1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

[BBC] Yao returns to college

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by vstexas09, Nov 8, 2011.

Tags:
Page 2 of 3
  1. kevC

    kevC Member

    Joined:
    Jul 19, 2007
    Messages:
    7,394
    Likes Received:
    5,117
    He needs an MIT degree.

    [​IMG]
     
    #21 kevC, Nov 9, 2011
    1 person likes this.
  2. Surfguy

    Surfguy Member

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 1999
    Messages:
    24,689
    Likes Received:
    12,960
    lol @ Yao. He looks absolutely thrilled. From NBA superstar to regular college kid.

    What if Yao were one of us? He is. He is nobody now. Just some tall dork everyone sees in class who looks bored. Thanks, Yao's feet.

    Maybe we will see him again some day in an official government role as an economic advisor?

    That's life. From sheek to geek.
     
    #22 Surfguy, Nov 9, 2011
  3. rn_xw

    rn_xw Member

    Joined:
    Mar 28, 2006
    Messages:
    2,104
    Likes Received:
    28
    only difference would be the couple hundred million dollars.
     
    #23 rn_xw, Nov 9, 2011
  4. candlegreen

    candlegreen Member

    Joined:
    May 20, 2002
    Messages:
    1,527
    Likes Received:
    55
    It's quite sad. He couldn't fit in any of those seats outside of the back row.
     
    #24 candlegreen, Nov 9, 2011
  5. RocketForever

    RocketForever Member

    Joined:
    Jun 3, 2002
    Messages:
    5,017
    Likes Received:
    37
    Imagine Yao walks into the classroom, sits right in front of you.........and the room is packed so there are no other empty seats you can move to...
     
    #25 RocketForever, Nov 12, 2011
  6. Seven

    Seven Member

    Joined:
    Sep 18, 2006
    Messages:
    2,251
    Likes Received:
    28
    I wonder how different studying econ in China is from the US.
     
    #26 Seven, Nov 13, 2011
  7. cheke64

    cheke64 Member

    Joined:
    May 12, 2009
    Messages:
    25,912
    Likes Received:
    17,922
    Why is he going to school in Asia? His credits won't transfer over here.
     
    #27 cheke64, Nov 13, 2011
  8. Jontro

    Jontro Member

    Joined:
    Feb 3, 2010
    Messages:
    36,447
    Likes Received:
    25,673
    If I sat next to him in class, I would be staring at him the whole time and probably fail the class.
     
    #28 Jontro, Nov 13, 2011
  9. flamingdts

    flamingdts Member

    Joined:
    Feb 23, 2008
    Messages:
    11,630
    Likes Received:
    4,729
    Well besides the fact that he's considered the greatest Chinese athlete of all time and has more money than 99.9999 percent of the world will ever make, yeah sure he's a nobody.

    :p
     
    #29 flamingdts, Nov 13, 2011
  10. Dairy Ashford

    Dairy Ashford Member

    Joined:
    May 20, 2002
    Messages:
    14,585
    Likes Received:
    1,889
    Hopefully he becomes a trade rep as opposed to, I dunno, military governor of Taipei.
     
    #30 Dairy Ashford, Nov 13, 2011
  11. sinobball

    sinobball Member

    Joined:
    Nov 14, 2009
    Messages:
    1,156
    Likes Received:
    78
    Rumor is Yao flunked the advanced math (=basically Calculus) class with a grade of 38%.
     
    #31 sinobball, Jan 12, 2012
  12. sinobball

    sinobball Member

    Joined:
    Nov 14, 2009
    Messages:
    1,156
    Likes Received:
    78
    Here's the article
    http://en.radio86.com/news/slam-flunk-yao-ming-toppled-advanced-math-exam

     
    #32 sinobball, Jan 12, 2012
  13. redhotrox

    redhotrox Member

    Joined:
    Jun 22, 2011
    Messages:
    4,084
    Likes Received:
    453
    Poor Yao. He hasn’t taken classes in forever though. I used to be pretty good at math, but I’d definitely flunk Calc if I had to take again today.
     
    #33 redhotrox, Jan 12, 2012
  14. redwhiteone

    redwhiteone Member

    Joined:
    Oct 30, 2008
    Messages:
    1,765
    Likes Received:
    59
    Good for him. We're proud of you Yao. Keep it up.
     
    #34 redwhiteone, Jan 12, 2012
  15. QdoubleA

    QdoubleA Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2007
    Messages:
    4,767
    Likes Received:
    256
    Everybody fails something. Major respect for going back and finishing.
     
    #35 QdoubleA, Jan 12, 2012
  16. vstexas09

    vstexas09 Member

    Joined:
    Nov 7, 2007
    Messages:
    10,166
    Likes Received:
    540
    I see this as an opportunity.

    Flunk math, come back, and play for us again.
     
    #36 vstexas09, Jan 12, 2012
  17. clos4life

    clos4life Member

    Joined:
    Dec 20, 2007
    Messages:
    12,598
    Likes Received:
    15,110
    Maybe he will be like Jordan after his hiatus and take us to 3 'ships in a row! ;)
     
    #37 clos4life, Jan 12, 2012
  18. Air Langhi

    Air Langhi Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Aug 26, 2000
    Messages:
    21,948
    Likes Received:
    6,702
    Time to get that good old communications degree.

    I remember CB4 saying how he didn't graduate college, but he had people working for him who had.
     
    #38 Air Langhi, Jan 12, 2012
  19. Margrave

    Margrave Member

    Joined:
    Nov 15, 2011
    Messages:
    304
    Likes Received:
    20
    Bill Gates said the same thing, lots of successful people never went to college.
     
    #39 Margrave, Jan 12, 2012
  20. Carl Herrera

    Carl Herrera Member

    Joined:
    Feb 16, 2007
    Messages:
    45,153
    Likes Received:
    21,575
    Ain't easy to pick up calculous in his situation.
     
    #40 Carl Herrera, Jan 12, 2012
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 2 of 3

Share This Page