...wow. The academic and developmental aspects of my life seem to be almost exactly parallel to yours, Slylee. It's odd to find so many similarities

I took took the FCLEPT (I think that's it) just a few short months ago and scored almost 100% on everything BUT the algebra section (I was 1 stinkin point below college algebra cut-off!) They wanted me to take a refresher course, but my pride could never allow that. So I'll take it again before next semester to get into College Algebra... not like I want to.

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I'm so glad that I managed to finally scrape my way through university =P

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Originally posted by Konijn Island not all public schools are cakewalks

no, not all

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Originally posted by Slylee and that's an interesting point sportrance...i guess we're just too cool and smart for everyone no but seriously, that makes a lot of sense. i definitely always think there's more to it than what it really is. i have a hard time taking things at face value myself...especially in those subjects. i feel like there's way more to it, but it's all so simple probably.

well, its true. Its not some crap I made up for myself to feel better. 23 years of struggling with mathematics, you start to figure out why you have problems with it.

Its common to. We've all seen (or been) one of those people that raises there hand, and says "ok, so you do add this, divide that, multiple that, then find the square root of that" and the teacher goes "no, you just add this # and that #". And you're like "oh........" and its so easy.

Its hard to beat, cuz its just the way you think, its your way of logic.

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Originally posted by SportTrance Please do not fail to mention that you attended a public highschool, under the united states education system requirements, before mentioning good grades, and lack of need to study.

I got bad class grades due to not doing homeworks even though I got good grades on tests. Hell I almost didn't graduate because of this. I came to the conclusion that my school at least was a piece of shit because of this.

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Last edited by Radagast on Oct-12-2004 at 17:52

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Originally posted by Slylee i think i'd be much better at money and business type math. it's all those formulas and equations that really stoop me. i just DON'T get it...it's bad. whoever i pick as a tutor this year better have some patience! i kept putting off that refresher course, but i need to get it over with so i can get my math courses over with....i'm not looking forward to it at all

well...business math is still a lot of equations. not as complex as calc 3 or someting hahaha, but still a lot of equations and a lot of theory behind it...

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Originally posted by Floorfiller so all semester so far, i've been blowing off studying...taking it easy...

= spending all day on TA


*EDIT* I'm doing "business maths" right now as a matter of fact. Hypothesis Testing :P (Statistics)

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Originally posted by Radagast I got bad class grades due to not doing homeworks even though I got good grades on tests. Hell I almost didn't graduate because of this. I came to the conclusion that my school at least was a piece of shit because of this.

yeah but thats how its supposed to be lol. There's a huge misconception that testing proves if you KNOW the material or not. But as long as humans have a thing called "short term memory", its not exactly true.

I mean you can skip class, never do homework, and AS LONG as you know WHAT material the test will be over, you can power study (aka memorize) the night before, take the test and ace it, and by the time you walk out of the room, youve forgotten everything.

Although I hate it, I think its good to give homework. Keeps you on course, and slowly injects the material into your head, whether you like it or not. Its why they give it.

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Originally posted by Radagast I agree with DImethguy. I never studied for a single test in all of High School and I scored less than a C on probably less than 2% of all of them. I didn't study for a reputedly tough test giving chemistry teacher's (I think people called him tough because all he basically did was lecture for most of the class, give occasional in class assignments and homework. Luckily for me all I had to do was listen and do a few of the in class stuff and it all stuck.) final for the year and I recieved the second highest score in the class over a girl who was constantly taking notes on the teacher's lectures, probably stayed up the night before studying, and brought the entire optional two pages of notes which I was too lazy to write or bring...I knew I wouldn't need them anyway. Material encompassing topics from the very beginning of the school year. 'course I almost failed the class because I never did the homework. Idiot ass school. English was always my favorite and best class. I liked to read so I had excellent reading comprehension and good reading speed. Grammar comes easier when you read a lot. Looking back I don't really know how accurate the scale of the test was but I was scoring with a reading comprehension level of 12th grade plus in 6th grade. Now that you all know that i'm smarter than you, please feel free to lather praise wherever you see fit. I deserve it. Seriously though I guess i'm just a fast learner like those crazy-smart Velociraptors from Jurrassic Park who figured out how to open doors and do complex trigonometry and algebraic algorithms. <---anyone know where I got that from?

Uhh, you aren't the only one. That applies to me as well, down to the "not bringing the cheat sheet to the final" thing.

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Originally posted by SportTrance well, that is exactly what im doing. Placed low on math, high in english (as always). I'm still in fucking fundamental math. You're not a moron. Our minds are just so advanced, the simplicity of math just doesnt register. We don't take anything for face value. We automatically assume there is some advanced complex hidden algorithm behind each equation, and this natural thinking distorts the simple logic necessary to get a solution.

I wouldn't go so far as to say that math is simple compared to english, or that english is simple compared to math. They're two different subjects, with (generally) different styles of thinking, although there is a good amount of crossover between the two.

In upper-level math courses the logic does get more advanced than a simple "plug this in to get this answer" kind of problem, just as in upper-level english courses the logic gets more advanced than simply saying "The author says this, but in fact really is alluding to that."

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Originally posted by SportTrance Please do not fail to mention that you attended a public highschool, under the united states education system requirements, before mentioning good grades, and lack of need to study.

If we're going to play stereotypes here, as I said I did the same thing as Radagast during high school, but I went to a private school. Does that somehow make me more qualified? Public and private are simply two different methods of funding, not two different methods of teaching.

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Originally posted by Tranc3 Uhh, you aren't the only one. That applies to me as well, down to the "not bringing the cheat sheet to the final" thing.

Then you know as well as I that girls dig huge thick juicy wet brains. Or is that zombies...like I would know the difference.

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Originally posted by SportTrance yeah but thats how its supposed to be lol. There's a huge misconception that testing proves if you KNOW the material or not. But as long as humans have a thing called "short term memory", its not exactly true. I mean you can skip class, never do homework, and AS LONG as you know WHAT material the test will be over, you can power study (aka memorize) the night before, take the test and ace it, and by the time you walk out of the room, youve forgotten everything. Although I hate it, I think its good to give homework. Keeps you on course, and slowly injects the material into your head, whether you like it or not. Its why they give it.

Like I say, I don't study for tests.

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