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So, Year 12 get their results tomorrow ...
High School
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Christmas break next weeeek 
School has actually gotten worse for me because I've lost more friends than I have made, so that's cool 
. High School for me has been no better than middle school, but oh well. That's just how thing sometimes go I guess
School has actually gotten worse for me because I've lost more friends than I have made, so that's cool . High School for me has been no better than middle school, but oh well. That's just how thing sometimes go I guess
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Social-wise or education-wise? (Or both maybe?)
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Sounds like this "friend" of yours wasn't actually a friend. I think it would be good for you to fit in to some group of people. It doesn't have to be a formal group or anything but I'm saying it needs to consist of people who will be there for you.
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That's because the states are still using a different curriculum to one another. You can thank Christopher Pyne for that - he pretty much brought the National Curriculum to a grinding halt for no good reason other than it being a Labor idea. Then he turns around and decides to deregulate university fees on the grounds that it gives our universities a chance to compete on the world stage. It's a stupid idea because the National Curriculum could be brought in line with the International Baccalaureate, thereby giving students the chance to get a world-class education; this, in turn, would improve the performance and reputation of our universities. Instead, we get a fractured system from state to state which means universities need to lower entry requirements to accept a wider range of students. The whole system is flooded with full fee-paying international students, many of whom aren't up to the existing standards; look at the University of Sydney, who earlier this year had around 40% of its cohort (from memory) fail an introductory unit.
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Someone took a hell of a spill in gym class today. We were playing volleyball and the ball got bumped way off to the side, so a kid ran after it. It bounced off the lip of the opening of a trash can against the wall and came back and hit the kid below the belt as he was jumping to avoid it but he barely left the ground. On top of that the trash can fell and he tripped over the trash can and landed on it stomach first. He actually broke the trash can in two. All you heard was a scream, plastic cracking and a thud. The kid was okay and the teacher, in reference to an injury earlier this month, said "No broken knees this time. We're getting better at this."
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Glad to hear the person is okay.
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Yeah big time. Funny thing about it though, the trash can wasn't broke in such a way that it wasn't completely unusable anymore, and the teacher just left it in its place after the kid put it back on its base. Doesn't mean that he didn't call the office or a janitor though.
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I'm in AP Calculus.
I can vouch for this. At least my teacher makes it bearable with him.
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I never even made it to Calc (or even Pre Calc) in high school. I remember retaking a Semester of Algebra 2 my Senior year and found the second go with another teacher much easier than the initial go because I actually learned things from my second teacher.
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I'm in geometry, and I hate it. To be told there's worse is pretty horrifying.
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Summer Holidays has started for me.
The best part is that I finished all my Holiday assignment before it even started so I have nothing to worry about.
Yeah, High School can change a lot of people. You need to expect that people's personality will change during the transition. Usually done because they want "Grow Up" and/or "Impress people".
EDIT: I actually find Geometry to be one of the easier Math subjects.
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I did as well. At least compaired to Trig. Rational functions, asymptotes, porabolas, cubics, it's enough to make my head spin! I think part of the reason is I think the teacher doesn't like me. I just have a hunch, dunno why, just seems that way. Might just be his personality, too. He's one of the more serious teachers.
School's annual talent show is on Friday, and I'll be in it with my band for the fourth consecutive year. So hyped. Only thing is, the rest of the band wants to pull a stunt where they light one of the drummers cymbals on fire. Yeah, fire. Not a huge fan of it, and I'm afriad the school won't either. I'm the type of guy that doesn't like to get in trouble, so in the morning beforehand, I'll talk to the teacher who's running it, to let them know what exactly is going on.
Just hope the repercussions aren't horrible...
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The rest of the band
. No one at my school no matter what project would even think about playing with Fire.Issue is though, what will your band members think if you shut down the idea by a teacher. Be careful as this can make or break.
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The rest of the band
Issue is though, what will your band members think if you shut down the idea by a teacher. Be careful as this can make or break.
Well, theres really only three of us, so.
I'm gonna talk with one of them tomorrow, as the drummer is more of the...wreckless...one, and tell them just to let someone know about it. That way it's not like, random spontanious fire that someone set.
I'm here to make our set look cool, not commit and act of terrorism.
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Calling it terrorism is a bit over the top, unless if they plan on throwing the Fire Sticks at people hoping to burn them alive.
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Geometry was difficult for me because of the laws/proofs you had to remember and prove.
But once you get to Pre-Cal, prepare yourself for a beating. I took Pre-Cal & Trig within my Junior year. It was not easy... not so difficult now that I'm in AP Calc.
Oh boy... if you want to talk about difficult, take Calculus. It throws in every algebra lesson you learned and Trig and tampers your brain to the point of frustration. I'm barely cutting it in my class... and I did well throughout most of my math classes. I would recommend on you taking it though if you're willing to take a challenge. I'm at the point in my class that I can tutor college students taking Calculus 1 and 2... college students. I'm getting a dose of Calc 3 and 4 next semester too, all in high school.
I didn't like Geometry all that well. I missed an A finishing that class by one point.
I prefer Pre-Cal and Trig. At least I'm fluent at what I'm doing.
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Failed every single thing in that class senior year, so I had to back out to fix my GPA... Terrible idea, if you get a teacher who acts as if the course is still the same from the movie Stand and Deliver..
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I thought of that song from Burnout Paradise.
Thankfully, my teacher isn't like that... I think.
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Then you should be in good company. No one (no one) made an A in her class from what I heard from other students, and the highest AP test score was a 4 (good thing to keep in mind, my high school was top in our county (academia wise), and top ten in state.).
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My teacher had 18 students make 5s on the AP test few years ago (went on a delta from teaching our school and came back this year). I'm in good hands.
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YES. Those things are the most annoying pieces of...ughhhhhhhhh.
I failed a test because of them and ended the quarter with an 83. Which I guess isn't bad to some people but I'm an honors student and the "83" on the computer screen was aggravating.
I hate working with shapes...why can't I just go back to simple numbers and variables?
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