What does this have to do with registering for a course?

Posted by NoMoreObama 10 years, 4 months ago to Politics
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This appears to be a decision made by the college. Another community college in the area isn't asking these questions.


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  • Posted by Herb7734 10 years, 4 months ago
    I wonder, what is the motivation behind asking such questions. Looks as if some instructor is working on his PhD. I'd be tempted to tell him that as a Zaroastrian Tree Worshiper, it is my duty to have sex with all things, whether animate or not. Including his candy -ss. Of course that might not look too good on your school transcripts.
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 10 years, 4 months ago
    Maybe...
    "Recent studies indicate that the sexual breakdown of students registering at community colleges are...”
    Could be what was going on? A study? Maybe a peer-review? You have to collect data to make observations. I would find such a study frivolous, but not a threat. I’m not going to divulge personal information I’m not comfortable divulging, but they can ask away. Doesn’t hurt me.

    Why you didn’t you simply ask why they were asking you these questions? I would have. Do you even know whether it was a requirement to fill out the form? Sometimes, schools mislead you into thinking something is required, but if you don’t question them, you don’t know. For example: The state of Maryland does not require two years of a foreign language for graduation, but every middle school and high school within the states will pretend it is.
    Get your facts next time for your own edification. In fact, call them when you get a chance to find out the reason. Don’t run from facts. You got all of us wanting to know why they gave you that questionare. We are a knowledge-driven community here. Lol.

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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 4 months ago
    You forgot Vegi-sexual... (think of all the poor, lonely cucumbers out there...)

    Its all about getting that free gub'mint money for special programs geared toward justifying their liberalist classes. I would bet someone's Master's or Doctoral Thesis will use the results of the "anonymous poll" somehow. (And you forgot the pointed race questions, the marital status, and your economic status)...

    I won't tell you some of the responses I put (I almost always check "Other" or ignore the whole thing) but I'm sure I'm on some watch list somewhere. No, more like a few dozen of them.
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  • Posted by scojohnson 10 years, 4 months ago
    Considering that 'normal' is only one out of about 5 options on each, I'd just go to school somewhere else... No reason to buy their product, let the market determine winners and losers.
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  • Posted by $ DriveTrain 10 years, 4 months ago
    Too bad they don't have a field where you can type in your own variation, though I'll cop to being "queer" - in the '30s-'50s movie sense.

    And I thought the demand for my "ethnicity" was outrageous, back in the '90s. I'm Eskimo, BTW.

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  • Posted by mkozicki 10 years, 4 months ago
    From the Facebook list it seems they missed a few.

    http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/...

    Agender
    Androgyne
    Androgynous
    Bigender
    Cis
    Cisgender
    Cis Female
    Cis Male
    Cis Man
    Cis Woman
    Cisgender Female
    Cisgender Male
    Cisgender Man
    Cisgender Woman
    Female to Male
    FTM
    Gender Fluid
    Gender Nonconforming
    Gender Questioning
    Gender Variant
    Genderqueer
    Intersex
    Male to Female
    MTF
    Neither
    Neutrois
    Non-binary
    Other
    Pangender
    Trans
    Trans*
    Trans Female
    Trans* Female
    Trans Male
    Trans* Male
    Trans Man
    Trans* Man
    Trans Person
    Trans* Person
    Trans Woman
    Trans* Woman
    Transfeminine
    Transgender
    Transgender Female
    Transgender Male
    Transgender Man
    Transgender Person
    Transgender Woman
    Transmasculine
    Transsexual
    Transsexual Female
    Transsexual Male
    Transsexual Man
    Transsexual Person
    Transsexual Woman
    Two-Spirit

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