School Thread

[Georges]

I can't even be bothered to write it, but I have a huge rant set up about my problems with the modern education system. I think it's the worst system we humans have ever developed for anything ever, and it's a wonder that student do manage to pass.

Thank God game-design courses are portfolio-based, because otherwise I would have had no hope, and nor would most of the other I know.

While I can't personally speak for public/private schools and college because I'm never been through any of them, I will say that it's sad that the first quarter to third of a person's life is basically spent learning stuff. So much of our lives wasted. :/

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[McJob]

I will say that it's sad that the first quarter to third of a person's life is basically spent learning stuff. So much of our lives wasted. :/

Actually, I think it's fantastic because learning stuff is really the only thing you ever do in your life. What I hate is the way they teach you and what they teach you.

[XR-7]

I just finished my one and only homeschooled class for this semester (Presidency & The Constitution, taken through Hillsdale College) and passed with an A. My finals for high school are a week from Wednesday and Thursday. My final at college is a week from Wednesday.

High school graduation ceremony is May 17 B)

[carolcat]

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i was homeschooled for 4 years, and my sister was homeschooled for two. the local schools refused to allow us to participate in activities like band, track, or any of their clubs. there were no homeschooling groups in my town, meaning there were no social outlets for us. we were essentially isolated from kids our age for the duration of our homeschooling.

however, i was a near straight-A student during homeschooling, and i am currently a straight-A 4.0 student in high school. i took the ACT for the first time in october 2014 and scored a 27.

your homeschooling experience depends on where you live. if you're in a big city, then it's easy to maintain an active social life because there are schools that allow homeschoolers to participate in extracurricular activities and there are groups for homeschooled kids. but if you're stuck in a small town an hour from anywhere, you're stuff out of luck unless you hump a bible and attend every church in town.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Where to start?

I just finished up our first of two projects on the goddamned Holocaust after not reading our Obligatory Holocaust Book of the Year Night. Chose to make a "new book cover" -only to realize that our English teacher is being an art national socialist and that colored pencils are not allowed everything must be stenciled or typed. No free handing. This rules account for ~25% of the grade. Also need a typed two paragraph reflection piece which isn't done.

Tore a biology report out of my ass last week, on another book I didn't read.

Going to get killed for not doing English summer work. For some reason it's graded at the end of the year?

Struggling to pull up a grade in a computers class called Digital Literacy because of having to work with Word and Execel, both of which are complete bullstuff.

French is being the usual foreign language. Mais, Il n'est pas trés mal.

Geometery is out of the book and the book is confusing as forget and mine has now page numbers.

[Georges]

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Fair enough.

I'm glad you realize that not all homeschoolers are social outcasts who either are super nerdy or just plain handicapped, because that's kind of the stereotype and like you said, it depends on where you are and how your "homeschool" so to speak operates.

[Flame]

something i think a lot of people, if not everyone here can agree on is that middle school is one of the worst things you'll ever have to go through in your loving life

i'm so glad i'm out of that piece of stuff

nawww man, middle school for me was pretty cool. high school was just long, holy stuff. glad i'm graduating in two weeks \o/

i took the ACT and completely forgot the SAT and missed my testing date, whoops. scored a 30 on the ACT though. gonna go to the university of arizona for computer science... and probably double major in business or economics.

i used to hate school, but as i've gone through it and matured i've realized that the majority of my discomfort with school was a bit blown out of proportion. now i'm actually really excited to go to college and make my own choices with my education

[Foxscotch]

scored a 30 on the ACT though

me too
I wish it was really worth something, though. I'm sure it'd help get into a college, but I can't really feel proud of it. standardized tests are garbage

[XR-7]

I got a 27 on the ACT both times I took it. I know I'd do better now but I don't think it's worth it.

[Tokerovin]

All throughout school I said "If I graduate I am never coming back."

And now I work in schools...

[Georges]

All throughout school I said "If I graduate I am never coming back."

And now I work in schools...

lol

[fred da kiko]

In got a 28 on the ACT with a first try and got into almost every school I wanted to with a 2.7 GPA and a pretty good portfolio, all but two gave me scholarships and one even gave me a full ride. A portfolio can go a long way, it really helped prop up my stuff GPA. ACT score was above average but TBH it wasn't like a "holy stuff" grade or anything.