High School

[Pyle_PMG]

My school was in lock-down yesterday because of a bomb threat.

We all lived, and everything was good. Turned out to be a prank (Surprise).

Yeah, lockdowns are common in Toronto (according to a teacher), however where I live, they rarely if not never happen. I'm not saying I want one to happen either. We've done practice drills before, and there's that one person that always coughs so loud that a crazed gunman would have 25 targets under crappy desks that wouldn't stop even a thumbtack to shoot at if he were to walk in..

 

[hawkeye122]

Whats with the whole "Stay quiet" thing? Like a gunman will walk onto campus at 1 PM on a Wednesday in October and say "Well gee, all of the students must be gone!"
especially at a High School with over 2000 students. Get real.

Speaking of Get Real, my Econ teacher legitimately pulled an Ice Pick and a Metal bat out, and stood by the door. He's BA. But we all had a contingency plan for a Rebellion.
"If they come in with guns, rush the door. They cant possibly hold us all off. Then we'll liberate the school! "

The 2nd part was less than realistic, but more something that we texted to girls in other classes who were scared. They got a laugh out of it, and it made them feel better.

 

[Pyle_PMG]

@Hawkeye: I don't know why the whole quiet thing, maybe it's not to irritate the already mentally unstable guy with a gun. I don't know. I'm not paid to think about that, I'm not paid to learn, I'm not paid at all. I'm just happy that it's finally my last year here. It'll probably go slower than a guy biking around the nurburgring though..

 

[Team THRT Drift]

Since were on the subject of self defense during a shooting, on a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your protective instincts? (1 being hopeless and useless, and 10 being edgy and quick.) I would rate mine an 8.5.

 

[hawkeye122]

Since were on the subject of self defense during a shooting, on a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your protective instincts? (1 being hopeless and useless, and 10 being edgy and quick.) I would rate mine an 8.5.

that sounds like a question for another thread.

But somewhere around a 9. Im pretty aware of stuff around me. Interesting story I have about meeting a Man with a shotgun in the woods, protecting his pot garden.

 

[Team THRT Drift]

that sounds like a question for another thread.

But somewhere around a 9. Im pretty aware of stuff around me. Interesting story I have about meeting a Man with a shotgun in the woods, protecting his pot garden.

Let's see.. alone in the woods; fast reflexes; guy with a shotgun; motive:self defense... defenitely would love to hear that...

One time, this guy walked up to me and my gf; threatened to do all sorts of nasty s*** to her. I warn the guy; guy pulls out knife.. (luckily at the time, I was fideling with my keys in my pocket; managed to put a key between my index and middle finger) I punch the guy in the throat; guy is dazed long enough for me and my gf to run. Luckily for us there was a police cruiser right around the corner. Next day I get dumped by my gf... said she couldn't take it/handle the ordeal. Oh well, another unappreaciated "hero". If it wasnt for Bear Grills.... it would've gone terribly wrong.

 

[hawkeye122]

My French teacher just posted this on her website


Oh yeah. That was my final from last year.

THAT SHE GAVE ME A C ON.

Now its the best final ever? Yeah. Garbage.

 

[Pyle_PMG]

She hates you, but likes your work . Almost every teacher likes me and gives me A's on stuff that should be B's and stuff. I had a few teachers that hated me. One didn't like me because I would get everything done in half the time of everyone else and it would be better quality, apparently that makes the class look bad. Not my fault everyone else sucks!

 

[hawkeye122]

She hates you, but likes your work . Almost every teacher likes me and gives me A's on stuff that should be B's and stuff. I had a few teachers that hated me. One didn't like me because I would get everything done in half the time of everyone else and it would be better quality, apparently that makes the class look bad. Not my fault everyone else sucks!

Thats BS. More that 60 hours of work went into that video.

 

[Patrick]

I watched the behind the scenes vid. Close call with your car.

Making videos for school is always fun.

 

[hawkeye122]

I watched the behind the scenes vid. Close call with your car.

I was SO scared. That was my first attempt- Apparently there isn't much in the way of Rear-bias in the 4 wheel drive system. It really was that close, about 3 inches or less.

Said clip is at around 35 seconds.

 

[Akmuq]

Had my first day of school again today, my god the teachers try scare you into studying.

 

[MSTER232]

Had my first day of school again today, my god the teachers try scare you into studying.

What kind of threats did they give you now?

 

[Matty]

Just the: You will get good grades if you put the work in. We want you to do the homework and then study to get remotely good grades.

When you wake up on a Saturday morning you should be trying to figure out the questions you got wrong in class.

Blah, blah, blah.

I know because I am in the same school as Akmuq

 

[MSTER232]

Had my first day of school again today, my god the teachers try scare you into studying.

Just the: You will get good grades if you put the work in. We want you to do the homework and then study to get remotely good grades.

When you wake up on a Saturday morning you should be trying to figure out the questions you got wrong in class.

Blah, blah, blah.

I know because I am in the same school as Akmuq

Are you two brothers by any chance ?

 

[mattythedog]

Just the: You will get good grades if you put the work in. We want you to do the homework and then study to get remotely good grades.

When you wake up on a Saturday morning you should be trying to figure out the questions you got wrong in class.

Blah, blah, blah.

I know because I am in the same school as Akmuq

That's why for the whole first week I just tune out, it's all useless rubbish.

 

[Matty]

God no, me and Akmuq live about 30 miles apart.

15-20 miles either side of the school

Just in the same Maths class, oh and Irish and English.

@Matty (Not me, the other guy.)
Well I just listen to see what BS they say and then don't do it.

 

[TyrrellRacing]

It makes me feel all fuzzy inside knowing that you all still have to go to high school and I don't.

 

[mattythedog]

@Matty (Not me, the other guy.)
Well I just listen to see what BS they say and then don't do it.

Well, this is confusing. I can't believe your parents copied the name my parents chose.
I just don't listen, I have the attention span of a 3 year old after 5 creme eggs.

 

[MSTER232]

Well I just listen to see what BS they say and then don't do it.

👍👍👍👍

 

[Matty]

Well, this is confusing. I can't believe your patents copied the name my parents chose.
I just don't listen, I have the attention span of a 3 year old after 5 creme eggs.

Whose patents now? I painted before. Never patented a idea though. Patience? Is that what you mean? Go too school

👍👍👍👍

 

[mattythedog]

Whose patents now? I painted before. Never patented a idea though. Patience? Is that what you mean? Go too school

I've been on holiday for way too long...

 

[Matty]

Waheeeey

 

[Lizard]

I've been on holiday for way too long...

So has he.

Whose patents now? I painted before. Never patented a idea though. Patience? Is that what you mean? Go too school

Should be to.

 

[MSTER232]

I've been on holiday for way too long...

Pffff my holiday has been too short 👎👎👎👎 .

 

[mattythedog]

Pffff my holiday has been too short 👎👎👎👎 .

I get 8 weeks, and it's dragged on a bit. I just wanna get back now.

 

[gogatrs]

Actually think this will be a pretty easy year, but I'll still learn a bit.
Algebra II is the only thing I'm really scared of. All the other math classes I've found to be ridiculously easy. (Got a 100 on my Algebra I final two years ago and a 98 on my Geometry final) But they say that this is the hardest math class I'll have to take. I'm not so scared about the difficulty, but the amount of homework. The review from last year took me an hour and a half just because we have to write ALL of our work out. Think I'll slowly show less and less work as the year goes on.

English will be easy, I'm in English Level 1 but with most of the kids that REALLY should be in Level 2.
French, blah, I can just cheat on everything, do the homework while she's checking everybody else's. I still have all her expo markers. They probably are of equal monetary value to the text book she lost and is blaming on me.
Social Studies, I'm more intelligent than the teacher.
Chemistry teacher is awesome. Not because she's easy, but teaches well to EVERYBODY and I won't just sit there bored.
Taking a CAD class with the kids that will probably drop out of high school.
And finally electric vehicle, this is going to be awesome. Design and build a chassis for what is essentially spec battery and electric motor and then go drive it around Lime Rock for an hour (the auto cross course there, but I like to leave that part out ). I'm pretty well respected and they know that for a lot of the physics stuff I know about as much as the teachers do. They do need some help with some stuff... They think higher tire pressure means smaller contact patch, they know nothing about weight distribution and how it affects the handling of the car, among a few other things. The top speed is only 30 mph they said not bad I don't think considering it's completely electric with a single car battery. But they think that aero plays a HUGE role. Obviously you don't want to be driving around a brick wall, but they're doing stuff like taping where the body parts meet and create a crack to prevent turbulance.
I still think I'll learn a lot about the engineering process at least.

 

[hazellnut134]

Went back today, couldn't get the bus because it was a single decker and they didn't think everyone was coming back to school even though the school emailed them before... Stupid bus companies.

 

[nitrorocks]

Actually think this will be a pretty easy year, but I'll still learn a bit.
Algebra II is the only thing I'm really scared of. All the other math classes I've found to be ridiculously easy. (Got a 100 on my Algebra I final two years ago and a 98 on my Geometry final) But they say that this is the hardest math class I'll have to take. I'm not so scared about the difficulty, but the amount of homework. The review from last year took me an hour and a half just because we have to write ALL of our work out. Think I'll slowly show less and less work as the year goes on.

English will be easy, I'm in English Level 1 but with most of the kids that REALLY should be in Level 2.
French, blah, I can just cheat on everything, do the homework while she's checking everybody else's. I still have all her expo markers. They probably are of equal monetary value to the text book she lost and is blaming on me.
Social Studies, I'm more intelligent than the teacher.
Chemistry teacher is awesome. Not because she's easy, but teaches well to EVERYBODY and I won't just sit there bored.
Taking a CAD class with the kids that will probably drop out of high school.
And finally electric vehicle, this is going to be awesome. Design and build a chassis for what is essentially spec battery and electric motor and then go drive it around Lime Rock for an hour (the auto cross course there, but I like to leave that part out ). I'm pretty well respected and they know that for a lot of the physics stuff I know about as much as the teachers do. They do need some help with some stuff... They think higher tire pressure means smaller contact patch, they know nothing about weight distribution and how it affects the handling of the car, among a few other things. The top speed is only 30 mph they said not bad I don't think considering it's completely electric with a single car battery. But they think that aero plays a HUGE role. Obviously you don't want to be driving around a brick wall, but they're doing stuff like taping where the body parts meet and create a crack to prevent turbulance.
I still think I'll learn a lot about the engineering process at least.

I suck at math.

Language and History will be a breeze.

I'm going to fail my Spanish exam tomorrow.

Engineering with CAD was easy, and so is marketing.

 

[E28]

I get 8 weeks, and it's dragged on a bit. I just wanna get back now.

When do you go back?