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Re:Justine Bateman Is a College Freshman Studying Programming by Super_luigi on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @11:59PM (#5790849)
Good for her! I doubt she needs the cash so it's always fascinating to see how people pick STEM fields for non-career reasons, same way others might pick history, english lit, etc.

And at 47 she looks way better than any other girl in my eng class when I was in school!! (OK, there were only 3)

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Re:Justine Bateman Is a College Freshman Studying Programming by britta on Thursday May 30, 2013 @12:39AM (#5790966)
Odd to comment on appearances when they're not relevant to the news.

But anyway, I think it's great that she's talking openly about her frustrations and challenges with her classes (on http://getacollegelife.tumblr.com/). Not a lot of people have the confidence to expose that, so people can get incorrect impressions about the easiness of learning and feel overly discouraged when they struggle.

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