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The-Shadow-One · Post by **The-Shadow-One** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:31 am

-.- -glares at scozzar so hard he should be fine dust if looks could kill- I'm in my fourth year of high school. And I hear it nevers ends. Fricking joy.

ZeRoc · Post by **ZeRoc** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:32 am

High school in Scotland and High school in the US are different you guys.

Frost Mage · Post by **Frost Mage** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:32 am

You're sixteen, right? That's still younger than we graduate in the States.

The-Shadow-One · Post by **The-Shadow-One** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:45 am

15! 15! I become 16 in may and then I get my benefits at that time.
Oh god... -glares at everyone and vanishes into the ground- I'm gonna go torture someone.

ZeRoc · Post by **ZeRoc** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:47 am

Guh! don't get me thinking on college, I still have 1 1/2 years before I'm done with High School.

... just don't torture me, Algebra 2 does that enough...

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:27 am

God i hate Algebra 2...shouldve taken that my junior year so i wouldnt deal with it Senior year

Taters · Post by **Taters** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:29 am

If I was ruler of the earth, I'd likely execute random groups of people on occasion simply to unwind. I don't know about you, but that kind of scares me.

Dean · Post by **Dean** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:31 am

You have an entire class based on one part of maths? why? don't you just have a teacher or two teaching(funnily enough) all of it?

Post by **MARS** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:36 am

Maths are far too complicated to be tought as one subject. Many things are compltetely unrelated to others.

Frost Mage · Post by **Frost Mage** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:38 am

Yeah, it's can't really be put into a specific group of "maths" especially as you get into more advanced Algebra.

Dean · Post by **Dean** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:48 am

Why would algebra need it's own class? don't your teachers learn everything to do with a subject?

This isn't one of those classes which you do for a few months of a year then no longer have to is it? that would make more sense then there being an entire full blown yearly class on it.

Back in school I had two teachers for Maths, and they taught us everything we needed to know. Everything maths related was taught in chunks throughout each year.

Avron the S'wit · Post by **Avron the S'wit** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:53 am

Maths: the weakness of Avrons everywhere. This is a fact.

ZeRoc · Post by **ZeRoc** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:55 am

Maths: the weakness of ZeRocs everywhere. This is a fact.
I hope that AKB isn't taking notes again...

Frost Mage · Post by **Frost Mage** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:55 am

Avrens don't seem like they'd be good at math either... always getting stuck.

Post by **MARS** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:57 am

Dean wrote:Why would algebra need it's own class? don't your teachers learn everything to do with a subject?

Because algebra is not just "maths". It's algebra. It's a more specialized branch of maths. Right now in uni I've got maths and linear algebra. They're completely different and teaching them as one would just confuse you.

VirtualWeasel · Post by **VirtualWeasel** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:58 am

Dean wrote:Why would algebra need it's own class? don't your teachers learn everything to do with a subject?

This isn't one of those classes which you do for a few months of a year then no longer have to is it? that would make more sense then there being an entire full blown yearly class on it.

Back in school I had two teachers for Maths, and they taught us everything we needed to know. Everything maths related was taught in chunks throughout each year.

Because Algebra might as well be a separate subject.

Dean · Post by **Dean** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:01 am

Mars wrote:
Dean wrote:Why would algebra need it's own class? don't your teachers learn everything to do with a subject?
Because algebra is not just "maths". It's algebra. It's a more specialized branch of maths. Right now in uni I've got maths and linear algebra. They're completely different and teaching them as one would just confuse you.

I was talking about school, not University. It makes sense in further education due to specialisation in your field of choice, what I was saying I find strange is that it's split up in school.

Post by **MARS** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:04 am

Maths was split up in school too, though. I had Algebra, Maths and Geometry (not the kind with shapes) in the lyceum (the greek equivalent of highschool).

Frost Mage · Post by **Frost Mage** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:07 am

Wait... You live in Greece? Or in Europe at all?

Post by **MARS** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:08 am

Greece, yes.

ZeRoc · Post by **ZeRoc** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:09 am

You're just learning this Frosty? There are several people on this site that live in Europe. (okay, a lot more than several, but still...) Such as Dean, TSO, POMC, Veck, Tom, JV, Mars, etc.

Dean · Post by **Dean** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:11 am

@Mars:

Interesting... I didn't think the education systems would be all that different in other European Countries. I kinda wonder how the others are set up, see if Britain is the odd one out.

scribbane · Post by **scribbane** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:49 am

Dean, yes teachers in American schools learn their subjects, so a math teacher learns Algebra, Calculus, Trig, etc. But they are usually more competent in one area. Also, the class structure is such that we have a different curriculum, and learn math in parts. Starting in high school, you generally have in this order Algebra, Algebra 2, Trig, Statistics, Calculus, Calc 2, and so on. Most high schools I know of don't really go much past Calc 2, but you can switch it up a bit. For example, I graduated having taken Calc 2, but had friends that hadn't taken any Calc, but took Statistics. I didn't take Stat in high school. It's just the way the system works, and I think its good. You take math in an order that makes sense, but if you aren't skilled in Math, you aren't required to take more advanced math, but most places do require 4 years of it.

HatofMadness · Post by **HatofMadness** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:51 am

If Hat ruled the world....I'd free all my sons

AddictedtoMorrowind · Post by **AddictedtoMorrowind** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:52 am

From? School, maybe?

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