Ugh.
 

stoopid skewl messin' up my schedule for next semester.

You can't go changing my core class teachers. You can't. Especially when I am doing fantastic in math this year. All because I got the best math teacher hands down. And you can't change me to a US History teacher who's classes are 1-2units behind my current class. OKAY??!! YOU CAN'T... WTF!!!

And only morons change someone's SRT teacher. That just makes no sense. SRT is the same hour on A days.. all year.

IDIOTS.

I wish I had civics and physical science diff=[ I like the people in diff classes better and my civics class has a soon to be criminal. I don't really talk to anyone much that's in my physical science class. Other from that, my classes are pretty good:D

I had awesome teachers last year. Other than Japanese of course...

Pedo teachers are the funniest

o.o
yeah..funny's the word.

They're good conversation material, I say.

lol woots i dont think i have to hear about Mr.H no more hahaha
even tho its fun buging u liz about him roflcopters :love: :cutielove:

I've actually had a pedo Phys.Ed. teacher once. The best part, he was this guy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kouzmanis

http://www.ratemyteachers.com/tom-kouzmanis/1099907-t

http://www.oeeo.ca/publications/prof...o_hearings.asp

Was your coach creepy and inappropriate? Yes, but that isn't pedophilia. I think the panel was actually reasonable in their assessment. If that would have happened in the States, he would have to register on a list for the rest of his life.

Sigh. Counselor still hasn't responded to me or my dad. =o=

Also, I got 72/68 on my chem midterm. GO ME!

What are you talking about?

I am double blocked with him all year xD

I see him every day for English.

I am going to be so miserable the rest of the school year.

I hate my school. I really do.

This sucks. My grades will.. not probably.. will drop dramatically. Especially since its not going to be like the beginning of the school year.. the teacher isn't going to start off slow. I was comfortable with my teachers and able to talk to them. Now I probably won't have the chance to do that with two new teachers for 2/4 core classes.

I don't even want to know what is going to happen to my Adv Alg grade.. Ugh. I am just so.. mad/disappointed/sad

My brothers never had this happen.

We don't all get what we wish for ... put on your big girl panties and do it.

Is it your education? No.

This is the first year since 6th grade that I have gotten basically 100% in math class(es).. failed other years. Its only happened because of the teacher. Everyone I have talked to, who are responsible students, have said that the teacher I was switched to.. sucks. Majority of kids don't even know whats going on. He's also the teacher that is constantly coming to my ex-math teacher for lesson plan advice.

The history teacher I was switched to, is 2units behind my prior history teacher. Thats just wasting my time.

I can understand not being able to be picky in college, but my brothers.. when they had these issues in HS.. got it fixed. They never had a core class teacher switched in the middle of the year though. Thats a huge change, IMO.

And if even 1 lunch switches for me, I will.. again.. be miserable because my friend(s) is/are in A lunch. I had 1 class with my basically 1 friend. Thats gone.

Who wants to spend something like highschool, even if its for half a year.. alone? Although, I doubt my friends and I will be in any classes together next year because I will be stuck with more BS from my school and forced to take classes that just take up space on my schedule.

Also, I find that school is a hell.. okay? I have enough shit going on in my life, that I don't need school to be even worse than it already is.

LOL I have probably experienced alot more ups and downs through high school then you have. I know what good good teachers do, and what bad ones can cause, but what I have learned this year is your progress is determined by you, not your teacher. Sometimes your going to get ones you don't like, or ones that just straight up don't know how to fucking teach. My school is very big and usually I wind up in glasses without friends, you have to suck it up.

A couple years ago I just skipped all the time because I didn't like anyone in the classes I had, and this year I have had to work my fucking ass off to catch up. I don't know how your school works but I had the same thing happen to my time table half way through first term ... go see the school counselor and get it switched back, you do have the option for the most part of choosing what classes you should be in.

Lastly, no need to get snappy ginny poo, it's called tough love ;)

Point and case. You don't know how my school works.

And no. In math, my progress is determined on how good the teacher is. All other subjects are on me.

Liz, I agree with Mikey, If you rely on a teacher to do well in math then that is YOUR fault, nobody elses. You need to start studying and such outside of class. if the teacher is so important go talk to him/her and ask if they can tutor you or whatever, dont come bitching to us.

Its not my fault. Its how my brain is. And teachers at my school don't have time to tutor. LOL

Not sure what you are talking about. I study outside of class when I need to. For tests and such. This year, I haven't had to study for my tests. Other than one test, I have gotten A's on all of my Adv Alg tests. I'm serious, its because of the teachers teaching style.

7th-9th grade, the teachers were crap and I worked my ass off to learn it at home with the help of my dad and brother. But my dad works and my brother has his own life, they can't spend it helping me on math. Got a D in 7th and an F in 8th. Then in 9th, I finally passed Alg with a B- -ish

Teachers at 95% of schools don't have time to tutor, you look into student ones. I have trouble with math to but it really is just about the effort you put into learning about it..

Who would pay for my tutoring? :/

And this "rant" isn't just about the math. Its the history thing too. I would be wasting about 3wks-1mth just sitting in there. I am not retaking a test I've already taken and stuff. I am not taking more notes on what I have already learned @_@

And the double blocking of English has screwed me over. If I weren't double blocked, I'd have the open space for another elective. If I had that space.. I'd have the correct schedule.

I've never heard of student or friend tutors that charge.


And then if thats your only problem, this whole thing should be fixed by a simple visit to the school counselor?

Core material is standardized all the way up to multivariable calculus. You do not need a teacher until you hit mathematical logic, time series, advanced geometry, Bayesian inference, etc. And even at that point, a teacher helps, but if you spend time reading the textbook, you can learn it all easily.

"Learning styles" is subject to question. The brain is not wired so that it can only learn from one style. Repetition will always work. I guarantee if you sit there and read the book for 8 hours a day, you'll understand everything perfectly. Now, the problem is the 8 hour part.

Plus, it's not like they're asking you to solve a Millennium Prize problem...

I don't know anyone that would take time out of their schedule to tutor me for free. On anything. Lmao.

I don't really know anyone who is free to even do that.
This is how I am. I honestly can't change it. I struggle with math, always have and probably always will. The book actually doesn't help me. When we had a sub in my Adv Alg class for like a week, I got a low C to F on those 2-3 assignments because we were working out of the book. I didn't get anything and everyone else did.

When the teacher got back, he went over it all with us (He doesn't use the book) and just like that *snaps fingers*, I got it. I can't explain it and I can't really change how I think.

Also.. I scored a B on my midterm today. It took me all hour, up till the last minute(literally) to get it done. I had to rush at the end. I had notes too and I still scored a B. I had notes for chemistry and got over 100%. But oh no, I get a B for math even with notes.

Bombed my Geo test though.. with notes too..

Liz isn't wired like we are, Triumph. Some people really do need material presented in a certain way in order to really grasp the principles behind it. High school textbooks are terrible at conveying actual information. Hell, the fact that you think reading a textbook about Bayesian inference is enough to "easily" learn it shows you're not like most people. Stats is a pain in the ass to the vast majority of the population.

I can learn a lot from a book, and now with the internet the sky is the limit. I'm almost glad I didn't have this access in high school. I would have NEVER gotten laid were I reading wiki all day. Some people just can't work like that. They need to hear the words, ask questions, have material presented differently....

Ah, I know that my post wasn't addressing her original point, and that we're going off on a tangent, but there's something that I must address:

I don't learn best from a textbook either. Asking questions doesn't cut it, classroom interaction doesn't make a marked effect. I, in fact, learn best when I teach the material to someone else.

Finding a willing subject to impart knowledge upon is rare, which is why I have to spend most of my time reading textbooks. This brings me to my original point; enough repetitive practice, however boring, will always work.

This will also explain my habit of running around answering questions.

However, I still remain unconvinced that others need "material presented in a certain way to really grasp the principles behind it." I've observed that regardless of learning style, people will nevertheless learn respectable amounts by textbook. Cramming is an example, where people retain information despite their preferred method of study. The "learning styles" concept (Kolb's model?) is now subject to increasing amounts of criticism.

Maybe it's the pressure to get the A or B. I'm not sure. But the only fault I note in my own argument is that my observations have been clustered around people who have all gone to prestigious private universities.

I think we might have hit the nail on the head, here. In your ivory tower world, things work a little differently.

At least you don't seem to be an insufferable prat, which is my experience with those people who have gone to prestigious private universities.

The school I attend actually has less academic elitism than others. I've visited some campuses where everyone thinks they're a divine descendant.

Pressure for good grades works in all academic institutions, you won't have people shooting for Fs.

And I'm more of the prat who likes to deflate egos. Some equate this to trolling, but there's a delicate difference.

I really did have to fix this.

The more I thought about it the more uncomfortable I became.

I'm not sure how th UK curriculum in Maths differs from the US but I seem to grasp it pretty easily and attained an A* in my Module 1 Maths test, so if you really need help Liz I guess I could help :/