Re: The Official Talk About Whatever Thread

by fatman123 Sun Dec 15, 2013 7:32 pm

CSpurs where art thou?

by Kick Sun Dec 15, 2013 10:03 pm

Fitty Where art thou, in Europe?

by Juveman17 Mon Dec 16, 2013 4:23 am

fatman123 wrote:CSpurs where art thou?

Crying since loserpool beat Tottenham

by CBarca Mon Dec 16, 2013 4:56 am

Haha nah I was busy. What's up?

by Eman Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:29 pm

This semester I took one of the few classes in my undergraduate degree that really rustled my jimmies, Taxation. On the first midterm, I wasn't confident I did well but I got an 88%. On the second one, I thought I killed it but only got a 68%.

On the final exam, I ran out of time and there was so much information to consider in each question that I thought there was no way anybody could have gotten an A, but I got a 90%. Wtf? I am certainly not coming out of this class feeling as though I am an A student, but apparently I am Laughing

by Guest Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:52 pm

You're far too modest, Eman Thumbs up

Anytime I thought I did poorly on a test, I was correct. And the handful of times I came out thinking I rocked it, I still failed Sad

by Eman Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:53 pm

ranDOM 10 wrote:You're far too modest, Eman

Anytime I thought I did poorly on a test, I was correct. And the handful of times I came out thinking I rocked it, I still failed

Dom

Do you think it is a memory thing or did you just not get the material to begin with?

by Guest Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:56 pm

Memory thing for sure. I still can't memorize full songs and testing has always been a weakness for me. Math was my best subject, however I chalk that up to being able to check your work and not having so much stuff to remember. Numbers have always made sense to me, while words and historical events just never seemed to stick.

P.S. I am only referring to high school studies, I never attended college/university.

by Kick Mon Dec 16, 2013 10:43 pm

I always do poorly on exams mostly because I do not give the marker exactly what they are after, ie, word for word. I remember most things in my own way, so I write that but they don't like that.

by Eman Tue Dec 17, 2013 1:25 am

It's all about figuring out what they want to hear. I drill things into my memory and just hit the points that I read in the class notes with minimal expansion. Most teaching assistants have pretty strict marking schemes, so you have to stick to what you were taught, even if you have other points you think are relevant that you came up with yourself. Regurgitation: the sure-fire formula for success Proud

by Kick Tue Dec 17, 2013 1:29 am

I don't actually have to worry about it anymore, next year is 95% research of my own so very little to no exams for me Thumbs up

by CBarca Tue Dec 17, 2013 5:35 am

ranDOM 10 wrote:Memory thing for sure. I still can't memorize full songs and testing has always been a weakness for me. Math was my best subject, however I chalk that up to being able to check your work and not having so much stuff to remember. Numbers have always made sense to me, while words and historical events just never seemed to stick.

P.S. I am only referring to high school studies, I never attended college/university.

Math

Not sure if I've said it before but I can't wait to get to college, get the general math credits I need done and then never deal with it again. I'm not necessarily bad at it. Certainly better than 3/4ths of the people in my class I guess (though most people are idiots so what does that say?) but it's by far my weakest subject. Doesn't click for me at all like other subjects and that's frustrating more than anything.

by Kick Tue Dec 17, 2013 9:53 pm

Math sucks, Brah.

I am just terrible at it, which is why I am terrible at Chemistry.

by Forza Thu Dec 19, 2013 11:10 pm

Word is that Juve is coming to Sydney in the off-season.

by Kick Thu Dec 19, 2013 11:25 pm

Not surprised at all, with ADP playing there.

Should be good for People in Sydney though.

by Motogp69 Fri Dec 20, 2013 12:50 am

Bayern is doing an American tour :bow:

So hoping for a Bayern vs. Roma game.

by Kick Fri Dec 20, 2013 12:52 am

And Chelsea still won't come to Aus, ffs Crying or Very sad

by CBarca Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:44 am

Kick wrote:Math sucks, Brah.

I am just terrible at it, which is why I am terrible at Chemistry.

Same for me. ook normal chemistry sophomore year and scraped by with a low B. Advanced class for a sophomore, but not overly challenging.

Took AP Bio junior year (last year) and got a high B first semester and a solid A the second semester, and then passed the exam with a 4. AP Bio is probably, partially due to the course and partially due to the teacher, the toughest class in my high school.

Funny how that works out. Math -.-

by Eman Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:44 pm

I used to never try in school at all until I took grade 11 Biology. My teacher was such a bitch and gave us hours of homework to do every single night. I ended up having to give 100% just to keep up with the work, which in turn changed my entire approach towards school work and improved my work ethic in all of my other classes up until this very day. I still hate that teacher, but without that class I may never have developed the work ethic that I needed to be successful in school hmm

by Guest Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:46 pm

There's a thin line between love and hate :coffee:

by Kick Sat Dec 21, 2013 1:40 am

Eman wrote:I used to never try in school at all until I took grade 11 Biology. My teacher was such a bitch and gave us hours of homework to do every single night. I ended up having to give 100% just to keep up with the work, which in turn changed my entire approach towards school work and improved my work ethic in all of my other classes up until this very day. I still hate that teacher, but without that class I may never have developed the work ethic that I needed to be successful in school

Interesting story, I bet you're thankful for her even if you hate her.

by Motogp69 Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:06 am

Won't be in chat tomorrow morning, going to be playing in a tournament. It's going to be glorious.
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by Kick Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:08 am

Best of luck in it, mate!

by CBarca Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:18 am

Christmas break is here Proud

Brothers are home Proud

Graduated high school friends back Proud

Snow is here Proud

In my opinion, this probably is the most wonderful time of the year

by Kick Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:25 am

Kick is also here Proud

by Motogp69 Sat Dec 21, 2013 3:11 am

Should be fun, first time playing in 3 weeks. Hoping that I'll be able to play the whole time, strained my eye 2 weeks ago and they told me it'd be 6-12 weeks before I'd have normal vision again. I get double vision when I try to look left to right peripherally.

So I'm going to sit my ass on the right side all day. Inverted winger :facepalm:

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