for some reason physics was the one science I seemed to "get" more or less....probably because I was making a REAL concious effort to do wellhazabaza1 said:Because having the person sitting next to me snacking down on a cornish pasty is pretty damn distracting.Vault101 said:why cant I chew gum? or eat....I'd concentrate on whats going on if I could eat somthing right now
OT: Physics. Fuck physics. In the eyes.
Vault101 said:uggghhhh dont worry, sports was everyones favoite thing to do (and my least favoite) and it pissed me off to no end, there were practically no non-sports extra curricular stuffTopazFusion said:The appeal of sports?
[sup]Oops, no, might need the flame shield for that one.[/sup]
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BUT to be fair for the school it was I did manage to do some fun things (bushrangers, theatre sports, art now and again)
nah it wasn't sarcasmDrenaje1 said:*head explodes*Ix Rebound said:Algebra
seriously when will we ever use it in life?
I wanna go back in time and find whoever invented algebra and punch him in the face!
Instead of spending the next 20 minutes trying to respond to that, (Unless it was internet sarcasm, damn do we need some kind of program that will check sentences for you and then read them back to you in a snooty voice.) I'll just half-heartedly agree about Algebra. In fact, just today me and my friend spent our class period hunched over in the corner with our laptops, insulting the material's mother and complaining about "Random magical bullshit laws of math that seemed to have been pulled out of the ass of Cthulhu JUST for this one problem. When we move on to another problem and try to apply what we just did, the Cthulhu ass magical math laws have changed."
This could also be described as "Failure to pay enough cohesive attention to the lecture".
I dont know shit about maths but Im pretty sure its used for all that hardcore stuff scientitst and engineers doIx Rebound said:nah it wasn't sarcasmDrenaje1 said:*head explodes*Ix Rebound said:Algebra
seriously when will we ever use it in life?
I wanna go back in time and find whoever invented algebra and punch him in the face!
Instead of spending the next 20 minutes trying to respond to that, (Unless it was internet sarcasm, damn do we need some kind of program that will check sentences for you and then read them back to you in a snooty voice.) I'll just half-heartedly agree about Algebra. In fact, just today me and my friend spent our class period hunched over in the corner with our laptops, insulting the material's mother and complaining about "Random magical bullshit laws of math that seemed to have been pulled out of the ass of Cthulhu JUST for this one problem. When we move on to another problem and try to apply what we just did, the Cthulhu ass magical math laws have changed."
This could also be described as "Failure to pay enough cohesive attention to the lecture".
and im in high school so we don't have "lectures"
and besides even if i did pay attention (believe me, i try!) MY head would explode!
but seriously, what is it used for in life?!
oh okVault101 said:I dont know shit about maths but Im pretty sure its used for all that hardcore stuff scientitst and engineers doIx Rebound said:Drenaje1 said:*head explodes*Ix Rebound said:Algebra
seriously when will we ever use it in life?
I wanna go back in time and find whoever invented algebra and punch him in the face!
Instead of spending the next 20 minutes trying to respond to that, (Unless it was internet sarcasm, damn do we need some kind of program that will check sentences for you and then read them back to you in a snooty voice.) I'll just half-heartedly agree about Algebra. In fact, just today me and my friend spent our class period hunched over in the corner with our laptops, insulting the material's mother and complaining about "Random magical bullshit laws of math that seemed to have been pulled out of the ass of Cthulhu JUST for this one problem. When we move on to another problem and try to apply what we just did, the Cthulhu ass magical math laws have changed."
This could also be described as "Failure to pay enough cohesive attention to the lecture".
nah it wasn't sarcasm
and im in high school so we don't have "lectures"
and besides even if i did pay attention (believe me, i try!) MY head would explode!
but seriously, what is it used for in life?!
as in I bet its pretty important
fuck touch typing, I can type at a perfectly reasoanble speed thankyouverymuchNouw said:Well right now in ICT they're forcing us to touch-type with the keyboard at the very edge of the desk so you can't rest your wrists. Apparently it's not 'ergonomically correct.' But since I have to do it that way to pass the exam, I'll have to conform whenever she comes my way. I'm just baffled as to why resting your wrists is heresy.
oh..well that makes me want to pay more attention this year, thanks!poiumty said:Basic algebra? Pretty much everywhere. Deciding how much you should spend based on what budget you have (say, when you go shopping) is algebra.Ix Rebound said:nah it wasn't sarcasmDrenaje1 said:*head explodes*Ix Rebound said:Algebra
seriously when will we ever use it in life?
I wanna go back in time and find whoever invented algebra and punch him in the face!
Instead of spending the next 20 minutes trying to respond to that, (Unless it was internet sarcasm, damn do we need some kind of program that will check sentences for you and then read them back to you in a snooty voice.) I'll just half-heartedly agree about Algebra. In fact, just today me and my friend spent our class period hunched over in the corner with our laptops, insulting the material's mother and complaining about "Random magical bullshit laws of math that seemed to have been pulled out of the ass of Cthulhu JUST for this one problem. When we move on to another problem and try to apply what we just did, the Cthulhu ass magical math laws have changed."
This could also be described as "Failure to pay enough cohesive attention to the lecture".
and im in high school so we don't have "lectures"
and besides even if i did pay attention (believe me, i try!) MY head would explode!
but seriously, what is it used for in life?!
Advanced algebra? Economics, science, engineering. I was like you, once, wondering why I'd ever need to use any of this. I was ignorant. There are things in this world that require complex equations and formulae just like the ones you're learning. What you do in high-school is just the tip of the iceberg. Algebra paves the way for a lot of things possible in physics, mechanics, programming, systems theory, modelling/simulation and so forth.