tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post4299969102546016256..comments2024-03-28T16:53:39.313-05:00Comments on PawPaw's House: Remembering Affirmative Action.Pawpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-49993428240818120202022-11-04T06:53:06.136-05:002022-11-04T06:53:06.136-05:00Lord I can commiserate... my 19 year old flunked 2...Lord I can commiserate... my 19 year old flunked 2 semesters in community college. Took some effort getting him signed up, but he is now about 1/3rd of the way through the welding program at the local tech college, and loves it. It takes some effort. The local high school had him convinced he was going to be an aerospace engineer... oooh, maf is hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-73026803308061340002022-11-03T13:31:23.384-05:002022-11-03T13:31:23.384-05:00Much the same at LSUNO in 1963 where the place was...Much the same at LSUNO in 1963 where the place was a lot of hard hat area and some sidewalks were, well, they weren't. Yet.<br /><br />Had no idea of it then, but certainly do now -- someone else ran the place. They made the rules. I was a student, another word for "customer" in the academic world. I went to the campus, bought their product, education, and went back home. Simple as that. <br /><br />Pretty sure *I* chose the product and *they* provided it. Students never thought of actually running the place. Somehow that has all gone topsy-turvy. Those with the least knowledge and experience now seem to be muchly running the place.<br /><br />And that draft thing... I wasn't drafted, but I did go from LSUNO to USAF not too long afterward for personal reasons. Had no idea it would take me 7 years of nights and weekends to finally get my degree later, sometimes mailing papers to profs from temp far aways and taking test on return. Had several temporary "I" course statuses. :-)<br /><br />But we all knew who actually ran the places, and it damned sure wasn't the customers, uh, students.BobFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151886643397907230noreply@blogger.com