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    Actually, the reason I got into higher education without completing high school is because I did what you spend three years doing in about a week and a half.

    I did the exams of every subject instead of following classes. I did half of them to get away from military service(the part called "mønstring" in Norwegian, not sure what it's called in english; it's when you have to line every item the platoon has for some idiot to count them), the other half I did half-drunk a year later.
    Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban

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    you are absolutely brilliant.

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    I'm far from an A* student myself, I was just surprised how a dropout could get into higher education given that if you tried that here you'd hit an indestructible beaureaucratic wall that would bar you from entering unless you could show the necessary papers.

    And I see that you did indeed get the necessary papers. My world view has been saved.


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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    ... I did half of them to get away from military service(the part called "mønstring" in Norwegian, not sure what it's called in english; it's when you have to line every item the platoon has for some idiot to count them)...
    Either referred to as an inspection or, somewhat dismissively, as a chickens**t exercise.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh View Post
    Either referred to as an inspection or, somewhat dismissively, as a chickens**t exercise.
    I remember when we found a box of empty magazines. I jokingly asked the sergeant whether we should line all the magazines individually, or just line the boxes. His answer was to "cut silly questions". We should line the boxes.

    An hour or so later, we got ordered to line each magazine individually.... That was fun!

    The oral exam I had that week actually only took half an hour. Strangely, I was missing the entire day...
    Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    ... I did half of them to get away from military service(the part called "mønstring" in Norwegian, not sure what it's called in english; it's when you have to line every item the platoon has for some idiot to count them)...
    Either referred to as an inspection or, somewhat dismissively, as a chickens**t exercise.
    "The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman

    "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken

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