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On 24 July 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Accepted to Accepted (film). The result of the discussion was moved.

August 2006

The school name, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, is most likely a play on Purdue University Calumet. Purdue Calumet was originally called the South Hammond Institute of Technology.

Without a source for this I'm calling bull. — Miles ←☎ 16:08, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know what it means ..... S.H.I.T I EDITED THE ARTICLE TO amend it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rankun (talk • contribs) 07:39, 10 August 2006

We were wanting a source on the Purdue University Calumet connection. We all get S.H.I.T.=feces --TheTruthiness 18:50, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Purdue Calumet was called the Technical Institute. [1] [2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.167.231.34 (talk • contribs) 16:04, 16 August 2006

"SHIT"?

Shouldn't the word be S.H.I.o T.? I think they have that on the website too — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.68.115.11 (talk • contribs) 09:51, 15 August 2006

you never make a letter for of, on, the, etc. Duh. H2P ^{(Yell at me for what I've done)} 19:03, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Did you even bother to read the last part of what I typed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.68.115.11 (talk • contribs) 00:01, 16 August 2006

On the MySpace page, it says, "Join the S.H.I.T. Yearbook!" You don't abbreviate a, an, and, for, of, or, and the. They should teach this in elementary school. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.167.231.34 (talk • contribs) 16:04, 16 August 2006

Think about why it's not the U.S.o.A., instead of U.S.A., you don't include certain words like that in acronyms. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.252.132 (talk • contribs) 02:53, 28 August 2006

Don't be stupid, haven't you ever heard of the Get Rid of Slimy girlS club??? Capitalize any damn thing you want. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.78.5.42 (talk • contribs) 05:29, 7 October 2006

News flash, the Calvin character is aged all of six years and doesn't quite grasp "education"... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.216.10.77 (talk • contribs) 11:35, 15 November 2006

Very similar to "Animal House"

There are similarities between two movies: 1. A fat loser guy, trying to enter a fraternity but mocked. 2. A furious dean that tries to end things. 3. Girlfriend of formal fraternity's president 4. AT the end, a accreditation trial between dean and party people. 5. Party guy with moustache who doens't speak much, noone knows where he came from. --JohnEmerald 14:11, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Soundtrack"

Could someone with the CD confirm whether Holiday is on it or not? In the article itself Holiday is listed as being on the CD and not on the CD... Thanks --Otingocni 01:14, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"$298 million Budget?"

That has to be way off, I haven't seen this movie, but considering it's plot and the actors involved, there is no way this movie cost that much — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oxboomer (talk • contribs) 03:08, 16 February 2007

"Breakfast Club" references

I added in this paragraph to the trivia section:

Two references (intentional or not) are made to another film of the 'rebellious teen' genre, The Breakfast Club. First, Bartleby's sister demands a fake ID in exchange for her promise not to tell their parents about Bartleby's endeavor. When Bartleby insists that he won't let her drink alcohol, she sneers that she wants the identification so that she can vote. The same reasoning was used by Anthony Michael Hall's character Brian in The Breakfast Club when Andrew (Emilio Estevez) questioned why he had a fake ID. Secondly, a readaptation of Simple Minds' song Don't You (Forget About Me) is playing in the school party scene. The song was famously the theme song of The Breakfast Club.

Does anyone know if these were intentional nods to The Breakfast Club? J21 03:19, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Song Help!!!

What's the name of that song that turns up when after Bartleby makes a long speech and is allowed to operate S.H.I.T for one year with probation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.79.212.231 (talk • contribs) 18:42, 7 April 2007

I couldn't find it, so I assume it's made for the movie. If you put the DVD in your computer and it has a DVD-rom drive, maybe it could be found in the "Movie MP3" section on the bonus features.ChesterG 08:56, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plot Synopsis

The plot "synopsis" is totally ridiculous. It is much too long and detailed, and needs to be trimmed down. Some guy 10:46, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the plot's as bad as the Trivia section. No offense to whoever added it, but is it really necessary to note that a character may or may not be a Jew? I don't think everyone who points out there is underlying racism somewhere against a certain people should be labeled as whatever's being secretly discrimnated against. ChesterG 10:32, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The grammatical structure of the "plot synopsis" is grotesque. Anyone care to help me tidy it up? MiniMary12 05:10, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have significantly trimmed the plot synopsis. It could still use more work, but it's a start. PxT 15:22, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do some pruning and grammar-izing, I've got nothing better to do. And yeah, that note about him maybe being Jewish was the first to go. Werthog 19:40, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plot holes and goofs

In the "Plot holes and goofs" section, it says "During the party when Bartleby takes the stage to sing The Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop" he credits Johnny Ramone has posessing him, when The Ramones actual singer is Joey Ramone,while Johnny Ramone is the guitarist." I don't see why it couldn't have been Johnny "possessing" him. I'm removing that bit because it's poorly written and presumptuous. DaddyTwoFoot 01:44, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reality

Can something like this be done in reality? 60.50.160.120 (talk) 04:19, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not at all.--Jakezing (talk) 13:12, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

God no, ignoring the sheer stupidity of it all, like assuming parents and cops wouldn't notice, its ILLEGAL. These kids are pretending to be a college when they aren't accredited at all, its called FRAUD, you go to JAIL for stunts like this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pstanton (talk • contribs) 08:00, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would have to agree with Pstanton on this. If this were to occur in real life, South Harmon would not have a long life as a college. This is because accreditation is a lot more rigorous in real life as there are a lot more expectations that have to be met before accreditation is given such as proof that the course content will prepare students for whatever they want to do when they venture out into the workforce. Educational institutions will also be subject to yearly reviews as a condition of being accredited on things such as post-graduate employment turnout. And lastly, South Harmon does not make financial aid available to those who qualify. So yes, this could happen but there would be a lot of red tape and the "college" would not last as long. 22:22, 5 March 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.117.8.110 (talk)

I'm sure you could make a school like this if you planned everything out and asked the school board first. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.74.162.173 (talk) 03:00, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Starting a school in the United States is hardly regulated at all, see Diploma mills in the United States. What I see as a daunting obstacle is trying to get the 'campus' through Planning and Zoning inspection (as a multiple residence the inspection would be very strict.) RJFJR (talk) 15:08, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It would be easy to create a "college" like this, but it would just be a diploma mill - those degrees aren't worth the paper they are printed on. You would need accreditation by one of the accrediting groups, the ones accepted by the US Dept of Education, not the fraudulent ones. Also they passed themselves off as an extension of Harmond University, so that's fraud and trademark infringement. There is no Ohio State Board of College Accreditation, like the one shown in the film.--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 23:49, 24 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

All that tells me is that the name of the "Ohio branch of the Higher Learning Commission" has been changed to protect the innocent. I haven't seen the film, but the broad acceptance and curriculum described in the plot summary remind me of a community college, and every community college has to start somewhere. --Damian Yerrick (talk) 04:47, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Plot

It goes into uneeded detail to often, and since i prefer not to work on plot, somebody else can work on it please.--Jakezing (talk) 13:14, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's about time it got moved

It's about time. This article should have been deleted when I nominated it, but oh well. At least it does not have its own page anymore. I really thought anything that didn't exist, should not have its own article.--Subman758 (talk) 20:35, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but what are you talking about? It's about time what got moved? --Terrillja _talk 20:57, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You know when I put this, I was on the South Harmon Institute of Technology page. I guess the talk page redirected.--Subman758 (talk) 21:05, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I liked the S.H.I.T. article! Come on! An idea for a college that good deserves its own page, fiction or non. What about the different courses offered? The history behind the damn place? I don't know what you people are thinking in deleting that article.(74.14.58.161 (talk) 01:12, 26 February 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Useful addition

I would like to add for those who read the article that are curious as to why Dean Van Horne forewarned Bartleby about hearing from Harmon College's attorneys. The reason why an attorney referral would happen because colleges protect their names and trademarks. If you owned a college, would you want someone using your name without your college's permission? In the movie, Bartleby made use of the Harmon name without permission as the name Harmon as it pertains to colleges is trademarked. Therefore, had he not stood up for his college, he would have been indicted for BOTH fraud and sued for trademark infringement.

If someone could add a little bit that he is forewarned of an attorney referral due to violating Harmon's name rights in the creation of his fake college that would be great. If it is against Wikipedia policy or would impact the quality of the article, that is fine with me.

Just thought I would make a little addendum here. If it doesn't belong here please feel free to delete. Thank you. 14:26, 7 October 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.117.8.110 (talk)

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Accepted 2001:4455:1D3:6000:9129:EB72:F783:E0BB (talk) 07:13, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 24 July 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 23:38, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Accepted → Accepted (film) – "Accepted" is the past participle of acceptance, which has long-term significance over the film. Having Accepted redirect to Acceptance is less likely to WP:SURPRISE readers than having the film be WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Mia Mahey (talk) 19:44, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support, per nom. RodRabelo7 (talk) 15:40, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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