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Post by Cunt Wrap Supreme on Feb 8, 2009 22:16:52 GMT -5
Yeah, but those are new concepts being introduced. They're feeding us bullshit from the get go on laws and rules that have already been established because they want to make it easier on slower students. What the fuck is the point if we already have tiers of class difficulties established? We take it way too passively on students; re: my ics4m0 wiki point.
I agree. I always do VERY badly on the first 2 or 3 tests a teacher gives. At that point I get the rhythm of how they tick and what THEY as a person are looking for. At that point is when I actually start to do better.
Marking schemes in our schools are VERY subjective. It's retarded. Why isn't there some sort of standardized way to evaluate things (barring creativity based classes)?
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Post by hellomeow on Feb 8, 2009 22:23:40 GMT -5
Thing with physics though is that it really depends on the kind of work you're doing. Newtonian physics works well for almost everything save for that which a quantum mechanist or astrophysicist will work with, regardless of whether other theories are better or not. You could sit down and listen to someone explain all the mysteries of the universe as mankind understands it at one point, and you probably wouldn't understand much because of how many abstract concepts would have been built up upon from the former theories. In some cases it does work to start teaching in terms of how mankind began to understand things instead of how the top-tier researchers in the field at present time understand it.
I might suggest you move elsewhere since our education system really isn't great. America has a better education system than we do if you decide to take the best courses you can, although I'd be interested to try an Asian or Indian education system out since they seem to be pumping out highly intelligent graduates like hotcakes. I never had to think about getting into a school until this year, now the fear of getting/not getting into Waterloo is driving me nuts, much like Japanese kids know they have to get into a good school from elementary school up.
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Post by Hauskaz on Feb 8, 2009 22:31:47 GMT -5
I've never been concerned with what the public education system does. I've always preferred to figure shit out for myself when I need/want to. The only real reason I'm even bothering with post secondary education is for the sake of a diploma to say "sup, I know what I'm doing" when I'm looking for employment.
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Post by hellomeow on Feb 8, 2009 22:36:57 GMT -5
It's pretty much impossible to be a physicist or scientist of any kind without at least an Undergraduate Degree. I really don't feel like I understand science that well either, and University tends to get into the more difficult and interesting side of science which I've always wanted to experience first hand.
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Post by elbow unit on Feb 8, 2009 22:52:03 GMT -5
another thing about school, and this is ironic; i haven't learned anthing. When was the last time you remebr you learned a useful real life skill in school? Seriously. I just retain shit (like it has been said) and the skill i have learned are how to SOUND right or how to absorb UP, and those aren't useful
- i'm taking writer's craft to work on my editing, but i know i'll learn it myslef.
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Post by Cunt Wrap Supreme on Feb 8, 2009 23:12:09 GMT -5
i haven't learned anthing. When was the last time you remebr you learned a useful real life skill in school? You only learn theoretical knowledge in school. "Real life skills" (i.e. conventional wisdom and whatnot) are something you learn on your own. School doesn't give you those kinds of fundamentals. |
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Post by hellomeow on Feb 9, 2009 0:35:00 GMT -5
I would say courses don't teach you much, school teaches you a lot. Actually attending school and participating in it actively as a student tends to teach you things that you wouldn't actually have known beforehand, although there are certain different means of learning the same lessons.
I can't say I haven't learned anything in school that wasn't theoretical. A lot of what I learned about human nature, socializing, perseverance, self-respect and tolerance I would say I learned from being in school. And besides, I love theory anyways.
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Post by elbow unit on Feb 10, 2009 10:55:12 GMT -5
I don't know, am i being too hard on school? I've recently had a highschool midlife crisis
I realise I've been in school for 12 years, and that's scarinng me
- i've been looking back and thinnking what would i have done differently
anyone else?
BTW sup from wirter's craft
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Post by Cunt Wrap Supreme on Feb 10, 2009 11:21:55 GMT -5
It's ironic you'd spell that class name wrong.
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Post by hellomeow on Feb 10, 2009 18:05:02 GMT -5
I don't know, am i being too hard on school? I've recently had a highschool midlife crisis I realise I've been in school for 12 years, and that's scarinng me - i've been looking back and thinnking what would i have done differently anyone else? BTW sup from wirter's craft I can definitely name a few things I would have done. I would have spent more time on extracurricular activities at school, maybe get on student council, although I'm glad I was on the wrestling team I still regret not having been in any other athletic teams other than martial arts when I was younger. I have pretty much no athletic talent as a result of having not spent much time on it. Besides that, I can definitely say I wish I had spent less time in my earlier years of high school smoking pot and skipping class, and more time in elementary school trying to have fun rather than being a loner all the time. I don't really feel like I had made any friends in school until Grade 7 or so. I've been in school for about 14 years now, including junior kindergarten and regular. I feel like I couldn't live without school, most people get excited about holidays but I get melancholy. I was born to live in an institution of some kind, when I get into Waterloo or UOIT I'm going to try and do as much as I can with my time so that my regrets there are few. |
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Post by elbow unit on Feb 11, 2009 9:56:50 GMT -5
rofl tran
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Post by elbow unit on Sept 21, 2009 8:14:57 GMT -5
heeloooooo posting from Philopsophy class
one thing about being in this class is that the material is great and pretty easy to understand if you have a logical mind (like all classes in school really)
but the prof has soo much trouble trying to explain. It's just best to try to learn it yourself.
Like right now he's trying to explain abductive reasoning (Which i know already) and he;s doing sooooo bad at it it's a little sad. If i didn't know what is twas already i'd have a hard time following his examples
anyone else have this problem
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Post by Hauskaz on Sept 21, 2009 11:29:00 GMT -5
All my profs are so well-versed it blows my mind. They know exactly what they're talking about and have both the education and the experience to back it up. It's like I'm in a program full of Keenleysides basically.
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Post by hellomeow on Sept 21, 2009 12:10:34 GMT -5
I'm in Chem right now, I've essentially given up tryng to learn stoichiometry from this retarded prof. I learned this sht n grade 11 and this guy makes simple problems seem like rocket science or something. I'm least impressed by this guy out of all my teachers, my physics teacher is hilarious and fast paced, my calc teacher teaches things at a pace that doesn't bore he hell out of my and my cs teacher is teaching pretty elementary stuff but still makes everything interesting. Overall the uni experience is vastly superior to high school. I can't even understand why I even considered staying an extra year before.
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Post by solocityElectricCyan on Sept 21, 2009 17:37:46 GMT -5
I've really only learned useful things to me in construction. my teacher also knows what he's doing. the good thing is that I am a lot faster than the other students most of the time. This allows me to finish my own projects sooner, and then help other people with theirs; in turn, I get even more experience by facing other people's problems.
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