Niagaraiceman Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Yay, found a professor willing to assist with writing my masters thesis. That's a huge relief. :) What is your topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viventi Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I switched from Progressive TO Geico and saved 1,000. I win. Thats what happened to my mom but switch the companies...she went to Progressive to from Geico and saved about 1100 a year. My sister and dad left Geico and went to Allstate and my sister's went down 700 a year, my dad about 400. The biggest thing for me besides the 300 price drop is that I have a $250 deductible instead of a $500 one. I have full tort, instead of limited tort, which f'ed me over in the lawsuit for my car accident that screwed up my back. Underinsured/uninsured went from 25k to 50k, bodily injury or whatever coverage is a a better amount, and it's still less money than Geico. Geico is a ripoff in NJ, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 What is your topic? American policy during World War II regarding the contact between American armed forces and local inhabitants. Using my home city Maastricht as a case study, because it's the only main Dutch city that was under American government for almost a year (September '44 - July '45) while Nazi Germany still occupied the rest of The Netherlands. One of my guiding professors has previously done research at the US national archives and he's going to try to get me access there for primary source research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYR2711 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I just swapped car insurance companies...i went to Progressive and its almost 300 less a year, with better collision/comprehensive, a $250 deductible and full tort. wtf. geico is a ripoff. I had Geico for a long time, and then I had someone look at my insurance and found out that my coverage was so small, and we looked at State Farm and we got more coverage for less money. Geico likes to rip people off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viventi Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 That was the case for me, I got WAY better coverage for less money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagaraiceman Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 American policy during World War II regarding the contact between American armed forces and local inhabitants. Using my home city Maastricht as a case study, because it's the only main Dutch city that was under American government for almost a year (September '44 - July '45) while Nazi Germany still occupied the rest of The Netherlands. One of my guiding professors has previously done research at the US national archives and he's going to try to get me access there for primary source research. Fantastic topic. I wish you all the best! I always wanted to go back to get my M.A., but the market here is so saturated, even with PhD candidates, that I figured i'd be throwing my money away. Since my ambition was to teach, instead of research, I have found a good niche in community college teaching. Now if only I could get something full time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Fantastic topic. I wish you all the best! I always wanted to go back to get my M.A., but the market here is so saturated, even with PhD candidates, that I figured i'd be throwing my money away. Since my ambition was to teach, instead of research, I have found a good niche in community college teaching. Now if only I could get something full time. Thank you! I hope all goes well. I have until early December and the maximum length is about 20,000 words. Those have to be spot on though, choosing to work with a well known professor who works for our national defense academy as well puts some more pressure to it. Glad to hear you've found a niche at the community college. Teaching is not really what I want and I am not considering a PhD for now, but since the American student visa bans anyone from applying for a more permanent status for two years after expiration I am 'stuck' in The Netherlands until spring of next year. Doing an MA here is quite affordable, so I chose to do so and it's been a good time so far. Professors and fellow students feel more like colleagues, it's a lot less college-like. Are you looking to stay where you are to find that full time job? Best of luck, man. I am not looking forward to finding a job in this market once I'm done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagaraiceman Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I have heard European Universities are much more collegial, compared to the American system at least. I try to run my classes that way, but the students aren't at that level when I get them (mostly straight out of high school, don't understand the ropes). I am probably going to end up in a support position, rather than receive a full time position teaching at this school. I am a third tiered candidate, First goes to PhD in History, followed by M.A. I am an M.S.Ed in Social Studies education (mainly so that I could teach Jr/Sr High), which works well at the community college level, but they want people with content specialty, rather than someone with firm pedagogy. It always baffled me as to why the do this, when they barely offer any history courses beyond the survey level, and thus, have very few people who are going to use history in their future academic endeavors. But, that is an unfortunate deal in my career aspirations, I am sure if I had an M.A. and didn't have a full time job, I would probably say that they were giving the jobs to the damn education majors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I just swapped car insurance companies...i went to Progressive and its almost 300 less a year, with better collision/comprehensive, a $250 deductible and full tort. wtf. geico is a ripoff. In all fairness, and all kidding a side. you've been in a ton of accidents and some of them serious. Serious enough to require civil cases, etc. You should be thankful you're not paying thru the nose. You're an insurance companies worst nightmare. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viventi Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 In all fairness, and all kidding a side. you've been in a ton of accidents and some of them serious. Serious enough to require civil cases, etc. You should be thankful you're not paying thru the nose. You're an insurance companies worst nightmare. I know I have...I'm surprised my insurance is as cheap as it is. But to be honest, like I've said a million times, I've only been at fault for one of my accidents. That's why my insurance isn't that expensive. (relatively). The one with the whole lawsuit was 100% the other person's fault. I was sitting at a red light and was rear ended. That one has hurt my credit more than anything (besides my shoulder/back), I have a TON of unpaid hospital/medical bills because the other kid's insurance won't pay for them while in litigation. I get calls every day. Once its all over they'll be taken care of and my credit will be cleared but it's hurting me right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Ugh. I hate two-day breaks between playoff games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 Ugh. I hate two-day breaks between playoff games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viventi Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 #whitepplproblems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuhgeddaboudit Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 My friend needs to give back his ID to the kid who gave it to him. Flying Puck this saturday is shot down for me. Urgh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedzNYRBlue Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Holy hangover, Batman!! No regrets, though. Popped my strip club cherry last night with two guys from the band my nephew sings in. I had a fuckin' blast!!! I got more action with my dollars than they did! LOL Then we went to their gig, and afterward, I had a lovely encounter...not a bad night, I must say. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluephoria Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 why the fuck is the library closed on Sunday? bs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizz GAWD Lav No Cap FrFr Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Oh don't try and compensate, you can't read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluephoria Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I can.. but only at a 3rd grade level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High and Wide Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 http://michaelnorthrop.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zoolander-school1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluephoria Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 What is this a center for ants? How are we supposed to teach kids to read if they can't even fit in the building!? I don't want to hear excuses! This building has to be at least 3 times bigger! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Lmao love that movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Can it possibly rain any harder? My house is leaking from all sorts of places Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRangers92 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 dont complain, supposed to get 5 inches of snow here tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 i prefer snow any day to rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRangers92 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 snow is better in winter haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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