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[gmonkey42]

So I'm taking this year-long computer programming course. When I signed up for it, I thought one of the languages I'd be learning was C. That was really the whole point of taking the course. So guess which set of classes they've canceled? They're replacing C with C#. What gets me is the reason they gave for it: not because they think the whole .NET thing will be really big, not because C# is any more useful than C, but because too many people were flunking out and they think C# will be easier. Pardon me while I scream. I paid a crapload of money for this and I was told all along that once I got into the programming classes, they'd be more challenging. But no, they have to teach at the level of the dumbest people. I'll still learn VB and SQL, which I do want to learn, but now I'll either have to plunk down about $400 to take C separately at Berkeley extension or something, or just teach myself out of a book. I was whining to my parents about it on the phone last night and my dad said I could move back home (I couldn't take a Berkeley extension course and still live in Davis - it's too far) for the ten weeks or however long the course is. And do WHAT with my apartment? Find someone to sublet for 10 weeks? No way, man.