And we’re back in a new semester! Boy, that was fast, as if these comics were pre-drawn from years ago… There is (was?) a coal power plant on campus while I was in school. Sometimes coal would be on or near the sidewalks when we passed by for classes. One year I decided to grab… Continue reading 0048

Oh, that ‘coal as a present’ was a joke? That sounds familiar… >_> Getting your tuition paid is a pretty big present nowadays.

I’m just going to hazard a guess here, but this was probably the first semester I took a humanities course. What a coincidence!

UW-Madison (and I assume many other colleges) has higher numbers for classes of higher difficulty levels. Entry-level courses are typically 100s or 200s, with 300-400s being intermediate, and 500+ being for juniors, seniors, or graduates. Now, I never took a 600 level English course, but I assume that freshmen or sophomore would have problems taking… Continue reading 0052

Here it is, Christmas Eve, and the comic is already talking about the next school semester. I hope everyone is enjoying their break right now! (I know I am). Also – 200 dollars for 4 books sounds pretty cheap for nowadays! It doesn’t take very long for book prices to increase!