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Post by CBarca Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:03 am

Forza wrote:Strict school is not for everybody, but education is vital. I think that there is far too much emphasis on facilities and nowhere near enough emphasis on the teachers...

The quality of the teacher really makes the difference whether it's home schooling or private/public schooling. If your teacher is apathetic, disorganised, unfriendly, unhelpful or generally incompetent, the student's grade and proficiency in the subject goes down 100000000%. It makes little difference whether the student is naturally intelligent and capable or not, because either way the student is still unable to fulfil their potential had they received high quality tuition from someone they trust. To this day the existence of such a low university entry acceptance score for teachers baffles me. Surely the people we want teaching kids should be more intelligent than that...?

Edit: That is not to say that all teachers are unintelligent, that's not at all the case.

I cannot stress this enough.

I've always had trouble with math, but my 10th grade year I had a great math teacher who was very passionate both about math and teaching and he was a cool guy too, and that was probably the only year I've ever enjoyed math. Yes, I actually enjoyed it...and I hate math! But the year after for pre-calc I had this douchey, arrogant teacher who was also very average at teaching and my math skills just...suffered. A year after in the present day I'm taking AP Calc, which is college level calc, and I'm suffering the consequences of last year. My math teacher this year isn't much better, either. The only reason I'm really taking it is because my school has no math class for a guy like me who in math is better than average, but not good enough to be with the ones who excel in math.

I've actually found math to be the subject with the majority of poor teachers. Maybe that's because of my own shortcomings, but I'm trying to look at it objectively, and math just seems to me like the most poorly taught subject. It's the easiest subject to get into the "math monkey" mode and just teach something, show a couple examples, and then assign a bunch of problems. This works, especially for students who get it right away, but it inhibits true understanding and for those that don't just "get it" right away, it's incredibly frustrating...not to mention time consuming.

Anyway, teachers make all the difference. They really do. It's astonishing.

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Post by Juveman17 Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:11 am

CBarca wrote:
Forza wrote:Strict school is not for everybody, but education is vital. I think that there is far too much emphasis on facilities and nowhere near enough emphasis on the teachers...

The quality of the teacher really makes the difference whether it's home schooling or private/public schooling. If your teacher is apathetic, disorganised, unfriendly, unhelpful or generally incompetent, the student's grade and proficiency in the subject goes down 100000000%. It makes little difference whether the student is naturally intelligent and capable or not, because either way the student is still unable to fulfil their potential had they received high quality tuition from someone they trust. To this day the existence of such a low university entry acceptance score for teachers baffles me. Surely the people we want teaching kids should be more intelligent than that...?

Edit: That is not to say that all teachers are unintelligent, that's not at all the case.

I cannot stress this enough.

I've always had trouble with math, but my 10th grade year I had a great math teacher who was very passionate both about math and teaching and he was a cool guy too, and that was probably the only year I've ever enjoyed math. Yes, I actually enjoyed it...and I hate math! But the year after for pre-calc I had this douchey, arrogant teacher who was also very average at teaching and my math skills just...suffered. A year after in the present day I'm taking AP Calc, which is college level calc, and I'm suffering the consequences of last year. My math teacher this year isn't much better, either. The only reason I'm really taking it is because my school has no math class for a guy like me who in math is better than average, but not good enough to be with the ones who excel in math.

I've actually found math to be the subject with the majority of poor teachers. Maybe that's because of my own shortcomings, but I'm trying to look at it objectively, and math just seems to me like the most poorly taught subject. It's the easiest subject to get into the "math monkey" mode and just teach something, show a couple examples, and then assign a bunch of problems. This works, especially for students who get it right away, but it inhibits true understanding and for those that don't just "get it" right away, it's incredibly frustrating...not to mention time consuming.

Anyway, teachers make all the difference. They really do. It's astonishing.

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Math and Science teachers, in my experience at an inner-city public high school, have been pretty poor. They are either pushovers, lazy, and or dont know how to properly teach. Mostly, pushover teachers are everywhere in the science and math depts in my school. Ex. For Honors Physics last year, my teacher was a huge pushover and it was very very easy to cheat on tests (I did so myself at times I wont deny that). Strict teachers really really do make a difference. For example, during 7th grade I had a really strict Spanish teacher. At this time Spanish was a mandatory language to take in the school so obviously I originally had no interest to learn. But as I was forced to take the class and saw how hard it was, she really challenged me to learn the language and had I had her for all 3 years of middle school i would no doubt be a fluent Spanish speaker.

In the end, teachers can only do so much. But they make a big impact.
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Post by CBarca Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:26 am

Foreign language teachers at my high school are a joke. Stopped taking spanish because though learning it would be a good skill, the class was just a waste of time. I took 4 years of Spanish and I no doubt still speak incredibly broken, mostly incoherent Spanish. You should be able to be close to fluent if not fluent in 4 years IMO.
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Post by Juveman17 Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:31 am

I agree. Even though I love my Italian teacher, she is a bit of a pushover and once again isnt strict enough which translates to incomplete Italian. I'm not comfortable speaking fluent italian, which at this point should be the case. Strict teachers IMO are necessary for language classes as it creates a drive and necessity to learn the language.
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Post by fatman123 Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:42 am

Don't underestimate the power of speaking a broken second language, just a few days ago the few specs of Italian I can speak kept me out of fight Laughing

Agree with the quality of teachers being the most important thing. I went to a strict catholic school for all of my high school and last two of primary (8 yrs total) and in the case of the vast majority of people, myself included, that level of discipline doesn't carry into their day-to-day life.
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Post by CBarca Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:02 am

A strict catholic school wouldn't tolerate your spelling, so I can see how it hasn't exactly translated into your day-to-day life Laughing
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Post by Juveman17 Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:05 am

fatman123 wrote:Don't underestimate the power of speaking a broken second language, just a few days ago the few specs of Italian I can speak kept me out of fight Laughing

Agree with the quality of teachers being the most important thing. I went to a strict catholic school for all of my high school and last two of primary (8 yrs total) and in the case of the vast majority of people, myself included, that level of discipline doesn't carry into their day-to-day life.

What happened? Laughing

What did you say Laughing
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Post by fatman123 Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:06 pm

CBarca wrote:A strict catholic school wouldn't tolerate your spelling, so I can see how it hasn't exactly translated into your day-to-day life Laughing

Jog on, I got 86/100 for English advanced and even did extension one for a year too. My spelling is awful, but essay and creative writhing are (or more then likely were) more then good enough to offset my spelling

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fatman123 wrote:just a few days ago the few specs of Italian I can speak kept me out of fight Laughing

What happened? Laughing

What did you say Laughing

I was in Kilkenny, a small Irish town my mates went to last year and we met up with these three girls they knew from last year, two of which had boyfriends. Anyway throughout the night I was dancing with one of the taken girls, we got a few photos on the dance floor (you would've seen them on fb kick), but the whole time I was being good, hands to myself etc.

Anyway when I walk off the dance floor on my own a group of three guys came up to me (they turned out to be that girls brother and two of his mates) and told me I should leave, at this point I didn't know what was happening so I more or less told them to shove it. Anyway one liners go back and forth untill one of them says to me 'there's no place for your stupid accent here' and shoved me in the chest, which is when I realized this could get physical which is not my area of strength, luckily I had a height and strength advantage over all three of them (they were 100% under age) so I was confident nothing would happen.

Then of course a fourth guy rocks up whose my age, my size and most likely knows how to fight. He got in my face and told me to leave and for whatever reason my response was 'non parlo Inglese', luckily due the loud club music and my proximity to this guy the first three couldn't hear what I was saying. Obviously the fourth guy was thrown by my Italian, so after a few more Italian one liners and my best imitation of my grandparents Italian/English mix he just gave up (I guess) and the four of them walked off
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Post by Juveman17 Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:39 pm

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CBarca wrote:A strict catholic school wouldn't tolerate your spelling, so I can see how it hasn't exactly translated into your day-to-day life Laughing

Jog on, I got 86/100 for English advanced and even did extension one for a year too. My spelling is awful, but essay and creative writhing are (or more then likely were) more then good enough to offset my spelling

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fatman123 wrote:just a few days ago the few specs of Italian I can speak kept me out of fight Laughing

What happened? Laughing

What did you say Laughing

I was in Kilkenny, a small Irish town my mates went to last year and we met up with these three girls they knew from last year, two of which had boyfriends. Anyway throughout the night I was dancing with one of the taken girls, we got a few photos on the dance floor (you would've seen them on fb kick), but the whole time I was being good, hands to myself etc.

Anyway when I walk off the dance floor on my own a group of three guys came up to me (they turned out to be that girls brother and two of his mates) and told me I should leave, at this point I didn't know what was happening so I more or less told them to shove it. Anyway one liners go back and forth untill one of them says to me 'there's no place for your stupid accent here' and shoved me in the chest, which is when I realized this could get physical which is not my area of strength, luckily I had a height and strength advantage over all three of them (they were 100% under age) so I was confident nothing would happen.

Then of course a fourth guy rocks up whose my age, my size and most likely knows how to fight. He got in my face and told me to leave and for whatever reason my response was 'non parlo Inglese', luckily due the loud club music and my proximity to this guy the first three couldn't hear what I was saying. Obviously the fourth guy was thrown by my Italian, so after a few more Italian one liners and my best imitation of my grandparents Italian/English mix he just gave up (I guess) and the four of them walked off

you legend :bow:

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Post by Eman Thu Jan 09, 2014 12:11 am

Hahaha that's perfect. I would think about doing something like that but to actually do it :bow: rofl

Perhaps it's a similar approach, but I mostly just pretend I don't know what's going on at all and turn and walk away like I have bigger fish to fry when stuff like that happens to me. You've gotta use the loud music to confuse them basically.
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Post by CBarca Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:30 am

Hoping to start on East of Eden soon. Although we have semester exams coming up. Hopefully after that I'll have enough time to tackling this next epic Steinbeck work.

Has anybody read One Hundred Years of Solitude, by the way? I've heard it's a classic, and I'm contemplating reading that next.

Before you start Giulio, I'm saving LotR books for the summer as I have a LotR book/movie fapathon.
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Post by Kick Thu Jan 09, 2014 6:20 am

@Fitty, I was going to comment on whether you got with any of the chicks the other day, Fitty. Felt it was best not to though, at least I know the story now.
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Post by isignedupjusttoseesigs Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:01 am

shoulda punched on fitman, embrace the australian in you and punch above your weight.

also chix, get better chix.
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Post by Juveman17 Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:03 pm

CBarca wrote:Hoping to start on East of Eden soon. Although we have semester exams coming up. Hopefully after that I'll have enough time to tackling this next epic Steinbeck work.

Has anybody read One Hundred Years of Solitude, by the way? I've heard it's a classic, and I'm contemplating reading that next.

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Post by CBarca Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:07 pm

A little nervous because (although it's not a certainty at this point) I'll probably have a woman coming over later in the night -.-

Not that I'm bad with women...I'm really not. However, I haven't been one on one with a girl romantically for about 2 years now Laughing

I know everything will be great and go great and it will be fantastic, but I'm still nervous anyway. She's very pretty...certainly prettier than anybody I've ever gone after before.
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Post by Kick Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:14 pm

Best of luck, Knock 'em dead (not really, unless you like that kind of thing)

You'll do fine.
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Post by CBarca Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:15 pm

I don't like them dead but I'm not above using roofies.
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Post by Kick Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:31 pm

Roofies are fine, as long as you can forge their signature.

Also, Pics..
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Post by Eman Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:31 pm

As long as you get it in. A k is a k brah :coffee:
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Post by isignedupjusttoseesigs Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:43 am

CBarca wrote:I don't like them dead but I'm not above using roofies.

dead girls don't say no.

also don't overthink shit, be the best cbarca you can be, not the cspurs you want to be.
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Post by Kick Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:48 am

Or be Batman, everyone loves Batman.
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Post by Eman Sat Jan 11, 2014 1:00 am

CBatman does have a nice ring to it, but does he really want to be the hero she deserves, but not the one she needs right now? hmm
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Post by Kick Sat Jan 11, 2014 1:06 am

Yes, because that means they will do some adult fighting, because he can take it.

Also, means she'll be chasing after him therefore he has the upper hand.

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Post by CBarca Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:47 am

You guys crack me up.

It went very well. I mean, on a scale of 1-10, 1 being a disaster and 10 being perfectly, I'd say it went at an 8.7-9. S... really well, considering perfect nights don't come by very often.

I'm getting myself back in the groove of things...but it did go well.

Not sure if I'm comfortable with sharing pictures on a public forum of someone else. Though I guess you could easily just find them on facebook if I were to put her name out there. I showed Juveman via skype, though. If you PM me, I'll show you...I might just put her picture up here at some later, undecided time, too.

Eman wrote:CBatman does have a nice ring to it, but does he really want to be the hero she deserves, but not the one she needs right now?

Story of my life last year as I chased after a girl with a dick boyfriend :facepalm:

I did succeed in seducing her, but apparently not enough for her to break up with her boyfriend. I guess it's all for the best though, because I probably would have been the dick in that situation.
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Post by isignedupjusttoseesigs Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:32 am

thats some cbarca shit right there, no cspurs in sight.

just post a picture anyway she won't know

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