# "How I spent my Dope suspension", by etv78 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024 "2014-06-30T18:52:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/1 "2014-06-30T18:52:07Z")
Dope wise, I did read the board, noting threads I want to.post to. Non Dope news: was in hospital and rehab for broken leg, while in rehab, developed wound on butt, which sent me BACK to rehab. Brace for leg gave me wounds on leg. Oh, and I got into grad school. And back to dealing with melodramatic mom. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/2 "2014-06-30T18:53:02Z")
But did you learn your lesson? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/3 "2014-06-30T18:58:45Z")
Sorry about your medical stuff. Congrats on grad school. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/4 "2014-06-30T18:59:45Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > But did you learn your lesson? Dope wise, or life wise? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/5 "2014-06-30T19:03:59Z")
If you have to ask… Just kidding, welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/6 "2014-06-30T19:08:22Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > But did you learn your lesson? “No one puts Baby in the corner!” No? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/7 "2014-06-30T19:34:32Z")
Assuming you mean Dope wise: guess I have to accept that the board isn’t moded the way I would. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/8 "2014-06-30T20:39:20Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Assuming you mean Dope wise: guess I have to accept that the board isn’t moded the way I would. That’s a real-world lesson to keep in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/9 "2014-06-30T20:42:24Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > developed wound on butt Butthurt detected. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/10 "2014-06-30T20:52:15Z")
True wulf. Cinnamon: how’s the veal. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/11 "2014-06-30T20:56:07Z")
Congrats on the grad school. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/12 "2014-06-30T21:41:38Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Congrats on the grad school. TY Smurf! Needed to take Inc on last BA class, so it’s delayed a year. At this point, what’s another year? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/13 "2014-07-01T04:43:51Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Assuming you mean Dope wise: guess I have to accept that the board isn’t moded the way I would. The vast majority probably feel the same. Let me offer you some advice, and this isn’t meant to be nasty: I think you need to try and develop something of a thicker skin. Stop taking everything so personally, and just let it roll off your back. Okay? It’ll save you a lot of stress. Other than that – welcome back. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/14 "2014-07-01T06:03:14Z")
Congrats on getting things together. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/15 "2014-07-01T08:23:52Z")
Glad you’re back. Missed you. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/16 "2014-07-01T10:57:34Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > But did you learn your lesson? Just want to mention that this strikes me as the perfect Doper first response to the OP. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/17 "2014-07-01T11:42:53Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > TY Smurf! Needed to take Inc on last BA class, so it’s delayed a year. At this point, what’s another year? “Inc”? Since you’re in rehab, could you spend an extra 11 seconds on each post typing things out - you know, for coherence? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/18 "2014-07-01T11:50:39Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > TY Smurf! Needed to take Inc on last BA class, so it’s delayed a year. At this point, what’s another year? Too bad you can’t resolve your incomplete over the summer, or work it out with your grad program to finish it in the fall while starting. Have you explored such options? ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/19 "2014-07-01T12:46:42Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Too bad you can’t resolve your incomplete over the summer, or work it out with your grad program to finish it in the fall while starting. > > Have you explored such options? Or, considering it was a medical excuse but he was set for graduation and had access to the internet in rehab and at home, he couldn’t have wrapped it up via distance learning after communicating with the professor and/or dean of his program. Far easier to retake the entire class in a year. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024/20 "2014-07-01T13:13:58Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Or, considering it was a medical excuse but he was set for graduation and had access to the internet in rehab and at home, he couldn’t have wrapped it up via distance learning after communicating with the professor and/or dean of his program. Far easier to retake the entire class in a year. True- I’ve had students in such situations, and if they’re motivated and reach out to me, we often (not always) can find a way to make things work. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-dope-suspension-by-etv78/692024.md?page=2)