fafalone Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 This forum is to talk about everything related to education in the sciences. Adam may not post in this forum, as he is a dropout, which explains alot of things.
Sayonara Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 The official concensus currently has him down as 33% drop-outish. How is this forum going to be organised? Simply for discussing education, or disseminating it too?
JaKiri Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 Well, I suppose this entire site is for the purpose of education; I would therefore imagine this would be for its discussion.
fafalone Posted January 24, 2003 Author Posted January 24, 2003 I actually edited his forum access so he can't post here
Matzi Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 hm, do you really think being allowed to discuss education means you must have passed some exam?
Glider Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 It could also be argued that those who show signs of having the greatest problems with eductaion, are also those who have the greatest need to discuss it?
Matzi Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 Exactly. Discussing Education is something educated and uneducated persons should do.
fafalone Posted January 25, 2003 Author Posted January 25, 2003 Adam is a drop out with no interest in education.
aman Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 Science education involves how to gather good data and progress to working ideas. Adam does'nt need data and skips to the ideas so I guess the forum wouldn't work for him. Adam can skip my opinion because he has already said I don't know anything. Just aman
Radical Edward Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 uneducated people should jsut do what they are told, after all, educated people know best. being educated.
Matzi Posted January 26, 2003 Posted January 26, 2003 However, what about any kind of progress in education? Even if Adam is a drop-out (no matter whether he did so voluntarily or not) he should also have got the right to discuss education since the reasons for his drop-out (even if he is in some way responsible) can also be found in the education system. The only way to avoid this is trying to improve the problems some people have in school etc. This cannot be discussed some of us "educated" persons. Where are we? SU? Democracy is based on discussion, discussion by everyone. No one can be excluded.
Giles Posted January 26, 2003 Posted January 26, 2003 Why not go the whole hog and claim it's a meritocracy?
Sayonara Posted January 26, 2003 Posted January 26, 2003 He can still read the education threads, right?
JaKiri Posted January 26, 2003 Posted January 26, 2003 Originally posted by Giles Why not go the whole hog and claim it's a meritocracy? Because it quite clearly isn't.
NSX Posted February 11, 2003 Posted February 11, 2003 Didn't Albert Einstein drop out of school? Or he did poorly in school anyways...
fafalone Posted February 11, 2003 Author Posted February 11, 2003 Well that goes back to school being mind-numbingly offensive to intellect. I know the feeling.
NSX Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 Originally posted by fafalone Well that goes back to school being mind-numbingly offensive to intellect. I know the feeling. Well, I dont know about how the school system in your area is, but in Toronto, I find that the schools tend to push us into the Maths and the Sciences. They care nothing for the arts and creativity, only ingenuity.
fafalone Posted February 23, 2003 Author Posted February 23, 2003 But are the courses actually challenging? Who cares about the arts and creativity, education is not neccessary to be a great artist.
NSX Posted February 24, 2003 Posted February 24, 2003 Originally posted by fafalone But are the courses actually challenging? The Maths & Sciences? Well, its all relative:-p ; to you, they'd be like a stroll in the park right? lol Well, to be honest, I'll give you a breakdown of our cirriculum: Grade 12 Advanced Calcalus - Fairly easy right now; learning the secants & tangent problem Grade 12 Advanced Geometry & Discrete Mathematics - I think its a course centered around proofs in the math world; intro to combinatorics, 3-D geometry, mathematical induction... Grade 12 Advanced Physics - Continuation of Kinematics, Energy & Momentum, Wave Nature, Wave-Particle duality, & our last unit: Special Relatvity Grade 12 Advanced Chemistry - I have it this semester, so I can't really give you a synopsis on it; based on what I've heard, my peers so equilibrium is fairly hard...I'm not really sure what it even is yet Grade 12 Advanced Biology - Can't say; I haven't taken BIO since it was req'd in Grade 10 I'm not sure if you are aware of this, but in Ontario, secondary schools were previously allowed 5 years, but recently, they crammed it down to four; my year being the first to initiate such system... I think it really sucks, b/c many of us feel as if we're immature to handle such a leap to post-secondary; especially since we were conditioned to have 5 years secondary in our previous years of education Also, we miss out on courses like the Grade 13 Astrophysics course...
fafalone Posted February 26, 2003 Author Posted February 26, 2003 My course schedule for next semester: Organic Chemistry I/Lab University Physics II/Lab Genetics/Lab Neurobiology Calculus II This is basically the hardest load possible
NSX Posted February 26, 2003 Posted February 26, 2003 Originally posted by fafalone My course schedule for next semester: Organic Chemistry I/Lab University Physics II/Lab Genetics/Lab Neurobiology Calculus II This is basically the hardest load possible What year of U are you at?
MajinVegeta Posted February 26, 2003 Posted February 26, 2003 I was wondering, do you have to take 2-3 years of a foreign language IN HIGHSCHOOL only? to describe my situation: I finished, Spanish,an elective class in November and was wondering if I should take the class all year next year, in 8th grade. I believe it would help me in highschool, by reducing my years taking a foreign language. But then, on the other hand, the Spanish teacher is excructiatingly boring(in fact, he's the most boring teacher I've ever had). So should I waste 50 minutes a day for a whole school year being bored to death (and learning Spanish) because I think it might help me in highschool or not? My alternative(that I have chosen) is being a TA, a Teacher's Assistant. What do you guys think???
fafalone Posted February 26, 2003 Author Posted February 26, 2003 first year you need 2-3 years of highschool credit in a foreign language. you might be able to take 1-2 of these in middle school, but don't bother if its not for highschool credit.
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