Survey posted 2003-08-04 14:08 by Henrik.

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well, i clicked the wrong thing anyway, but yes i am going back to school but not getting a calculator. Do we have some dropouts that answered?

I don't think they're dropouts, I think they just finished high school/college.

That or they are home schooled or they are in a college's summer semester (like me) which butts up right against the begining of the fall semester.

Hoem skoolrs ar kool. Thare thu onlee wons hoo spel aneethyng rite!

Homeschoolers get a big advantage over public schooled people. For example, if somebody was really good at math, but they sucked at english, it wouldn't be hard at all for a homeschooler to work a couple grade levels above in math, but not in english. That would have helped me a lot. If I were homeschooled, I'd be in a high math level and a LOW history level. :)

I know how you feel. My Parents had to fight too districts just to allow me to take math at an appropriate level while I was in high school. In college, its no biggie. But, the only bad thing was that if I was home scholled I would have had a private tutor because I went beyond what either of my parents learned in math.

"I didn;t fight my way to the top of the food chain to become a vegitarian"
"You were born naked, yet, and hungry, then things got worse"
"Save a tree, eat a beaver"
"IRS: we've got what it takes to take what you've got"
"Stop stealing, the government hates competition" (Especially Gray Davis)

"The human race didn't fight for thousands of years to get to the top of the food chain just to eat ***** sprouts"

As my friend pointed out after getting sick of a "you shouldn't eat meat" person added the final piece of straw to the poor camels back.


-- remeber the thank you speech for school ceramonies.

"I would like to thank the teachers for teaching me all they know. And, I would like to thank my parents and the text books for teaching me everything I know."

"I would like to thank the teachers for teaching me a lot and being a great support for me at school. Unfortunately, they weren't so I can't."

Either your being sarcastic about the last two statements or your one of those people who hate the public school system. If you fit into either one of those catigories, join the club.

I wouldn't say hate. But, in Briton, and from what I can tell, America the systems hold huge flaws. - The govenment. The syllabis is appalling, it was only a couple of years ago they started teaching actual arithmetic (+-/*) at school. English is a waste of time.
What ever you learn in tech based subjects you are told to forget after GCSEs (first school leaving exams), and whatever you learn at 'A'levels you are told to forgt at Uni. And, the stuff you learn at uni is useless.

My parents taught me English, Maths & arithmetic (although I had a great maths teacher for complex stuff) and electronics. And I thankfully had two fantastic teachers for computing - who taught nothing from the syllabis - they taught us what they thought was relavent to modern life.
I taught the electronics teacher electronics at my school!

Yeah I don't "hate" it but my dislike for it is pretty strong. I so wished I was home schooled, life would have been easier.

I'm pretty sure there are many important social skills you are learning at school.

Between the ATC (Royal Air Force Cadets), and sixth form at school, I learnt many great social skills. To the point that all the other years of misery now won't result in me burning the school down with most of the teachers in it.

I'll settle for the ****** head of PT.

If your talking about popularity and butt kissing then your right. The social skills I've learned are a couple social graces and some finer points of communication. It was only a matter of time before I started acquiring those skills anyways. I complain to relieve anger and frustration, otherwise I would be taking physical action and that almost never occurs.

Socialized education at it's best! Thanks a lot, FDR.

MWM

No! Wait... that was Eisenhower... Oh, I forget.

Socialised education?...

...Learning down the pub?

I like that last one-LOL.

LOL- nice quotes ;-)

I was going to post some more today but I can't find the list I've had for about a year with all of them on it. Must clean room!

Must find list!
Me want list!
They good!

And, kids - this is just what one pint does to your grammar. so be warned about abusing alcofrol. It really does kill the brain cells.

You sound like a Honeycomb's commercial. Oh and one pint will probably do more than that to you (no experiance here).

HoneyComb? Patronise the Welsh bloke time....

Believe me, one pint is not much noticed by me.
Three i start to get merry.
Six I get rather drunk.
Eight in four hours (real ale and three different ones 5.1%avg.) - Don't ever try it. It is a killer.

BTW I seldom ever drink more than two pints in a night. - Some may think that it is because I am responsible, others just know I'm to tight.

"HoneyComb?" it a cerel here in the US that has grammaticall incorrect language. Are you using tight as meaning cool (popular; I'm not taking any chance w/ you) or drunk (old English definition)?

Tight means a someone who doesn't part with money. (It has, to my knowledge, never meant a drunk person, sloshed, newted, razzled, tiddled, mullered, ratted just to name a few terms we use for drunk.)

I was almost about to make a joke on trees, then realised that it is spelt wrong....
s/(.*?\(.*?)u/$1/i;
should allow the joke to work though.

Well I say the joke. As you have never heard of tight meaning drunk, I have never heard it meaning someone who doesn't spend money [much].

Interesting. I have never heard tight being used to mean drunk, though it has that definition in the Cmabridge Dictionary. It also has the definition of unwilling to spend money in CED and Roget's Dictionary.
Amasing how two similar cultures can be so different.

"You are unique, just like everyone else"

That is my favorite quote of all. I cleaned my room and I still haven't found the list :(

Yea, really. I used to spell pretty bad, but then I found that it is nice to know how to spell variable names. Even today, I appreciate spell-check.

BTY, I am homeschooled and finnished Calculus before my 16th birthday. It is nice not having to wait on anyone!

MWM

If either of my parents knew enough math (Calculus or higher) and if they could have home schooled me I would have finished Multi Variable Caculus (BC) probably at 14 or 15, instead I finished Calc AB at 16. Those who are no restricted by anyone for the education are flat out blessed!

Your parents don't need to know math! Mine cannot differentiate y=x^2, and I passed the standardized test at the collage with flying colors! All you need is a good book, some paper, a few pencils, and that mushy thing under your skull. (And, if your book requires it, a good graphing calculator. A good book should not require it, however.)

There are multiple ways people learn. I need it explained or demostrated once or twice and I have it down. For some reason it is much easier for me to learn via interaction not just seeing it.

The minimal concepts of calc that I know only come from me messing around with my TI-89. It's kind of odd what you can learn from a calculator. I also learned a lot of other stuff from TI calcs too. Like sine, cosine, etc., other basic trig stuff... and before I ever had algebra, I got the concept of graphing functions by playing with the Y= editor. I think calculators are very helpful with learning in math.
And I'm interested in learning anything new in math... are there any sites that sort of teach a math subject/course/etc. free online?

I think that you are best off with buying a book. Saxon's Calculus book only retails for about $60. I really liked it. The only issue is that it teaches you to not be dependant on a calculator. (Hey, did Göttfriett Weillem von Libnitz use a calculator?)

MWM

(Just so you know...that previous comment was a way of saying that I'm homeschooled...I'm not making fun of homeschoolers)

I figured as much. How long did it take you to write that?

Probly nut to long. Yooshally it duznt taik tat long too spel wurds encurectlee. Butt im nott hoemskoolhed. alot uv mye frenz r tho.

It is the law to go to school in Britain. Parents can be sent to jail now for children who play truant.

Hey, the British govenment is nearly as messed up as the American one.

all i can say about that is :D

What math curriculum do you use? I have used Saxon, which I like... all except for their Physics. Can you believe that they try to teach physics with algebra?!?!

MWM

I heard Saxon was pretty good before. But I never used it.

Physics w/ Algebra!? At least use trig. I want to use it with Calculus.

No no no... They don't teach physics at the same time as algebra... They teach physics based on a knowledge of algebra, when it should be based on a knowledge of calculus.

MWM

Were thinking the same thing. I'm just saying it differently. The math involved in physics is what I'm refering to. Its like saying a Mac with a G5 not a Mac and a G5.