Let's visit..... (Missoula, Libby: opportunity, baby, degree)

[Reziac]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

But I did learn that the smaller campuses afforded me the opportunity to meet and keep great friends. Smaller classes so I was able to learn more. The friends I met were true friends, not just college friends. Friends that I've kept up with through all the years. The bigger campuses, were just to get the credits I needed at the time. I have 86 upper level credits and 64 lower level credits. No more then 4 or 5 have ever been on one campus.

Whoa, you're as bad as my late-favourite-uncle-by-marriage-since-divorced (yes, that's all one word). He never quite stopped going to college. Was a professor at times too. So what all did you study?

I liked MSU-Bozeman just fine, still think it was a nice-sized school. Had everything anyone could want, but still small enough that your profs always knew you personally and you could always get that extra help if you needed it, and the campus was a reasonable size for getting to everything, too. (And the dorm food was terrific, at least if you ate at the old dorms! not so good at the new highrise's kitchen.)

I'm not sure class size has much to do with it, tho -- some of the classes with a hundred or more students seemed to put the most material into my head. Some teachers have the knack of teaching to every single student, no matter how large the class. I've also seen teachers who couldn't relate to a class of 10 or 12 students. At MSU, I only encountered one really bad teacher (he really should never have been required to teach at all, he just couldn't talk to students -- tho I gather he was a brilliant researcher); the rest were from adequate (only a couple I'd rate that low) to pretty good to terrific.

[Mt-7]

More fishing stories!
and yes when is the wagon heading north?

[tiberius]

Hey Griz... good catch.. Wurzig had told me her age, and that she had two years behind her.. As one of the girl's Montana "uncles", I'm embarassed to forget that.. But I got all excited looking at the sororities at UM.. There's only four, but they looked real good on their websites.. Sorry Wurzig... haha.

[ElkHunter]

Rez - Electronics, math, fiber optics.

Mt-7 - Wagon will roll around the 20th or so of April. I've posted new pictures as we rolled it out of the shop and put the top back on. We're just working on trim stuff now.

[Wurzig]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

I too think that smaller is much better. Specially as a Junior. With smaller, it becomes much more personal. Friends are easier as there are not thousands to choose from. With smaller, you have less people to redicule or become clanish. There's not enough people to become a clan.

I've studied in a lot of schools. School of Mines, SD. Springfield, SD. Tampa, U of F. Texas A&M. San Diego, U of U. San Diego U of C. Hell, I can't even remember all of them. But I did learn that the smaller campuses afforded me the opportunity to meet and keep great friends. Smaller classes so I was able to learn more. The friends I met were true friends, not just college friends. Friends that I've kept up with through all the years. The bigger campuses, were just to get the credits I needed at the time. I have 86 upper level credits and 64 lower level credits. No more then 4 or 5 have ever been on one campus.

But your daughter has the opportunity of a lifetime to learn away from home. To get new ideas, to experience other cultures, ideas, ....

She would do great in Montana.

Next, you'll have to figure out where you want to live.

You are definitely one well-rounded person!

She received 2 post cards today.......one about whatever....(maybe a club or something, I can't recall)....and another pretty one of the school (the kind you buy when you are on vacation and mail to friends), and it was handwritten, thanking her for touring/visiting and if there are any more questions please let us know.....

I can't remember if I mentioned this, but in January, she received a voice mail call from a boy at the school.....said he was a student there and if she had any questions please call back.....

UM does an excellent job of promoting......wow!

[Mt-7]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

Rez - Electronics, math, fiber optics.

Mt-7 - Wagon will roll around the 20th or so of April. I've posted new pictures as we rolled it out of the shop and put the top back on. We're just working on trim stuff now.

Psst: I didn't know you were Santa

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by Mt-7

Psst: I didn't know you were Santa

2 years ago I decided to have some fun. Went into the hair place in Wal-Mart and had everything dyed white. When they were finishing up and blow drying my hair a little kid come dragging his mother through the door. He stopped and pointed at me and told his mother. "See, I told you he was here." She come over and appologized. I told her there was no need to appologize, if the little guy wanted to believe, let him.

Grandkids loved it.

[Reziac]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

2 years ago I decided to have some fun. Went into the hair place in Wal-Mart and had everything dyed white. When they were finishing up and blow drying my hair a little kid come dragging his mother through the door. He stopped and pointed at me and told his mother. "See, I told you he was here." She come over and appologized. I told her there was no need to appologize, if the little guy wanted to believe, let him.

Grandkids loved it.

A friend here does the same thing, and he can pull off Santa pretty convincingly. Kids enjoy it and it's harmless. I remember having fun posing with Santa when I was a little kid -- I already knew Santa was a fairy tale, but it was still fun to pretend to believe, just for that moment.

Not much different from adults role-playing, whether that's historical recreations or whatever. Hell, that's one fun thing about stuff like your wagon ride -- just for today, we can pretend it's 1840 and we're headed into the wild unknown.

[Reziac]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

Rez - Electronics, math, fiber optics.

Wow, that's a headful! Good useful applied stuff, too.

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by Reziac

Wow, that's a headful! Good useful applied stuff, too.

All those credits. I have no degree. Just took classes to help my work/job. For instance, a company I worked for wanted to get into fiber optics. So I jumped back into the school mode and took 4 classes on Fiber Optics.