Cypress Colllege

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  1. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    Is Cypress College awarding 4 year degrees yet? They were on track to start, but I don't know what has happened since then. CC is my alma mater, among other schools. Go Chargers!!!!!!!!!
     
  2. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    Funny story. As a young man, I was a student of mortuary sciences for a year. I figured it was a good line of work because people die every day! But then I had a startling revelation on day. I realized that working around dead people is VERY depressing, which is kind of comical because I suffer from clinical depression. Duh Abner! :smile:
     
  3. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Not according to their website, Abner. Associate degrees only - some are "transfer degrees" which the College says are good for transfer to bachelor studies at California State Universities. Cypress College Home Page

    Looks like a nice two-year school. Hope you enjoyed your time there.

    J.
     
  4. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    Death rituals are an important aspect to every culture on the planet. Morticians play a role in that process that is quite helpful to everyone involved in regards to the honoring of the deceased person's life and moving through bereavement toward the life ahead. It may, at times be depressing but it is a valuable service to provide.
     
  5. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    Hmm, I thought I read hear somewhere that they were on track to start issuing a very limited amount of 4 years. Yes, I really enjoyed my time there. I went there for approx. 12 years and earned my A.A., plus many transfer credits. I took everything under the sun from Art to business and everything in between. I was also a body builder back then, and the art department used to pay me to model nude in art class! Geez, only in America! :)

    I wen to many schools. I was almost ready to get my BGS from the correpondence depart of the University of Iowa, but towards the end the really jacked up their tuition rates and I just could not afford it. Looking back at it now, I wished I would have stuck it and got my BS from a top notch school like that. I also was a student at Brigham Young for a while, but that was a washout. I really wanted to be a Hawkeye!

    Well, suffice it to say, I have attended my DL course and B&M courses. When I started they were true paper and pen correspondence courses. Many of the course assignment were hand written. Thanks to this forum, I also took a boat load of clep and dantes. Let's just say it takes a large manila envelope to mail in my transcripts.

    As of this writing, I now possess a RA AA, A NA BS and a NA MBA. To be truthful, I kind of miss the true old school method of delivery via paper and pen. I had a certain personal quality to it.

    I can go and on. It has been a long, strange trip. Though I regret not getting my BGS from UOI, and I am least happy that I have accredited degrees to show for all my years as a professional student.
     
  6. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    So do I ... and waiting for the delivery horse... :smile: We thought ICS was really something, in the 90's - the 1890's, that is.

    J.
     
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  7. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

     
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    Abner Well-Known Member

     
  9. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member


    Walter Chrysler did alright with it.
     
  10. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    There are ALL kinds of opportunities for incarcerated students. I just Googled "special programs for incarcerated students" and I got pages and pages. Here's one article: The Incarcerated Student's Guide To Enrolling In College From Prison

    I've heard of at least one accredited Doctorate earned behind bars. I think it was in Psychology and the recipient was a convicted murderer who is not likely to be released - ever. There are numerous "jailhouse lawyers" who have earned law degrees while behind bars. It's kind of a two-edged sword. There's a murderer from my town, here in Ontario, who has been serving many years for killing his wife and two young children. The son's body has never been found. So far he has earned three degrees from his cell. How he deserves to do this at taxpayer expense is a mystery to me.

    I'm fully in favour of education when the prisoner regrets his/her crime and can look forward to integration into society. Otherwise, it is effort and money wasted.

    J.
     
  11. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    Yeah, I don't think my nephew has what it takes to take college level courses, wishful thinking on my part. Lord knows what's going to become of the young lad, he is always getting in trouble.
     
  12. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Oh yes - I think it was this guy. He has been incarcerated since 1975 and earned all his degrees, including his Doctorate, while in jail. Good schools, too! https://authorpatmiddleton.com/about/

    J.
     
  13. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Abner, has your nephew completed high school? If he hasn't, that can be done from behind bars. It's a start. And I've heard of people learning trades while in jail. I once met a welder who told me he got his initial training while behind bars. He made good money when he got out, for sure! :smile:

    J.
     
  14. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    Yeah, he has a high school diploma. He doesn't seem to want to do anything except play damn video games!
     
  15. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

  16. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    I know 40-year-olds with that problem. A couple of them live in my building. Some have a double-whammy - they like to smoke pot and play games to the exclusion of everything else. A few of those so afflicted work to support their game addictions and psychological pot dependencies - many don't.

    Dope will be legal here next year. Maybe the government could make video games illegal instead -- but that would just make them more attractive and breed a new grade of criminals. It's a lose, lose, no-win situation.
     

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