Random Raves Two

[Ansar]

Are you crazy or do you have a surge protector ?

We're American.

 

[Nylan]

Hehe, I had mine today at around 12-1 pm .

As did I.

I was at the beach.

 

[holiday_hawk]

4 more days until I'm out of my hellhole known as school.

I cannot wait for high school.

You're still in school? Wow we got out two weeks ago.

As if high school will be better. In high school, the social lines are divided further.

I think high school is wayyyyy better, you can pick the classes you want to take and your more mature so you can have an actual conversation since teachers since they're not your baby sitters like they were in elementary school

But for my rave my new headset came in today so i am no longer voiceless on xbox live

 

[Nylan]

More mature? Don't make me laugh.

 

[Ansar]

I think high school is wayyyyy better, you can pick the classes you want to take and...you can have an actual conversation [with] teachers

Indeed.

 

[Mirc]

I think high school is wayyyyy better, you can pick the classes you want to take [...]

Lucky bastards.

 

[holiday_hawk]

Lucky bastards.

Well its only to a certain extent, and since i go to such a small school there is not enough teachers to let you take every combination of classes that you might want. I wanted to take 3 sciences but since there are only 3 science teachers and one isin't there in the morning then there was no way i could schedule all three so i had to drop one for another math. Also when i say you can take any class you want, most of the classes aren't appealing to a geeky 17 year old boy, i never really liked industrial arts and parenting don't even make me laugh.

 

[Mirc]

Well its only to a certain extent, and since i go to such a small school there is not enough teachers to let you take every combination of classes that you might want. I wanted to take 3 sciences but since there are only 3 science teachers and one isin't there in the morning then there was no way i could schedule all three so i had to drop one for another math. Also when i say you can take any class you want, most of the classes aren't appealing to a geeky 17 year old boy, i never really liked industrial arts and parenting don't even make me laugh.

Yeah, but still way better - I can't choose anything at all.

The only way for me to choose is to go to a specialized high school (which I'm doing, music high school - 1 more year and I'm done with it ). This is the only way for me to do SOME stuff that interests me and that I couldn't do otherwise, however, the curriculum of each year is identical for all high schools of this specialization throughout the country.

I really think we should be able to choose for ourselves more than the 0 freedom in this that we have now.

For example, I'm not interested in chemistry at all - yet until last year I was forced to take two classes a week and have an end-year examination, yet I'm 100% sure I'll NEVER use it in my life!

Same with "political economics" (don't ask incredibly stupid subject, you learn absolutely nothing in there), "computer science" (don't get me wrong, I love computers, I'm programming and making graphics out of pleasure - the only problem is that the only thing we learn is how to use Windows and we spent 2 hours on what "shut down" means), biology (which simply doesn't interest me too much) and many others. Then again, many people in my class hated mathematics and physics - but I loved them, although I hated chemistry with a passion. Which leads me back to the conclusion that I really think we should be able to choose for ourselves at least part of the subjects we take.

So yeah, lucky bastards.

 

[raketooy]

We have mostly the same thing as Americans, but our equivalent to elementary school lasted until we were 15-16 years and our equivalent to high school is only three years. We got to choose our languages in the elementary school, and in my school I got to choose more mathematics than usual. In our high school, especially after the first year, we get to choose a lot. My school is big (1000 students, big in Finnish standards) so I don't have the problem that holiday_hawk has.

 

[CCRunner]

At my high school, we have like twenty credits required for graduation in different areas (eg. 3 math 4 science 2 computer and so on). As long as we fufill those requirements, we get to take anything we want.

Random Rave: I got to go the the library today for like the first time since last summer.

 

[Ansar]

Thunderstorms again!

 

[Izipo]

Be sure to turn off that computer, then.

 

[Nylan]

EDIT: Not sure what happened there...mods?

 

[Nylan]

Go to the beach like I did!

On an unrelated note: I has a camera

 

[LucyDuke]

Thunderstorms again!

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Go to the beach like I did!

=

 

[silver 2039]

My friend is coming from Britain in five days. We're gonna get so badly smashed....It'll be awesome. And he can drive so we're going on a massive road trip all across South India.

 

[Nylan]

There's little that feels better than making a big fat bank deposit on your birthday.

 

[CCRunner]

I got firefox yesterday and it stopped the pop-ups! Huzzah!

 

[D'Artagnan59]

I got 9 awards at the grade and pod (we use that system) awards ceremony.

True. If you guys doubt me, I will provide pics.

 

[holy king]

please, noone doubt him...