1. Do you like your adviser?
2. Does your institution require reams of paperwork for admittance, graduation, and/or sending you a paper copy of your grades?
3. Have you ever had to stop and check that you have not mistakenly wandered in to your local DMV?
4. Does the class roster remind you of a shell game run by Superman?
5. Are there more coffee shops on campus than cafeterias?
If you answered yes to three or more of these questions, you are in a state-run educational institution. So as to save you the time and effort of completing your degree, simply remember this phrase: “¿Quiere papas fritas con eso?”
(One week before classes begin, they monkey with the schedule and drop a class required for my degree. Luckily, it’ll be held in the spring semester– of 2012. Now I have to figure out a replacement class that won’t screw up my commuting days…)
