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UNC, Chapel Hill, and Carborro History

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I rember trying like hell to switch from Asian Calc profs who I could not understand to the only Americn guy. Never could over 3 semesters. Dropped it twice. Eventually just took Logic as that fulfilled my math requirements.

Ed 10 and Bot 10 were much desired back in the day. Lotsa upperclassmen had first dibs.
 
grimes70 said:
I rember trying like hell to switch from Asian Calc profs who I could not understand to the only Americn guy. Never could over 3 semesters. Dropped it twice. Eventually just took Logic as that fulfilled my math requirements.

Ed 10 and Bot 10 were much desired back in the day. Lotsa upperclassmen had first dibs.
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I took Logic and Math 1 (Math for Nurses...wonderful time it was). Other slides in my day were HealthED 41, Botany 10 (I took that with Lawrence Taylor and Paul Davis), Unks taught an Education Class in Greenlaw but I can't remember the name, Poli Sci 41 was pretty easy as was Psyc 10.

In those days Portuguese was the athlete language...makes sense as it basically has no irregular verbs. The Department (perpetually headed by Dr. Fred Clark) also set up labs and classes to work with athlete schedules. I took four semesters of Portuguese and at different times I had class with Dudley Bradley and Buddy Curry and lots of baseball players.

I fully admit that I tried to get at least one 'slide' per semester.

Some thought that Leutze's two semester survey of American Wars was a slide (History 76 and 77) but it was a hard enough class if you really wanted to get something out of it. I took them both...years later I TA'ed H76.
 
I placed out of the easy math... Had Unks as well. And psych 10 and Poly Sci 41. I guess we knew the winners.:D

True story. Went to take the French placement test during orientation. Was the only course I ever got a C on in HS. Knowing i'd not do well, I went ahead and got a nice buzz outside the building. Put my headphones on to listen to the questions. By the third one I knew it was futile. Could pick up a word or 2 but not much comprehension. So I radomly filled in the the rectangular abcd deals, took the headphones off and put my head on the desk.

Placed out of 2 semesters.
 
grimes70 said:
I placed out of the easy math... Had Unks as well. And psych 10 and Poly Sci 41. I guess we knew the winners.:D

True story. Went to take the French placement test during orientation. Was the only course I ever got a C on in HS. Knowing i'd not do well, I went ahead and got a nice buzz outside the building. Put my headphones on to listen to the questions. By the third one I knew it was futile. Could pick up a word or 2 but not much comprehension. So I radomly filled in the the rectangular abcd deals, took the headphones off and put my head on the desk.

Placed out of 2 semesters.
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I lived in Everett Dorm (ROGAH!!!) and a couple of days before classes began I was walking through the TV room with my schedule in my hand...I think it was either on pink or green paper so it was obvious. A guy, much older it seemed to me, was sitting on the couch watching soap operas and drinking beer and he yelled out, "Hey freshman! Let me see your schedule." I walked over and he snatched it out of my hand, looked it over quickly, and in a drunken half-sneer said, "Whatsamatter with you? Wanna flunk out?" I replied no and he said, "You've got five 8 o'clock classes...you'll never make it to Christmas living in this dorm. Go down to Woollen Gym and get rid of those...and don't take anything before 10 o'clock, 11 is even better." I took his advice. He saved me.
 
First semester I had a Friday afternoon chem lab scheduled. My brother insisted I change it or drop it as I would most likely end up skipping it. Didn't really need much encouragement. My first encounter with drop/add.
 
donbosco said:
. . .. In those days Portuguese was the athlete language...makes sense as it basically has no irregular verbs. The Department (perpetually headed by Dr. Fred Clark) also set up labs and classes to work with athlete schedules. I took four semesters of Portuguese and at different times I had class with Dudley Bradley and Buddy Curry and lots of baseball players. . . ..
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I heard a completely different story on Portuguese, which may or may not be true. Honestly, your version sounds more likely. The version I heard was that the "language labs" down in the basement of Dye Hall (IIRC) were in great demand and the most "popular" languages got the most hours and the best times. Because Portuguese was not a popular foreign language, it received "bad" times in the language lab. But these "bad" times were perfect for scholarship athletes because they didn't conflict with usual practice times. But because so many people heard that football players were taking Portuguese, folks just assumed it must be "easy." So more people started taking Portuguese and that "popularity" in turn shifted the language lab times so they conflicted with practice times. Thus, defeating the entire purpose of athletes even taking Portuguese.
 
IIRC, Portuguese had set itself up to accommodate athletes and was pretty integrated into at least the Three Majors. Nevertheless, the department did, at times, fight with other languages, for enrollment. There may have eventually been some shortage of sections due to demand - I suppose that’s where Swahili grew as an offering. My wife was an African Studies Major and was never able to work that language into her schedule (double-majoring did contribute to that). She took German as her language instead.

I wonder what the language set-up is for athletes these days?
 
donbosco said:
IIRC, Portuguese had set itself up to accommodate athletes and was pretty integrated into at least the Three Majors. Nevertheless, the department did, at times, fight with other languages, for enrollment. There may have eventually been some shortage of sections due to demand - I suppose that’s where Swahili grew as an offering. My wife was an African Studies Major and was never able to work that language into her schedule (double-majoring did contribute to that). She took German as her language instead.

I wonder what the language set-up is for athletes these days?
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Do they still have a language requirement? Too lazy to research.
 
All students must successfully complete level 3 of a foreign language,
Whatever that means lol
 
mpaer said:
All students must successfully complete level 3 of a foreign language,
Whatever that means lol
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Surely that does not mean three semesters? I believe that when I was an undergrad one could do 4 semesters of a language or of math or 2 and 2 to fulfill General College Requirements.
 
donbosco said:
Surely that does not mean three semesters? I believe that when I was an undergrad one could do 4 semesters of a language or of math or 2 and 2 to fulfill General College Requirements.
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You recollection is the same as mine. In my major, if I wanted a "BS" degree, I need four semesters of French, German, or Russian. If I wanted a "BA" degree, I needed two semesters of any foreign language. The "French, German or Russian" requirement was explained to me as those were the three languages, along with English, that most of the world's scientific papers were published in. I suspect the rise of China, Japan, South Korea, and India as well as the other "Asian Tigers," has undermined that particular rational quite a bit.
 
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