*Apologies for the double postAlreka post=18.73273.796833 said:
The English say Year 9 but the Americans say High school. Where, precisely, were you educated?
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The English say Year 9 but the Americans say High school. Where, precisely, were you educated?
I took 2 english classes in grade 12. In the literary english class (basically the one for smart kids) my teacher was brilliant, and an incredibly nice lady. She knew the course she had to teach was stupid, and she knew I was smarter than that. She allowed me to skip every class as long as I could prove to her that I knew what was going on. She was awesome to me.
My other english teacher was for a mandatory english class. Instead of making us read classic books that disagreed with her views, she made us read garbage with a grade 7 reading level. Ironically, one of the books that was supposed to be examined in this class was Fahrenheit 451. So, when she told us we were going to be reading a stupid book by a no name author about a girl having highschool problems (yeah fucking right) I brought in my copy of Fahrenheit 451 and read it every class. When the time came for a book report, I wrote it on my book, not hers. She tried to fail me, not just on that, but on every project for the rest of the semester.
When we got our final grades, my first english mark was a 95%, my second was a 12%. I took this mark to my first teacher, the smarter one, she laughed. She helped me bring it up with my principal and we got the other crazy ***** teacher canned. It was just awesome.
Also, although my teachers never did anything other than encourage me, I was reading at a university level in grade 4, simply because I love books. It made me very sad to see my moron classmates amazed at how I could read 'chapter books.'
My other english teacher was for a mandatory english class. Instead of making us read classic books that disagreed with her views, she made us read garbage with a grade 7 reading level. Ironically, one of the books that was supposed to be examined in this class was Fahrenheit 451. So, when she told us we were going to be reading a stupid book by a no name author about a girl having highschool problems (yeah fucking right) I brought in my copy of Fahrenheit 451 and read it every class. When the time came for a book report, I wrote it on my book, not hers. She tried to fail me, not just on that, but on every project for the rest of the semester.
When we got our final grades, my first english mark was a 95%, my second was a 12%. I took this mark to my first teacher, the smarter one, she laughed. She helped me bring it up with my principal and we got the other crazy ***** teacher canned. It was just awesome.
Also, although my teachers never did anything other than encourage me, I was reading at a university level in grade 4, simply because I love books. It made me very sad to see my moron classmates amazed at how I could read 'chapter books.'
That happened to me, too, only they'd keep scolding me. I was actualy finishing books that my older sister brought home, but the teachers told me off because I wasn't supposed to be doing stuff of that level yet.RAKtheUndead post=18.73273.794025 said:
I think my teachers really liked telling me off, they often did it for incredibly dumb reasons. Like the time I was screeched at and sent to the principles office for drumming my fingers on my chair. To be fair, I was probably the most annoying six year old on the planet, what with my curiosity and thirst for learning. Apparently, the education system hates that. Good thing they knocked it out of me, eh?
This may not really fit here, but...
Freshman year of high school, I had a business ed./keyboarding teacher who had a Ph.D. and, as such, always insisted on being called "Doctor." Even staff members weren't exempt. Needless to say, he wasn't loved much at our school. He was uncerimoniously let go roughly halfway through the year (while I was in his keyboarding class.) Fast-forward to one month ago, where I find out his Ph.D. was phony. Imagine my shock.
Freshman year of high school, I had a business ed./keyboarding teacher who had a Ph.D. and, as such, always insisted on being called "Doctor." Even staff members weren't exempt. Needless to say, he wasn't loved much at our school. He was uncerimoniously let go roughly halfway through the year (while I was in his keyboarding class.) Fast-forward to one month ago, where I find out his Ph.D. was phony. Imagine my shock.
My best friend, who is about thirty to forty percent smarter than me, demonstrated his disdain for the system by ignoring his homework and consistently passing tests with high marks. He reasoned that if he already understood the material, there was little point in proving it to himself with homework. His test scores tracked with this conclusion. Unfortunately his grades, which took homework into account, did not.
I never had the stones to try that, myself. I lived in mortal fear of bringing bad grades home until the day I graduated. Which was probably for the best.
I never had the stones to try that, myself. I lived in mortal fear of bringing bad grades home until the day I graduated. Which was probably for the best.
I went to my friend, <a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/karl_eller>Karl_Eller's, lecture at uni one day. I'm a high school student (or was at the time) and we'd gone to an Algorithmics lecture. And the lecturer had given out a example and the people in the class we're to decide if it was a proper algorithm or just complete bullshit. I think it was about how to live a happy and fulfilling life.
Anywho, there were people saying all different answers and I'd turned to Jono (Eller) and said that "It wasn't a proper one because it doesn't give a direct way to live a good life, it was just quotes." and after a few more minutes of no one answering it correctly, I shouted out what I'd said. And the lecturer said it was correct.
I thought it was pretty funny. Does that story count as mocking the educational system?
Anywho, there were people saying all different answers and I'd turned to Jono (Eller) and said that "It wasn't a proper one because it doesn't give a direct way to live a good life, it was just quotes." and after a few more minutes of no one answering it correctly, I shouted out what I'd said. And the lecturer said it was correct.
I thought it was pretty funny. Does that story count as mocking the educational system?
Sorry about the double post folks.Parattchi post=18.73273.796549 said:
The HSC Physics class at my school is teaching themselves the topic because the teacher isn't qualified! How's messed up is that?
For those of you who don't know what the HSC is, <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_School_Certificate>Click the link!
HSC is pretty stressful for a lot of students and to have a subject like Physics without a teacher, it's pretty ridiculous to expect decent results.
That's wierd, you put down C and got a "c", coincidence? I think not!Khell_Sennet post=18.73273.790540 said:
I don't do homework, And then I bring back grades in the 80's and 90's. I see homework as being a waste of precious time. I know pretty much everything I learn in class. The only class that homework might be importent in is, Math and foreign languages.RufusMcLaser post=18.73273.798848 said:
Eh, If it was middle school in the U.S it would be a D-.Hunde Des Krieg post=18.73273.798954 said:
I only ever did the written work, because otherwise the teachers would scream at me as if I'd done something wrong.Bulletinmybrain post=18.73273.798966 said:
The whole idea of homework is entirely unnecessary, if they want us to learn more they should extend the school hours and bloody well teach us. And besides, who the hell needs to finish the entire page of a maths book when you already know what the hell it's all about? Unless it's algebra, my book starts making shit up when it comes to that. It claimed two plus three was four.
Yeah, Math just start making up shit to explain stuff. Currently in geomtry, And I must say these laws are just getting stupid.>.>Monkfish Acc. post=18.73273.799008 said:
Aye. Bloody math, thinks it's so smart...Bulletinmybrain post=18.73273.799015 said:
On topic, did anyone elses teachers give them an earfull because they did the maths in their head, rather than wasting time by writing the whole damn process down?
Actually my geomtry teacher is pretty cool with it during class, But when turning in work we must show our work.(During tests we don't have too, Just written work.)Monkfish Acc. post=18.73273.799035 said:
You're lucky, my teachers were a bunch of morons. They didn't understand what the rules were for, they were just there to enforce them.Bulletinmybrain post=18.73273.799039 said:
I went through the separate school system up here, which means to get your diploma in their system, you need 9 Credits (Three Half-Semester classes) in Religion.
15 was awesome, 25 I don't recall...35 (12th Grade), was hell.
Our teacher knew nothing about other faiths. She tried to say that Jehovah's Witnesses believe Heaven only has room for 144,000 souls (That's how many get raptured in revelations), and that they believed heaven was full after WWI.
We also had an assignment where in we had to study another faith and compose a report. No one scored higher than 60, 65%. We believe she was just trying to turn us off exploring these faiths.
Also, in Math 10 (10th Grade), I don't recall our teacher actually EXPLAINING anything. He did however, because we were doing poorly, give us lectures for half of every second class that boiled down to "Fail Math, may was well slit your wrists because you'll be making my french fries for the rest of your life."
Someone nominated this prick for an award and he GOT it. I ducked out to miss the ceremony...and I was a goody two-shoes in High School!
15 was awesome, 25 I don't recall...35 (12th Grade), was hell.
Our teacher knew nothing about other faiths. She tried to say that Jehovah's Witnesses believe Heaven only has room for 144,000 souls (That's how many get raptured in revelations), and that they believed heaven was full after WWI.
We also had an assignment where in we had to study another faith and compose a report. No one scored higher than 60, 65%. We believe she was just trying to turn us off exploring these faiths.
Also, in Math 10 (10th Grade), I don't recall our teacher actually EXPLAINING anything. He did however, because we were doing poorly, give us lectures for half of every second class that boiled down to "Fail Math, may was well slit your wrists because you'll be making my french fries for the rest of your life."
Someone nominated this prick for an award and he GOT it. I ducked out to miss the ceremony...and I was a goody two-shoes in High School!