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While our arrival dates where the same, our departure dates were not. He was after your time.Hmmm- must have completely blocked that one out of my memory....
While our arrival dates where the same, our departure dates were not. He was after your time.Hmmm- must have completely blocked that one out of my memory....
[FONT="]Back at the old School Ship when my class found out we had passed Thirds we all gathered at a nearby watering hole, put a few kegs on the bar and in true sailor fashion got gloriously, rip roaring, "Bob's a dying on deck" drunk.. No bell ringing for us, but I guess you guys were always more refined (but not by much).. Oh well "different ships, different long splices" as they say.. [/FONT]
First thing I did before I even cleared the stage was look inside. It was known that everyone was getting their papers at graduation but due to a "conversation" I had with the one-year wonder CO2 I was expecting an empty tube. He didn't appreciate being called irrelevant but I guess after my departure from his office and calming down he saw that I was in fact correct. The look on CC2s face was priceless and watching him try to contain his laughter alone would have been worth the empty tube.
How could it be possible to go to four years at the "premier" maritime school in the country and not be able to pass your coast guard test?
Just wondering as today is graduation day -- does anyone know if all the rest of the students did end up passing their licensing exams? If so, did they also get to ring the bell? Also -- if you don't pass, can you graduate later on once you do pass them all? Just looking toward next year when our DS graduates.
i know you used to be able to. You would continue to re-take the exams after graduation until you passed and you would get your diploma and commission at that point. They would still let you walk at graduation and you would just get an empty tube with no diploma or commission. I understand that now they don't let you walk at graduation if you haven't passed.
Just wondering as today is graduation day -- does anyone know if all the rest of the students did end up passing their licensing exams? If so, did they also get to ring the bell? Also -- if you don't pass, can you graduate later on once you do pass them all? Just looking toward next year when our DS graduates.
One did not pass and did not walk today. As I understand, that person will receive the diploma upon passing. And yes, the ones who passed last week did get to ring the bell.Just wondering as today is graduation day -- does anyone know if all the rest of the students did end up passing their licensing exams? If so, did they also get to ring the bell? Also -- if you don't pass, can you graduate later on once you do pass them all? Just looking toward next year when our DS graduates.
How could it be possible to go to four years at the "premier" maritime school in the country and not be able to pass your coast guard test?
I don't know if they are letting those whose only lack is passing license walk and get empty tubes or not. They used to, but seem to be getting stricter about that practice every year.
Our DD was a deferred graduate last year. She failed the license prep class and they would not even let her try to take the exam. We attended graduation weekend, though the extended family did not. She was able to participate in everything she chose to except the actual graduation ceremony. She was part of the change of command and jumped into the pool with everyone else. We attended the dinner cruise and June Ball. She sat in the audience with us and watched her friends and classmates walk. There will never be a graduation ceremony for her.
The good news is that she passed the prep course (distance ed while living at home) and was able to take her license exam in Baltimore in October. She sailed through the exam and probably had a much less stressful exam experience than her peers. KP mailed her diploma and commission to her and her father swore her in (retired Army officer). Since she passed her license, she has not been in the New York area. She's been too busy working. But she fully intends to go back at the first opportunity and ring the bell. So if one day you see a young woman with bright purple or blue hair banging away on the bell, that will be her. And the message is to never give up!
As for your offhand slight of "premier", our passing rates were higher than the other state academies rates that we saw and we didn't have to use our cell phones on the tests like other school students often do.
Not all majors are license track. The state schools graduate a large number of non-licensed graduates every year.This means that only 110 of 332 students are referenced under Mass Maritime's license exam article; which is only 33% of the class. What happened to the other 67%? I'm not sure, there is no mention of them.