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[quote]jasmincar wrote:

[quote]Kanada wrote:
my sister is 12 and spends at least an hour and a half on homework. i spent at least 2-3 hours not doin hw, and maybe 30 mins doin it, but i also had friends who did a helluva lot. the thing is they grade hw, and if i didnt do some of it my grades would suffer, so i fail to comprehend your point? are you einstein or somethin?[/quote]

You don’t need 2-3 hours or else you are picking your nose instead of focusing. Sitting in front of your books does not equate productive studying. I am talking about studying before an exam not about homework. I don’t think your teacher gives you 3 hours graded work to do each evening. In my whole high school I never had a graded homework that more that 1 hour outside school. And I dont wanna brag (like if it is really important) I went the to best school of my province, it is just what it is.

My point is to stop kidding yourself. You dont study 2-3 hours each night of studying in high school, far from that. I dont know wtf those chinese students are doing 75 hours a week. At this rate you get your phd when you are 18.

When you are a kid it doesnt count. When you can’t remember what someone just said and cant count on your fingers it is not the same thing.

or maybe you are not good at school. it is a reality some people live[/quote]

You do realize he said he spent 2-3 hours NOT doing homework, right?

I don’t know why you’re judging people so much based upon how much they do or don’t study.

I lived in Japan for years and would see Japanese students walking to school on Saturday all the time. They had extreme pressures in school, and would spend hours studying after class. A lot of times class would last until until 5. They have to take tests to get into HIGHSCHOOL for chrissake.

Maybe someone has goals and ambitions, and they want to excel academically to achieve them. Who the fuck are you to say someone shouldn’t ‘kid’ themselves if they think they needed to study that long. You even said yourself you weren’t a great student.

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Well did I ever get the shitty Russian genes then lol Or I haven’t unlocked them yet like IronD said.

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Jasmincar is just another retarded french-canadian, pay no attention to him.

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[quote]JLu wrote:
Jasmincar is just another retarded french-canadian, pay no attention to him.[/quote]

There’s a couple of them making us Canadians look bad. Don’t worry we still like you.

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Kettlebells and vodka. Gotta love them Russians!

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[quote]crimson_lily wrote:

[quote]jasmincar wrote:

[quote]Kanada wrote:
my sister is 12 and spends at least an hour and a half on homework. i spent at least 2-3 hours not doin hw, and maybe 30 mins doin it, but i also had friends who did a helluva lot. the thing is they grade hw, and if i didnt do some of it my grades would suffer, so i fail to comprehend your point? are you einstein or somethin?[/quote]

You don’t need 2-3 hours or else you are picking your nose instead of focusing. Sitting in front of your books does not equate productive studying. I am talking about studying before an exam not about homework. I don’t think your teacher gives you 3 hours graded work to do each evening. In my whole high school I never had a graded homework that more that 1 hour outside school. And I dont wanna brag (like if it is really important) I went the to best school of my province, it is just what it is.

My point is to stop kidding yourself. You dont study 2-3 hours each night of studying in high school, far from that. I dont know wtf those chinese students are doing 75 hours a week. At this rate you get your phd when you are 18.

When you are a kid it doesnt count. When you can’t remember what someone just said and cant count on your fingers it is not the same thing.

or maybe you are not good at school. it is a reality some people live[/quote]

1-You do realize he said he spent 2-3 hours NOT doing homework, right?

2-I don’t know why you’re judging people so much based upon how much they do or don’t study.

3-I lived in Japan for years and would see Japanese students walking to school on Saturday all the time. They had extreme pressures in school, and would spend hours studying after class. A lot of times class would last until until 5. They have to take tests to get into HIGHSCHOOL for chrissake. You even said yourself you weren’t a great student.

4-Maybe someone has goals and ambitions, and they want to excel academically to achieve them. Who the fuck are you to say someone shouldn’t ‘kid’ themselves if they think they needed to study that long.
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1-In this post I am responding to the other point by Otep when he said that american students did 1hour of homework a week

2-You probably feel diminished and irritated in some way by my post, I dont see any judgement in here.

3-Also I had to take test too to get into high school this is not special. I said I wasnt a great student but not a bad one in high school because I didnt do anything. Now it is another business.

4-I am jasmin and I say that if you study 3 HOURS EACH NIGHT to learn how to divide or factorise or whatever they teach in high school then you have a problem. I know you got to get in school to SUCCEED SOCIALLY but you are probably not very bright.

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[quote]elano wrote:

[quote]jasmincar wrote:

[quote]Amiright wrote:

[quote]jasmincar wrote:

[quote]Kanada wrote:
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Stop basing everything on your crappy life experiences… you don’t know how his school functions or the schools anyone else attended… you’re just talking out of your ass. Its not our fault you slacked ass to just pass(sense you said your grades weren’t any good) or that whatever school you went to was shit.

Those Chinese students are becoming better at what they do compared to their classmates because there is a billion of them and only a small number are lucky enough to go to school… so they become proficient at everything because the competition is ridiculous. We were putting on a concert for one of the higher preforming schools(it was supposed to be some cultural trade shit between an American school and Chinese school)… Almost every single one of the students left to return to class and their studies except for maybe 10.

and when I said “we gave that up a few decades ago” I was making a very vague reference to eugenics… didn’t expect anyone to catch it… just gave me a chuckle.

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yeah right…as soon as you start insulting me I shouldnt respond but I will anyway
the guy lives in Ontario, Canada. Teachers don’t give 3hours homework each day.

And of course it is not your fault to what school I go… I dont know which point you are trying to do.

Tell me with all your great life experience if the students works so hard and it is so competitive do they finish their studies a couple of years in advance?
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I bet you’re just as big of a tool in person as you are here.[/quote]

sure

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[quote]JLu wrote:
Jasmincar is just another retarded french-canadian, pay no attention to him.[/quote]

it is funny how there is like 3 people insulting me but no ones giving valid objection to my post. Don’t let your emotion over ride you

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[quote]jasmincar wrote:

[quote]JLu wrote:
Jasmincar is just another retarded french-canadian, pay no attention to him.[/quote]

it is funny how there is like 3 people insulting me but no ones giving valid objection to my post. Don’t let your emotion over ride you[/quote]
I didn’t feel objection was necessary since your comments were ridiculous enough on their own, but I suppose I can bite. In high school, I did retarded amounts of homework, the worst was during one term in which I was taking physics, english and geometry & discrete math (geometry and discrete math was a single course). During this term I would do up to 6 hours of homework per night and yes, it was necessary. No it wasn’t the laser focussed periods of study you describe but this was how long I needed to feel I really understood the material (I considered grades <90 inadequate), since I feel a lack of confidence in solving problems and understanding content if I’m only getting 70s or 80s. Not everyone took easy classes in high school so saying many hours of homework are pointless and not needed is a foolish comment imo.

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[quote]jasmincar wrote:

[quote]crimson_lily wrote:

[quote]jasmincar wrote:

[quote]Kanada wrote:
my sister is 12 and spends at least an hour and a half on homework. i spent at least 2-3 hours not doin hw, and maybe 30 mins doin it, but i also had friends who did a helluva lot. the thing is they grade hw, and if i didnt do some of it my grades would suffer, so i fail to comprehend your point? are you einstein or somethin?[/quote]

You don’t need 2-3 hours or else you are picking your nose instead of focusing. Sitting in front of your books does not equate productive studying. I am talking about studying before an exam not about homework. I don’t think your teacher gives you 3 hours graded work to do each evening. In my whole high school I never had a graded homework that more that 1 hour outside school. And I dont wanna brag (like if it is really important) I went the to best school of my province, it is just what it is.

My point is to stop kidding yourself. You dont study 2-3 hours each night of studying in high school, far from that. I dont know wtf those chinese students are doing 75 hours a week. At this rate you get your phd when you are 18.

When you are a kid it doesnt count. When you can’t remember what someone just said and cant count on your fingers it is not the same thing.

or maybe you are not good at school. it is a reality some people live[/quote]

1-You do realize he said he spent 2-3 hours NOT doing homework, right?

2-I don’t know why you’re judging people so much based upon how much they do or don’t study.

3-I lived in Japan for years and would see Japanese students walking to school on Saturday all the time. They had extreme pressures in school, and would spend hours studying after class. A lot of times class would last until until 5. They have to take tests to get into HIGHSCHOOL for chrissake. You even said yourself you weren’t a great student.

4-Maybe someone has goals and ambitions, and they want to excel academically to achieve them. Who the fuck are you to say someone shouldn’t ‘kid’ themselves if they think they needed to study that long.
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1-In this post I am responding to the other point by Otep when he said that american students did 1hour of homework a week

2-You probably feel diminished and irritated in some way by my post, I dont see any judgement in here.

3-Also I had to take test too to get into high school this is not special. I said I wasnt a great student but not a bad one in high school because I didnt do anything. Now it is another business.

4-I am jasmin and I say that if you study 3 HOURS EACH NIGHT to learn how to divide or factorise or whatever they teach in high school then you have a problem. I know you got to get in school to SUCCEED SOCIALLY but you are probably not very bright.[/quote]

Learning to divide and factorize was elementary school son… factorize maybe middle school. Everyone is fully aware that there are a lot of low preforming schools… but there is generally and equal amount if not more high preforming schools.

I didn’t learn to divide and factorize in high school I took diffe q, multi variable, and modern physics among many other classes and so did many others.

As I said before… don’t base what other people do in school just because of your crappy life experiences… you have no idea what they’re studying. And even if someone had to study for 12 hours to learn how to divide… they are at least applying themselves to achieve their personal goals. No one should look down upon them for that.

oh I also took tests to get into high school… but I’m fully aware unlike you that in countries like japan, china, and india(just off the top of my head)… those tests are infinitely more difficult and much more is demanded of them.

edit: and you keep saying if people do that much work they should graduate early… But some people actually enjoy school and decide to take courses that interest them and challenge them. People work for minors and double majors.

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I once read a bio of Einstein and apparently he wasn’t that great a student and relied on his college roommate to get notes and stuff for his classes. Having said that, it is possible to increase intelligence - learn lots about a variety of things. The more you learn, the more actual, physical connections are built in your brain. And learning about a variety of things builds cross-connections.

So yeah, learning about art may not a directly marketable skill, but this knowledge will do things to your brain that may make a better engineer, for instance. This is why you can meet people with Ph.Ds who can be complete idiots when they’re not talking about their chosen field, but the guy who barely finished high school because he was too busy reading and learning on his own (I knew guys like this) is a genius and can talk comfortably on a variety of topics.

I wonder if participating in a variety of sports activities can also set a person up for building a good physique later in life? Hmmmm…

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[quote]Amiright wrote:

[quote]jasmincar wrote:

Learning to divide and factorize was elementary school son… factorize maybe middle school. Everyone is fully aware that there are a lot of low preforming schools… but there is generally and equal amount if not more high preforming schools.

I didn’t learn to divide and factorize in high school I took diffe q, multi variable, and modern physics among many other classes and so did many others.

As I said before… don’t base what other people do in school just because of your crappy life experiences… you have no idea what they’re studying. And even if someone had to study for 12 hours to learn how to divide… they are at least applying themselves to achieve their personal goals. No one should look down upon them for that.

oh I also took tests to get into high school… but I’m fully aware unlike you that in countries like japan, china, and india(just off the top of my head)… those tests are infinitely more difficult and much more is demanded of them.

edit: and you keep saying if people do that much work they should graduate early… But some people actually enjoy school and decide to take courses that interest them and challenge them. People work for minors and double majors.
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what is middle school? ok lets set things straight. Elementary School is from 7-13, high school is from 13-17 and then there is college. Where I live education is uniformized, so there is no school where someone learn to integrate at 13 years old and schools where someone learn to addition at 21. Right now I know you are trying make things bigger than they are because the ‘‘modern physics’’ class isnt really modern physic it is optics and waves with a little perk at modern physic. I don’t know if you are trying to impress me (I doubt it) but knowing that there is dozens of million of student doing differential equation in the world each year you are really not that special.

Also you are trying to dismiss my point of view by saying that I had crappy life experience and by that I have no idea what people are studying. First you have no idea who I am (other than my screen name) , what I did in my life and what I plan to do and you can’t judge if it’s ‘‘crappy’’ or not.
Also I know what everyone in Quebec who took the science path is studying from 6 to 19 years old and that Quebec is ranked amongst the best in the world in math so I have some sort of an idea

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[quote]MikeTheBear wrote:
I once read a bio of Einstein and apparently he wasn’t that great a student and relied on his college roommate to get notes and stuff for his classes. Having said that, it is possible to increase intelligence - learn lots about a variety of things. The more you learn, the more actual, physical connections are built in your brain. And learning about a variety of things builds cross-connections.

So yeah, learning about art may not a directly marketable skill, but this knowledge will do things to your brain that may make a better engineer, for instance. This is why you can meet people with Ph.Ds who can be complete idiots when they’re not talking about their chosen field, but the guy who barely finished high school because he was too busy reading and learning on his own (I knew guys like this) is a genius and can talk comfortably on a variety of topics.

I wonder if participating in a variety of sports activities can also set a person up for building a good physique later in life? Hmmmm…[/quote]

Totally agree with you…Summed up what I had in mind.
Samurai culture totally embraced this idea of cross-learning and tuning themselves to different skills be it using a katana to origami or poetry , painting etc. Thinking about it , only makes sense. Learning different skills creates different mediums of understanding and scope in the rawest form, this in turn might feedback to some other ‘unrelated’ skill and enhance the experience of practicing or learning it.
‘da Vinci believed that, to gain knowledge about the form of a problem, you begin by learning how to restructure it in many different ways. He felt that the first way he looked at a problem was too biased. Often, the problem itself is reconstructed and becomes a new one.
He forced a relationship between the sound of a bell and a stone hitting water. This enabled him to make the connection that sound travels in waves. Samuel Morse invented relay stations for telegraphic signals when observing relay stations for horses.’
But i believe theres a method to the madness although theres no better way than conducting critical experiments , critical thinking and implementing them.

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[quote]jasmincar wrote:

[quote]Amiright wrote:

[quote]jasmincar wrote:

Learning to divide and factorize was elementary school son… factorize maybe middle school. Everyone is fully aware that there are a lot of low preforming schools… but there is generally and equal amount if not more high preforming schools.

I didn’t learn to divide and factorize in high school I took diffe q, multi variable, and modern physics among many other classes and so did many others.

As I said before… don’t base what other people do in school just because of your crappy life experiences… you have no idea what they’re studying. And even if someone had to study for 12 hours to learn how to divide… they are at least applying themselves to achieve their personal goals. No one should look down upon them for that.

oh I also took tests to get into high school… but I’m fully aware unlike you that in countries like japan, china, and india(just off the top of my head)… those tests are infinitely more difficult and much more is demanded of them.

edit: and you keep saying if people do that much work they should graduate early… But some people actually enjoy school and decide to take courses that interest them and challenge them. People work for minors and double majors.
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what is middle school? ok lets set things straight. Elementary School is from 7-13, high school is from 13-17 and then there is college. Where I live education is uniformized, so there is no school where someone learn to integrate at 13 years old and schools where someone learn to addition at 21. Right now I know you are trying make things bigger than they are because the ‘‘modern physics’’ class isnt really modern physic it is optics and waves with a little perk at modern physic. I don’t know if you are trying to impress me (I doubt it) but knowing that there is dozens of million of student doing differential equation in the world each year you are really not that special.

Also you are trying to dismiss my point of view by saying that I had crappy life experience and by that I have no idea what people are studying. First you have no idea who I am (other than my screen name) , what I did in my life and what I plan to do and you can’t judge if it’s ‘‘crappy’’ or not.
Also I know what everyone in Quebec who took the science path is studying from 6 to 19 years old and that Quebec is ranked amongst the best in the world in math so I have some sort of an idea
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I’m not trying to impress… my point was a majority of high school(being from 14-18) students take college level courses (ap… advance placement) that requires more effort especially if you want to get a 5 on the ap(if you actually want the college credit).

Elementary is like 5-11 or something around there. And quite a few people at my high school did calculus in middle school 11-14(somewhere around there) I had to double up on my math courses in 10th grade(16) so I could catch up with them and take the same courses. And optics etc… is covered in regular high school physics but in more depth in physics C(ie ap physics).

And modern physics was on of those extra classes we could take for fun and it was by far my favorite course… this is what I can remember covering off the top of my head (Relativistic dynamics, quantization, photons, wave-particle duality, deBroglie waves, Bohr model, an introduction to wave mechanics, the Schr-dinger equation, energy levels, degeneracy, hydrogen atom, spin, multi-electron atoms) not anything too crazy but not anything easy either… I struggled with the course at least… barely passed.

My entire point is that studying in high school is easily warranted depending on the school and students goals…

edit:and i keep binging up your crappy life experiences because that’s all you’re basing your opinion on… you can’t even imagine how people in other countries are in school for “75 hours a week” showing that you clearly do not understand how in depth you can actually go with most topics and how little is required from us.

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[quote]Amiright wrote:

[quote]jasmincar wrote:

[quote]Amiright wrote:

[quote]jasmincar wrote:

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1-I’m not trying to impress… my point was a majority of high school(being from 14-18) students take college level courses (ap… advance placement) that requires more effort especially if you want to get a 5 on the ap(if you actually want the college credit).

2-Elementary is like 5-11 or something around there. And quite a few people at my high school did calculus in middle school 11-14(somewhere around there) I had to double up on my math courses in 10th grade(16) so I could catch up with them and take the same courses.

2b-And optics etc… is covered in regular high school physics but in more depth in physics C(ie ap physics).

3-And modern physics was on of those extra classes we could take for fun and it was by far my favorite course… this is what I can remember covering off the top of my head (Relativistic dynamics, quantization, photons, wave-particle duality, deBroglie waves, Bohr model, an introduction to wave mechanics, the Schr-dinger equation, energy levels, degeneracy, hydrogen atom, spin, multi-electron atoms) not anything too crazy but not anything easy either… I struggled with the course at least… barely passed.

4-My entire point is that studying in high school is easily warranted depending on the school and students goals…

5-edit:and i keep binging up your crappy life experiences because that’s all you’re basing your opinion on… you can’t even imagine how people in other countries are in school for “75 hours a week” showing that you clearly do not understand how in depth you can actually go with most topics and how little is required from us. [/quote]

I dont want to look arrogant by trying to ‘‘prove you wrong step by step’’ by numeroting your paragraph but it clear things up and it prevents an argumentation from becoming a mess

1- Alright…someone who is 18 and is doing course that gives credit for the university isnt special. The last optionnal math course (you can choose biology 2 and/or org.chemistry 2 instead) is credited at the engineer university. But it is no big deal.

2- First of all what calculus are you talking about. Where I live you start Cegep at 17 years old and there is 2 ‘‘calculus’’ class first: the one for people in science which is calcul differentiel and the second is calculus 1 that goes in second for people who are in ‘‘human science’’. It looks the same and but it is not the same thing. If someone who is 11 years old did differential calculus at 11 there is good change that they are ready to start studying ‘‘real’’ physics in the university at 13 (where it takes 3 year to get your degree). I wont say it never happens but pretty close to it.

2b- Almost everyone do the high school physic you are talking about (cinematic equations and lens). I dont know what is the physic ap.C course

3- I hope you know that the fact that this course is for fun means it is not the real deal. Need more study

4- Sure, but I am always referring in my post to the standard science/harder path. My initial point that started it all is that you dont study 3 hours a day in what you call middle school, even up to 16 years old. No one will ever make me believe that. Sure there is always a nerd whose life is to study at this age but it is really not representative and it really dont matter.

5- can you please stop referring my life experience as ‘‘crappy’’. As I said you don’t what I did, who I am etc and I would like to point the fact that you can’t judge if life experience are crappy or not and we could have a philosophical discussion if it experience really matter etc. I dont understand the sense of ‘‘you clearly do not understand how in depth you can actually go with most topics and how little is required from us’’. Are you talking about: me not being able to discuss in depth of a topic and how little is required from the T-Nation crowd to ‘‘refute me’’ or are you talking about how in depth you can go with the material you learn and how we don’t go far in here? In the second case I would say that for getting a good job and getting away from poverty, which I think is the point of most people who study hard in poor country not that much is needed. It is probably set that way so they can filter the crowd of people who want to get away from misery. Really I dont think that much people do it for fun and leisure. In the other case it is for people who do it for them (like to lift weight) to learn about the world and improve themselves. (I cant phrase this better, you know sometimes it is to tell exactly what you want to say in your second language)

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[quote]JLu wrote:

[quote]jasmincar wrote:

[quote]JLu wrote:
Jasmincar is just another retarded french-canadian, pay no attention to him.[/quote]

it is funny how there is like 3 people insulting me but no ones giving valid objection to my post. Don’t let your emotion over ride you[/quote]
I didn’t feel objection was necessary since your comments were ridiculous enough on their own, but I suppose I can bite. In high school, I did retarded amounts of homework, the worst was during one term in which I was taking physics, english and geometry & discrete math (geometry and discrete math was a single course). During this term I would do up to 6 hours of homework per night and yes, it was necessary. No it wasn’t the laser focussed periods of study you describe but this was how long I needed to feel I really understood the material (I considered grades <90 inadequate), since I feel a lack of confidence in solving problems and understanding content if I’m only getting 70s or 80s. Not everyone took easy classes in high school so saying many hours of homework are pointless and not needed is a foolish comment imo.[/quote]

yeah easy answer…
refer to my precedent post. We are not talking about the same high school. And my point is not ridiculous it is a great point.

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[quote]JLu wrote:

[quote]jasmincar wrote:

[quote]JLu wrote:
Jasmincar is just another retarded french-canadian, pay no attention to him.[/quote]

it is funny how there is like 3 people insulting me but no ones giving valid objection to my post. Don’t let your emotion over ride you[/quote]
I didn’t feel objection was necessary since your comments were ridiculous enough on their own, but I suppose I can bite. In high school, I did retarded amounts of homework, the worst was during one term in which I was taking physics, english and geometry & discrete math (geometry and discrete math was a single course). During this term I would do up to 6 hours of homework per night and yes, it was necessary. No it wasn’t the laser focussed periods of study you describe but this was how long I needed to feel I really understood the material (I considered grades <90 inadequate), since I feel a lack of confidence in solving problems and understanding content if I’m only getting 70s or 80s. Not everyone took easy classes in high school so saying many hours of homework are pointless and not needed is a foolish comment imo.[/quote]

Also I want to add that that is when the ‘‘stop kidding yourself’’ comes in. Right now I am STUDYING, yeah really. I have been at home around my books since 14h00 so it is 6hours, no?. In that I might have 1.25 hours of good studying. You assume I am taking easy class…I wont say that they are easy or not, it is relative but they are the hardest you can take in my school.

So when someone say: yeah I am doing 2-3 hours homeworks each evening I know it is bullshit.Yeah I am doing my homeworks but I am on a forum at the same time and chatting with my friends and all kind of distraction… 2 hours of being in the zone is alot. I

f the chinese students are really doing 75 hours of laser-focus, (assuming you have an intellect powerful enough to do that) then they might be engineer at the age of 16 and will be able to help develop the industry of their beautiful country just like the westerners and have a 2 cars a house and a dog and finally be happy (note the sarcasm). So I guess they dont have anything else to do than to sit around their book to please their parents. I would rather be honest and say I studied 1.25 hours than 6hours. then do something else more productive when I am done with my real 1.25 hours. but that would be an ideal world and besides what is there so fun to do in life?. I am working on that

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to avoid quoting anything and sense this thread has been thoroughly high jacked… I believe a lot is being lost in translation. You still seem to completely miss what I’m trying to say.

You argue that its ridiculous for anyone in high school to have to study… I keep showing you how its not. Not sure how else to explain ap courses…

and when I say a class is for fun I’m referring to elective courses… those are courses that aren’t required for graduation… they are in no way any worse or taught at a lower level. I took modern physics last quarter as well in college as an elective course… and It was fairly similar to my high school counter part just a little more in depth.

you are missing the point as well when you refer to China etc… there is a billion people… you have to be the BEST that’s why they study so much… no one gives 2 shits if you make it through. Where as here there isn’t as much competition

edit: its also become obvious that courses I refer too translate completely differently to you… as far as calc… is covers differentiation integration series etc… different schools split them up differently. And also when I say people take certain classes earlier its because they’re ahead of the curve… that’s why they go to certain schools etc…

s collage sequence would look like calc 1-2-3 then multivariable and diffe q

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[quote]Rhino Jockey wrote:

[quote]Ilovepizza wrote:

[quote]Rhino Jockey wrote:
Does anyone recognize the music in that video?[/quote]

It’s from the Star Trek trailer, I’m trying to find the name of the song though.[/quote]

Already found it, posted a link to it on page 3 :wink: thanks[/quote]

Thanks a lot for posting that, R.J.

I actually like training to this kind of symphonic music. Batman soundtrack (the original Tim Burton movie) used to be standard music for me getting into the gym. I thought I was just plain weird till I read about a contributor here who uses the theme from Conan the Barbarian for gym inspiration. So at least I’m not alone in my weirdness, LOL.

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[quote]MikeTheBear wrote:
I once read a bio of Einstein and apparently he wasn’t that great a student and relied on his college roommate to get notes and stuff for his classes. Having said that, it is possible to increase intelligence - learn lots about a variety of things. The more you learn, the more actual, physical connections are built in your brain. And learning about a variety of things builds cross-connections.

So yeah, learning about art may not a directly marketable skill, but this knowledge will do things to your brain that may make a better engineer, for instance. This is why you can meet people with Ph.Ds who can be complete idiots when they’re not talking about their chosen field, but the guy who barely finished high school because he was too busy reading and learning on his own (I knew guys like this) is a genius and can talk comfortably on a variety of topics.

I wonder if participating in a variety of sports activities can also set a person up for building a good physique later in life? Hmmmm…[/quote]

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I was always pretty bored in school and I think what saved me was that I was into learning about all kinds of stuff. Unfortunately it happened to coincide with what was being taught only about 20% of the time. Since then, I’ve met PhD’s who can talk about very little outside their field, and high school grads who work blue collar jobs but know shit about everything under the sun. Guess who’s more interesting?

As for participating in a variety of sports… I think the answer is yes, not just for physique but for ultimate athletic development. If you read what coaches who work a lot with youth have to say (Eric Cressey, Brian Grasso, Mike Boyle, etc.) they emphasize that the worst thing is when a kid specializes really early in a single sport. Unfortunately, that’s what most kids are pushed to do.