<p>So, here’s a chuckle for you guys:</p>
<p>I made a 33 on that bio test I took on Monday, which would normally make me cry tears of bitter defeat. However, due to the curve, a 30 and above is an A. AN A!</p>
<p>So that tells you one of two things. Either we’re all super dumb, or this class is crazy hard. Maybe both? :P</p>
<p>Sounds like a class that’s no fun :)</p>
<p>Yeah, pretty much. But it has it’s moments! </p>
<p>Like today, I can’t remember what we were talking about, but this other girl was like “you know, a man’s, erm, uuuuh, you know…” </p>
<p>And I said, “Peeeeeeeeeenis! *<strong><em>, </em></strong><em>, </em>! You can say it with me!”</p>
<p>My professor reminded her that we were in a bio class, and that we in fact can and should call genitalia by their actual names. lol</p>
<p>As a side note, I’d totally win at the ***** Game. :P</p>
<p>Wow, this forum thinks that the actual correct term is a swear word. Go figure!</p>
<p>Lmao you would think kids in college would actually act like adults atleast a little</p>
<p>For sure. Still, wonder what it says about me that I didn’t care if it made her uncomfortable. lol. Probably that I’m awesome!</p>
<p>Probably didnt dawn on you that it would’ve made her uncomfortable. She isn’t 13</p>
<p>Yeah, chick had to be at least close to my age, and I’m almost 24. People should be able to name body parts out loud by 24. lol. </p>
<p>Soooooo ready for this semester to be over, though! Super tired. But it’s that April crunch time, so I’ve got tons of tests, projects, and papers in the next month. </p>
<p>Are you taking any classes right now?</p>
<p>Ya 13 hrs global politics, transformational communist governments, ok gov-his, physical science and lab</p>
<p>You’re in a class on transformational communist governments? How interesting! What do you think of it? </p>
<p>I’m in social psychology, research methods in social science, and biology + lab.</p>
<p>Yes teachers from china too (ironic) its interesting we are focusing more on Russia and the Soviet Union</p>
<p>Well, I’m no expert, but that seems to make sense, since Communism didn’t take root in China until much later.</p>
<p>Yes china was nationalist</p>
<p>And obviously before that empiralist…</p>
<p>The Chinese look at the last 150 years as an awkward stumble from which they will soon recover. Chinese nationalism is here to stay and will get more emphatic as China continues to develop. They’ve always considered themselves a cut above the rest, kind of like the United States lol.</p>
<p>I like how we went from rats to cheese which btw my daughter could eat a lb of to china :)… Loove it</p>
<p>And yes unfourtantly there are those who see American exceptionlism a bad thing on top of that teach it as such while making a mockery out of it and American history as well as American achievements</p>
<p>LOLOLOL… </p>
<p>@deadx - I might give you a run for your money in the peeeeeeenis game!! Hah! I wonder what other parts of the anatomy have been arbitrarily labeled as swear words. Oh, I see. College Confidential would rather we play the Varsity Blues game and come up with 50 slang terms by which to call private parts. How fabulously mature and appropriate. Ridiculous. </p>
<p>And America is a “cut about the rest.” Weeeeeee, this thread is full to the brim with jokesters this evening. That’s good comedy, right there. I wrote a blog post about Texas Exceptionallism last summer. Bleh.</p>
<p>Woah, hold up - you think that the pervasive attitudes of American Exceptionalism are a good thing? How so?</p>
<p>@whatevdude</p>
<p>Uh oh, someone struck a nerve! lol
Here is my take:</p>
<p>American Exceptionalism as an ideology is silly. It certainly isn’t a foundation upon which you base a particular course of action, as some people seem advocate. In my opinion, it is true to the extent that it describes a historical phenomenon. America is historically exceptional in terms of its initial development, rapid rise to power, and the remarkable impact its ideology has had on the rest of the world over the last century. My objection is to the idea of this historical record serving as some kind of justification for action. For instance, I believe that it is sometimes necessary to fight wars in order to retain a certain geopolitical balance, but this is within the context of self-interest and the pure exercise of power, which in no way draws its legitimacy from some vague notion of “Exceptionalism.” I am something of a war-hawk (relatively), but I have no delusions of moral superiority. Moral action has been a political pipe dream in the world of international relations, and it will probably remain that way for quite some time. Ultimately, we are just a very big fish in a pond full of other fish, fighting over limited resources with little intention of sharing.</p>