[StratComm]

I'm about to pack up mu computer to take off to school, and thought I'd take the time to see who else is going to college now.  I'm heading to Duke University myself.  Who else is in school?

[Stealth]

what state is Duke University in?

you'll still have internet access right?  (be online and at HLP forums)

[aldo_14]

Define 'school'

If you mean Uni, then yeah.  I'm in 3rd year from October.

[vadar_1]

last year of high school here... then i get to go apply for university... fail at that... then try collage... fail at that... then become a bum... fail at that... then try suicide.... fail at that... then as a final insult... because i failed at everything else.... ill go work at interplay.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Originally posted by Stealth
what state is Duke University in?

 

it's probably in Nukem City... you know: where Duke Nukem lives

[Kamikaze]

If schoool includes non-college/uni then I'm in the last year of middle school... well, almost (school is starting in another 2 weeks during which I have to at least incresase my math skills to something like basic calculus.....)

[SlipStream]

I plan on going back to school as soon as possible. Its just a mater of saveing up money.

[Tiara]

Originally posted by vadar_1
ill go work at interplay.

[Shrike]

I've got two weeks.... ahh, two weeks until it's back to university.

[Redfang]

Bleh... I've been in school for more than week now. It started on monday last week.
 
It's boring.

[Vortex]

Junior year (high school) started this monday, but already I feel like I've been in this hellhole for centuries. I guess that's the beauty of the IB diploma, sigh...

[Styxx]

Originally posted by Shrike
I've got two weeks.... ahh, two weeks until it's back to university.

Already? Somehow I thought you'd never get back...

[CP5670]

I suppose I would technically be in 11th grade but I am not enrolled in any school, so I still have a year or so of free time. I might take some classes at the nearby U of Maryland: College Park this year but will not be formally enrolled in any university until next year, so I guess I do not have to worry too much yet. I suppose I might have to start submitting applications and stuff sometime soon though...

On a side note, does anyone here know if it is possible to do both undergraduate and graduate degrees at the same school? You see, I would like to get the grad degree (the important one) at one of the big universities since the name will be useful in getting a job, but if getting an undergrad at some big place rules out that one for grad, that wouldn't be very useful.

...during which I have to at least incresase my math skills to something like basic calculus.....

ah, that's when it starts to get fun. If you keep going on the calculus/analysis path, you will really start to love this stuff.

[Redfang]

Originally posted by CP5670
I suppose I would technically be in 11th grade

 
Hmm, that's strange. You're 15, aren't you? When did you start school or have you skipped classes?
 
Edit: And CP, join ArchSpace, you will like it.
 
It has a lot of tech. Like cloning, though I don't know if it affects anything.

[CP5670]

Hmm, that's strange. You're 15, aren't you? When did you start school or have you skipped classes?

Edit: And CP, join ArchSpace, you will like it.

I think I entered kindergarten when I was 5 or something, but I can't remember exactly. I thought 15 or 16 is the usual age for this grade though? (I will be 16 in two weeks or so)

As for Archspace, I am really thinking of joining one of these types of things; I have been a bit busy lately but I think I still have enough time to participate in those things. The main problem at the moment is that my primary computer is not working, but I think I will be able to get it back up in a few days.  (I am now on my dad's really crummy office laptop that is slower than a 10mhz 286 in many ways despite having good hardware, due to the security junk the IMF people have installed )

[Levyathan]

Originally posted by CP5670
ah, that's when it starts to get fun. If you keep going on the calculus/analysis path, you will really start to love this stuff.

Or shoot yourself in the head while jumping off the top of a skyscraper.

[Top Gun]

http://www.johntaylorgatto.com -At least one of his books should be a compulsory read before anyone goes to a school (in the original sense of the word) of any kind. *points to sig*

[CP5670]

Or shoot yourself in the head while jumping off the top of a skyscraper.

well, there are some nuts like Taniyama who did that (and of course the notorious Kaczynski), but you could probably find people like that in any field.

http://www.johntaylorgatto.com -At least one of his books should be a compulsory read before anyone goes to a school (in the original sense of the word) of any kind. *points to sig*

School (both grade school and university) is completely useless for actually learning anything in my opinion - the best way to do that is just to learn independently with the textbooks and so on - but it is unforunately necessary to get the degree required to get a job. I think I can avoid the remainder of high school, which is what I am doing, but I will still have to go through the university system.

[Top Gun]

There's always homeschooling or unschooling but one requires an awful lot of parental time and the other requires an awful lot of trust and self dicipline. Generally speaking the universities (certainly in the UK) exist for a different purpose as schools (which are to teach obedience and subordination), so are a far nicer and more productice place.


 You're right though, the system is rigged so that you have to go through school/university to be considered qualified in whatever subject. The best thing you can do is just differenciate between the education and the "education" and ignore accordingly, complete all the exams how thay want and try to change things when you have the respect of everyone. Because of course nowerdays, you don't know anything about anything unless you've taken a standardized test on it

[Grey Wolf]

Bleh, back to High School. Hello, Sophomore year. My last year of French with the human blimp....