   Delusions of grandeur
  Today at work this kid (probably about 17) starts telling me about how he''staking these college classes while he''s still in high school and how this school that he''s taking these correspondance classes through is making him believe he''s going to have 40 some credits thats going to trasnfer to whatever college he''s going to go to. He''s beginning computer animations and has taken several classed in networking (how these relate to each other is beyond me...) and he intends on going into game development.The funny thing is, I never even asked him. He just started telling me this shit. This is a classic example of the type of geek who really is a dork and thinks he''s super smart for taking these classes and "getting ahead of the pack", but in all actuallity he really is just a dork. I tried telling him that most of this shit he''s taking won''t actually transfer over to a real University, but he seems excited and set on how this is going to lead him into becoming a game programmer. (yeah, programmmer... not graphics artist or networker).I don''t know if you could call this a rant or what, but I was glad when this kid walked out of the store. He almost made me ashamed of being an aspiring professional game developer.   ---------------------------------------------------laziness is the foundation of efficiencyretrospiral.net | llamas! | megatokyo | FreeBSD | gamedev.net | google
  Well then again, most Hoosiers were never right in their heads. ;  kiss me bum   ---------------------------------------------------laziness is the foundation of efficiencyretrospiral.net | llamas! | megatokyo | FreeBSD | gamedev.net | google;quote:Original post by zer0wolf  how this school that he''s taking these correspondance classes through is making him believe he''s going to have 40 some credits thats going to trasnfer to whatever college he''s going to go to.Well, if the school is telling him this, then maybe it could be? Isuppose it depends on the school and college.We''ve all had high aims in the past. Doesn''t mean we''re delusional. Good luck to him. ;  I don''t know if anyone else has noiced this but having the I can do attitude seams to actualy work. Even if the person doesn''t realy know what they are doing. I personaly have wasted alot of time never trying to get anywhere in life because I know what my limmit is. I know what the realy good and great people in my line of intrest are doing and how I fall short. I think whats the point. Then I have another look around. I see all the people doing what I want to do having little to no clue how to realy do their job. How many people around here see people all the time that think they know more than they do but know that they could do beter, and have done better? They got where they are some how. It seams by just having the nerve to sell themselves as something bigger than they are. In my case I''m not talking about programing. Starting old school 2D games that I never finnish is about all I''m good for.  ;  AGREED.In the three freshman-level university CS courses I took last year, there was exactly one student in each class (for two classes, the same guy) who thought he knew everything.  I mean, this was to the point where he would *correct the professor*.  While I''m all for correcting professors, there was one problem: the professor was always right.This kid would have a smart-aleck comment every time the professor said anything.  At first, the professors were too nice to just tell him, "LOOK, you''re WRONG, just take your faulty logic and SHOVE IT UP YOUR TA WANNABE ARSE!"  But their inhibitions broke down and later in the semester I began to hear a bunch of simple "No, you''re wrong"''s coming from the professors :-)At first I got really irritated at these guys and it would put me in a bad mood.  Later I got to where I would laugh to myself every time they opened their mouths.  Why?  Because they want so bad to become one of those crappy TA''s, making $6 an hour, while I''ve got an actual job programming.STERILIZE THE STUPID!  ;-)~BenDilts( void ); ;quote:Original post by BeanDog  STERILIZE THE STUPID!  Now that should be on a shirt!;  The thread topic reminds me of something I posted on another forum...   _____________________________________________________________Please read my whole post before making an ass out of yourself, thank you.+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - +| N | e | c | r | o | - | F | i | l | e |+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - +;  Its even worst when teachers are wrong and won''t admit tough...My 4th grade teacher once told us that Antartica was the warmest place on earth because it was the southmost one...And she brought me to the principal for vehemently contradicting her.The look on her face when the principal answered was priceless.More recently, my Programming teacher told us how classes shouldn''t have private memebrs because they are a pain in the ass.  That''s sad.;quote:Original post by xMcBaiNx  My 4th grade teacher once told us that Antartica was the warmest place on earth because it was the southmost one...And that my friends...is why we homeschool.Really, how did she get to be a teacher? That''s so sad.