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Off Topic / Re: Today is my first day of standardized testing

« on: May 21, 2015, 02:14:54 PM »

Not where I'm going to college. There is non-major class requirements but they're much less difficult than anything we took on the SAT, and far more relevant too. Only those majoring in a mathematics department are using what they studied for the SAT. You should know how to read and write and think critically and have a solid understanding of science and mathematics applicable to everyday use. But the things on that test are largely non critical to those outside mathematics/science focusing majors.

You'll see what I mean when you get to college... Sure some subjects require more back knowledge than others but they are all difficult, and are not something you can just take the first time and get right without training. Before you can run you need to walk. And the walking is highschool.

Plus, what event in real life requires sitting in a classroom for 6 hours?

Well not so much in a classroom but jobs require sitting for longer hours working so get used to it.

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Off Topic / Re: Today is my first day of standardized testing

« on: May 21, 2015, 02:01:47 PM »

Dude, when you go to college, you will be using everything you are judged on though? If you go to study something it's kind of like a continuation on everything that you've previously learnt in school for the subject, and everything you have learnt in school for that subject will be used...

All the subjects I'm doing in sixth form (which is like college in UK) are continuations, and I realise that if I didn't know the basics I was taught in previous years I'm as good as a failure in sixth form.

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Off Topic / Re: Today is my first day of standardized testing

« on: May 21, 2015, 11:51:29 AM »

Everyone in that room is studying to go to a different college with a different major. Why would going them the same range of academic questions somehow be good for them?

That's why there are different subjects... In every paper, absolutely everything that you are taught in your subject is used in a question.

If they're going to art school they aren't going to need advanced calculus mastery.

This has nothing to do with standardized examining? This has to do with your school being handicapped and not allowing you to choose your own subjects.

But the grade as a whole represents them so failing in one section invalidates the important one.

I kind of agree with you on this, but the older you grow the more specifically you are examined in a subject. Early in your school life you are tested on a broader spectrum in every subject, but this is necessary, if you go on to advance in maths for example, you will use absolutely everything you were taught earlier in your school life and I can 100% guarantee this.

Plus, people are teaching the test. It's become more a stress test of sitting in a room for 6 hours trying to cheat the system rather than a real grade.

Unfortunately this does happen, but like I said the advantages outweigh the disadvantages... Standardization is needed for being able to compare people's performances in a subject as fairly as possible.

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Off Topic / Re: Today is my first day of standardized testing

« on: May 21, 2015, 11:21:55 AM »

The only reason things are done that way is because it's the only way to do it. You can't grade a person without comparing their performance to others, unstandardised exams can be the subject of favouritism and unfairness.

Also if not everyone sits the same exam then the exam difficulty can vary making it unfair for all candidates.

You'll all realise the importance of this method of testing when you grow older. Getting good grades requires hard work, period.

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Off Topic / Re: Today is my first day of standardized testing

« on: May 21, 2015, 09:12:17 AM »

Standardized testing is what accurately represents everyone's level in comparison to everyone else, so I love it and it's the way of progress.

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Off Topic / Re: Two girls are hitting on me.

« on: May 21, 2015, 03:56:23 AM »

Yeah I hate having to tell people I'm not interested.

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Off Topic / Re: I need a new anti virus program

« on: May 20, 2015, 04:39:02 AM »

You know Norton can be very in-you-face and annoying but in past it has saved me from some grave situations

Including a virus that sends all my Facebook friends research
Blocking intrusion attempts from a guy in Zimbabwe (as I was hosting a server on a version of wamp that had an exploit with environment variable or some stuff)
That false puush malware update

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Off Topic / Re: what is your current biological wellbeing-ness

« on: May 19, 2015, 03:51:42 PM »

bullstuff??

double bullstuff????????

Either bullstuff or he's pretty sickly

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Off Topic / Re: what is your current biological wellbeing-ness

« on: May 19, 2015, 03:22:34 PM »

I think its because I'm in front of my comp so much but I have normal blood pressure last I checked ya dig

Ya know slightly low blood pressure is actually considered a good thing because it means you're less susceptible to high blood pressure as you age apparently ;)

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Off Topic / Re: what is your current biological wellbeing-ness

« on: May 19, 2015, 02:46:59 PM »

Is it bad I get really dizzy for no reason sometimes
Like really bad

Low blood pressure lel

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Off Topic / Re: what is your current biological wellbeing-ness

« on: May 19, 2015, 02:39:15 PM »

I have a chronic illness, it affects me from time-to-time and I have to be constantly on meds for it, prefer not to specify.

My life expectancy is the same as for the general population so that's good, but living with this is a pain in the ass at times...

That's life, one day you're fine the next everything changes.

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Off Topic / Re: Lifeproof iPhone 6 case- Back peeling off

« on: May 19, 2015, 01:35:57 PM »

Yeah but if the peeling isn't caused by you then you should be able to claim warranty on it, it's not supposed to peel off like that so it could be a manufacturing fault

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Off Topic / Re: I had a dream about the BLF

« on: May 19, 2015, 01:34:21 PM »

You know your life is interesting when you dream about a forum for a barely popular internet game 

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Off Topic / Re: yes cool school ends thursday

« on: May 19, 2015, 12:29:32 PM »

June 19th because I sit exams that determine if I progress to university or not

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Off Topic / Re: Lifeproof iPhone 6 case- Back peeling off

« on: May 19, 2015, 12:21:11 PM »

iPhone 6 has a 2 year warranty, go claim it.