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Q1
Admissionofficer:
Sure,askaway.Itstartsnextweek,youknow.
Yeah,andIwantedtogetsomerequiredcoursesoutoftheway,so
Ican,maybeIcangraduateonetermearlierandgetoutintothejobmarket
sooner.Q2
Thatsoundslikeagoodidea.Letmepullupthesummer
schooldatabaseonmycomputerhere.
Ok.
OK,hereitis.What’syourstudentIDnumber?
Oh,well,thethingis,I’mnotactuallyadmittedhere.Iwillbe
startingschoolupstateatHooperUniversityinthefall,butI’mdownherefor
thesummerstayingwithmygrandparents,‘causeIhaveasummerjobnear
here.
Oh,Isee.Well.
SoI’moutofluck?
Well,youwouldbeifyouwerestartinganywherebut
Hooper,butCityCollegehasasortofspecialrelationshipwithHooper,afull
exchangeagreement.SoourstudentscantakeclassesatHooper,andvice
versa.Q5Soifyoucanshowmeproof,eh,youradmissionsletterfromHooper,
thenIcangetyouintooursystemhereandgiveyouanIDnumber.
Oh,cool.So,um,Iwannatakeamathcourseandasciencecourse,
preferablybiology,andIwasalsohopingtogetmyEnglishCompositionCourse
outoftheway,too.
Well,allthreeofthosecoursesareofferedinthe
summer,butyou’vegottounderstandthatsummercoursesarecondensed.Youneed
longerhoursandtheassignmentsaredoubledupbecauseit’sthesameamountof
informationpresentedandtestedinaregularterm,butit’sonlysixweeks
long.Twocoursesareconsideredfulltimeinsummerterm.Q3Evenifyou
weren’tworking,Icouldn’tletyouregisterformorethanthat.
Yeah,Iwashalfexpectingthat.Whatabouttheschedule?
Are
classesonlyofferedduringtheday?
Well,duringtheweek,wehavesomeclassesinthe
daytimeandsomeatnight.Andontheweekends,wehavesomeclassesallday
SaturdayoralldaySundayforthesixweeks.
Myjobisprettyflexible,sooneontheweekdayandoneonthe
weekendshouldn’tbeanyproblem.Ok,soafterIbringyoumyadmissionsletter,
howdoIsignupfortheclasses?
Well,assoonasyourstudentIDnumberisassignedand
yourinformationisinouradmissionsystem,youcanregisterbyphonealmost
immediately.Q4
Oh,whataboutfinancialaid?
Isitpossibletogetitforthe
summer?
Sorry,butthat’ssomethingyouwouldhavetoworkout
longbeforenow,butthegoodnewsisthatthetuitionforourcoursesisabout
halfofwhatyou’regonnabepayingatHooper.
Oh,well,thathelps.Thankyousomuchforansweringallmy
questions.Ah,I’llbebacktomorrowwithmyletter.
Iwon’tbeherethen,butdoyouseethatladysitting
atthatdeskoverthere?
That’sMsBrinker.I’llleaveheranoteaboutwhatwe
discussedandshe’llgetyoustarted.Q4
Cool.
Lecture1WorldHistoryClass
Listentopartofalectureinaworldhistoryclass.
Professor:
Inanyintroductorycourse,Ithinkit’salwaysagoodideato
stepbackandaskourselves:
Whatarewestudyinginthisclass?
Andwhyarewe
studyingit?
So,forexample,whenyoulookedatthetitleofthiscourseinthe
catalogue,IntroductiontoWorldHistory,whatdidyouthinkyouweregetting
into?
Whatmadeyousignupforit,besidesfillingthesocialscience
requirement?
Students:
Hahahahah
Anyone?
Well,justthehistoryofeverything,youknowlikestartingat
thebeginningwith,IguesstheGreeksandRomans,theMiddleAges,the
Renaissance,youknow,thatkindofstuff,likewhatwedidinhighschool.
Ok,nowwhatyouaredescribingisoneapproachtoworld
history.Infact,thereareseveralapproaches,basicmodelsorconceptual
frameworksofwhatwestudywhenwedohistory.Andwhatyoustudiedinhigh
school,whatIcallthewestern-heritagemodel,thisusedtobethemostcommon
approachinUShighschoolsandcolleges.Infact,it’sthemodelIlearned
with,whenIwasgrowingupback,oh,aboutahundredyearsago.
Hahahahahha
Ah,atMiddleTownHighSchoolupinMaine,Iguessitmade
sensetomyteachersbackthen,since,well,thehistoryofWesternEuropewas
thecultural-heritageofeveryoneinmyclass,andthisremainedthedominant
approachinmostUSschoolstill,oh,maybe30,40yearsago.But