Err...The subject was misleading, this isn't about Sour Apple-Jack Pie...In fact, I don't even know if that exists! The subject was just a decoy! You're stuck reading my bable now! Mwahaha! Baw Haw Haw (all rights reserved to Vortezz)! But, this is just to say...Ashi started school again. A sobering thought, for sure. But, I am just gonna try and get a wee topic going.
Ashi question:
While in school, what was/is your favorite subject? and Why?
Even though I am back to school again, I am still gonna try to get on the computer often. I hope that my learning DM doesn't come to a halt! :oP And, I also hope to see y'all around! Anywho, respond! respond! respond!
Ashi
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 Sep 4 2001, 9:21 am
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Hrm... basically everything but physical sciences and math. It's not that I'm bad at those subjects... I just find a lot of them to be monumentally boring.
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Leftley wrote:
Hrm... basically everything but physical sciences and math. It's not that I'm bad at those subjects... I just find a lot of them to be monumentally boring. I was good at math in school when I bothered to study...but it always started so easy that I didn't bother to study, and then by test-time I was totally lost. I ended up dropping out of math classes. Total shame cause now, programming games, I'm suddenly bit by the loss of math. (It's rather pathetic to see Guy trying to explain simple concepts to me for our games...) I'm actually looking around now for some basic math and programming courses to take. Haven't found anything appropriate that would fit my schedule yet. | |
Computer programming, duh. =P
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Yeah, that's what I'm worried about. It hasn't caught up to me much thus far; last year, as a senior in high school, I already had 4 years' worth of high school math, and being in a small school with limited options I ended up taking an extraneous calculus course (it was a year-long class that covered roughly the equivalent of the first semester of college calc, but due to technicalities it didn't actually count for much of anything), and I basically ended up sleeping most of the second semester. The final in that class was the hardest I'd ever taken... now, unfortunately, the fact that the next month or so is going to be yet even more of the same only compounds the problem. Worse, for reasons unknown the author of the textbook the course I'm in is using (and which is used for the next semester of calc too) has taken an approach which centers strongly on the use of vectors, so not only am I sitting there reviewing concepts I learned in calc class last year, I'm also having to sit through redundant reviews of vector concepts I already went through in geometry, precalc, and and physics too.
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Lunch. seriously, lunch. If I cant choose that I'd have to say technology. but doesnt really matter, schools school right? well atleast all the teachers are nice (really nice, my technology teacher is mean sometimes and gives a 0 if you turn anything late but she let one of my reports slide :)), probably because Im quite, obey rules, blah blah, ect. and generally dont talk. only time I ever talk is when asked a question.
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Mine was ummm Science ( I was in a private school in Arizona and learned alot there then I went to Public School in 8th grade and they were doing stuff I learned in 2nd grade so I passed Grade school and Junior High just fine which makes it hard to pick since none were hard ).
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Leftley wrote:
Hrm... basically everything but physical sciences and math. It's not that I'm bad at those subjects... I just find a lot of them to be monumentally boring. Yes. Physics and mathematics are my two weakest subjects. My favourite subject is anything to do with computing; information technology, multimedia, computer science... I love being able to create and manipulate things without getting my hands dirty. In automotive, woodworking, and the like, I excel at those as well (being something of a perfectionist), but the thought of requiring such careful tedium with my rather nervous hands tends to sober me and turn me away. Computers give me the necessary edge I need in venting my creativity; I consider myself brilliant, and every idea I concoct is usually something for the computer. While that makes me lack in sociality in reality, on the internet I excel at bringing my best emotions forth. (Why do I spend a good portion of my time online rather than hitting on girls, laughing with friends, and going to movies? The biggest reason is my lack of self-confidence. The second biggest reason is that I am uncomfortable with the natural processes of the human body, such as attraction. I prefer to interact with peoples' minds, not their forms.) Back to a discussion on math... in fact, I would have had a chance this year to take Calculus, but I was too lazy to get a good grade last year, so I have the option of taking an easier but similar course (IB Mathematics 12 versus IB Mathematical Methods 12) this year, which I'm leaping upon with open arms (figuratively speaking). However, this year, I am saying goodbye to French. I believe I already know enough French to carry on a conversation with the average francophone person. Can you tell me how many people use Subjonctif Passé in everyday life? Besides, I am revamping my opinions on my ability at French considerably. For the average person my age, who hasn't lived around any French people whatsoever, I consider myself excellent at French. As with other related school stuff: I also have an underloaded second semester and an overloaded first semester. I'm planning on making a few changes. Namely, I'm going to drop French, and hopefully get the multimedia class I was aiming for, which was full to the brim. I also noticed something. I only have to go to Math every second day. Assuming I can get my arse in gear and study on my own private time, rather than worrying about school during that time, I'm more than happy. (Unfortunately, I also only go to computer science every second day. That is a personal wound from which I might not recover.) Note: I understand many mathematical concepts, and I understand most of them well. What I dislike is applying them without any useful output. Using math with computers gives me useful output (entertainment). Using math with paper gives me a desk job, and a craving for a huge rare steak and a café double-latté (with whipped cream, a marshmallow, and chocolate sprinkles). (Believe me, I can take it. My metabolism is extraordinarily high. Of course, you wouldn't see me telling anyone who I met offline about that.) | |
I'm definately a freak of nature, judging by the other responses here.
I enjoyed mathematics and physical sciences (besides chemistry). Basic math, like multiplication and division bored the hell out of me (The only test I ever cheated on was my 7s multiplication table in grade school); but algebra, geometry, trig, and calculus just come naturally to me. Since Calculus began as Newton's tool to prove his theories of physics, it's only natural that I did well in that too. *sigh* I need to review calculus. I can't even remember what a LaPlace Transform is anymore, only that it inspired terror in my entire class. | |
Spuzzum wrote:
I'm planning on making a few changes. Namely, I'm going to drop French, and hopefully get the multimedia class I was aiming for, which was full to the brim. Aww! Spuzzy! Not French! :oP Well, I'll just have to keep the skill of French in you! From now on, Tu besoin à parles en français. Pas plus anglais!! Avec cela, bon matin/d'après-midi/soir/nuit! (this is probably horrible grammar but, oh well!) <FONT COLOR=white>la Ashianna :oP</FONT> | |
If I have to pick, I'd have to say philosophy. I scored a 100% in both the philosophy classes I took. In one of them, my final paper came back with a note from the professor asking me how it was possible to score a 100% in philosophy.
I'd really rather not pick, though. I have a hard time making out the divisions between subjects. The things I learned in math are identical to the things I learned in English and psychology. It's all just different ways of saying the same thing. Just like the newbies here, though, everyone focuses so much on the outer/end effect, the phenomenon, without thinking about what's actually going on. | |
Hey wow, if you squashed Geo:
probably because Im quite, obey rules, blah blah, ect. and generally dont talk. only time I ever talk is when asked a question. and Spuzzman: (Why do I spend a good portion of my time online rather than hitting on girls, laughing with friends, and going to movies? The biggest reason is my lack of self-confidence. The second biggest reason is that I am uncomfortable with the natural processes of the human body, such as attraction. I prefer to interact with peoples' minds, not their forms.) together, youd get me! Yay! Well, atleast, you would get me before I discovered alcohol. Now I spend most of my time talking to friends to try and find out what I did the night before and work out who I have to appologise to. =) if(Botman == var/pissed) usr.DamageControl() else usr << "School tomorrow aye?" hmm... Anyway, my fav subject at school was without a doubt history. Duno why exactly, it's just always interested me, and still does. The only reason I didn't go to university to pursue history is that theres like no employment opportunitys for historians. Still, I'm seriouslyt considering going to Uni in a year or two anyways (FYI University is kinda like colledge in America, I think. Then we also hae Polytech(which is where I go), they teach practical skills, eg/Cheffing (me), Nursing, PE, Computing(though Uni also teached computing) etc). | |
Spuzzum wrote:
Yes. Physics and mathematics are my two weakest subjects. Don't know how things are up there, but at the university I go to, just completing a Computer Science major gives you enough math courses to minor in it, and all but two physics courses to minor in that. In short, it's loaded with math and physics. Granted, some of the math is about logic and some of the physics is about electricity and computing, but you still have to take a lot of seemingly un-computer related stuff. -AbyssDragon | |
You're not quite as out of place here as you think; I'm pretty much the same way.
All through elementary and middle school I despised mathematics. In high school and college courses, I've come to like it over nearly everything else. I've always liked physics, but I also like chemistry, so I suppose I'm a bit different in that respect. But all in all, computer science courses are my favorite. Most other computer-related courses bore me immensely. I remember back in freshman keyboarding doing all of the assignments in a couple minutes, and spending the rest of the time playing solitaire on the crappy PCs they had. -AbyssDragon | |
I'm actually looking around now for some basic math and programming courses to take. Haven't found anything appropriate that would fit my schedule yet. If you want a fun and inexpensive substitute for math courses, head on down to the local library and check out some Martin Gardner books. Come to think of it, I haven't read any myself in a while... I'll have to rectify that! | |
Humm, Math is my fav. subject. Its stuff that a third grader can do(replace da 'a' with the number thats behind da 'x', den go 1 right and 'a' up-down(talking graphs here)). So, thats definately my favorite subject :p
Alathon