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rukift · 08-18-2006, 04:19 AM

Ouch, pbl.

Anyway,

a. I started yesterday.
b. Spanish, Art, Literature, blah blah blah.
c. We used to be the injuns... it amazed me how they got away with being called that for so long. [think: 1960.] o_O Now we're just the "indians," complete with a giant chief-head for a mascot. It's still bad, but not *as* bad, I guess? And then I hear next year we'll be the Titans. I was hoping we'd get to be the "Lemonsters," which is a pun on the town's name, or maybe the "Limestones." Having a giant brick of limestone for your school mascot would be so cool.

GrimTheLost · 08-18-2006, 10:40 AM

Oh, the College I am going to starts over every quarter, so I will enroll in October. After that I start in January. Until then I am in search of work.

Kzinistzerg · 08-18-2006, 10:51 AM

Hmmm... Well, this is SCHOOL related, so...

What grade is everyone going into? I'm going into 11th.

BlooCheese · 08-18-2006, 11:05 AM

Freshman! (9th grade, not college.)

What? Your school lets you do AP Calculus in the 11th grade, KZ?

Kzinistzerg · 08-18-2006, 11:12 AM

Not normally, but I skipped a year of math. Everyone else in my grade is going to be taking Pre-Calculus or Algebra II. This way I can take Calculus II seinor year. I skipped a bunch of stuff, currently I'm only Fifteen.

BlooCheese · 08-18-2006, 11:18 AM

Wow! You must be really smart. And your school sounds really good. My high school only teaches up to AP calculus. There's no calculus II.

Kzinistzerg · 08-18-2006, 11:26 AM

I think Calculus II is just more theory and stuff, not more math. The school systems NEAR phildelphia are really good ones.

I'm not really that smart... I just learned math early becuase we had this dinky little computer game called 'Math Mission' on the Atari, which is an old computer, and it was basically like taking a long math test with basic functions, just with pretty colors. I played it a lot when I was around first and second grade. That and my dad taught us math with M&M's, so we learned quick.

Trust me, your math teachers could teach integrals with M&M's and the kids'd learn.

BlooCheese · 08-18-2006, 12:09 PM

Yeah. All the schools in the East are really good. The schools where I live could use a little improvement.

LOL. My parents taught me math, too, but not with M&M's. Probably would've learned faster with M&M's. Mmmm...Chocolatey goodness...

Kzinistzerg · 08-18-2006, 03:33 PM

Exactly: you learn faster with M&M's. I mean, I've known this formula: .5N^2+.5N since I was little, because it was the forumla of how many M&M's were in the triangle. I figured out it was the third diagonal level of Pascal's triangle and all sorts of connections later.

The schools near me need improvement too. The entire educational system has a long way to go before it can be really considered good again.

BlooCheese · 08-18-2006, 04:52 PM

Ah! M&M's. How they do improve the world!

Did you get to eat them when you finished a problem?

08-18-2006, 10:40 AM	#22
GrimTheLost Insomniac Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In the middle of Rabbittown, Ga Posts: 514	Oh, the College I am going to starts over every quarter, so I will enroll in October. After that I start in January. Until then I am in search of work. __________________ <a href="http://www.us.playstation.com/PSN/Users/grimthelost"><img src="http://pid.us.playstation.com//user/grimthelost.jpg" width="235" height="149" border="0" /></a>

08-18-2006, 11:05 AM	#24
BlooCheese Foster's Legend Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: USA Posts: 891	Freshman! (9th grade, not college.) What? Your school lets you do AP Calculus in the 11th grade, KZ? __________________ Last edited by BlooCheese; 08-18-2006 at 11:08 AM.

08-18-2006, 11:18 AM	#26
BlooCheese Foster's Legend Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: USA Posts: 891	Wow! You must be really smart. And your school sounds really good. My high school only teaches up to AP calculus. There's no calculus II. __________________ Last edited by BlooCheese; 08-18-2006 at 11:22 AM. Reason: Misspelled a word.

08-18-2006, 12:09 PM	#28
BlooCheese Foster's Legend Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: USA Posts: 891	Yeah. All the schools in the East are really good. The schools where I live could use a little improvement. LOL. My parents taught me math, too, but not with M&M's. Probably would've learned faster with M&M's. Mmmm...Chocolatey goodness... __________________

08-18-2006, 04:52 PM	#30
BlooCheese Foster's Legend Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: USA Posts: 891	Ah! M&M's. How they do improve the world! Did you get to eat them when you finished a problem? __________________

08-18-2006, 04:19 AM	#21
rukift At Home Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 134	Ouch, pbl. Anyway, a. I started yesterday. b. Spanish, Art, Literature, blah blah blah. c. We used to be the injuns... it amazed me how they got away with being called that for so long. [think: 1960.] o_O Now we're just the "indians," complete with a giant chief-head for a mascot. It's still bad, but not as bad, I guess? And then I hear next year we'll be the Titans. I was hoping we'd get to be the "Lemonsters," which is a pun on the town's name, or maybe the "Limestones." Having a giant brick of limestone for your school mascot would be so cool.

08-18-2006, 10:51 AM	#23
Kzinistzerg Foster's Legend Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 803	Hmmm... Well, this is SCHOOL related, so... What grade is everyone going into? I'm going into 11th.

08-18-2006, 11:12 AM	#25
Kzinistzerg Foster's Legend Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 803	Not normally, but I skipped a year of math. Everyone else in my grade is going to be taking Pre-Calculus or Algebra II. This way I can take Calculus II seinor year. I skipped a bunch of stuff, currently I'm only Fifteen.

08-18-2006, 11:26 AM	#27
Kzinistzerg Foster's Legend Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 803	I think Calculus II is just more theory and stuff, not more math. The school systems NEAR phildelphia are really good ones. I'm not really that smart... I just learned math early becuase we had this dinky little computer game called 'Math Mission' on the Atari, which is an old computer, and it was basically like taking a long math test with basic functions, just with pretty colors. I played it a lot when I was around first and second grade. That and my dad taught us math with M&M's, so we learned quick. Trust me, your math teachers could teach integrals with M&M's and the kids'd learn.

08-18-2006, 03:33 PM	#29
Kzinistzerg Foster's Legend Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 803	Exactly: you learn faster with M&M's. I mean, I've known this formula: .5N^2+.5N since I was little, because it was the forumla of how many M&M's were in the triangle. I figured out it was the third diagonal level of Pascal's triangle and all sorts of connections later. The schools near me need improvement too. The entire educational system has a long way to go before it can be really considered good again.