A Liberal Arts college in the US, with two campuses: one in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a needlessly preppy one, populated mostly by sophists. Famous for its approach to liberal arts, focus on great books, and its incredibly uncomfortable, but visually iconic, "Johnnie" chairs. Blackboards are everywhere at the college, and any attempt to change this policy is always crushed with extreme prejudice.
Students of the college are called Johnnies., and in place of professors, instructors are called tutors. This is because they are supposed to be on the journey of intellectual discovery with the students, rather than talking down to them. This is, most certainly, always the case, and tutors have never been known to give lectures in the middle of class to explain exactly why a particular school of thought is fundamentally incorrect because they entirely disregard the writings of one obscure thinker, the essays of whom said tutor will be happy to provide to the interested.
St. John's has no tests or exams. All students are evaluated through their writing and performance in discussion. To deal with the stress and anxiety which comes with much of the work of the college, many Johnnies smoke and engage in extreme forms of Bacchic revelry on a weekly to biweekly basis.
Contrary to popular belief regarding liberal arts degrees, Johnnies go into a variety of fields, mostly in education, academia, or corporate sophistry(commonly known to the uninitiated as the legal profession).
Students of the college are called Johnnies., and in place of professors, instructors are called tutors. This is because they are supposed to be on the journey of intellectual discovery with the students, rather than talking down to them. This is, most certainly, always the case, and tutors have never been known to give lectures in the middle of class to explain exactly why a particular school of thought is fundamentally incorrect because they entirely disregard the writings of one obscure thinker, the essays of whom said tutor will be happy to provide to the interested.
St. John's has no tests or exams. All students are evaluated through their writing and performance in discussion. To deal with the stress and anxiety which comes with much of the work of the college, many Johnnies smoke and engage in extreme forms of Bacchic revelry on a weekly to biweekly basis.
Contrary to popular belief regarding liberal arts degrees, Johnnies go into a variety of fields, mostly in education, academia, or corporate sophistry(commonly known to the uninitiated as the legal profession).
"Where are you going to college again?"
"Oh, I go to St. John's College in Santa Fe."
"Never heard of it."
"I'm not surprised."
Family member:"What do you guys even do at St. John's?"
Johnnie who has learned that most people are either totally disinterested in the truly meaningful parts of their studies and has lost all faith in the ability of most people to have serious conversations: "We read lots of books."
"Oh, I go to St. John's College in Santa Fe."
"Never heard of it."
"I'm not surprised."
Family member:"What do you guys even do at St. John's?"
Johnnie who has learned that most people are either totally disinterested in the truly meaningful parts of their studies and has lost all faith in the ability of most people to have serious conversations: "We read lots of books."
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Get the St. John's College mug.A middle-sized college of about 7500 undergraduate and graduate students. The school was originally founded in 1969, and has expanded to a 1600 acre campus. It's roughly twenty minutes away from Atlantic City and and about an hour from Philly. According to the Princeton Review, Richard Stockton is a "highly selective college", and US News and World Report say Richard Stockton is one of the best colleges in the North for master's degrees. Stockton has also been rated as one of the top five liberal arts schools in the country.
Richard Stockton College has an incredibly highly distinguished faculty including Pulitzer Prize winners, Guggenheim Fellowship winners, and world renowned experts in Holocaust studies, psychology, and physics. 95% of professors hold the highest degree in their field from some of the top schools in the country.
The college's sports history has included national champions in soccer, track & field, and runner-ups in men's basketball. Stockton has also provided camps for the women's Olympic Basketball team, the national youth soccer team, and the World Cup soccer teams from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Trinidad and Tobago.
In addition to undergraduate programs, Richard Stockton offers six Masters Degrees and one Doctoral Degree in Physical Therapy. The college is continuing to expand its programs. Stockton will soon partner with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to build an Aviation Research Technology Park which will become a center for academic and training programs and state of the art aviation research.
There is plenty of action on campus, with Greek Life, a variety of clubs and and organizations- both academic (honors) and service, and collegiate, intramural, and club sports.
Richard Stockton's colors are black and white, with red being the accent color. However, in the fall of 2009 red will be replaced by blue. The mascot is the Osprey.
Richard Stockton College has an incredibly highly distinguished faculty including Pulitzer Prize winners, Guggenheim Fellowship winners, and world renowned experts in Holocaust studies, psychology, and physics. 95% of professors hold the highest degree in their field from some of the top schools in the country.
The college's sports history has included national champions in soccer, track & field, and runner-ups in men's basketball. Stockton has also provided camps for the women's Olympic Basketball team, the national youth soccer team, and the World Cup soccer teams from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Trinidad and Tobago.
In addition to undergraduate programs, Richard Stockton offers six Masters Degrees and one Doctoral Degree in Physical Therapy. The college is continuing to expand its programs. Stockton will soon partner with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to build an Aviation Research Technology Park which will become a center for academic and training programs and state of the art aviation research.
There is plenty of action on campus, with Greek Life, a variety of clubs and and organizations- both academic (honors) and service, and collegiate, intramural, and club sports.
Richard Stockton's colors are black and white, with red being the accent color. However, in the fall of 2009 red will be replaced by blue. The mascot is the Osprey.
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(2) A convenient way for parents to burn 40 grand+ so their children can drink (or smoke, or both), play frisbee, and major in a default subject so they can afford to do the previously mentioned more frequently.
(2) A convenient way for parents to burn 40 grand+ so their children can drink (or smoke, or both), play frisbee, and major in a default subject so they can afford to do the previously mentioned more frequently.
(1) Douglas majored in guitar and music, which really shows because he is a phenominal player now. He also seems to be reading a lot and engaging in intellectual discussion.
(2) (Parent, at home): "Yes, we always knew Blake had a knack for business management systems, and we're glad he's following his dreams."
(Blake, at college): "Dude whatever you gotta drink that shit, thats like the second time you and Terry tried to restack the cups and not drink. Shah, seriously dude drink up."
(2) (Parent, at home): "Yes, we always knew Blake had a knack for business management systems, and we're glad he's following his dreams."
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Get the college mug.#4 Liberal arts college in the nation, Harvard is #1...stockton is for lovers, we have Benny's and shoebies and some out of staters who God knows what they were thinking for paying this ridiculous out of state tuition, we have a bunch of tree hugging hippes and cops who are security guards with a gun instead of mase, they are all fat so if you need to get away...run into the vast Pine Barrons where you will more than likely get lost but you wont be locked up by Sto-Po...the girls are either sorority girls aka the fakest girls alive or they are wifed up by their boyfriend who goes to some other school in New jersey but still does a guy at stockton to make up for the absence of his 4 incher. We have gangsters and we have posers, we drink at the corner and 10 west and absegami high school girls make cameos on a regular occasion so they can go to HS the next day and tell the tale of the college ding a ling. Go here, we get sloppy and makeout and all of our frats are only a hop skip and a jump away, on a map
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Get the stockton college mug.Rosehill college is a high school located in the South Auckland town of Papakura and most students who attend are those who dont want to get their anus shanked at Papakura high which is fill with maoris and other shits.
Still a large population of cunts attend rosehill or "bros-kill" and try to act like skuxx fucks and the house leaders think that the people in their house give a flying fuck about house events and shit but theyre to busy blowing each other to know.
Notable features of the school are its new sports centre with a ripping gym (which some cunt stole dumbells from) and some guy with mushy nuts.
Kura high niggas think theyre hard so attempt to shank anyone in Rosehill uniform.
Still a large population of cunts attend rosehill or "bros-kill" and try to act like skuxx fucks and the house leaders think that the people in their house give a flying fuck about house events and shit but theyre to busy blowing each other to know.
Notable features of the school are its new sports centre with a ripping gym (which some cunt stole dumbells from) and some guy with mushy nuts.
Kura high niggas think theyre hard so attempt to shank anyone in Rosehill uniform.
kura high guy1: "hey kefe, is that guy wearing a rosehill college shirt?"
kura high guy2:"yeah ma nigga ghee lets shank him"
kura high guy2:"yeah ma nigga ghee lets shank him"
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The college runs on the block system. On this system, students take one class, or block, at a time for three weeks. In between blocks there are 4 1/2 day breaks during which students usually go skiing or snowboarding and partake in a general Shit Show. The system is intense, demanding and requires a lot of finesse on behalf of the student. Many of the three week courses are held outside of the college at the college's second campus in Bacca or even internationally, such as an art class that spent most of the block in Paris.
Kids at this college smoke a lot of weed and love flannel, neon clothing, spandex, guacamole, and limes. The school is flooded with friendly hipsters who, aside from the frighteningly excessive amount of whom have a Bob Dylan poster and/or Bob Marley posters in their dorm room, are ready and willing to throw a dance party whenever the time calls for it.
Townies and flyboys from the nearby air force academy continually try to crash the parties at Colorado College, but with little to no success.
The school has a "drink responsibly" policy which applies to students of all ages (as in under-ages) which absolutely owns.
Bad aspects: In Colorado Springs
Good aspects: Lots of opportunities to leave Colorado Springs, good cafeteria food, the college's president name is Dick and he rides around on a segway.
The college runs on the block system. On this system, students take one class, or block, at a time for three weeks. In between blocks there are 4 1/2 day breaks during which students usually go skiing or snowboarding and partake in a general Shit Show. The system is intense, demanding and requires a lot of finesse on behalf of the student. Many of the three week courses are held outside of the college at the college's second campus in Bacca or even internationally, such as an art class that spent most of the block in Paris.
Kids at this college smoke a lot of weed and love flannel, neon clothing, spandex, guacamole, and limes. The school is flooded with friendly hipsters who, aside from the frighteningly excessive amount of whom have a Bob Dylan poster and/or Bob Marley posters in their dorm room, are ready and willing to throw a dance party whenever the time calls for it.
Townies and flyboys from the nearby air force academy continually try to crash the parties at Colorado College, but with little to no success.
The school has a "drink responsibly" policy which applies to students of all ages (as in under-ages) which absolutely owns.
Bad aspects: In Colorado Springs
Good aspects: Lots of opportunities to leave Colorado Springs, good cafeteria food, the college's president name is Dick and he rides around on a segway.
Colorado College kid: Let's blaze and watch the itunes visualizer on the big screen t.v. while blasting bollywood music.
Colorado College kid2: Naw man...I gotta go i'm going to bullshit my way through a grant and go to India
Colorado College kid2: Naw man...I gotta go i'm going to bullshit my way through a grant and go to India
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