Someone i need to know?
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I had a series of classes in college with 6 students, including myself. If one of us failed, the rest wouldn't be able to do the next course in the series. It didn't help that the classes were some of the most difficult in our major. Barely made it through all 4 classes lmao
Sounds like some once in a lifetime team building experiences
It was honestly incredible. We all had so much time between classes, so we'd just get that classroom unlocked and hang out in there. There was a time all 6 of us decided to just have nap time. Professor walked in to all of us sleeping in makeshift beds. A couple of us even stashed blankets in that room. We really did work together on everything. Like, we'd have communal study guides and just edit it as we saw fit, then go over it as a group before tests. I was considerably shorter than everyone else, so I was the one who got to crawl under desks to plug in Ethernet cables and all that jazz.
To me sounds like a great guy, though he should have just went to a real university.
Why?
Shaq just wants the knowledge. He doesn't need to pay for "elite" accreditation.
Community college or a state school could have done the job.
Why go to an online university if you don't want an online education? There are plenty of places that have in-person classes, without being elite or elite priced.
Why go to an online university if you don't want an online education?
It's only an online university with less than 15 students.
There are plenty of places that have in-person classes, without being elite or elite priced.
One of which was shaq's choice.
He was probably also paying for privacy.
There is a bit of a midpoint between elite accreditation and University of Phoenix
You can't compare accreditation and education.
I'm just repeating the phrasing in your post
You are repeating without comprehending.
Shaq was paying for personal tutoring. Elite universities sell accreditation, not education.
All universities sell accreditation
Correct. And accreditation is not important for shaq. He doesn't need to prove he knows what was taught. He doesn't need to be compared to his classmates.
And the variance in that term was illustrated incredibly well by your first comment.
Every comment:
Shaq's great, but **goes on to describe something decidedly not great**
Let me say this, between him making fun of a handicapped person on social media and him buying a tiger from Joe Exotic I'm gonna go ahead and say he's just a straight up piece of shit.
He generally comes off as a nice person but he's pretty irresponsible and ableist. People always want to build up images of celebrities but they're just human beings with flaws like anyone else.
He is a overall a good dude. I love what he did with his Sneakers:
As per Joe Pompliano, In 1998, when Shaq was on his way out of the Orlando arena, a mother was seen cursing at him. She posed the question, “Why don’t one of you s** o** a B****** make an affordable sneaker?” in front of him that made him wonder. He even offered her $200 which she violently refused.
The Lakers legend stopped to think about the enormous difference in the actual cost of basketball shoes and how much a typical family could spend. This led to his decision to leave Reebok and start his own line. A thought occurred in Shaq’s mind and he turned to the biggest retailer in the world, Walmart.
It’s been two decades, and Shaq has been selling most of his shoes at Walmart for $15-$30, compared to Nike’s $200 and more. This helped him sell over 120 million pairs of shoes.
Heartwarming sweatshop labour, although I expect that's the case at both price points.
Are there companies that make stuff without child slavery?
I imagine so, but sweatshops full of adults don't strike me as much of an improvement.
A lot of stuff actually. Many countries have strong anti child labour laws. Of course I know illegal sweatshops do still exist.
A shoe factory in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing economies in the world now.
I'm sure with India becoming China-lite, there won't be any problem with Bangladesh becoming India's Tibet....nope. none at all.
Actually, honestly, yes I did. My bad. I apologize.
In the back of my brain I knew there was something I was forgetting about as I typed and it was on the tip of my tongue.
At that point, why the university of Phoenix?
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