Originally posted by cmsMasterSchool, tradition, tests or education.
I have Thanksgiving break starting Wednesday, but before I can get to that I have to go through a barrage of tests tomorrow. Trig, Physics, Spanish (4th level), College history, and English (potentially). So since 6:40 I've been working on hw, this being my first real break - I ate dinner while working on identities, and I haven't even started my Physics ...[text shortened]... r tomorrow before school and in commons of hw. This begs the question - is school for fools!?
Which do you mean?
Some schools are badly run, organised and managed I guess. In such places probably teachers aren't very happy either as well as students.
School-classes can be boring when teachers are ignorant with superficial knowledge of the subject, or having shallow personalities. I suppose teaching can be a tough job, but some people do really good jobs and I have a few good memories about teahcers.
School is not only the place where people learn. A lot of things can be self-taught. If you find something you like, it might as well be done that way to develop your own effective learning style.
Originally posted by PocketKingsYou went to classes sober, read the assignments, took notes during the lectures, studied, and ended without one new piece of information or one new viewpoint? You knew nothing you didn't know when you graduated high school? I just really find that hard to believe.
Personally, I don't feel I learned anything in college. I didn't learn a thing until I stated doing my job, I learn from experience. People learn in different ways
Now -- if you feel you didn't learn anything pragmatic -- that I can understand.
Originally posted by reader1107hey now, I was only drunk half the time 😛
You went to classes sober, read the assignments, took notes during the lectures, studied, and ended without one new piece of information or one new viewpoint? You knew nothing you didn't know when you graduated high school? I just really find that hard to believe.
Now -- if you feel you didn't learn anything pragmatic -- that I can understand.
Originally posted by Ramnedare we talking about high school physics here? an hour or a half is not studying. a week or weeks is.
I doubt that. Biased. I have physics and get no more than a 1/2 hour.
with my physics tests, it takes a week just to read fast through the material. which is usually about 500-1000 heavily packed pages of more or less incomprehensible and extremely dry mathematical drivel.
Originally posted by wormwoodIt's highschool, albeit AP. I studied for an hour and only got an 86 - so I don't think I was even close to biased. It was a surprisingly easy test for physics too.
are we talking about high school physics here? an hour or a half is not studying. a week or weeks is.
with my physics tests, it takes a week just to read fast through the material. which is usually about 500-1000 heavily packed pages of more or less incomprehensible and extremely dry mathematical drivel.
Originally posted by cmsMasterYou studied for only one hour for a test? Then of course you're thrilled that you got an 86 in spite of your lack of effort. I must've misunderstood something.
It's highschool, albeit AP. I studied for an hour and only got an 86 - so I don't think I was even close to biased. It was a surprisingly easy test for physics too.
Originally posted by reader1107Not really. An hour is a decent amount of time, actually it was in a commons with plenty of distractions and was slightly less than an hour. The test had two parts - multiple choice and short answer. I had no problem with the short answer, but did more than my fair share of guessing on the multiple choice. Generally Physics tests aren't that easy - I've got a grade as high as an A or as low as a D, so I guess it really just depends on the day for me.
You studied for only one hour for a test? Then of course you're thrilled that you got an 86 in spite of your lack of effort. I must've misunderstood something.