Blackademic
Blackademic by lkdzzbls August 31, 2010
slackademic
A perpetual student who prefers the safety and comfort of academic life over the trials and tribulations of the real world. source: http://www.wordspy.com
slackademic by Dr. Mohamed Taher December 9, 2008
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slackademic
slackademic - someone who has continuously gone to college since graduating high school, is over 24 and still has not received a bachelors degree.
slackademic by pedro calhoun January 12, 2004
Blacademic
An adjective describing a black student who focuses on the learning aspect of school.
A portmanteau of "black" and "academic".
A portmanteau of "black" and "academic".
Jake: Why does every show on the Disney Channel have some blacademic kid as one of the characters?
Chris: I don't know, that's a good question.
Chris: I don't know, that's a good question.
Blacademic by PulpFiction November 5, 2009
slackademic
A student, or intellectual, whom regularly isn't intellectually curious about every aspect of their discipline. Also a student, or intellectual, whom regularly finds ways to reduce his/her workload, due to laziness.
The slackademic spent most of lecture analyzing the professor's words and emotions in order to glean only the most important ideas to reduce the amount of material to review in preparation for the exam.
slackademic by slackademic August 25, 2004
blackanomics
a social conscienceness that focuses on economic empowerment of the african diaspora, which in turn is to be transfered intergenerationally for the next one hundred years.
The next movement towards freedom will not be a movement for civil rights, but a movement towards economic power which in this country equals freedom... BLACKANOMICS.
Examples:
Rev. Floyd Flake, Blackanomist
George C. Fraser, Blackanomist
Professor Cornell West, Blackanomist
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Blackanomist
Dr. Martin Luther King, Blackanomist
Examples:
Rev. Floyd Flake, Blackanomist
George C. Fraser, Blackanomist
Professor Cornell West, Blackanomist
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Blackanomist
Dr. Martin Luther King, Blackanomist
blackanomics by the entrepronegro January 3, 2008
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Striver
The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.
The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.
The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.
The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.
Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
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