my snobbery

i feel like i've become a food snob in a lot of ways, though i will steadfastly deny being a foodie.  i just like REAL FOOD.  ixnay on the processed crap.

my current fear, though, is that i am an edumacational snob.  i mean, i'll do the "berkeley doesn't give a crap about you" speech as well as the next cal alum, and roll my eyes at the whininess of some of my grad school classmates who decried stanford's lack of care (HA), but in general, i am a believer of general education and rubbing shoulders with the pot-smoking masses, etc.

until now.  

i've had little beef with NCLB -- no child left behind.  i think in general, it was a well-meaning idea, but pretty much shits on the underprivileged all the time.  but now, it's personal.  because as i start my new life as a guidance counselor, george w. is making me go back to school to get what is known as a PPS credential -- a pupil personnel services credential.  because i must be an expert in my field.  whatever.

saratoga has been very kind about me not having one.  they tell me "hey, most of it you learn on the job anyway.  you just have to be enrolled in a program."  so off i went to sj state to enroll in their PPS program.

WORST SCHOOL EVER.  GIANT HATE FOR STATE SCHOOLS.  berkeley at least told you to buy a course catalog, which tells you what you need to do.  sjsu?  "congratulations to graduate studies!  we won't be sending you any more information after this!"  which left me to my own devices, found out accidentally about an orientation meeting, where they proceeeded to bombard you with fun facts you had no idea about, and where i was then told which classes to register for ... which of course are all full and where i am now #66 on the waitlist.  F-U, DUDE.

this is to say nothing of the fact that the program is 57 semester units, or, 19 classes, which will probably take me well over 3 years to complete if i go half-time, AND i do winter session and summer school.

so even though i haven't taken any intro courses, i just registered for two advanced courses because i could get in, and because i refuse to go down there more than one day a week -- i just signed up for whatever back to back tuesday classes i could.  and ... i started looking for somewhere else to go.

uc riverside extension has a program.  wonder if i can do everything satellite.  total number of units: 72 quarter units.

usf has a masters in counseling pyschology w/ a PPS attached.  no gre necessary.  total of 48 semester units for BOTH.  cohorts of 25 people.  guaranteed classes, which only happen every other friday night and all day saturdays.  unfortunately, i have missed this year's deadline by 14 days.  and it will cost 3x as much as san jose state.  oh, and i already have a master's degree.

so, what to do?  have a crappy attitude and knit in my sj classes for all time?  wait and apply to usf next year and pay out the ass?

anyone want to weigh in?