Schooltime -_-

[Faiien]

Well, it's almost that time again. What are you looking forward to most? What are your classes next year? Did you actually miss school? What grade will you be in?

[Giggilyomeromicon]

I'm not looking forward to going back to school monday. The two days I've had so far are plenty.

[apostolos]

Luckily,schools start at 11 September in Greece.So, I have a month of relax still left. :P

[anderoo]

I have no idea when school starts or what classes I have, but it's gonna be a bunch of useless shit.

[HazzaDaShiz]

It's halfway through the term in Australia.
Damn America.
Long spring break...
Holidays in five weeks, woo.

[Skullflower]

I have no idea when school starts or what classes I have, but it's gonna be a bunch of useless shit.

Yeah, pretty much.

[FrankZ]

School have already began here last June 11.

And I fuckin' hate it. Inasmuch as I love the Computer subject, I hate what they're teaching us--- HTML basics. We're sophomore students and they're teaching us how to make pages using Notepad. By dear God, I've already learned way more than XHTML since fifth grade.

~Fz

[IrishDutchman]

I still have two weeks of freedom. Not looking forward to going back.

[Faiien]

I'm going back in a week. While a part of me likes staying at home and just photoshoping or going to random places to do random stuff another part of me is excited to go back because this is going to be my senior year. I'm also looking forward to my psychology and APChem classes. It would also be nice to meet some of my friends back at school again.

[SilverCrusader]

I love school, not because I'm one of those people that over achieve and are weird like that, but because I value learning and knowledge. I happen to have good and fun teachers so I learn efficiently and well.
I'm really looking forward to almost all of my classes. I know my Chemistry class won't be easy, but then again my teacher is a biologist - not a teacher. So she understands chemistry and biology better than any high school teacher.
And then I have my favorite class of mathematics. My teacher is awesome. He lets each person work what they feel like working, and you don't have to do work if you don't want to, but he often makes fun of you in class for it.
The rest of the classes will be enjoyable just to learn. I make school fun tbh.

[WhatIsStarcraft]

I look forward to meeting new people, and because I know the school I am going to have about 75 % girls, it will probably be most girls that I will get to know.

Hehehe, guys, the market is open, and the hunt is on :D

[U-238]

Ahh the joys of having graduated. :P

Ya'll have fun now y'hear?

[atrocity3010]

This is my senior year of college...already. Feels like the time has flown by way too fast, and it really makes me depressed to be quite honest.

This year's going to suck a lot. Senior year's basically when the shit hits the fan and not only are you faced with a collosal load of work, but several critical decision points as well.

[anderoo]

I love school, not because I'm one of those people that over achieve and are weird like that, but because I value learning and knowledge. I happen to have good and fun teachers so I learn efficiently and well.
I'm really looking forward to almost all of my classes. I know my Chemistry class won't be easy, but then again my teacher is a biologist - not a teacher. So she understands chemistry and biology better than any high school teacher.
And then I have my favorite class of mathematics. My teacher is awesome. He lets each person work what they feel like working, and you don't have to do work if you don't want to, but he often makes fun of you in class for it.
The rest of the classes will be enjoyable just to learn. I make school fun tbh.

Your teachers sound good. I have a combination of a pervy science teacher that is trying to invent his own teaching style and uses us as guinea pigs, a senile math teacher who will explain something three times, and do it differently every time, and an entire grade of hockey players who pretty much act like the stereotypical jock in the stereotypical teen angst movie (Don't even get me started on the girls). I go to a really small school where I'm basically the only kid who doesnt get totally shitfaced every single weekend (fuck off, it's a choice), and my parents have this idea that because I got straight As in grade school that I am going to work my ass off so that when a stranger gives me a number on a piece of paper at the end of the semester, that number will be high enough to earn people's respect. And the sad truth is that if I don't just play along with all of the trivial bullshit I won't get into a good school, so I won't get a good education, so I won't get a good job, so I won't be able to have a really successful life with a family and everything. Sooooo gayyy.

/end rant

[Lithium]

I'm going to HighSchool for the first time. I'm really excited! I miss playing basketball, I miss the classes, I miss writing poems that reduce my teachers to tears, and most of all I miss all of my friends. Fresh Meat FTW.

[anderoo]

I'm going to HighSchool for the first time. I'm really excited!

Don't forget to come back and re-read this in 6 months.

[Skullflower]

The only upside about this school year is that its my senior year.

[Graeme]

Did you actually miss school?
Just finished 4 days ago, so no.

What are you looking forward to most?
Working on my 4th year design project.

What grade will you be in? What are your classes next year?
Second term of 3rd year engineering at UW.

Classes:
Macromolecular Science II + Lab
Micro/Nanosystem Computer Aided Design + Lab
Introduction to Nanosystems (4th year design course)
Micro-Fab and Thin-Film Lab
Surfaces and Interfaces
Nanoprobing and Lithography
and Social & Cultural Anthropology as my 'bird course'/elective

[Gunmonk]

listen biatch... I still have 44 hours and 22 minutes left of summer, and dont want to be reminded of it. Apparently they didnt even give me a science class... which is really fucking stupid... but whatever.. They some how manage to put me in pap pre-cal... I have no fucking clue what the fuck they were smoking... on the plus side, I get out at 2:30 and I may be student teaching a class for a religion credit... (long story... but those kids are gonna walk out messed up)

[Battlecruiser]

Classes:
Macromolecular Science II + Lab
Micro/Nanosystem Computer Aided Design + Lab
Introduction to Nanosystems (4th year design course)
Micro-Fab and Thin-Film Lab
Surfaces and Interfaces
Nanoprobing and Lithography


Hey Pineapple man, that's a very cool schedule you have there. I'm interested in going in that direction of nanotech, mat sci, etc. What do you think about it? Is it particularly abstract, involve too much math? Do you enjoy it? Will your degree provide a lot of opportunities? What do you plan on doing after you get your degree?

[deadkat]

School have already began here last June 11.

And I fuckin' hate it. Inasmuch as I love the Computer subject, I hate what they're teaching us--- HTML basics. We're sophomore students and they're teaching us how to make pages using Notepad. By dear God, I've already learned way more than XHTML since fifth grade.

~Fz

O.o

I took an "Information Technology" (read: "How to use the Internet") class for an easy A. I hope I don't kill myself later.

I would've taken French, but noooo, the counselor said it would be too much pressure.

I'm looking forward doing something productive with my life again.

I did NOTHING I wanted to do this summer. Sucks.

[Protogod]

School starts the 20th for me. Dreading it. Juggling that, work, and RL will be a bitch.

[Graeme]

Hey Pineapple man, that's a very cool schedule you have there. I'm interested in going in that direction of nanotech, mat sci, etc. What do you think about it? Is it particularly abstract, involve too much math? Do you enjoy it? Will your degree provide a lot of opportunities? What do you plan on doing after you get your degree?

I'm not going to lie, it's a lot of work. It's a lot of math, and it's a lot of core science/background. Quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics/thermodynamics are the most difficult and abstract courses I've taken to date. These entire avenues of science were built on statistics, probability and math, so the line between physical theory and models used to describe these systems begins to blur a bit. It takes a bit of time to wrap your head around it.

My program is Nanotechnology Engineering, so we obviously have a strong influence of 'nano'-oriented course material. The courses are certainly still do-able, but they require a lot of work to understand. At crunch time I'm waking up every day at 8am, and working straight until 2am for 3-4+ weeks. Despite all of this, I absolutely love what I'm doing and I love learning this material. In addition to that, the hard work makes the relaxing and partying all the better (and trust me, engineers know how to party).

And now the hard questions >_<.

Without a doubt this degree will provide opportunities. My program provides a strong background in numerous avenues of science, with stresses on materials science, characterization and electronics. Regardless of if I go into pure "nano," a job will await. Now, on that note, it seems that nanotechnology is the natural evolution of science - that is, everything is beginning to move toward the nanoscale, whether it be through actual nanoscale devices or simple nanoscale characterization. There are certainly limitless opportunities for research at the nanoscale. I'll list a few to wet your tastebuds - I'm well acquainted with the materials and solar cell sides of things, so if you have any questions, feel free:

energy - solar/fuel cell, algae biodiesel, etc.
nanoelectronics - both current and next-gen semiconductor devices, OLEDs - ultrathin displays, etc.
nanobio - targeted drug delivery, prosthetic limbs/implants improvements, etc.
nanomaterials - colloidal nanoparticles, nanotubes/nanomaterials, meta materials, polymer nanocomposites, etc.
nanodevices - MEMS, NEMS, Microfluidics, Nanofluidics, lab on a chip, etc.


As for what I plan to do after my degree, I'll probably head to do graduate work. My current sights are set on a UK university for nanoelectronics, but we'll see how things pan out. After that, I'll likely want to get some experience in a corporate environment, and from there maybe head back to school either as post-doc, prof, or for something entirely new (maybe patent law?). We'll see as things go.

[PaiN]

Football started last monday so my "summer freedom" is pretty much over. And I have barely started 1 of the books I need to read for honors English (I love to procrastinate) so not a lot of time. School starts in 12 days or something.

Im looking forward to it because I get to see so many friends again, but the homework is obnoxious, id rather work my ass of all day at school than have hours of homework =/

[Thedutchjelle]

I'm so happy my school starts monday.

I'm looking forward to be with other people of my age again and doing active stuff, instead of hanging around in my room / working at the greenhouses 7 weeks straight.

I mean sure STALKER is a fun game but only till so long.

And I'm going to try some things hoping I'll get better along with other people.

[Battlecruiser]

Thanks a lot for that post, Graeme, and for telling the truth. Very helpful. I am willing to do the work, as long as it isn't "busy work", and is do-able. The university I am going to has invested a lot in research on nanotech (Brand new buildings, facilities, instruments), and has chosen to make it one of it's priorities. I'm looking seriously into either this program (http://www.aep.cornell.edu/eng10_page.cfm?webpageID=29) or this one (http://www.mse.cornell.edu/mse/undergrad/).

Indeed, like you said, this does seem to be the "natural evolution of science" as it seems like anything can be made smaller, better, cheaper, and stronger using this research.

I'm curious as to why you're deciding to go post-grad. Are you looking to do research?

Also, would I be wrong in saying that nanotechnology will have a profound effect on industry and on the market? That is, to say, there will be enormous opportunities to sell a myriad of products based on the innovations created by nano-science? I ask because I'm interested in creating a start-up or joining one after I get a degree.

I'm well acquainted with the materials and solar cell sides of things, so if you have any questions, feel free
Thanks. Regarding materials, how exactly does research proceed? What I mean is, how are you creating new materials, and how is that related to nanotech/different from normal chemical synthesis?

[Graeme]

Eng Phys is definitely a solid program. McMaster here in Ontario has an Eng Phys program - it was my second choice after nano at UW.

I'm going to be doing graduate work because I believe it's necessary for nanotechnology and nanoscience research. The research, and moreso the theory behind the research, are incredibly specific and incredibly complex. I don't really feel like my knowledge would be as refined as I'd like it to be without the graduate level studies. I am also looking into doing some research as well, so it's a perfect opportunity.

I would say that nanotechnology certainly has the potential to impact various avenues of industry and the market. But on that note, it's important to understand that most areas of nanotechnology are still very much in their infancy and are therefore research. Aside from nanomaterials and certain areas of nanoelectronics, these are things that won't be in commercial use for another 1-2+ decades.

And I would caution you to take the 'bottom-up' dreams of nanotech. with a grain of salt - you're not ever going to be assembling things, atom by atom, using a nanofactory as he proposed. It's simply not feasible. Nanomaterials to an extent can be sold as is, but that's mostly left to larger companies or companies contracted under the larger companies (ie. Sigma Aldrich sells all kinds of nanomaterials - metal/semiconductor NPs, CNTs, etc.). More likely, however, you would choose a specific avenue of nanoresearch that can be applied to a specific area of industry. For example, one might take the research done on TiO2 nanotubes with CdSe QD sensitizers and try to make a cheap, commercial solar cell. Or one might look into work done with NEMs and sensors for the purposes of creating a specific gas sensor. There will certainly be opportunities to use nanotechnology to sell products, but given the huge amount of interest and competition in this area of science, innovation will be key.

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I worked on the synthesis and characterization of graphene oxide, graphene and various colloidal nanoparticles in my past work term. I found that in most research environments, you start with papers from various closely-related projects and reproduce their results. Then you simply build on their results and make changes as required in order to do something or make something unique. I should also note that most research isn't based so much on the actual materials creation and characterization, but its application (unless you're an XRD freak and spend your entire doctorate analyzing diffraction patterns to characterize a crystal structure of some rare compound).

Also, I really want to stress that the chemical synthesis of nanomaterials is typically not all that different from regular chemical synthesis. Most nanomaterials are created by little tricks and variations from regular chemical syntheses (aside from techniques developed exclusively for nanomaterials). Nanotechnology is truly just an extension of current organic/inorganic methods, in order to create materials at the nanoscale. For example, the creation of ZnO nanoparticles (3-5nm) is quite literally as simple as adding zinc acetates to 0oC ethanol and sonicating, bringing the temp up for growth and sonicating a bit more.

[Faiien]

Graeme, where are you getting the money to do all this schooling? Just curio.

[Graeme]

I'm in a co-op program, so I go to school for 4 or 8 months, then go to work at some related job for 4 or 8 months, rinse/repeat, etc. I also have a few scholarships. Since I'm Canadian and we have reasonable tuition costs, I make enough to pay for school as I go :).

I'm intending to get scholarships for graduate level work as well.

[Faiien]

Curse Canada for being more American than America. Good luck with your classes this year, I think you'll need it? Maybe?

[Ubergopher]

Curse Canada for being more American than America.
Oh please...


As for me, I might end up taking a college class while I'm here, but it'd be online and I'd rather work out. Oh and I would be starting my senior year of college right now if I went to college. Its crazy to think about. I'm getting old.

[Vezer]

Grad year, I'm pretty excited. Calculus, Physics 12, Law 12, Theatre Tech, some other easy classes I only took for easy A's.

I'm just excited for the new juniors.

[Faiien]

I have to start driving school on Monday T.t

[3Vee]

I... am done with school. Going to miss the people (even some of the profs), but not so much most of the work.

On the other hand, I'm making money now instead of spending it in huge quantities. Hmm.

[Magmaniac]

I start my second year of college at the university of minnesota on the second of next month.
I'm pretty excited for it. :D
I'm taking French 4, Intro to cognitive psychology, intro to personality, and a statistics of psychological studies course.
And I set up my schedule so I have classes only monday - thursday.

[TheRabidDeer]

Well, it's almost that time again. What are you looking forward to most? What are your classes next year? Did you actually miss school? What grade will you be in?

To be honest, I am actually looking forward to this quarter. I am gonna be taking another physics course, finally got into Japanese 101 (its only offered once per year, so if you miss it you are out of luck) and also Math 200. If you cant tell, I love math and sciences, and I have been looking forward to trying to learn Japanese for a couple years now :D

[Jimmy_the_saint]

Well the term is almost half over for me, but next term is a slow slide (read: slap in the face) into year 11. And next year shall be challenging.

[GenocideAlive]

To be honest, I am actually looking forward to this quarter. I am gonna be taking another physics course, finally got into Japanese 101 (its only offered once per year, so if you miss it you are out of luck) and also Math 200. If you cant tell, I love math and sciences, and I have been looking forward to trying to learn Japanese for a couple years now :D
Getting to class is the easy part. What happens in class is the tricky bit. After taking German I and thinking I was being a little to campy with my background stuffs, I thought I'd take some Japanese and be worldly. I got a B in the sucker, but I was overpoweringly disturbed with how little I knew after a rather onerous semester. It wasn't until Japanese IV that you learned basic get-around words and skills. In contrast, German II and III were far more educational. :D

[Protogod]

Getting to class is the easy part. What happens in class is the tricky bit. After taking German I and thinking I was being a little to campy with my background stuffs, I thought I'd take some Japanese and be worldly. I got a B in the sucker, but I was overpoweringly disturbed with how little I knew after a rather onerous semester. It wasn't until Japanese IV that you learned basic get-around words and skills. In contrast, German II and III were far more educational.


I'd imagine that has to do with the way some of these languages developed.

English is already part of the same language family as german, which inherently carries some similarities. On the other hand, I dont think Japanese is in the same family as many of the other East Asian languages (Japanese is its own language family?)

Alot of languages from Asia are difficult for Americans to pick up on (although as I understand it, Swedish is also unnecessarily complex)

[Faiien]

Well I took 3 years of Japanese and I could only absorb a little bit of it so don't feel bad GA. The kids that got A's in the class were mostly the ones that were studying vigorously or chinese. I mainly got B's and one or two A's here and there.

[SilverCrusader]

Yeah, Japanese is really hard to learn for English natives. The only thing remotely similar is Chinese, and even that is drastically different.

If you want to try something new, take Japanese. If you want to learn something, take German.

And I hear the start date of school might be pushed back, which will make my next summer horrible.

[GrassDragon]

I start my first year at Brown in a few weeks and I am extremely excited. It looks like I'll be taking a physics course, a calc course, a bilingual Spanish/English course on Mexican/American perspectives of the border situation, and either an intro to linguistics or intro to philosophy course. I wanted to take a language, but I'll have to start in the spring because of scheduling conflicts. I'll take intensive Russian.

[Fiendwurm]

Well I just had my first day of school today. It wasn't that bad, although I did get a surprisingly large amount of homework for the first day of school.

I had a really funny encounter with a sophomore in cardio fitness(walking). The girl in front of my looked back at me, smiled. Then about 5 minutes later she asked what grade I was in. I tell I'm a freshman and she replies: "Oh thats to bad," *looks sad* 5 minutes later she asks me more question about my self.:shiftyr:

Later we are on bleachers with some other people and she twist herself around to talk to some people behind us. Because of how she twisted her waist must have shrunk an inch, and that extra inch of space went to the back of her jeans. Well anyway... I could see her ass! It was really strange! Her underwear was, like, a half a foot lower then where they should have been...hmm...Ughh...:<

[Starcraft78cwal]

Looking forward to it? NO. I'm starting high school, so I'm pretty nervous.

Also, I like sleeping in and being lazy.

[Vezer]

How could you not look forward to highschool? It's easily the most fucking amazing time ever.

[Thedutchjelle]

My school 'started' yesterday, but it only lasted for like 30 minutes, getting some obligatory house-rules talk from our mentor, a list with phonenumbers, some books and the roster/schedule.

Now today i was going to start with French but I just looked at the website of my school and they noted that that lesson won't be given as the teacher is AFK.
( Though I now keep rechecking the site cause I'm to afraid I might be wrong and that I miss the first lesson this year D: )

[Skullflower]

How could you not look forward to highschool? It's easily the most fucking amazing time ever.

High School fucking sucks. Too much drama and bullshit.

[Sento]

yes.. way too much drama. I'm starting my junior year.. only good thing is ROTC

[Vezer]

Too much drama

I love drama class! Some of my best highschool memories are from drama class...

[atrocity3010]

The only good thing about high school is that it ends, and you can move on to college where you don't even spend half as much time in class, meaning you can do more things that you want to do. Also, the classes don't suck as hard, except for Calculus. That class is evil incarnate.

[Sento]

i never had a drama class.. but drama club on the other hand. Interesting people there. I was a techie, not an actor so i was more normal acting :)

[3Vee]

I dunno, from what I've seen of theater it's the crew who are really messed up... ;)

[Thedutchjelle]

Today, my first day at school, was kinda a dissapointement with a 2 hour long break due to teachers getting sick and me sitting alone in the breakhall for that time >_> and my bicycle tire ruptured cause I drove through sumthing sharp.

[Protogod]

Today, my first day at school, was kinda a dissapointement with a 2 hour long break due to teachers getting sick and me sitting alone in the breakhall for that time

Friends. Make some.

[TheBB]

I'm taking:

Multivariable analysis
Operator algebras
2-class worth project on neural networks and statistical signal analysis
History of psychology

[MatGeo]

High-school here starts on the 15th of September.

I'm sort of looking forward to it. I'm in my second year, classes will probably suck as much as they did last year but meh, the overall fun beats the stress accumulated from classes.

Oh, and dutch, I agree with proto.

[Vezer]

I was a techie

That's what I do, lighting tech. I'm thinking that might become my life career.

I dunno, from what I've seen of theater it's the crew who are really messed up... ;)

Yup. There's no arguing that they're (the actors) the most messed up people in the entire school.

I'm in my second year, classes will probably suck as much as they did last year but meh...

...Oh, and dutch, I agree with proto.

No way! Classes only got better every year.

And I third that, dutch.

[GenocideAlive]

Multivariable analysis - awesome
Operator algebras - awesome
2-class worth project on neural networks - gay
statistical signal analysis - gay
History of psychology - on the fence

[Darmago]

Intro To C++: Boring
Human Systems: My schools almost pathetic attempt at a required ethics course, also boring
Engineering Material Systems: Material science for non mat-sci majors
Statics: The physics of things that stand still
Principles of Economics: Boring
Intro to Space exploration.

This semester is going to be no fun at all.

[Skullflower]

No way! Classes only got better every year.


Not really, no.

[Sento]

depends on the class, really. ROTC does get better every year: you get to fly a cessna in your senior year :D

[Ubergopher]

you get to fly a cessna in your senior year

Bah. Question though, in ROTC do they tell you that you will be basically useless to your squadron for your first 4-6 months? Or do they pump you full of "knowledge" letting you think you know more about how the Air Force works than the SNCOs that have been in longer than you've been alive?

/rant

[Blackright]

I'm taking a 2-year software architecture course this year.

Intro to XHTML/PHP (Day One): I almost got myself bored dead
Advanced C++ System Shell Manipulation: Got my attention
PowerBuilder: Meh. It's kinda boring
Borland Pascal: Same as above... kinda.

[mranderson]

Group communication- I'll learn something ...
Inetermediate Writing-Blah, apparently I'll do what I did in high school AP literature :(
Applied Statistics- math...
Human Development across lifespan SS (Social psychology)-Very good prof, and nice composition of classmates :P

Swimming I- Haven't been to this class yet.
Weight training I- it's weights, I go lift whenever I want to for a credit :)

[GroG]

This year I'm taking:

Working 9-5 101 - boring, decent prof, free hotdogs and chips on fridays

[Modred]

This year I'm taking:

Working 9-5 101 - boring, decent prof, free hotdogs and chips on fridays

I'm auditing this course. What are the chances? Although I think my prof is better: free drinks and snacks all week.

For my university schedule:

Software Engineering
Networking
Architecture Design
Technical Entrepreneurship
System Security

The first four are at the 4000 level and the last is 7000 (counting it toward Masters degree, otherwise would be 5000).

[Sento]

Bah. Question though, in ROTC do they tell you that you will be basically useless to your squadron for your first 4-6 months? Or do they pump you full of "knowledge" letting you think you know more about how the Air Force works than the SNCOs that have been in longer than you've been alive?



/rant



neither. At least, not in the school i'm at. Although i'm told if i enter the air force after completing ROTC, i'll start out at a higher rank and be payed more. I think it was Tech Sergeant that you come in as.

[Faiien]

I start my last year of Highschool tomorrow and I have a huge pimple on my face from all the stressing I've been doing so everything's perfect.

[SHISHKABOB]

Fucking school. I hate school. Damn school to hell. Damn Physics, Chemistry, Trig/Precalc and all that shit. <:| Damn school.

[GenocideAlive]

Hey, shish. Just letting you know, I think you're a closet case. Seems a little random, really, but honestly you've been looking more and more like it with the constant, overpowering homosexual references. I'm very scared that soon your sig or custom user title will sport "yiff" or "yaoi" monikers. I find myself apprehensive in that regard.

[Faiien]

Argh my first day of school was horrible. I had a huge pimple on my chin that got even bigger overnight and I had to go around covering it. I started chewing a piece of gum in the car and by second period the gum started dissolving in my mouth and I couldn't take it out so I had to gradually take a tissue and drag it along the surface of my tongue to remove all the gum, but even then there were long threads of gum sticking to my lips so that was pretty nasty. APChem was a killer. I had totally forgot everything over the summer and review was like 15 minutes, then we got a worksheet that I have no idea how to do. Other than that, everything turned out fine. :)

[SHISHKABOB]

What? Overpowering homosexual references? Wtf where. I'm not gay. Leave me alone. Oh god.

You would never find me with furfag shit or homosexual crap in my signature or avatar. That's just gay, literally. I'll get rid of that quote if it makes you feel better.

[Modred]

What? Overpowering homosexual references? Wtf where. I'm not gay. Leave me alone. Oh god.

You would never find me with furfag shit or homosexual crap in my signature or avatar. That's just gay, literally. I'll get rid of that quote if it makes you feel better.

While we're on this tangent, I don't think GA really cares about your sig or avy. Your reaction to his statement, though, suggests you are very defensive about this. And we know where this leads...

[anderoo]

While we're on this tangent, I don't think GA really cares about your sig or avy. Your reaction to his statement, though, suggests you are very defensive about this. And we know where this leads...

fuck this shit i had $100 on october

stay in the closet for a bit longer shish

[3Vee]

While we're on this tangent, I don't think GA really cares about your sig or avy. Your reaction to his statement, though, suggests you are very defensive about this. And we know where this leads...

Defensiveness is a sign of fear, right? So fear as we know leads to anger, and anger...

Dark Side, Shish, come to the Dark Side. You're obviously headed there anyway, by Modred's reckoning.

[SHISHKABOB]

lol w/e, I know I'm not gay.

Also, I hate summer reading too.

[Sikawtic]

What are you looking forward to most?
The independence, get away from home.

What are your classes next year?
This semester I have: Calc I, European History to 1648, Fundamentals of Speech Communication, and Intro to Antrhopology.

Did you actually miss school?
Not particularly, but I'm excited to move on with my life now.

What grade will you be in?
Well I have 28 credits (that count) from high school, so even though I'm a freshmen I'm like 2-4 credits short of being a sophomore. lol

[anderoo]

hey, got my schedule!

math, spare, lunch, bio, chem

[BrotherGreen]

What grade will you be in?
Well I have 28 credits (that count) from high school, so even though I'm a freshmen I'm like 2-4 credits short of being a sophomore. lol


Lol@ American School system.


I gradded last year, heading to college for 10 weeks this year to study Electrical Apprenticeship Lv1. Which will make me a Lv2 Electrical Apprentice.
Dope shit.

[Vezer]

Lol@ American School system.

Yeah, those crazy Americans.

My schedule:
1st - Spare
2nd - Ap Calc
3rd - English 12
4th - Phys Ed 12

[Magmaniac]

I just moved into my dorm! woot
I'm going to spend $600 on books tomorrow! not woot

[mranderson]

Co-ed complex? Co-ed dorm rooms? We need details Mag :P

Co-ed complexes ftw!

I've already spent $400+ on books though :(

But for some odd reason there is three guys in my social psychology, and one man (<- me :cool:), and I'd say five to ten really hot chicks off the top of my head. It makes not paying attention almost worth it. :rolleyes:

[Faiien]

What's everyone doing on their three day weekend? Well, for those of us with labor day off that is.

[anderoo]

What's everyone doing on their three day weekend? Well, for those of us with labor day off that is.

Getting shit for school/doing stuff with the fam

[mranderson]

What's everyone doing on their three day weekend? Well, for those of us with labor day off that is.

Studying for an exam or two, and brushing up on my classes that confuse me...

[Faiien]

...That reminds me, I should probably study for APChem

[mranderson]

Friggin AP chem was awesome. I remember the good ol' days of sleeping in lectures, and getting A's on tests :P

Oh wait, I still do that shit.

[QuothTheRaven]

Even in college you still have to deal with incompetent morons.

Higher education my ass.

[Faiien]

My chem teachers cool and all...but he's very passive. Last friday we did a lab and when our group tried to light our bunsen burners they wouldn't work so I told him and he was like, "they should work". Then I asked him again and he said, "you guys should know how to light your own burners." When I finally got him to try and light the burner and he was unsuccessful he got us a new one(this was about 10 minutes into class btw and the lab took up the whole period). At first the new one started working fine but then, once again, it turned off, and I couldnt turn it back on. I asked him about it and he ignored me so I just stood there like an idiot for 40 minutes with an incomplete lab...APchem sucks. @2Anderson, I know someone just like you. All he does is sleep yet he seems to get smarter everyday somehow. Bah I need my brain reconfigured.

[3Vee]

Higher education my ass.

More drugs at college = higher education in my book.

[Thedutchjelle]

Third week of school begins tomorrow.

I'm getting along with the ppl better than i expected. Though the breaks are still dreafully boring even when i'm sitting with some people, the lessons are usually not.

[Aqo]

I'll get rid of that quote if it makes you feel better.
That almost makes ~me~ sound bad >_>

Oh and for the record, I liked school. I kinda miss it. A big building, filled with 1000 little kids, half of them are girls. And you have a good excuse to go there and talk to them every day. I really miss that.

My current classes are cool though, too. Not as many people, but we get along great so it's fun and shizzles AND I HAVE A SEXY TEACHER OMG SO HAWT THAT I CAN BARELY FOCUS ON THE LESSON NO WAIT I CAN'T
I have a semester break on winter though so I've been studying all along by now.

[Vezer]

Yeah, I have some sexy hawt teachers too, Aqo.

School starts for me in 2 days. I'm not excited.

[masterofhobbiton]

How do you know your teachers if it hasn't started yet? :/

My school started last week; not very fun, but not that much homework yet.... And I have a free 5th period, which is turning out to be a pretty nice study-group time.

[Graeme]

Frosh week starts this week. This is the best week for non-frosh. It's full of drinking, fun and excitement because most people are back in town and nobody has classes ^_^! Should be ridiculously eventful.

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[Hasharin]

I am going into Grade 11 ... and I must say I'm looking forward to it for the most part. I'm taking the Science trio - you know, chem,bio,physics and I'm looking forward to physics. Math Principles (aka advanced math), French, and Electronics 11... the latter should prove interesting since I havent taken the grade 10 version, but was allowed to take it because im moving into a big senior secondary from my lil junior secondary.

Im looking forward to a fresh start because I royally fucked any possible shot at being well liked at my old school within the first few days. Sadly, I'll still be hunting after the same chick. yeah.

And Faiien, lol, I recognize the big zit problem and I raise you a disfiguring scar on my nose caused by a cookie.

[PaiN]

Schools started...just had our first dance. Everything has been pretty succesful. Now its just boring as hell. Realized how much I hate homework again. Forgot about it over the summer.

And I raise your scar by a fucked up haircut. I swear my barber had a fucking seizure. Whatever its pretty much grown back by now though lol.

[Skullflower]

Well, its my senior year of high school and I'm going to a new school. Pretty much the only thing I'm looking forward to is finally getting out of high school. Fuck school.

[SilverCrusader]

I still have 8 days 'til school starts.

[Hasharin]

Schools started...just had our first dance. Everything has been pretty succesful. Now its just boring as hell. Realized how much I hate homework again. Forgot about it over the summer.

And I raise your scar by a fucked up haircut. I swear my barber had a fucking seizure. Whatever its pretty much grown back by now though lol.

The way you worded that made me lol. :D

First day tomorrow. only there for 1 hour or less to get my locker, schedule and shit. why the hell do they make the first day a day where you have to go ALL the way there to do such little stuff? waste of time.

[Fiendwurm]

School is so easy!!!! I know its the beginning of the year, but Physical science is easy, English is, even accelerated geometry is easy, the only thing that may not be really is German, but everybody else in my class is lost as me so I don't care!!!!!!:)

[Skullflower]

First day tomorrow. only there for 1 hour or less to get my locker, schedule and shit. why the hell do they make the first day a day where you have to go ALL the way there to do such little stuff? waste of time.

School in general is a waste of time.

[Vezer]

School tommorow... I'm so nervous!

But there's a dope party tonight, so I'm stoked.

Stoked like this kid. (http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1806866)

[SHISHKABOB]

Ugh, school tomorrow as well for me. School is exciting for about an hour. Then you realize, "FUCK, I HAVE TO DO THIS FOR NINE MORE FUCKING MONTHS," and you go all ;_;

[deadkat]

Turns out the school stiffed me of my Zero Period.

Now there's no "Information Technology" class and Biology is second period.

Oh well, to tell you the truth, I'm kind of relieved. Now I don't have to wake up at 5:30 in the morning for the rest of the year.

[anderoo]

A girl I know's school is under construction right now, so they're sharing buildings with another school. The original school gets the building from 7-12 and then her school gets it from 12-5, so she can sleep in everyday for this whole semester. So luckee

[Magmaniac]

I'm sitting in my first class of the semester yaaaaaaay.

[Hasharin]

Going to my new school today...problem is its about twice as far away from me as my previous school is, and the public transit website is fucking up so I am unable to find bus times at this moment. *moan*

[Graeme]

Ugh, school tomorrow as well for me. School is exciting for about an hour. Then you realize, "FUCK, I HAVE TO DO THIS FOR NINE MORE FUCKING MONTHS," and you go all ;_;

Should've seen how I felt when I realized "I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO DO THIS FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY LIFE?!" Actually, it's kind of fun, so it was more or less happiness ;).

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[Zerg_eater]

Schools tomorrow. I remember i made some thread like I would kill myself cause schools starting. but now im pretty excited. anyone else?

[MatGeo]

School in 13 days. I'm half-excited. It's going to be fun the first week, then it becomes lame.

[GenocideAlive]

Should've seen how I felt when I realized "I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO DO THIS FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY LIFE?!" Actually, it's kind of fun, so it was more or less happiness ;).
On a side note, how long do you plan on living? School is...rather brief, regardless of your occupation.

[Graeme]

On a side note, how long do you plan on living? School is...rather brief, regardless of your occupation.

Hah.

I mean it in the sense that I plan on continued education throughout my life, whether it be through conducting research at a university, or taking courses on topics related to my field. Not a full-time student, but certainly involved in the learning process at academic institutions.



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[SHISHKABOB]

Oh yeah. Graeme, How are those hot dog producing nanobots coming along?

[Vezer]

Ok, I just came back from my first day of school...

Unfortunately I was still drunk from last night, so my day consisted of me with my head in the toilet. Luckily, I was able to convince my gramma that I have the flu, so now I'm in bed, and not working today.

[Faiien]

I think one of my teachers flirts with the girls in the class...
When one of the guys comes asks him a question or greet hims he gives a simple reply or sometimes no reply but when one of the girls do it, it turns into a 10 minute discussion -_-.

[Gunmonk]

unfortunately my school time has been filled with bull shit... there has been one word constantly going through my mind... it being: Fuck... think of it as a heart beat moniter... fuck.. fuck... fuck.. fuck... fuck.. (something shitty happens) fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck (recessitation is provided) SHIT... fuck.. fuck... fuck.. fuck...

Basically thats what life and my school year has been

[Faiien]

Geez dramaqueen :P, you make it sound like someone's beating you over the head with a baseball bat.

[masterofhobbiton]

In french class, our teacher has never shown up once. Presumably they're sick or something, but it's been interesting having subs every day.

[Skullflower]

First day of school today and I sat in the office for 3 hours. Didnt even go to an actual class until halfway through 4th period. Apparently, I wasn't registered.

[Faiien]

You think thats bad MOH, I had a pregnant teacher once and I'll tell ya, those raging hormones really can make someone crazy.

[Vezer]

You think thats bad MOH, I had a pregnant teacher once and I'll tell ya, those raging hormones really can make someone crazy.

Me too. They yell. Alot.

[deadkat]

Me too. They yell. Alot.

Heh, my teachers always have the sense to take a leave of absence.

It ends up good for everyone.

[SilverCrusader]

First day of school Monday ;D.

[masterofhobbiton]

Yeah, my P.E. teacher was last year. No P.E. this year though. :D

[Hasharin]

Me too, dropped PE this year.

Had physics today and I can tell Im going to LOVE it. Wwell, as long as I can do "higher processes" questions without too much difficulty.

[Vezer]

AP Calc is fun. No, seriously.

And I'm playing Tennis in PE right now. I'm pretty dece at tennis, so that's not to bad. English is incredibly frickin' easy.

[SilverCrusader]

PE is meh, I'm glad it is over. Health education was worse. My teacher didn't know a thing about it :P.

[Faiien]

Man I love my physics/chemistry teacher. I told her about the APChem situation and today she took me to the counselor and I got to change classes instantly. I don't know what I'd do without her, I guess I'm gonna have to find her a really great birthday gift.

[masterofhobbiton]

PE is meh, I'm glad it is over. Health education was worse. My teacher didn't know a thing about it :P.


Health education? What kind of class is that? :o

[SilverCrusader]

Health education? What kind of class is that?
They teach you about the stages of life, drugs, sex and alcohol.

[Skullflower]

Health education? What kind of class is that? :o

A bullshit class that I have to take over again because my old school is retarded.

[masterofhobbiton]

They teach you about the stages of life, drugs, sex and alcohol.


Haha, we just had a day in bio in freshman year when you learned how to use a condom and a day in PE where we learned the definitions of hallucinogens, depressants, etc.