beloiters complain that newer classes "not normal enough"?

jyi90 · 09-01-2007, 04:52 AM

is that true?

jyi90 · 09-04-2007, 03:38 PM

I mean the upperclassmen bump

joecollegedad · 09-17-2007, 01:58 AM

pls provide some description of the new courses that you are talking about.

asdad · 09-17-2007, 07:31 AM

Do you mean the courses provided or the new classes arriving at Beloit?

jyi90 · 09-17-2007, 11:18 PM

no I mean classes as in the students, as in class of 2012, etc., not courses.

icemaker · 09-18-2007, 11:11 AM

I find that hard to believe. Usually the complaint is just the opposite -- that the new class is too normal and mainstream. It seems a bit out of character if the students now felt that the new class was too out there.

jyi90 · 09-18-2007, 09:37 PM

oh crap--i meant the opposite!

so the upperclass people do complain that the younger classmen are not weird enough. thank you

more replies welcome!

icemaker · 09-19-2007, 11:02 AM

Good to know that some things don't change. I graduated in 1987 and the class before I went there complained that we were "too normal" -- I am sure that we complained that the class after ours was "too normal". I have met younger alums who have the same complaint -- that the classes after them were too normal.

What I think is at work here is that Beloiters want to preserve the "quirky, seat-of-the-pants, anything can happen and I can really make a positive change" feeling of the school. At least since I have been affiliated with the school, there has always been a feeling that the school is a work in progress -- that nothing is set in stone and that virtually all educational and life options are on the table.

asdad · 09-20-2007, 11:43 AM

Well said icemaker.

lollypop39 · 11-15-2007, 12:39 PM

um, IDK. I think they are pretty Beloit. But yeah, I remember everyone thought my class was different. i guess we're just trying to preserve the "Beloit" kind of way.

carolyn · 11-17-2007, 02:26 PM

What I think is at work here is that Beloiters want to preserve the "quirky, seat-of-the-pants, anything can happen and I can really make a positive change" feeling of the school. At least since I have been affiliated with the school, there has always been a feeling that the school is a work in progress -- that nothing is set in stone and that virtually all educational and life options are on the table.>>

Icemaker, This is probably the best description I've seen for Beloit. Well said.