I'm not very surprised by the fact that Lynn doesn't know what working in a book store really involves. Elly's clear ambition to die without getting a degree to shame her children into feeling bad about having emotional needs and needing care has something of an odd side-effect: her not knowing what she'd actually do with the glorified participation pin of a degree:
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I'm trying to think of how I could've completed 2 years of university without taking a single 1st year English class.
I vaguely recall the English prof who had been deemed by the Dean of the English faculty to 'guide' us English majors telling us which courses to take and when where it related to English. There were other courses we could take outside of the mandatory 1 or 2 English classes (designated with 1000 level or whatever)...
Only way I can see it is that she took the class initially at the beginning of the term, sat in it for a couple of weeks before the 'drop' date, then dropped the course and picked up something else in that slot, or ... just didn't pick up another provided she still had a full course load of 4 courses (5 was a full course load whereas 3 was part-time). She'd be crazy to try to pick up another class in that 1st 2 week period as some classes already had assignments, readings, etc (especially at Nipissing where the English classes were x2/wk).
I also don't recall the English profs ever telling us what we
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To be honest, I didn't know what I wanted to do with my degree when I finished it, either. But I wasn't hostile about my future, and quickly transitioned to a gap year, then into an accounting diploma.
It took me a couple of years and a re-think back to university before I finally landed my current position, which luckily takes most of what I learned in university & college (finance/accounting, information studies). Otherwise, dunno what I'd be doing today!
Elly canonically was supposed to have attended University of Toronto. (Not that Lynn would have done any research on their classes or requirements.)
I taught first-year English as a teaching fellow in my PhD program as well as an adjunct and as a full-time temporary instructor (adjuncting while I was still working on my dissertation and then the year of full-time temp teaching once I had "PhD in hand"). Both institutions required the first-year English classes as prerequisites for all the other English courses. I guess we can make up some head canon about how Elly kept failing and/or dropping first-year English before finally dropping out of school entirely, but of course we wouldn't need to if Lynn told more of the story in the strip.
University of Toronto (or U of T) was reportedly difficult to get into - I didn't even bother to apply to it when I was going for my undergrad in English Literature. Then again, I didn't want to go to Toronto for school.
I did attend U of T for my Masters in (Library & ) Information Studies because it was one of 2 universities in Ontario that offered the degree, and the only one that did it part-time (I worked full-time at the time, and attended to do a career shift - long story).
Most of the St. George campus is split up/down/around Bloor / St. George / Spadina / Queen's Park / College. It really depended upon which faculty you were attending on where you went. For me, all of my classes for my masters were in the Claude Bissell building, conveniently located right next to Robarts, the library.
Interestingly, a quick Google search shows that most of the downtown campus English classes/faculty are located in the Jackman Humanities building, which is conveniently located right next to the School of Dentistry. Quite possible that if
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I've been a high school teacher for almost thirty years. But I never finished my PhD. I want my 4-year old godson and 2-year old goddaughter to finish their education. So I am going to retire from teaching and....um, something.
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I'm trying to think of how I could've completed 2 years of university without taking a single 1st year English class.
I vaguely recall the English prof who had been deemed by the Dean of the English faculty to 'guide' us English majors telling us which courses to take and when where it related to English. There were other courses we could take outside of the mandatory 1 or 2 English classes (designated with 1000 level or whatever)...
Only way I can see it is that she took the class initially at the beginning of the term, sat in it for a couple of weeks before the 'drop' date, then dropped the course and picked up something else in that slot, or ... just didn't pick up another provided she still had a full course load of 4 courses (5 was a full course load whereas 3 was part-time). She'd be crazy to try to pick up another class in that 1st 2 week period as some classes already had assignments, readings, etc (especially at Nipissing where the English classes were x2/wk).
I also don't recall the English profs ever telling us what we ( ... )
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To be honest, I didn't know what I wanted to do with my degree when I finished it, either. But I wasn't hostile about my future, and quickly transitioned to a gap year, then into an accounting diploma.
It took me a couple of years and a re-think back to university before I finally landed my current position, which luckily takes most of what I learned in university & college (finance/accounting, information studies). Otherwise, dunno what I'd be doing today!
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Elly canonically was supposed to have attended University of Toronto. (Not that Lynn would have done any research on their classes or requirements.)
I taught first-year English as a teaching fellow in my PhD program as well as an adjunct and as a full-time temporary instructor (adjuncting while I was still working on my dissertation and then the year of full-time temp teaching once I had "PhD in hand"). Both institutions required the first-year English classes as prerequisites for all the other English courses. I guess we can make up some head canon about how Elly kept failing and/or dropping first-year English before finally dropping out of school entirely, but of course we wouldn't need to if Lynn told more of the story in the strip.
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University of Toronto (or U of T) was reportedly difficult to get into - I didn't even bother to apply to it when I was going for my undergrad in English Literature. Then again, I didn't want to go to Toronto for school.
I did attend U of T for my Masters in (Library & ) Information Studies because it was one of 2 universities in Ontario that offered the degree, and the only one that did it part-time (I worked full-time at the time, and attended to do a career shift - long story).
Most of the St. George campus is split up/down/around Bloor / St. George / Spadina / Queen's Park / College. It really depended upon which faculty you were attending on where you went. For me, all of my classes for my masters were in the Claude Bissell building, conveniently located right next to Robarts, the library.
Interestingly, a quick Google search shows that most of the downtown campus English classes/faculty are located in the Jackman Humanities building, which is conveniently located right next to the School of Dentistry. Quite possible that if ( ... )
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Rod Johnston did complete his dentistry education at U of T, so your theory makes sense!
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I've been a high school teacher for almost thirty years. But I never finished my PhD. I want my 4-year old godson and 2-year old goddaughter to finish their education. So I am going to retire from teaching and....um, something.
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"I want her to grow up to be all she can be"
you want her to join the army?
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