View Full Version : So EB players and team members , where do you go to school or what is your degree?
russia almighty
10-26-2007, 01:17
Me personally I'm still in HS(senior year) . I have managed to ax the BS freshman History and english requirements with a little thing called a local university .
Anyway for what I'm gonna do once I get there no idea .
Zaknafien
10-26-2007, 01:33
I went to West Point military academy, and am also getting my Masters through there. After the Army, hopefully I will get some help from Urnamma in getting my PhD and going into archaeology.
Landwalker
10-26-2007, 01:38
I'm a senior undergraduate at Williams College, in Massachusetts. Next year, I'll be beginning graduate PhD work in Medieval/Byzantine history, although I'm not yet sure where I'll be--Harvard, Notre Dame, Princeton, or Oxford (in England) are all possibilities at the moment.
Yeah, I know, nothing at all to do with the timeline of EB. But that doesn't mean I love the mod any the less. ~;)
Cheers.
Tellos Athenaios
10-26-2007, 01:43
I study CS at the RUU aka UU. (Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht aka Universiteit Utrecht)
russia almighty
10-26-2007, 01:50
I went to West Point military academy, and am also getting my Masters through there. After the Army, hopefully I will get some help from Urnamma in getting my PhD and going into archaeology.
wow dude .
I'm on my way to an M.Sc. in MB at AU. Now you guess what they are abbreviations of :P
Was a senior B.A. at UCF for Computer Science and then had a change of heart and now I'm a senior Psychology major for a B.A. at UCF!
Landwalker
10-26-2007, 02:03
I'm on my way to an M.Sc. in MB at AU. Now you guess what they are abbreviations of :P
Let's go with Masters of Science in Microbiology at... there are just too many options here, but I'll go with Auburn University.
Cheers.
Edit: Although I considered the University of Arizona, U. of Alabama, and so forth, I couldn't come up with anywhere else that is A___ University....
NightStar
10-26-2007, 02:05
I buy books and read them, always been interested in military history. Degrees? eh? Infantry, bouncing, bodyguarding, security? Library card maybe?
I'm on my way to an M.Sc. in MB at AU. Now you guess what they are abbreviations of :P
Err a masters the science of microbiology/biotech? As to the university there are many AU's.
Edit: Amazingly someone beat me to that.
Horst Nordfink
10-26-2007, 02:10
Well, after going through all the time and effort to apply, and make arrangements to go to university, at the last minute (literally a week before) I was struck down with a terminal case of apathy and couldn't be arsed going!
I was going to do Chemistry at the University of Hull. Instead, I found a job and have now been sucked into the daily grind of mortgage and "working for the man".
Although, I did go to college part-time for 2 years for a HNC in Chemistry.
Not awfully relevant to anything on EB at all I suppose, but I still love it!!
Tellos Athenaios
10-26-2007, 02:11
Let's go with Masters of Science in Microbiology at... there are just too many options here, but I'll go with Auburn University.
Cheers.
If you read the Voicemod Preview you'd know better (for the AU part). ~;) At least if he hints at the thing I think he does...
Tellos Athenaios
10-26-2007, 02:13
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=1652429&postcount=1
Landwalker
10-26-2007, 02:20
Ah, the other AU. Shame on me. I have not read that thread.
Cheers.
Zaknafien
10-26-2007, 02:23
oh, I forgot to mention, my major was Classical Antiquities (Roman Republic) and minor was history of warfare
Bootsiuv
10-26-2007, 02:26
I went to college for about 12 days. :laugh4:
My major was watching chicks. :yes:
I'm a second year senior at Webster University in St. Louis pursuing a double major in Anthropology and Audio Production. I was planning on a language as a minor, but my schedule was just too booked. I'm considering going for my PhD in ethnomusicology or in a similar field closer to anthropological work.
I have different professors insisting that I'll end up in some sort of ancient studies program before its all said and done, also. I have succumbed to lifelong academia...and there is no way out.
Horst Nordfink
10-26-2007, 02:59
I went to college for about 12 days. :laugh4:
My major was watching chicks. :yes:
Like it! :laugh4:
Leão magno
10-26-2007, 03:11
What! no lawyers here?
russia almighty
10-26-2007, 03:27
So what exactly do you do in the biological sciences ? How do the classes go about?
Mithradates VI
10-26-2007, 03:32
Me personally I'm still in HS(senior year) . I have managed to ax the BS freshman History and english requirements with a little thing called a local university .
Anyway for what I'm gonna do once I get there no idea .
I'm currently attending Northern Arizona University, and will obtain a degree in History, with minors in classics and religious studies.
From here, I'll go on to Holy Cross Hellenic University for graduate degrees in Byzantine Studies and Theology. And from there...I'll eventually perhaps be ordained as an Orthodox Priest. Lots and lots of studying to do!
Some say I'll be wasting a career as a historian by doing so, but really, what matters is what YOU want to do.:book:
russia almighty
10-26-2007, 03:38
See I'm not going to let my like for history die . It will be a nice minor to go along with a hard science . And it will deceive potential employers into thinking I'm capable somehow of higher though :)
Oh and the lawyer dude my dad is a lawyer . What degree did you pursue before you went to law school?
Landwalker
10-26-2007, 03:38
I'm currently attending Northern Arizona University, and will obtain a degree in History, with minors in classics and religious studies.
From here, I'll go on to Holy Cross Hellenic University for graduate degrees in Byzantine Studies and Theology. And from there...I'll eventually perhaps be ordained as an Orthodox Priest. Lots and lots of studying to do!
Some say I'll be wasting a career as a historian by doing so, but really, what matters is what YOU want to do.:book:
*High Fives for Byzantinists*
I would be minoring in Classics, except that my school doesn't have minors in the first place. In fact, I'm only one class away from being a History-Classics double major, rather than simply a History major with eight Classics courses.
Cheers.
If you read the Voicemod Preview you'd know better (for the AU part). ~;) At least if he hints at the thing I think he does...
Muahaha - sorry, but it's wrong. Although I do see the connection.
Actually it's Aarhus University (AKA University of Århus), and I'm studying Molecular Biology. Microbiology is a bit too smelly for me... :laugh4:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Aarhus-Universitet-1998.jpg
I'm at the upper left somewhere. :book:
Landwalker
10-26-2007, 03:40
Muahaha - sorry, but it's wrong. Although I do see the connection.
Actually it's Aarhus University (AKA University of Århus), and I'm studying Molecular Biology. Microbiology is a bit too smelly for me... :laugh4:
Agh, so close on the major!
Of course, knowing what country you were in certainly would have helped me with that. :wall:
Cheers.
So what exactly do you do in the biological sciences ? How do the classes go about?
You know, those mutants in 300? That's not computer graphics :clown:
Agh, so close on the major!
Of course, knowing what country you were in certainly would have helped me with that. :wall:
Cheers.
Actually it was Tellos Athenaios' post that made me do it... I noticed how unintelligible his post would have been to me if he hadn't added the stuff in the parenthesis.
russia almighty
10-26-2007, 03:43
You guys might love the thing I got locked in my basement . Its a real live tentacle monster .
sgsandor
10-26-2007, 07:10
I was kicked out HS for fighting, jumped around job to job. loved sales, 9-11 happened went to the Army. Now Started back community college then off to a four year and then(god willing) a masters. Business Management and Marketing. Its problably why i love Eb so much after years of taking orders i finally get to give some.
@Zaknafien your still active?
CountArach
10-26-2007, 07:24
While I don't go to University, I do go to a well respected High School for the Gifted (You have to pass an examination to get in). Next year I should start an Arts degree majoring in Ancient History at University of Sydney, hopefully working on to a PhD many years down the track.
Mithradates VI
10-26-2007, 07:26
I'm a senior undergraduate at Williams College, in Massachusetts. Next year, I'll be beginning graduate PhD work in Medieval/Byzantine history, although I'm not yet sure where I'll be--Harvard, Notre Dame, Princeton, or Oxford (in England) are all possibilities at the moment.
Yeah, I know, nothing at all to do with the timeline of EB. But that doesn't mean I love the mod any the less. ~;)
Cheers.
What period/focus are you thinking of for your Ph.D? I'm curious, as I have a deep interest in Byzantium too:-)
Though if you do go to Harvard, we must get together and share a few drinks and discuss Byzantine History; Holy Cross Hellenic is not terribly far away, after all.
Mithradates VI
10-26-2007, 07:30
*High Fives for Byzantinists*
I would be minoring in Classics, except that my school doesn't have minors in the first place. In fact, I'm only one class away from being a History-Classics double major, rather than simply a History major with eight Classics courses.
Cheers.
Indeed:-)
The classics minor here at NAU is a joke, really, but I decided to go for it anyway. I'll be finishing that next semester, along with my Religious Studies minor, which I picked up simply because I only needed 3 more classes for it...and I was going to take those three classes anyway.
Might not hurt you to get that double major. Unless you think it'll affect your GPA....
Out of curiosity, how did you get into Byzantine studies?
Centurion Crastinus
10-26-2007, 07:38
I go to Texas A&M University. My major is in Agricultural Development. Upon graduation in December, I will be commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps.
I have studied history and politics in Trier and Potsdam :book: but my job has only little to do with that (I am running a book shop :whip: ).
I have a bachelors degree in hotel management, masters degree in tourism and another bachelors in banking. Currently I'm working in a bank, but love ancient history and games and EB is the best of both I could find.
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The Internet
10-26-2007, 09:59
About to start an A-Level in ancient history.
Geoffrey S
10-26-2007, 10:07
Working on my B.A. for History (economic, mainly) at Leiden University, with a number of extra subjects from Middle Eastern Studies.
Long lost Caesar
10-26-2007, 10:33
just to be completely awkward and ruin this college reunion...i go to a shitty secondary school in reading (pronounced "redding", not like looking at words :P) its a large town in southern england, which SHOULD be a city but some reason we're not. anyway, i go to bulmershe, a shithole. chavs EVERYWHERE! hoping to run away once i finish sixth form and uni...maybe go to america...
russia almighty
10-26-2007, 12:59
A lot of history people .
Anyone here in med school , in a pre-med program or even in the internship?
BerkeleyBoi
10-26-2007, 14:23
I graduated from University of California Berkeley in International Political Economy. I am currently teaching in Guangdong, China but I plan on going back to school soon...
Landwalker
10-26-2007, 14:39
What period/focus are you thinking of for your Ph.D? I'm curious, as I have a deep interest in Byzantium too:-)
Though if you do go to Harvard, we must get together and share a few drinks and discuss Byzantine History; Holy Cross Hellenic is not terribly far away, after all.
Absolutely. Always glad to commiserate with a fellow Byzantinist. ~;)
Indeed:-)
Might not hurt you to get that double major. Unless you think it'll affect your GPA....
Out of curiosity, how did you get into Byzantine studies?
Unfortunately, the one class I'm short is the "Classics Major Senior Seminar" course that majors are required to take... the fall of their senior year. I wasn't able to fit it into my schedule (and, on top of that, didn't realize it until several weeks into the semester), so I'll have to settle for a History major, concentrating on Medieval Studies, with a whole heck of a lot of classics courses.
Of course, to make up for it, I am writing an honors thesis for my History degree. My thesis is about the imperial ideology of the Emperor Justinian, and in particular how it related to / affected his domestic policies and especially his decisions to launch campaigns of reconquest in Africa and Italy in the first half of the sixth century. Despite that, in graduate school I would like to focus on Byzantine history during the age of the crusades, particularly from the mid-11th century (pre-Battle of Manzikert) until 1204 (the sack of Constantinople courtesy of a misguided Fourth Crusade), and potentially beyond into the period of the Latin kingdom. Any particular period of focus for yourself?
I'm not really sure how I got into Byzantine history... my college doesn't offer any classes on it, but it seems to "pop up" in a lot of the medieval history courses (like courses on the Vikings, the Christianization of Europe, the First Crusade, and so forth). Given that it seemed to be such a constant peripheral player, I ended up writing several research papers on its influence and experience, and just got drawn in. Part of it is the mystique of "continuing" the old Roman Empire, part of it is straddling the boundaries between the West and the East, and part of it is interest in what has seemingly, at least in America, been cast to the fringes of history despite its substantial importance.
Cheers.
I'm PhD student in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Charles University in Prague.
V.T. Marvin
10-26-2007, 15:50
Welcome to the guild, Kari, here is a balloon for you :balloon2:
It is great that you have stopped lurking finally and started posting:laugh4:
As for me, I have a Master degree from Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (double major History and Political Science).
Mouzafphaerre
10-26-2007, 16:04
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I studied business but quit and decided music to be my job, not hobby. Taught myself composition (somewhat) and did a few things. But nowadays I'm mainly singing and playing. :drummer:
Slowly but steadily, I'm transcribing and collecting the work of a lesser known XIX. C. sufi-poet and music composed upon it. :stupido:
Given the quality of education in my land, once taking its very existence beyond virtuality granted :laugh4:, I'm destined to be an autodidact. :book2: Languages, for one, have been a source of charm for me and I try to learn some, at least about some, whenever I have the chance. Currently studying Kurmanji Kurdish and Greek.
PS: Welcome to the ORG Kari! :ave:
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Treverer
10-26-2007, 16:22
Hello there,
After finishing school in Luxembourg, I went at "University of the Sarre" in Germany. Now I have a Master in Political Science (my minors were Sociology and Modern History, the later because you don't need Latin for it).
Yours,
Treverer
i'm an undergrad, taking up Architecture in the University of the Philippines. :)
Teleklos Archelaou
10-26-2007, 16:35
I'm still an ABD student in Classics, though I've been teaching for about a decade now. :skull: And occasionally I post on stuff here at the org.
Andronikos
10-26-2007, 16:45
Welcome to the guild, Kari, here is a balloon for you :balloon2:
It is great that you have stopped lurking finally and started posting:laugh4:
As for me, I have a Master degree from Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (double major History and Political Science).
Wow, that's great. I am still at secondary school (the last year) but one of universities to which I will send an application is Charles University in Prague. But I will be nearer to Kari as my choice is chemistry at Faculty of natural sciences.
Im a MBA (Diplomkaufmann), self-employed since jan 2007. Not to much time to
play to EB but i remember the times when i could "waste" 2-3 hours a day to kill
some roman scum. Oh, the joys of being a student ~D
And occasionally I post on stuff here at the org.
Occasionally? Whats your definition of "often" then? :inquisitive: :laugh4:
Davidian
10-26-2007, 16:51
I am doing MBO 4 Gamedesign(no joke, its along the lines of Multimedia design)
damn all you university basterds haha! Maybe someday....
Quintus Aurelius
10-26-2007, 16:54
My hobby is ancient history, but i gratuated in economics (B.A. degree) in order to get a better job.
spirit_of_rob
10-26-2007, 17:01
Ba Ancient History from the university of lampeter.... if anyone knows where that is they can have a cookie lol
Shifty_GMH
10-26-2007, 20:09
Graduated almost 5 years ago from the Ohio State University with a BA in Geography (specific track was Urban and Regional Systems). I also have a specialization in Geographic Information Systems.
Intranetusa
10-26-2007, 20:47
Undergraduate at the University of Maryland. :wall:
Tellos Athenaios
10-26-2007, 20:48
I am doing MBO 4 Gamedesign(no joke, its along the lines of Multimedia design)
damn all you university basterds haha! Maybe someday....
By the looks of it; what ROC do you go to?
Auburn University(the real AU:yes:)
im a senior in Economics B.A.(The A means i took language instead of ridiculously easy business classes)
with a minor in business(ok so i wanted to take the easy business classes anyways)
Mithradates VI
10-27-2007, 00:27
Absolutely. Always glad to commiserate with a fellow Byzantinist. ~;)
Unfortunately, the one class I'm short is the "Classics Major Senior Seminar" course that majors are required to take... the fall of their senior year. I wasn't able to fit it into my schedule (and, on top of that, didn't realize it until several weeks into the semester), so I'll have to settle for a History major, concentrating on Medieval Studies, with a whole heck of a lot of classics courses.
Of course, to make up for it, I am writing an honors thesis for my History degree. My thesis is about the imperial ideology of the Emperor Justinian, and in particular how it related to / affected his domestic policies and especially his decisions to launch campaigns of reconquest in Africa and Italy in the first half of the sixth century. Despite that, in graduate school I would like to focus on Byzantine history during the age of the crusades, particularly from the mid-11th century (pre-Battle of Manzikert) until 1204 (the sack of Constantinople courtesy of a misguided Fourth Crusade), and potentially beyond into the period of the Latin kingdom. Any particular period of focus for yourself?
I'm not really sure how I got into Byzantine history... my college doesn't offer any classes on it, but it seems to "pop up" in a lot of the medieval history courses (like courses on the Vikings, the Christianization of Europe, the First Crusade, and so forth). Given that it seemed to be such a constant peripheral player, I ended up writing several research papers on its influence and experience, and just got drawn in. Part of it is the mystique of "continuing" the old Roman Empire, part of it is straddling the boundaries between the West and the East, and part of it is interest in what has seemingly, at least in America, been cast to the fringes of history despite its substantial importance.
Cheers.
That sounds absolutely fascinating. I'd love to read it when you're done with it. No, seriously. As for myself, I've dabbled through a lot, but there are three main periods that interest me: the Heraklian Dynasty (especially involving Justinian II...what a character), the Late Macedonian Dynasty, the Comnenoi "restoration" and the resulting chaos that was the Angeloi...(which really, is the only kind word I can ascribe to them, everything else usually involves massive amounts of cursing. :wall: I've written a few papers on it (usually the Comnenoi, I have a particular fondness for Alexios and Manuel, though my favorite Byz emperor has to be Justinian II. Any guy who comes back sans a nose and retakes his throne totally gets kudos from me).
Heh. There's been a few times where I've actually had to force some college professors here to see just how important Byzantium really was, in sparing Europe from most Islamic invasions (Charles Martel did the rest, on the other side), as well as the really surprising and instrumental role it had in the Renaissance in Italy. I'm known in the history department here as "That Byzantinist Guy" But suffice it to say...I'm rather ticked it gets the short thrift of the history stick, as it were, here. I never even HEARD of Byzantium, except by accident, in High school (and mostly because I picked up a historical fiction novel about it, and curiosity was unleashed). It only was really mentioned (and lightly at most times, though we did have a solid Byzantine History class, which was pretty nifty:-D)
And indeed, cheers.
Landwalker
10-27-2007, 00:49
Ah, yes, I'm a big fan of the Komnenoi (I wrote a 25-page paper last year on Byzantine perceptions and attitudes towards the First Crusade, so I got to hang out a lot with Anna and Alexios). I'm actually hoping to do a lot of work in graduate school on Byzantium during the age of the crusades (up through the 1204 debacle), so I'll get to spend even more time with them if that works out. Admittedly, I also feel a bit of sympathy for Romanos Diogenes, the poor guy--gets creamed at Manzikert, then manages to get back to Constantinople after being captured only to be deposed and blinded.
Believe me, I know how difficult it is to be a Byzantinist in America. Since my college is very small (only about 2,100 undergrads), the history department only has one medieval historian. As fantastic as he is, he specializes in Carolingian history and, by this point, is less familiar with Byzantine history (or at least with the period of Justinian I) than I am. I've even had directors of graduate programs (like Tom Noble at Notre Dame's medieval institute) warn me of the potential perils of being a Byzantine scholar in the United States: Namely, that the U.S. doesn't give a hoot, and I might never find a job. :wall: Byzantine studies really does get the short end of the stick here in America--maybe a passing mention in a couple of history courses, if you're lucky. I'm really hoping I can contribute to bringing it out from its current location in American academia--as my professor/advisor called it, "the fringes of the fringes". Of course, I've got to at least "market" myself in such a way that I can get a job after graduate school, first, so I may end up at least nominally claiming to be focusing on "Mediterranean history/studies", which is apparently very popular now-a-days. But we all know what'll happen once I finally get a college/university to accept me onto the faculty... :2thumbsup:
Cheers.
bigmilt16
10-27-2007, 04:47
OK the first lawyer in the bunch.
I graduated from Wabash College in 05' as a History major and a chemistry minor, where I specialized in West Africa and East Asia. I wrote a 50 page paper on the shipping of riles in a circular from War in the Americas to the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the West, back to the Sugar Fields of Cuba. The riles begin their journey in the New England Coast (During King Phillip's War) to European (Primarily Dutch) slave traders who introduced them to Gold Coast warrior (where rifles were so valuable that local tribes would trade their POW's for rifles), and finally how those newly traded slaves revolted once they arrived in the Americas.
After that, I went to Indiana University Purdue University-Indy to study my MA in Medical Ethics. I'm almost done with that now.
Now I'm midway through my first semester of law school at IU in indy.
and I just got engaged!
whew...
(obviously I just never seem to find time to finish that Roman campaign. I always want to play M/M because I don't want unrealistic AI expansion, but I want the rebels to attack cities. oh the decisions!) Someday, I'll have some time to finish it up though! Salve! :book:
Intrepid Adventurer
10-27-2007, 09:30
Yay for the Dutch universities! I study at Utrecht as well, BA for History currently. Minor/Master will prolly be ancient culture related.
Davidian
10-27-2007, 10:29
By the looks of it; what ROC do you go to?
Alfa college Groningen.
Emperor Burakuku
10-27-2007, 14:08
Well I like switching between universities 'cuz I have a tendency to get bored a little too often (just like I do with my EB campaigns). So far I had one year in Philosophy at the Babes - Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania (quited) and three years in Psichology (on pause). At this moment I am in my second year at the Ovidius University in Constanta, Romania - Medieval History and still thinking about changing my speciality on Ancient but not sure. Maybe I'll do that when I get bored (just managed to change my specialization from Modern History to Medieval). I might have a problem with taking decisions. :juggle2: So far I'm thinking about a phd in History of the Ottoman Empire or maybe The Crusades. Byzantine Empire is way too complex/vast for an irresolute/skeptical/agnostic like myself.
P.S. At 24 years old I am also thinking about joining The French Foreign Legion but this might be only a lucidity crisis. So far reason said "No!".
NeoSpartan
10-27-2007, 19:35
Undergraduate at the University of Maryland. :wall:
WHATS UP TERP!!!!!!!!
I'll be FINALY Tranfering to the University of Maryland, College Park this January. I got the admission letter last week :2thumbsup:
Looking to Major in Political Science:book: , and double Minor in History :book: and Chicks ~:pimp:
currently I am finishing up my last semester in Montgomery College... been there for too long :wall: s*** happened, major s***
Tellos Athenaios
10-27-2007, 20:01
Chemnistry, right?
Mediolanicus
10-28-2007, 17:36
What! no lawyers here?
Couldn't resist answering :clown:
2nd year law studies, university of Ghent (Belgium)
Howdy all,
Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Purdue University (Indiana, USA)...
Master's degree in Geology, Northwestern University (Illinois, USA)...
PhD degree in Zoology (Conservation Genetics), Arizona State University (Arizona, USA)...
...with a serious interest in military history.
Kurulham
10-29-2007, 00:42
Two years at St. John's College, Annapolis, dual major in philosophy and classics; I was planning to go for a commission in the US Navy once I graduated. Got horrifically sick and used my tuition money to pay for hospital bills, so I took the OTHER route into the Navy. I'm getting out the Navy in about six months, whereupon I'm going back to St. John's through the wonders of the GI Bill. May buck for a commission yet, though I doubt it; I've been eyeing the graduate program in Eastern linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Maksimus
10-29-2007, 00:48
Two years at St. John's College, Annapolis, dual major in philosophy and classics; I was planning to go for a commission in the US Navy once I graduated. Got horrifically sick and used my tuition money to pay for hospital bills, so I took the OTHER route into the Navy. I'm getting out the Navy in about six months, whereupon I'm going back to St. John's through the wonders of the GI Bill. May buck for a commission yet, though I doubt it; I've been eyeing the graduate program in Eastern linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
SICKO? did you watch it... hope you don't get sick anymore, if you do - just go to EU or Canada or even East Europe - all is free or cheap here - and get your health back on track:yes:
Kurulham
10-29-2007, 01:40
SICKO? did you watch it... hope you don't get sick anymore, if you do - just go to EU or Canada or even East Europe - all is free or cheap here - and get your health back on track:yes:
Mustnottalkpoliticsmustnottalkpoliticsmustnot...
"I'll pass", I think, is all I'll say to that. :beam:
Well, "I'll pass" and "thank God for Johns Hopkins".
Maksimus
10-29-2007, 01:44
Mustnottalkpoliticsmustnottalkpoliticsmustnot...
"I'll pass", I think, is all I'll say to that. :beam:
Well, "I'll pass" and "thank God for Johns Hopkins".
Not my intention at all realy..:no:
I am not from US
Landwalker
10-29-2007, 01:49
Not my intention at all realy..:no:
I am not from US
Yeah, non-Americans are pretty much the only people who say things like
SICKO? did you watch it... hope you don't get sick anymore, if you do - just go to EU or Canada or even East Europe - all is free or cheap here
So, we could tell.
Cheers.
Maksimus
10-29-2007, 02:09
Its all very true actually, I live in Serbia whose GDP is less then 3,500 $ per capita and I get free health and my medicine - and to tell you something, no body who get's 'horrifically sick' uses his tuition money to pay for hospital bills!
We all get it from the state ! - oh, and yes, my country doesn't spend billions a year for 'plastic' - and insurance companies actually have to report to the goverment and public without a moto - 'less care' - more 'stock's up' - abd share holders...
and sorry, this is my finall post to this subject.. anyone with health problems can come to my country - no one will refuse to give health care if he needs it - that is the law here - and practise
that is all from me ... I wont be addressing in this post again:shame:
Kurulham
10-29-2007, 02:18
Its all very true actually, I live in Serbia whose GDP is less then 3,500 $ per capita and I get free health and my medicine - and to tell you something, no body who get's 'horrifically sick' uses his tuition money to pay for hospital bills!
If I lived in Serbia I'd probably have been dead. Actually if I'd lived anywhere except London or Maryland I'd probably have been dead; if I'd gotten to the hospital an hour later it'd have been too late, and even then I happened to be lucky enough to be rushed to a hospital with one of the foremost experts in his field.
That's what I meant by the "thank God for Johns Hopkins".
I wont be addressing in this post again
Sorry if I came off as hostile; that wasn't my intent. I have a soapbox on this subject (public vs. private health care systems) that I try very hard to stay off of; obviously I didn't do a good enough job. Mea culpa.
Landwalker
10-29-2007, 02:37
if I'd gotten to the hospital an hour later it'd have been too late, and even then I happened to be lucky enough to be rushed to a hospital with one of the foremost experts in his field.
And God knows no "public health care" system would've given half as much a hoot about getting you there in the first place, at least not in anything approaching a timely manner. When you hear tales of Canadians being on a nine-month waiting list for a life-or-death operation, it makes you appreciate the whole "you get what you pay for" line of reasoning.
Cheers.
Achilleus
10-29-2007, 08:15
Biology B.S. and Cultural Anthropology minor at the University of California. It's kind of fun hearing all that Greek and Latin both in EB and in all the scientific names :-P Planning to go on to be an eye doctor :-)
And God knows no "public health care" system would've given half as much a hoot about getting you there in the first place, at least not in anything approaching a timely manner. When you hear tales of Canadians being on a nine-month waiting list for a life-or-death operation, it makes you appreciate the whole "you get what you pay for" line of reasoning.
It's good to see that you think doctors do what they do for money. Hearing about insurance companies denying insurance & treatment makes me appreciate the "you have free health insurance, and if you're not happy with it you can go see a private doctor" policy we have in this joint. :rolleyes:
Zaknafien
10-29-2007, 13:04
Im shocked that Landwalker knows so much about doctors in socialized healthcare countries to know they care nothing for people's health. I want to see where you heard about that nine-month waiting list, I'm sure its some form of anti-healthcare propaganda you've been exposed to. You should watch SICKO, it will make you sick.
Tellos Athenaios
10-29-2007, 13:47
And God knows no "public health care" system would've given half as much a hoot about getting you there in the first place, at least not in anything approaching a timely manner. When you hear tales of Canadians being on a nine-month waiting list for a life-or-death operation, it makes you appreciate the whole "you get what you pay for" line of reasoning.
Cheers.
Heh heh. Well we don't have a free for all health care system over here in the Netherlands (which doesn't mean hospitals won't take care of you when you need it -- they are obliged to, by law you see ~;)) I don't think most of the countries have that bad a health care if it's free. I mean: say what you will - the NHS is actually pretty good AFAIK.
(Oh and you know what? Your argument is typically applied in the reverse: the Public Doctors don't get paid as much - so they don't really have to go for the money. If they would, they'd set up their own private clinics...)
russia almighty
10-29-2007, 13:57
What do you guys have there ? Subsidized health care ? Or is independent health insurance cheap there ?
carthage_supreme
10-29-2007, 14:11
Woah am i the only one here in high school? :inquisitive: , You guys make me feel undereducated :embarassed: .
Cheexsta
10-29-2007, 14:26
Politics, politics, health system, Moore propaganda...ah, there's the topic.
I'm in my first year of a simple BA majoring in Ancient History at Macquarie University, Australia (this is my second year, but first in a degree...note to high school kids: if you mess around, you end up spending far more money than you really should to just to get into a degree you may not even be happy with). Might spread into either teaching or museum studies at some point, I don't know yet.
Bachelor of Commerce, major in Bussiness Adminstration, term 4 - shitty grade - I blamed it all to EB :laugh4:
bussy with my first year of my bachelor in Ancient history. (Leuven, Belgium)
Tellos Athenaios
10-29-2007, 18:40
What do you guys have there ? Subsidized health care ? Or is independent health insurance cheap there ?
A bit difficult - as with every Dutch Social legislation - anywho:
-People under age are insured through their parent's insurance (usually free, because usually the parents have their insurance through the company they work for, with special arangements etc. etc.);
-Everyone of age (18 or older) is obliged to have a sort of "minimum-insurance" usually students can get a special arangement through their Uni or whatever they attend (Currently some E 85,- a month) ;
-There is the "AWBZ" and similiar legislation which is a way of paying for special healthcare through taxes. Whenever you suddenly find yourself to have acquired some illness that needs extensive medicine to get you cured - you can call upon the AWBZ etc. to pay these costs either in full or for a very large part.
-Whenever you suddenly need to go to the OK the hospital is obliged to treat you even if you're not insured. This is payed for through aforementioned taxes.
So it's basically partially "Free healthcare" and partially insurance work. You can compare it with going to a Uni: you don't pay the Uni in full, but you do pay a fee every year to attend and you do pay for the books.
Woah am i the only one here in high school? :inquisitive: , You guys make me feel undereducated :embarassed: .
Don't worry. I'm just passing high school (well, upper secondary is probably the correct term), and am probably at least fifty years older than you.
I'm in my first year of a simple BA majoring in Ancient History at Macquarie University, Australia.
Right, his name's on everything down there, Lachlan was a relative. His' a good story.
mighty_rome
10-29-2007, 19:52
I dropped out of high school in 10th grade. I am not at all ashamed about it, though when most people hear this they are shocked. I've pretty much taught myself everything I know that is relevant to what I do for a living (I own a graphic design company). ~:) I love learning, and I consider myself a very educated person, I just don't have any degrees.
I know most people envision a "high school dropout" as a complete loser, probably a drug addict, and someone who is most likely quite uneducated and ignorant. Well, that's not me, but no doubt the majority of dropouts are, so I can understand where the stereotype comes from. I'm just someone who likes to learn on my own, my way, on my schedule. School isn't the only place to learn, you know.. it actually is possible to teach yourself using things called books :) :book: The Internet can be valuable too, but it can be tough to sift through the garbage.. :dizzy2:
Everyone takes a different path in life.. some paths that work for one won't work for another. I can't say I'd recommend dropping out at 16 years old and attempting to start your own business... but it worked for me :)
There are four people in my family with an IQ over 160, and two are "high school dropouts". So, next time you hear "high school dropout", yeah, it's pretty likely the person is a loser, but maybe, just maybe, he might be a little more intelligent than you think :)
russia almighty
10-29-2007, 22:14
tellos one more question . About how much of your taxes goes toward the system?
Tellos Athenaios
10-29-2007, 22:33
I have no idea. :grin: (Being a student, and not earning more than some 12K netto a year means I don't have to pay taxes save for the VAT at all (I don't own any real estate etc. etc. so no taxes there either) ~:))
Mind you there's the North Sea and the Stock Exchange too. (So the AWBZ doesn't have to be paid in full through taxes.) Anywho in 2003 the total cost of AWBZ which is only part of all Social Legislation was about E 20,300,000,- for a country of roughly 16 M people.
Btw. the AWBZ goes for everyone living or working in the Netherlands; because both mean you pay (some of) your taxes here.
Megas Pyrrhos
10-30-2007, 01:32
I'm going to a community college right now to get my general education, then heading to Wright State (U.S.) to major in Classical Humanities....not sure about my minor yet, maybe Latin or Greek.
Kurulham
10-30-2007, 01:36
God, now I wish I'd never brought it up. :wall:
Spectral
10-30-2007, 02:34
Doing a phd in physics (not many people in science around here, why is that so :D).
Not having been around the EB scene for a while, I was gladly suprised to see that EB 1.0 is out, guess I'll try it in the next few days.
Anyways, cheers for the team after such a monumental effort :2thumbsup:
Well everything seems to drown in the torrent of history and archaeology people around here. Kind of natural to have a lot of those in a historically minded mod of a (slightly) historically minded game.
Looks like the science people here are mostly some biotechies and a bit of geography and physics. I wonder where the chemistry people are hiding...
Lusitani
10-30-2007, 05:47
Got an International Relations degree at Lusíada University in Lisboa Portugal...which wasnt much good since its a difficult area to get a job on ..sooo guys if any of you fancies the I.R. scene...do something else lol...
:juggle2:
NeoSpartan
10-30-2007, 09:01
Got an International Relations degree at Lusíada University in Lisboa Portugal...which wasnt much good since its a difficult area to get a job on ..sooo guys if any of you fancies the I.R. scene...do something else lol...
:juggle2:
yeah its hard to find a job with International Relations... its all Goverment stuff. Have u tried the intel agencies??? they take I.R.
edyzmedieval
10-30-2007, 09:08
Still in High School, preparing for history university. :yes:
NeoSpartan
10-30-2007, 09:23
IfThat's what I meant by the "thank God for Johns Hopkins".
...
John Hopkins is the S**t man, my mom went there to get treated once. And a have friend who is neuroscientis and he showed me all the gizmos, rats, brains, scans, even a radioactive material they use to make CAT scans. The place is awesome.
-btw Zak, take SICKO with a grain of salt man, u know Moore has the unfortunate tendency to spin things to the left instead of staying in the center. :no: I gotta rent it though, and see what he says about Cuba, I lived there, have famility there, (my mom is there now visiting) and I know BS when I see it.:yes:
BTW (for those who don't live int he US, or live here but forgot) in the US you will NOT be denied health care. HOWEVER, if your not "under 18, or broke poor (recieves food stamps, etc), or dependent with a broke guardian" you will have to pay it AFTER care was given. Not before. If you don't pay it ur credit score get screwed up pretty bad.
-Now if u don't have health insurance, ur not any of the above 3, and ur injury does not require immidiate assistance you WILL have to wait a rather long time.
Sakkura, Spectral...another science geek here...I feel ya!
[Check my earlier post...]
Lusitani
10-30-2007, 17:46
yeah its hard to find a job with International Relations... its all Goverment stuff. Have u tried the intel agencies??? they take I.R.
Yeah i did...but i dont seem to know the "right" people ...thats how things work here unfortunately.
B.S., B.A. University of Chicago
M.A. Purdue University (good to see a couple of you guys here)
J.D. / Ph.D. University of Chicago
B.S., B.A. University of Chicago
M.A. Purdue University (good to see a couple of you guys here)
J.D. / Ph.D. University of Chicago
Go Boilers!!! :2thumbsup:
NeoSpartan
10-30-2007, 19:02
Yeah i did...but i dont seem to know the "right" people ...thats how things work here unfortunately.
ouch.... any luck with teaching I.R or Goverment & Politics???? thats another option....
Andronikos
10-30-2007, 20:38
Spectral, Sakkura nice to know some natural scientists here. Spectral - physics - what exactly - theoretical physics?
atheotes
10-30-2007, 20:47
MS in Electrical Engineering from University of Utah, US... graduated 3 yrs back..
bellator Lugha
10-30-2007, 21:04
AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow, Poland - Material Engineering (EN name for that :P Materials Science and Ceramics) on something better/higher like urs PhD. Specialization fuel cells. History it's my hobby :P actually i read Modzelewski Karol "Barbarian Europe" very nice new book for polish readers:book:
I'm doing a BA in Economics at York University.
I can also answer some of the rumors about our health care system since I live in Canada. First of all, it's NOT "free". I believe as much as 10% of the government budget goes to health care. That money comes from taxes. I don't like paying for old people's "health care" too much. I didn't use the system in years. I have flues, colds, so what. I don't endanger anyone.
And there's the "9 month waiting list" rumor. Yes, in some areas this is true. If you want to get a kidney replaced, or a new heart, some waiting lists extend into 9 months. But most of these people are old people who have already had 2 kidneys replaced probably, and while "life and death" they're just trying to dodge death. People die from kidney or heart failure people! It's a cause of death. A lot of people abuse the system, why not. It's the tragedy of the commons. I know friends who as soon as they feel bad about anything they go see the doctor. That includes getting drunk the night before, go see a doctor everything will be fine!
As for socialized health care doctors not caring, wow! Do you prefer a doctor who only cares after you pay him?
The best health care is good lifestyle choices. Don't eat Macdonald's for lunch then when you're 50 and have all kinds of health problems you give the bill to the younger generation.
overweightninja
10-30-2007, 23:56
I'm doing a BA in Economics at York University.
Hey a few of us then, I'm in my second year of BA Business Studies at Plymouth University (the original Plymouth, not some dodgy American town or something!)
Also we have the NHS here in the UK, but no way am I getting involved in this, far too prickly a subject for the EB forums imho :)
Pharnakes
10-31-2007, 01:39
-There is the "AWBZ"
Is it just me or does this sound like some form of Sweboz unit?b The Auwboz warband - armed with impoted bartixian laser beams, unfortunately, being impoted they are usless and akin to Apelethureoi, only without lethality.
Anyway, I am currently doing my first year at St. Andrews, studying biology with a view to a Msc in behavioural Biology. Also doing Chemistry and Geology.
Tellos Athenaios
10-31-2007, 02:28
Not really if you're Dutch; but I can see where you come from so to speak. ~;)
Algemene Wet Bijzondere Ziektenkosten
Pronounced:
A (as in the French la) W (as way) B (as bay) Z (as set with a z instead of s)
Meaning:
"Common Law (for) Special Costs due to illness"
Mind you, ever thought it funny how retarded half the English vocabulary sounds? As if they are all either country bumpkins with some terrible speech disorder? Or as if they are all trying to speech with a very hot potato in their mouth?
Lusitani
10-31-2007, 04:12
ouch.... any luck with teaching I.R or Goverment & Politics???? thats another option....
Aye i did thought of that but...my average isnt good enough... another option i am consdering strongly is a post-graduation and so on...but a job would come in handy to pay for those :)
NeoSpartan
10-31-2007, 04:36
Aye i did thought of that but...my average isnt good enough... another option i am consdering strongly is a post-graduation and so on...but a job would come in handy to pay for those :)
u mean like PhD?
Strategos Alexandros
10-31-2007, 11:32
Still at high school in south yorkshire, England. No idea what to do a degree in though but I haven't finished my GCSEs yet.
general_varro
10-31-2007, 15:01
went to Penn State for Microbiology, then Pennsylvania hospital(philly) for medical technology, then Johns Hopkins for Perfusion. I currently work as a perfusionist in Dover, Delaware...moved from Alabama. Perfusionists operate the heart-lung machine during open heart surgeries. Currently, when not in the O.R. i try to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and hear the lamentations of their women as either the SAKA,SWEBOZ,HAYASDAN, and most recently SAUROMATAE.
Lusitani
10-31-2007, 16:52
u mean like PhD?
Yeah.... we have "pós-graduação" (post grad),"mestrado" (maitrisse?masters?) and "doutoramento" (PhD).
So at the moment anything will do really...
Spectral
11-01-2007, 12:20
Spectral, Sakkura nice to know some natural scientists here. Spectral - physics - what exactly - theoretical physics?
yeah, in condensed matter.
"mestrado" (maitrisse?masters?)
Masters, MSc, MS, etc ;)
Lusitani
11-04-2007, 23:30
Masters, MSc, MS, etc ;)
Ah...thanks m8:idea2:
TWFanatic
11-04-2007, 23:38
I have a masters in Mechanical Engineering. I also majored in classics (focusing on Roman history) and minored in economics.
Big_John
01-17-2008, 11:10
had to bump this thread when i noticed a williams student amongst the posters. go ephs! :)
BA in geology from williams back in the day, briefly considered a PhD in comparative planetology before deciding to pursue a JD instead, which i am doing now.
pezhetairoi
01-17-2008, 11:18
I finished college 2 years ago, then served two years in the army, and am now preparing to go to York University in the UK to start my history BA course in autumn. Hoping to do my Masters as well, and learn either Ancient Latin or Greek while there.
phoenixemperor
01-17-2008, 12:31
Starting my second year of a LLB and a BA in History at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand
marodeur
01-17-2008, 13:25
What! no lawyers here?
Here! Always took an interest in history, but instead of doing something useful :hippie: :thrasher: :smg: :Zzzz: , I studied law at the CAU in Kiel (germany). Finished about two years ago and by now I'm twisting words to make a living ... §§
Menander of India
01-17-2008, 14:01
Hi there!
Currently, I'm an undergrad student of Civil Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, in Edinburgh.
Too many people in life science and arts here... we need a break I think! ~:)
MoROmeTe
01-17-2008, 17:36
Graduaded in Political Sciences... in Bucharest, Romania.
Leviathan DarklyCute
01-17-2008, 19:15
high school senior
Markus_Aurelius
01-17-2008, 21:04
Im a highschool senior as well, Coner Brook Senior Highschool, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, which is in Canada for all you uneducated bastards, we were the last province to join Canada and im still iffy on calling myself a Canadian:yes:
Another Texas A&M Aggie here, class of '97 (well, 98 actually, but it wasn't supposed to take me 5 years) Major in aerospace engineering, one class shy of a minor in math and some dabblings in psychology.
Civilization 1 (yes, I am THAT old) was the seed that grew over the years into a love of both strategy games and history, and now my hard drives are cluttered with games and I could open a respectable used book store in my house if I could bring myself to part with them.
You U of M Terps are hereby challenged to a hotseat game of EBII, since I'm on the south side of DC.
At the Aggie 2ndLt, send me a PM. My gig in DC is designing new gear for Marines, and Aggies are supposed to look out for each other.
russia almighty
01-17-2008, 23:09
All the people in sciences . Lets ally and wipe out the arts in one blow .
colonalwhisky
01-17-2008, 23:26
well i sat on my arse doing nothing for a few years after school but i'm off to study bachalor in game design at griffith college of art, Brisbane in a month.
Spearthrower
01-18-2008, 09:16
First post!
I was looking around for an intro thread and this is the closest to one it seems! :beam:
It's been a long time since I played R:TW and I've just started playing EB and it's quite a steep learning curve, but it's set in an interesting period and has such amazing attention to detail, I've been looking forward to playing it for quite some time!
My background:
I graduated with a BA in Ancient History from University College London, the course was mostly focused on pre-Hellenistic Greece and Rome. It was boring as hell and nearly destroyed my love of ancient history - that was the tutor's fault though! ;)
Towards the end of that course, I tried to steer my studies more heavily towards the mythological side and took a number of Anthropology courses.
After that, I proceeded onto a BSc in Anthropology, also from UCL. Really, my primary interest was in peeling back the layers of ancient world societies to understand their worldview. The objective is to bring together interpretive devices from history, archaeology and anthropology. Combining metaphor and material culture to create a kind of context driven approach to interpretation.
From there, I spent the next 10 years travelling, researching and finally ended up with a position at a major university here in Bangkok giving occasional lectures on Anthropology mostly for fun, and teaching corporate English to live. I occasionally get a bit of paid research and have had a few articles published. I have a strange plan which is to combine all of this approach iand write the greatest fantasy epic ever.... unfortunately, it's finding the time to start that's difficult!! :juggle2:
All the people in sciences . Lets ally and wipe out the arts in one blow .
I'm with you
:whip:
Studying Biology in Milan; I'll probably specialize in the bioecological field after I have the "basic" degree
(I'm going a bit slowly unfortunately...)
Big_John
01-18-2008, 09:53
All the people in sciences . Lets ally and wipe out the arts in one blow .i must say, i prefer women of the arts over women of science. i'm going to have to decline your initiative.
i must say, i prefer women of the arts over women of science. i'm going to have to decline your initiative.
So you like women who actually exist? :beam:
[EB]Demulon
01-18-2008, 20:39
Im in 4th year undergrad at the University of Western Ontario. Major in history and a minor in English.
chairman
01-19-2008, 02:53
Welcome the Guild, Spearthrower! Hope you enjoy it here.
Well, I'm a freshman here at college in Washington, hoping to major in history (East Asian, Islamic and European - I know, it's kinda broad!:book: :juggle2: :book: ) and maybe a minor in East Asian studies. I'm taking Chinese right now but I'm thinking about adding Greek and maybe Arabic or German. Just some ideas. Yeah, it's alot, I know.
Chairman
russia almighty
01-19-2008, 03:20
i must say, i prefer women of the arts over women of science. i'm going to have to decline your initiative.
never said anything about the women .
rule #1 with russia almighty
women will not get dragged into my plots and schemes ......usually. I still say EB should pimp out its female population to help fund server costs .
So you like women who actually exist? :beam:
Actually, where I'm studying around 80% of the students are female :2thumbsup:
And it's Biology :yes:
Michiel de Ruyter
01-19-2008, 14:22
Failed attempt at MSc in Civil Engineering (Delft University of Technology), diagnosed in 5th year with ADD and dyslexia (can't trust that I write down the right answer to a calculation even though I know what it should be), which explained why I failed my exams on the maths parts, despite understanding the concepts. So I dropped out to clean the mess that my life had become.
BA in History University of Leiden. Currently studying for my MPhil in Ancient History (specializing in the Late Roman army). Maybe spend a term abroad, though the only reasonable options so far are either St. Andrews or Oxford.
My aim is to eventually get my PhD.
Also:
1 year Fullbright exchange in the US (Elizabethown College (PA)) (right out of highschool). Here I picked up my love for the Philly Eagles and Flyers.
1 semester University of Hawaii (as part of my BA) (So yes, the Sugar Bowl was painful to watch).
Actually, where I'm studying around 80% of the students are female :2thumbsup:
And it's Biology :yes:
4 college age Italian women for every man? No wonder your studies are going slowly! :laugh4:
Leviathan DarklyCute
01-19-2008, 22:56
I still say EB should pimp out its female population to help fund server costs
So, there are girls in here? where?
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