Kevin's Watch

What? Nonsense...it's not butting in, its taking part. (Not sure what community colleges are...like short or part-time courses?)

True enough about the reading habits of kids...that's been ever since TV started...

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Community Colleges used to be called Junior Colleges back in the day, Av. They cover Freshman and Sophomore level courses, and issue what is known as an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree. Hyperception attended one part time for seven years after he was asked to leave the University of Rochester for criminal activity before we met. When we first married, getting him restarted at Broward Community was the focus of our life, but he did well enough to earn his full tuition and fees covered scholarship to UF and to place in the Top 10 of the USA Today All-American Community College Team in 1998.

They tend to cost far less than University, and offer a good starting point for those who can't afford University, don't earn scholarships or grants, or do not quailify for financial aid for one reason or another. They're also a good option for the student who screwed up in high school and needs a fresh start before applying to University, as the AA degree generally supercedes high school transcripts upon transferring.

Nowadays a lot of Community Colleges tend to focus on vocational careers that do not need more training than a two year degree. But for the serious scholar, they can still offer an inexpensive starting point to a successful University career (can you tell I'm a fan of the system?).

Gotcha, thanks. So Hyperception got busted huh? Bummer.

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Avatar wrote:So Hyperception got busted huh? Bummer.

If he and I were age mates, instead of me being eight years older, and knew of each other during our high school years and immediately after, there is no way I would have been allowed to hang with him, nor would I have chosen to do so most likely.

How early did common identity fraud begin? He and his best friend had a method that allowed them to party very well in Manhattan all through their high school years, including week-long stays on the conceirge level of the Marriott Marquis in Manhattan for Homecoming week and prom, etc. When cash was needed, simply whipping out a procurred credit card to buy an item, and then selling it for 50% off to classmates took care of that. Somehow getting a master post office box key to NYC apartment building mail boxes was involved...

From what he tells me, nowadays what they did would be very primitive, but I guess in the mid-'80s it wasn't all that rampant and I think they got away with quite a bit in monetary value.

We met about a year after he left UR; he was still serving probation for ATM machine fraud (didn't realize the built-in camera had a fish eye lens instead of a dead on view) and probably could have gone either way in deciding to continue to engage in criminal activity or school. Perhaps I've had a little influence on that decision. *blush*

Styling.

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Avatar wrote:Styling.

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*sigh*

Av...I'm old...

What does that mean?

I was expressing admiration for the ingenuity he displayed and the wherewithall to carry out his ideas (reasonably) successfully. Me, I'm great with ideas...just too lazy to actually test them out.

Styling: Having exhibited style.

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Ah...OK

IMO, it only confirms in my mind that many criminals truly could be successful in legal endeavors, given the encouragement, opportunity, and trust to do so. Not to mention the need for them to have their own desire to apply their skills towards legal endeavors, instead of taking what they may see as the 'easy' way (although from what Hyperception tells me, there was nothing 'easy' in the planning and execution of what they did, the monetary results were just quicker than most legal endeavors).

But, perhaps that is a topic for the 'tank. Not that I would start it...