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Post by: Corsair on June 01, 2004, 08:10:10 pm
I have my chemistry exam tomorrow.
*runs off into a corner and mumbles incoherently*
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Post by: Jetmech Jr. on June 01, 2004, 08:12:25 pm
Exam Exemptions are wonderful, arent they ;)

Seriously though, good luck with it.
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Post by: WMCoolmon on June 01, 2004, 08:29:13 pm
Mathematics, History, Acting, possibly Latin, American Literature finals/exams. coming up, next two weeks. :doubt:
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Post by: Taristin on June 01, 2004, 10:30:19 pm
I was hoping this'd be a Gackt thread. :doubt:
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Post by: Knight Templar on June 01, 2004, 10:43:04 pm
Spanish Oral finale tommarrow.
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Post by: Thorn on June 01, 2004, 11:38:11 pm
****! I have to find something to do tomorrow so I can complain about it!
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Post by: vyper on June 02, 2004, 09:06:16 am
I just finished my degree presentation today. I feel odd... I have no deadlines or documents to worry about...  :D
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Post by: kasperl on June 02, 2004, 09:31:52 am
Lesse, I'll get these in 3 weeks, all together in a week time:

French
German
History
Sociology
Biology
(alll of the above twice, I  missed the last run of tests)
Latin
Sciences
Some stuff I  forgot.

And then I still have tests, just no exams, in Physics, Chem, English, Dutch, and some other stuff.
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Post by: TopAce on June 02, 2004, 11:11:16 am
And I must convince my Biology teacher that I don't want to learn all summer. And I should also learn the actual material, by the way. :)

Knowledge and the ability of persuation makes a perfect pair.

Fortunately, there will be no more Chemistry for me.
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Post by: adwight on June 02, 2004, 11:27:54 am
Chemistry is so damn easy, just learn the periodic tables.  Hell, I got a 90 on the test.
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Post by: karajorma on June 02, 2004, 11:31:57 am
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Originally posted by adwight
Chemistry is so damn easy, just learn the periodic tables.  Hell, I got a 90 on the test.


Depends on the level you study it at. :)

Chemometics for instance is the Devil's science in that you can only understand it after having made a demonic pact :D

Organic chem is nice and easy though I'll agree :)
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Post by: TopAce on June 02, 2004, 11:48:25 am
The difficulty of subjects depends on what country you are living in, which school you are studying at and who your teacher is.
Three factors.

Chemistry is quite hard if you learn it in a 'normal' Hungarian high school.
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Post by: Thorn on June 02, 2004, 12:06:16 pm
The teacher is the biggest factor. I had two teachers for Grade 12 Chemistry. The first guy was great, I remembered most of what he said, but he was only filling in because the other was off pregnant.
She was the single worst teacher I ever had. I got numerous detentions because I dont take many notes in class. I never had. Its not how I remember things. Of all the things to get written up for, not taking notes was it. After that I got them for "being disrespectful".  
I called her an idiot, and with good reason. If someone didnt understand something, she would tell them that it was their fault, not hers and make them read the textbook, which is pretty useless.
She came back in the second half of the year, after we got our midterm marks. I got a 90% then. At the end of the year, my mark dropped to a 70%. Pretty much evryone in the class had their mark drop by at least 10% when she returned. You'd think this would have raised some eyebrows in the administration, but no. Snatchface (what my class nicknamed her) is still there teaching.
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Post by: aldo_14 on June 02, 2004, 12:34:36 pm
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Originally posted by Thorn
The teacher is the biggest factor. I had two teachers for Grade 12 Chemistry. The first guy was great, I remembered most of what he said, but he was only filling in because the other was off pregnant.
She was the single worst teacher I ever had. I got numerous detentions because I dont take many notes in class. I never had. Its not how I remember things. Of all the things to get written up for, not taking notes was it. After that I got them for "being disrespectful".  
I called her an idiot, and with good reason. If someone didnt understand something, she would tell them that it was their fault, not hers and make them read the textbook, which is pretty useless.
She came back in the second half of the year, after we got our midterm marks. I got a 90% then. At the end of the year, my mark dropped to a 70%. Pretty much evryone in the class had their mark drop by at least 10% when she returned. You'd think this would have raised some eyebrows in the administration, but no. Snatchface (what my class nicknamed her) is still there teaching.

sounds like one of my former lecturers.....
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Post by: kasperl on June 02, 2004, 12:48:12 pm
Sounds like the idiot I have for Sciences. (Our school uses that nominer to teach us the coherence between Physics, Maths, Chem and Biology :doubt: )

Accept she is too bloody afraid to tell me anything. I can teach her about the contents of the book, the general subject, and even about the bit of psychology bit needed for teaching. In class, when she tells something completely wrong (has happened) and I correct her, she just says 'Well, I think he's right' and goes on. Aside from getting my class to except me, I think I can be a better teacher then her. And with good ground too, because I actually do explain bits of the matter to co-students, when they missed her explanation.

I'm afraid she had her pregnancy last year, and child no.2 isn't hurrying up enough to help me.

And don't get me started on the idiot I had for French in years 1 through 3. We had a replacement due to her being pregnant in year 1. I got 7/10, even once a 10/10. Now, aside from the bit of reading we do, I get 3/10, 2/10. My new teacher (year 4 now) is helping me recover a bit, but it won't get me through my exams easily. And I still can't order a bloody bread in French. (Not the one I want anyway)
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Post by: diamondgeezer on June 02, 2004, 01:28:07 pm
A-Level chemistry was fun, as I discovered everything I'd learned at GCSE was lies
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Post by: Corsair on June 02, 2004, 01:30:40 pm
I think I got through it alive actually.
Now I've got Algebra II and English to study for...
I need to be able to recognize and give the significance of any quote the teacher decides to give us from:
Dubliners by James Joyce
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Candide by Voltaire
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and...
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
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Post by: Jiggyhound on June 02, 2004, 01:33:31 pm
im looking forward to my college years now that im about to leave highschool. Currently doing my GCSE exams. Should be fun - they have a tea machine - YEY :D
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Post by: Thorn on June 02, 2004, 01:40:06 pm
I wish I got to read A Clockwork Orange in my English class...
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Post by: karajorma on June 02, 2004, 04:46:33 pm
I remember having a furious row with a biology teacher about evolution. Not about whether it was real or not but because he kept refering to animals doing things for the good of the species which is completely wrong.

It rather worried me that I'd read one book on the subject and yet knew more about it  than a biology teacher.
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Post by: vyper on June 02, 2004, 05:53:04 pm
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Originally posted by aldo_14

sounds like one of my former lecturers.....


You didn't pack him off to caley as a java lecturer by any chance?
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Post by: Knight Templar on June 02, 2004, 08:54:47 pm
Chem. Project on the Cold War due in two days.. as are numerous essays I can redo for extra credit in my English Class.
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Post by: Corsair on June 03, 2004, 03:51:25 pm
Three down...one to go. Just Spanish left. :)
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Post by: TopAce on June 03, 2004, 04:00:12 pm
There is nothing I will have from today  ... just relax and enjoy the life! Until September.
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Post by: Tiara on June 03, 2004, 04:10:58 pm
Hehe, poor children... It's nice to be a teacher and see others sweat for once :D
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Post by: Knight Templar on June 03, 2004, 04:27:11 pm
I also found out that the Junior College course I'm taking over the summer (American History.. second half actually. Only covers 1877 to present..) is going to be Monday through Thursday, 7:30am to 9:30am.

Needless to say, I'm thoroughly disgruntled.
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Post by: Tiara on June 03, 2004, 04:37:09 pm
Seriously, American history is one of the dullest parts of history ever :p Good luck staying awake :p
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Post by: Corsair on June 03, 2004, 06:02:16 pm
Damn you.
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Post by: Anaz on June 03, 2004, 07:18:30 pm
my school's been out for about a week now...

:nervous:

please don't kill me...
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Post by: Knight Templar on June 03, 2004, 07:23:22 pm
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Originally posted by Tiara
Seriously, American history is one of the dullest parts of history ever :p Good luck staying awake :p


Well it's all post-colonialism and Industrial Rev, and Indian killing, so it should be pretty fun actually. Although, we don't go over the Civil War. :sigh:

Anaz: **** you. :p
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Post by: Taristin on June 03, 2004, 09:23:31 pm
American history is the most boring subject ever. European history is alot more interesting.

And my schoolin's been over for about 2.5 weeks. Even got my grades back.

Me = 3.7 GPA.
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Post by: Knight Templar on June 03, 2004, 10:06:49 pm
That's because all the Europeans did was kill each other. Americans do more civilized things, like mine for gold, genocide natives, put slaves to work, and invent things. :p
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Post by: TopAce on June 04, 2004, 10:01:45 am
European history is far longer and more detailed. All I hate in history is learning about Hungarian kings and their actions. Nothing is as boring as it is. I like learning about wars. We are now at the beginning of the 20th Centaury, so the two World Wars are coming.

I fought for mark 3, and I got it!
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Post by: aldo_14 on June 04, 2004, 11:52:33 am
Just be glad you've not been waiting since 10am for degree results........
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Post by: Corsair on June 04, 2004, 12:17:02 pm
EXAMS ARE OVER! I'M DONE WITH SCHOOL! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

:D

Gonna go see Harry Potter tonight... :nervous:
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Post by: Jiggyhound on June 04, 2004, 12:23:00 pm
i hate you.
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Post by: kode on June 04, 2004, 01:58:52 pm
tomorrow... I will do that physics science exam. I'll probably fail it tho, as I couldn't be bothered to learn integrals properly. after writing it, I'm gonna get really drunk. see, they're emptying that nearby students pub...
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Post by: Tiara on June 04, 2004, 02:34:39 pm
I'm a history teacher but strangely, I actually enjoyed physics :p
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Post by: TopAce on June 04, 2004, 02:36:58 pm
Never liked any of them.
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Post by: Corsair on June 04, 2004, 03:21:55 pm
Tiara, what kind of history do you teach?

The History of Axes...:nervous:
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Post by: Rictor on June 04, 2004, 03:31:18 pm
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Originally posted by Thorn
The teacher is the biggest factor. I had two teachers for Grade 12 Chemistry. The first guy was great, I remembered most of what he said, but he was only filling in because the other was off pregnant.
She was the single worst teacher I ever had. I got numerous detentions because I dont take many notes in class. I never had. Its not how I remember things. Of all the things to get written up for, not taking notes was it. After that I got them for "being disrespectful".  
I called her an idiot, and with good reason. If someone didnt understand something, she would tell them that it was their fault, not hers and make them read the textbook, which is pretty useless.
She came back in the second half of the year, after we got our midterm marks. I got a 90% then. At the end of the year, my mark dropped to a 70%. Pretty much evryone in the class had their mark drop by at least 10% when she returned. You'd think this would have raised some eyebrows in the administration, but no. Snatchface (what my class nicknamed her) is still there teaching.


thats exactly what happened to me in history class. I got a 96% on the midterm, while the student teacher was heading things up, then when the old witch came back, I ended up dropping to like 75%.

luckily, most of the history teachers are now pretty young, and the witch is stuck as a librarian, against her will I think.
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Post by: Rictor on June 04, 2004, 03:35:32 pm
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Originally posted by Tiara
Seriously, American history is one of the dullest parts of history ever :p Good luck staying awake :p


Amen to that. Actually, all of Western history is only a minor part of world history, but its pretty much all we ever learned.

Oh no, our precious tea! They can't possibly tax it, the bastards! This is serious now, lets revolt. Oh and, while we're at it, lets put in some of that Liberty and Freedom crap Franklin is always *****ing about, at least it'll shut him up.
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Post by: kode on June 04, 2004, 03:42:53 pm
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Originally posted by Tiara
I'm a history teacher but strangely, I actually enjoyed physics :p


actually, it's not that bad. it's just that I lacked the motivation to learn the math behind it. should've paid attention to analysis.