Piedmont Virginia Community College
- For other uses of "PVCC", see the disambiguation page.
Piedmont Virginia Community College is Chris's collegiate alma mater, a community college located in Charlottesville, Virginia. At PVCC, Chris earned an Applied Science Associate's Degree in Computer-Aided Drafting and Design. After five years of study, Chris earned his degree, even though students are expected to earn associate's degrees after two years in the U.S. He also made the Dean's List, or so he claims.[1]
In the Sonichu comics, PVCC is the realm of the evil witch Mary Lee Walsh. In real life, Walsh, in her role as Dean of Student Affairs, gave Chris a hard time on his Love Quest and at points shattered his heart, lowering his level to nearly zero. Chris took revenge in his own inimitable fashion, making her into a character in his comics: the evil witch in command of a villainous group known as the Private Villa of Corrupted Citizens.
Chris's academic life
Chris began classes in PVCC in September 2000. For reasons unknown, even to Chris, he originally chose Marketing as his major. Bob quickly transferred Chris to the CADD track, probably considering it a more attainable goal for Chris, this being a time before Bob had completely given up on Chris as a functioning adult.[2]
Chris has said very little about his college academic career, and appears to have learned even less. We do know that by the grace of God he graduated, and according to the PVCC Student Handbook in force while Chris was a student, he had to earn the following credits to acquire his particular two-year degree. Note that the college considered 15 credits per semester to be a normal load, and 12 to be the minimum.
3 - English Composition
3 - Humanities/Fine Arts
6 - Social/Behavioral Sciences
3 - Math or Natural Sciences
2 - Wellness
1 - Student Development
12 - Specific to CADD degree
35 - Other major related, not specified.
______________________
65 - Total
For the CADD degree specifically, Chris's requirements were:
3 - Computer-Aided Drafting I
3 - Computer-Aided Drafting II
6 - Additional courses approved by advisor.
________________________ 12 - Total
In other words, his CADD advisor would have played a very large role in guiding Chris towards the appropriate background and prerequisite courses. The nature of this relationship is unknown, but doubtless Chris was passive and uninterested in what was decided for him. Bob probably had more contact with the CADD faculty than Chris did.
When Chris entered the college, he was required to consult with an academic counselor, who would also help him plan a schedule. He was also no doubt in close touch with the Counseling Center throughout his time there, given his disabilities and behavioral problems.
We know that Chris took at least one infamous English class. He also took Tennis to fulfill his Wellness requirement. To learn more, someone will need to dig through Chris's trash again.
One mystery is why it took Chris so long to finish. Even taking his suspension into account, he needed ten semesters to earn a degree which officially should have taken two. Chris has never indicated that he had academic trouble, consistently asserting on his contemporary dating site profiles that he was doing just fine, the only exception being his prejudiced jerk English professor. One factor might have been the switch in majors from Marketing to CADD; he would not have been able to count specific marketing classes towards his new degree. Another possibility is that he was going to school part-time, preferring to spend a greater portion of his days playing vidya.
Kicked out of English
Chris's first great PVCC trauma occurred when he was kicked out of an English class on his birthday.
Chris at one point claimed that his class was reading Wednesday's Child, a story about an autistic girl who brutally murders people.[3] Chris said that he told his male professor that he, too, was autistic. This apparently resulted in Chris's ejection from that class on 24 February 2003, Chris's twenty-first birthday, and many tears were shed. According to Chris, the reason for his ejection was the professor's misunderstanding and fear of autism. Chris later passed the course when he retook it with a female professor.
Of course, there is more to this story than Chris lets on. In conversations with his gal-pals years afterward, Chris admitted that the topic of homosexuality had come up in a group discussion in class. Chris made a derogatory and inappropriate comment (in his words, he emitted "exclamations you'd likely hear from a black person in church"), and was promptly told to leave.[4]
PVCC gave professors considerable leeway in disciplining their students. From the 2004-06 Student Handbook:
| When unruly or otherwise unacceptable behavior occurs in a classroom or lab, the instructor may immediately have the student who is causing the problem leave the classroom. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the instructor as soon as possible, and at the latest before the next meeting of the class or lab to attempt to reconcile the problem. If not resolved, and/or in the most serious cases, such as when a student has previously been removed from the class or when the behavior is a serious violation of the rights of others (i.e., threats of violence or other acts of hostility), the faculty member may prefer to deny the student’s
return to the course. In these cases, the faculty member must file a written charge (available in the Admissions and Records Office) that proposes the removal of the student from the course....Once a charge is filed, the case will be settled by following the Procedure for Making and Hearing Charges Against Students. |
Given that Chris never reads the fine print, he was doubtlessly unaware of these legalistic niceties. Chris has not specified whether he was actually permanently expelled from the class by the professor, or if he just chose not to return.
After being kicked out, Chris sat at a table by himself and cried. As well as reinforcing Chris's hatred of men, this event also (albeit for no obvious reason) inspired Chris to begin his Love Quest.[5]
Kicked out of college
By mid-October 2003, Chris was already well into his Love Quest, his Attraction Sign being flagrantly displayed for a full two months before falling prey to Mary Lee Walsh, who assumed he was whoring himself out. Allegedly, she then yelled at him in "a very violent manner" and harshly criticized his methods. Undeterred, Chris made a new sign, which Walsh also took down. Chris, his wrath now heightened, inundated the campus with copies of Sonichu's News Dash!, in turn incurring a stern lecture from Walsh, who for her troubles found herself on the receiving end of a lecture from Sonichu, followed by a loud Curse-ye-ha-me-ha. He was then banned from the premises for a year, mandated (by Walsh) to take an anger management course, and forced to see a shrink.[6] Thus, we have the autism papers.
Graduation
After spending five years on a degree that is expected to take only two, Chris graduated with an associate's degree in Applied Science and a CADD certificate. Chris has repeatedly and fallaciously claimed to have two degrees, seemingly not understanding that his certificate and his associate's degree are two separate things.[7][8][9][10][11]
As opposed to his high school graduation, Chris didn't seem to care about graduating from college, likely because of his perceived antagonisation during his studies there. Notably, Chris wore not only his Sonichu medallion, but worse his gown, tassel, and honor roll stole from high school to his college graduation.
Graduation
Such is his disdain for college, he's wearing the medallion and the same shirt of fail he draws himself in.
And as usual, Chris couldn't care less and he disrobed himself like a small child.
His Associate of Applied Science degree.
His CADD certificate. Chris insists this is a degree, but the Commonwealth of Virginia begs to differ.
"Student featured in Nintendo Power."
PVCC as viewed by Chris
Christian Weston Chandler refers to Piedmont Virginia Community College as the Private Villa of Corrupted Citizens (abbreviated PVCCitizens; or, on one occasion, as Piedmont Virginity College[12]) due to the grudge he holds against the college. Within the context of his Sonichu comics, Christian has characterized the Private Villa of Corrupted Citizens as the headquarters for the activities of the villains of CWCville.
As you can imagine, when the troll message boards were created, it just had to be christened with this name.
See also
Sources
- ↑ Miyamoto Saga: "I earned two degrees in Computer Aided Drafting and Design at Piedmont Virginia Community College, and made the Dean's List."
- ↑ Jackie_E-mails#Chris_is_lazy.2C_Hates_simple_chores
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Jackie Chat #5
- ↑ User:ChrisChanSonichu profile#Start of my Sweetheart Search
- ↑ User:ChrisChanSonichu profile#Enter the Wicked Witch of the Private Villa of Corrupted Citizens
- ↑ BlueSpike PSN Chat #4
- ↑ CWC - Hand Drawn Original
- ↑ IRC (26 October 2008)
- ↑ Cole Smithey E-mails
- ↑ IRC (24 October 2008)
- ↑ CWC Personal Sonichu Presentation
