TGS, you're obviously a mainstreamist (Wiki "Mainstreaming (education))." What a sweet and laudable social goal!

One of the problems, of course, is that if you've been mainstreamed all your life, you're operating under the distinct illusion that you're not retarded. The problem is that some people are, in fact, retarded. Intelligence, for what it's worth (and it begs definition, I know), falls under the normal distribution of a bell curve (not "The" Bell Curve).

You might be in the 2nd %-ile, you know?

Oh, you must be an elementary education major then. At least give us a list of the non-arrogant majors (or perhaps the subject areas of the non-arrogant professors), please.

Don't you think the total cost of liquid soap used at your university is more than $2700? Either you guys don't wash your hands (H1N1, anyone?) or you have no sense of the cost of things.

In any case, $2700 at my college will pay the salary of one adjunct lecturer teaching one course for one semester (including a little of the fringe). So basically what I'm saying is that your so-called state tuition fee covers almost nothing.

And "tautologically speaking," is an adjunct is as valuable as 100 gallons of liquid soap (at current wholesale prices)?

Why do idiot students insist on being idiots and making the case for the professor (Prof. Shackelford/Gribble)? I would say that while I strongly support community colleges and their particular mission, this is, unfortunately, another case of Q.E.D. for the prof.

Not all students are whiners. But whiners spread their bad attitudes like the flu. Some upright students catch the bug. It's obviously easier to blame others for one's feeling insecure than blaming one's self. Students should know that every adult human being finds him- or herself in challenging and uncomfortable situations at times and has to deal with it. (Did you humanities professors ever try to do your own tax returns, e.g.?) I would say that if students are repeatedly turned off by tough professors, then they should step down to a lower-level college. Community colleges serve a very worthwhile purpose for many.

Ego te absolvo. Now, for your penance, give me 10 thumbs ups.

Well, Josh, your retarted.

You're correct when you write that creationism and evolution don't relate to each other. I'm not insulting your faith, just your science. And in terms of your intelligence, which of the seven--or eight--do you mean?

Right. Isn't it funny how you never have enough free time, but you always have some spare change? I like the combo theoretical-physics-cum-music criticism. Very Renaissance man of you.

Joe, shouldn't you stick to plumbing? I think you might be in way over your head here.

Amen, sister (about the chocolate, that is). Chocolate is even God's favorite flavor!