Rye, while I can appreciate the sentiment, DON’t do it the “usual way.”
Pay cash for each class, as you can afford it. These days Student Loans can be FATAL to your Future. They are NOT discharged in Bankruptcy any more (Thanks OBAMA!) and will haunt you for the rest of your life.
Granted this is set in California, but the fees, etc. add up. Be Careful!
I’d love to finish getting a degree. My original major was Nuclear Physics, but that doesn’t have a lot of use to me now, after some 30 years as an IT Professional. If I had the time (and money) I’d get a degree in Marine/Maritime Archaeology.
Leo… The usual way is scary to me. I would hate to be a student right now. The debt mountain would be REALLY scary. And I thought that you have ALWAYS been on the hook for federal education moneys. They gave us that scare tactic back in 1996 when I took out loans. It was my understanding that the debt would follow you forever back then.
Pete… ooo… Maritime Archaeology sounds fascinating. Then again, you scuba… so that makes sense. I bet you loved Jacques Cousteau didn’t you?
Jack… I am fortunate enough to have paid off my loans. I am currently debt free, which is a HUGE weight off my shoulders. I like not having a ton of debt sitting on me and my head. But going back to get my masters does tickle my brain…
qka,
Since you seem to be an S&G fan, you might want to check out a recent 2 CD album “The Essential Simon and Garfunkle”. It’s great for long road trips.
brig,
For sad, try an album of “Porgy and Bess”. I have a CD transcription of early Gershwin recordings that includes about 20 min of a 1935 recording of “selections” as well as Gershwin on the piano for “Rhapsody in Blue” and “An American in Paris”.
Beetles… I have tried P&B… but I like uppity, and jazzy. I do enjoy the occasional thought-provoker piece… but I need to stay up. Music really does have an affect on my mood. I have to be careful.
Dangling participle is easy: “Hanging in the closet, he found his shirt.” Hanging is the participle, because it’s -ing. (If you’re going to talk about language, you’re going to have to do it in words. You might as well use the same words the old fuddy-duddies are using, and the word for “-ing – words” is “participle”. Sorry.) Anyway, now ask yourself, “What does the participial phrase [yeah, another technical term, it’s the phrase that contains the participle and other words] modify?” Who or what is hanging? (Of course it’s a he. No woman would be caught dead hanging in a closet.) That’s why it’s a dangling participle.
Imma wack them both with a fish.
http://www.blog.thesietch.org/wp-content/GiantCatfish.jpg
This fish.
I, like Randie, have often heard the term and just like Randie, I have no idea what it actually means.
@Legacy: Why would you want to whack either of them with a fish, that one or any other for that matter?
Because a fish is the appropriate item to whack someone with.
Rye, while I can appreciate the sentiment, DON’t do it the “usual way.”
Pay cash for each class, as you can afford it. These days Student Loans can be FATAL to your Future. They are NOT discharged in Bankruptcy any more (Thanks OBAMA!) and will haunt you for the rest of your life.
Granted this is set in California, but the fees, etc. add up. Be Careful!
I’d love to finish getting a degree. My original major was Nuclear Physics, but that doesn’t have a lot of use to me now, after some 30 years as an IT Professional. If I had the time (and money) I’d get a degree in Marine/Maritime Archaeology.
*sigh* Maybe some day.
It’s the tough debate of going back to school because that mean old Sallie Mae always steps in.
Legacy… Good LORD! THAT is SOME Fish!
Pasha… English majors are cringing right now.
Leo… The usual way is scary to me. I would hate to be a student right now. The debt mountain would be REALLY scary. And I thought that you have ALWAYS been on the hook for federal education moneys. They gave us that scare tactic back in 1996 when I took out loans. It was my understanding that the debt would follow you forever back then.
Pete… ooo… Maritime Archaeology sounds fascinating. Then again, you scuba… so that makes sense. I bet you loved Jacques Cousteau didn’t you?
Jack… I am fortunate enough to have paid off my loans. I am currently debt free, which is a HUGE weight off my shoulders. I like not having a ton of debt sitting on me and my head. But going back to get my masters does tickle my brain…
The Dangling Conversation?
A dangling participle is one where the participle doesn’t actually modify any word in the sentence.
“Having no money for a new dress, her old dress had to do for the wedding.”
(The dress is not the one with the money problems, she is, but “she” appears nowhere in the sentence.)
qka… THAT is a dangling conversation… in a melancholy-singing like way.
Mary… ah… clarification. Well done!
Dresses with no money… such a sad situation. Write a song for that, Simon & Garfunkled!
I guess there are no “Monty Python” Fans here. “The Fish Slapping Dance” was a fameous sketch.
And as funny now as it was back then.
Might be up on YouTube if you’re curious.
away with prescriptive grammar! burn your strunk and white! let those participles dangle wild and free!
qka,
Since you seem to be an S&G fan, you might want to check out a recent 2 CD album “The Essential Simon and Garfunkle”. It’s great for long road trips.
Leo… I’m afraid I am not up on Python. I pretty muchly missed that boat. Sorry…
anatman… GAH! I just ran across my copy of Strunk & White yesterday! I forgot I had a copy! Silly me!
Beetles… long… melancholy, thought-prokoking and sad trips…
brig,
For sad, try an album of “Porgy and Bess”. I have a CD transcription of early Gershwin recordings that includes about 20 min of a 1935 recording of “selections” as well as Gershwin on the piano for “Rhapsody in Blue” and “An American in Paris”.
Beetles… I have tried P&B… but I like uppity, and jazzy. I do enjoy the occasional thought-provoker piece… but I need to stay up. Music really does have an affect on my mood. I have to be careful.
Dangling participle is easy: “Hanging in the closet, he found his shirt.” Hanging is the participle, because it’s -ing. (If you’re going to talk about language, you’re going to have to do it in words. You might as well use the same words the old fuddy-duddies are using, and the word for “-ing – words” is “participle”. Sorry.) Anyway, now ask yourself, “What does the participial phrase [yeah, another technical term, it’s the phrase that contains the participle and other words] modify?” Who or what is hanging? (Of course it’s a he. No woman would be caught dead hanging in a closet.) That’s why it’s a dangling participle.