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05-06-2005, 11:03 PM | #161 |
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I am also a geek. Maybe not a major one but i do have tendencies. I love band and when I graduate this year the most heartbreaking part will be the fact that I won't be able to play in a band anymore.
I have also taken two AP courses, English and Spanish just because I find both of these subjects interesting. I don't always reveal my full geekiness cause me family gets annoyed and thats where the Barrowdowns comes in. I can just reveal my full geek self without getting weird looks or my brother rolling his eyes.
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05-07-2005, 07:23 AM | #162 | |
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And I'm proud of it! We should all embrace our geekiness!
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05-07-2005, 01:37 PM | #163 | |
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About half of these classes hold no interest for me whatsoever. Last edited by Encaitare; 05-07-2005 at 01:38 PM. Reason: Just because I don't like AP English doesn't mean I'll settle for the wrong preposition! |
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05-08-2005, 05:26 AM | #164 |
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I have to ask, what's an AP course? Is that something like studying a subject you don't have to study? Like doing extra lessons?
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05-08-2005, 06:29 AM | #165 |
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"AP" stands for "Advanced Placement". It just means you're taking classes at a higher level than the average.... I think. I don't really know much about it, being homeschooled.....
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05-08-2005, 07:54 AM | #166 |
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Whether the word 'geek' is meant to be a compliment or an insult I don't fall into either category. I'm not brainy or technically inclined, and people who see me or know me wouldn't think of me as 'geeky'. I'm just a plain, average, uneventful kind of a person. Most people wouldn't think of me as a Tolkien fan, but when they get a glimps into my obsession, then I'm considered weird.
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05-08-2005, 11:19 AM | #167 |
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Since I've been homeschooled most of my life (save last year and this year), I've never been in a school with AP classes or Honors classes. But I came into 8th grade in a private school and passed tremendously well; straight A's. I did so well that they let me skip the 9th grade and go straight into 10th.
So I'm a grade ahead and doing exceptionally well. I'm bored with my classes, and I find them very simple.. but the rest of the class thinks it is very difficult. When we review or study in group they fight for me on their side. odd...
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05-08-2005, 04:32 PM | #168 |
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AP is a first year university course that you an take in Highschool. If you get a 3 or 4 out of 5 for your exam mark some universities let you skip a first year course. So if you want to get a degree really quickly it can help or you can repeat the course and get higher marks.
Not a lot of people take these courses and that is where the geek factor (or nerd factor)seems to come in.
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Lathriel explained it rather well. Basically it is a college-level course, and at the end of the year you take a grueling 3-hour exam. A 3 or above (out of 5) will earn you 3 college credits, although some schools require a 4, or a 5, and certain sticklers won't take them at all. I suppose they're right, though... I'll be graduating high school with 36 credits, and though not all schools will take them all, at some I can knock out virtually all liberal arts courses because of these credits. In my school there are Regents Skills courses, which are the easiest, Regents courses, which most people take, and AP or SCALE courses, which get you college credits. They're a lot more work, but I think I'd be bored to tears in anything else. There actually are some cool courses you can take, though, like music theory and music history. I've actually got my AP theory exam tomorrow, so I'd really better get to bed... |
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05-09-2005, 01:27 PM | #170 |
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I don't favour thinking of myself as a geek because everything i do except like LotR HP SW and stuff, ain't what ive heard very geeky.
I think the word geek is just a desperate attack mechanism for someone so that they don't feel so bad about themselves. Confusing? nah just weird.Sorry for any offence taken. |
05-10-2005, 04:52 AM | #171 |
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So you're all deadly clever then, taking these classes a year early?
You can't do that in the UK. The closest thing to it is if you are in a school which groups kids according to ability, and that's not very common any more. This is a good thing for anyone who's average at a subject, but if you are very good then you only suffer in mixed ability classes. At primary school I was placed with kids a year above me, but there was no way the local authorities would let me go to high school at 10 so I spent over a year learning anything I wanted to (easy to deal with, with only 30 kids in a whole school). Then it took until I was 13 to finally start learning anything new, by which time I'd developed an unhealthily strong independent and anti-authoritarian streak! I suppose its better to be a geek in the US then. It would certainly be excellent to have to be at university for less time, as there would be less bills!
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05-10-2005, 07:09 AM | #172 |
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I suppose I'm a geek. I got A*'s and A's in my GCSE's with only two B's. I took more subjects than everybody else and took some a year early. I was also the only person doing two languages. But Now I'm doing my A-levels and I was shoked to find that you actually have to put in some effort! I'll be starting an Astrophysics Degree in September.
I still don't get this whole AP thing though. Does that mean that if you don't do any of these you can't go to university? As long as I get the required grades I don't need to do anything else. From all the books I've read that have school scenes there was one that had a bit about an AP maths class, but all the stuff was GCSE or As level so I don't get it. Are university courses longer in America or something? Is that why people take them?
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05-10-2005, 03:03 PM | #174 | |
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not all schools have AP
My school is small (less than 500 students Pre-K to 12), and they don't offer AP courses. The closest we have are actual college classes that advanced students can take. My "brother"'s only senior year requirements are Economics and Phys. Ed. Besides that, he took photography, but he only comes in for that. He goes to college classes the rest of the time. I've got credit for a freshman level Government course, and am five weeks from completion of an Economics one. They won't help me for my intended major, but as I'm going to a liberal arts college, it means that they'll be out of the way and I can fill the space with electives.
I am a nerd though. I happily admit it. I'll post for you something that I first heard my Advanced Biology teacher read three or four years ago: Quote:
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05-18-2005, 06:00 PM | #175 |
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According to dictionary.com (of course I chopped it)...
geek ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gk) n. Slang A carnival performer whose show consists of bizarre acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken. ---------------------------- geek n 1: a carnival performer who does disgusting acts 2: a person with an unusual or odd personality [syn: eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball] ---------------------------- I wonder if KFC is hiring at the moment...
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