, but probably the most notorious). For physics majors, the washout classes are usually the junior-level electromagnetism series and quantum mechanics series, which introduce tools and concepts the student is unlikely to have ever seen before in a drink-from-the-firehose way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Re: The Last Word Oh. Yeah. Definitely not what I had in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Re: The Last Word What were you thinking of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Re: The Last Word "Washout Classes" sound to me like they should be illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Re: The Last Word I came across this and liked it enough to post here: For those who believe, no proof is necessary, For those who do not believe, no proof is possible. The article this is from and arguing for a new scientific superparadigm is here: http://www.peterrussell.com/Reality/RHTML/R1.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Re: The Last Word What were you thinking of? The kind that are easy. I forget the word for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Re: The Last Word "Smooth sailing". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Re: The Last Word No, that's not it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Re: The Last Word "Easy Street"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Re: The Last Word Nope. It's a specific phrase, "_________ class," but it's been so long since I've taken one, I can't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Re: The Last Word In my travels I have found that the term for that tends to be local and time-variant. Here in Seattle the term is not the same now as it was in the 1970s (at least, when I use the term now the students look at me blankly). And it was also different in Texas and Indiana in the 1980s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: The Last Word How odd. I think the one we used in high school was some kind of sailing term for when it's smooth and fast. If so, it would explain why I forgot it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: The Last Word Clipping along? I got nutthin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: The Last Word Well, as long as they don't call it my class, I suppose the name doesn't matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: The Last Word Give them a bit of a challenge, I say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: The Last Word That is sort of the point of education.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Re: The Last Word 'Tis, but students tend to prefer the classes they can sail through without paying attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Re: The Last Word Aye, that they do. As did I, back in the day, like the quarter I was wrestling with E&M and quantum and first quarter of astrophysics at once, so I took a Speech Communications course for easy credit hours. That's the only class I ever took where I burned the textbook once I was done with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Re: The Last Word . . . I have now been up for 23 hours straight . . . Damn election . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Re: The Last Word ha ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Re: The Last Word . . . Good Nelson impression! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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