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| 11 Mar 2015 08:17 PM |
so this school is one of the most really highly ranked/competitive in the state and the accel math classes are like geared towards overachieving asians or something so the teachers make it so normal people dont have enough time to finish tests and stuff
i'm in the accel classes because i used to go to a fairly bad school where 'accel' was 9th graders mixed in with the seniors who were taking the same class
so in my old school- no added challenge, all the problems were very straightforward and what we learned in class
so today i couldn't finish about 4 problems because the period ended, and they were the long many step word problems and stuff
this wasn't an isolated thing but this has been happening all year long
everyone is desperately 'finishing up' for several minutes after class ends and we only get the 1 period (the teachers love pulling bs like we can't come in during study hall or lunch which is something imo a good teacher would do because we're not all child prodigies, we're normal people whose parents push us to go to an accel/ AP class because they think it's not harder than normal classes and that lower classes means you won't be a doctor or something stupid)
no fair
what's the point of the test if it doesnt demonstrate how much you know unless you are tutored to death as soon as you come home
like today i knew all the material
i did all the review our teacher gave us
but half of the test wasnt on the review stuff wtf man and it's always this way
the test covers like extremely hard problems that the book doesnt give us
i knew the material anyways (albeit for 1 question that would prob be impossible or something unless i sit down for an hour or so to think about the algebra stuff mixed in)
what the hell. i don't even need to take a math class next year
i already passed the graduation requirements (alg II) in my old school
and i am sure i am not taking accel calculus nononononononononononono
i think my parents will understand
my dad was looking at my textbooks in the beginning and he was all like 'this is stuff i did in college in russia, not in high school wtffff' so he also understands me getting bad grades on tests because he's thoroughly convinced that the teachers are totally unfair to the point where he makes up excuses FOR me. thank god.
so i think i will take advanced instead of accel (easier) next year and depending on that i might not even take a math class senior year. if i do, i'm going to take the easiest version of calculus they offer.
i'd rather take a ton of practical electives and do every single one of the programming/computer science/digital design classes i can rather than some math class.
because once i get accepted into a college (i will. if you don't include the classes i need to take for credit, i'm already college ready and stuff. by now i don't care. i'm hoping to get into some technology type school so i can get a job involving computers and i don't need to go to the best school in the country to do that), i don't think anyone will give a damn about the grade i got
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| 11 Mar 2015 08:21 PM |
Listen kid. We live in an individualist culture. You need to distinguish yourself as superior to your peers. If that means studying for several hours a day to be the best then you need to make sacrifices to be a high achiever. It will be worth it. You will receive praise from your teachers, grants for higher education, and eventually if you do well in college then you can be gainfully employed in what ever career you choose.
My only suggestion is don't study humanities and don't trust people who did when they try to justify their waste of money. |
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| 11 Mar 2015 09:05 PM |
"Listen kid. We live in an individualist culture. You need to distinguish yourself as superior to your peers. If that means studying for several hours a day to be the best then you need to make sacrifices to be a high achiever. It will be worth it. You will receive praise from your teachers, grants for higher education, and eventually if you do well in college then you can be gainfully employed in what ever career you choose."
If I were to try to become a scientist or a doctor or some other job with extremely high competition with people that are likely better than me, I would care that I get C's (7 point grading scale, so 77-85). Being that my classmates are pressured into a no-fun, study study study environment by their parents, they care.
I would like getting my work done efficiently, on time, and not being criticized for some stupid score I get on a test... and that's why I like taking my electives like my programming class. I feel that it represents real life the best. That's what makes me want to major in something involving computers in college. A job where if I finish fast enough, I'd go read a book or something. That would be awesome. I honestly don't care about pay until I get married- I know how to live comfortably frugally. I've seen people live just fine (albeit, alone) with enough luxuries on minimum wage - the only luxury I need from anyone is a desk and a nice computer. And being proficient in programming means i will very likely be getting more than minimum wage anyways. I don't mind if I go work in IT straight after college- that's most likely where I'll have to go with no experience at work with programming, and I don't mind. I've met IT people online, they seem happy with their jobs. That's far more comfort to me than the possibility of having to pay back many tens of thousands of dollars and having insane stress after med school or something.
But I digress. I'm not an awful math student. This school is where the most restrictive parents choose to raise their overachieving kids- in other words, the best of the best. I'm fine with the second of the best. I just want to be happy with what I do. I feel like I'd be just fine with less stress. These poor kids that are forced to get A's (7 point scale, 93-100) in accel classes aren't allowed at the computer at home, only tutoring so they can get an A in AP calc to give them some absolutely miniscule chance into getting into nearby Penn State or Princeton. That's not the right way of raising a child. They won't be happy when they're in high school, not when they're in college or med school, and there's no guarantee that they will be better off when they're 30 and finally have a proper job.
Granted, I have a friend or two that are just good at this. They sit on their phone wherever the teachers won't yell at them for it, generally not care, and somehow pull off 100%'s because they are just like that. I am not one of those people. I don't care. I'm my own person.
If I have the internet and free time at home, that's all I need. I love talking with people, I love reading on the internet, and having enough to have this will make me happier than being a doctor or something.
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| 11 Mar 2015 09:07 PM |
waaaah cryyyyyyyy everyone devote your time to my tldr post about my first world problems
waaaaahhhhhh |
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| 11 Mar 2015 09:33 PM |
"waaaah cryyyyyyyy everyone devote your time to my tldr post about my first world problems"
waaaaaaaaahhh waaaah waaah sob sob sob
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| 12 Mar 2015 01:55 PM |
The teachers are not being unfair. There is no fun in success but there is cess. Success is heavily taxing in terms of time. You need to put in the effort.
def. cess
(In Scotland, Ireland, and India) a tax or levy.
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