Education Comes First.
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i've been lucky so far, i have this insanely annoying (for my friends ;p) ability of studying a tenth of what they do, and still surpass them in exams (after a full 2 hours of gaming the night before ;p) my parents are still reeling to discover just how much time i spent playing and procrastinating last year when i was supposed to be studying for my GCE AS-levels (those would be the equivalent of one step higher than your SATs, somewhere nearer to AP courses, it's mostly freshman university level stuff) and i still aced those, but then again i'm just lucky..
time planning is essential, i'm sure i could've done better (and slept a lot more ;p) had i used my time efficiently.
all in all, manage your time well, and you'll be able to both study and ace everything and game as much as you want to!
time planning is essential, i'm sure i could've done better (and slept a lot more ;p) had i used my time efficiently.
all in all, manage your time well, and you'll be able to both study and ace everything and game as much as you want to!
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School is fer yellabellies
lol just kidding
lol just kidding
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Haha, I usually stay away from that stuff, I think it's ridiculous at this age. A few of my friends have gone the "girlfriend" way and they're not stupid kids but they don't get amazing grades.
I try very hard to get good grades and want to get 100s on everything. I of course can't do that, everyone makes mistakes and overlooks things but I seem to be on a whole new level with that. I seem to make incredibly stupid mistakes that bring my grades down. However, the worst report card that I've gotten had 3 B's rest A's.
I completely forgot what I was going to say...
Oh yeah! The grades aren't the biggest issue for me, the reason I complain a lot about school. Teachers, kids, and rules make the place hell for me. I can't do what I want and while I've always had that to a certain extent I haven't had my life so controlled by someone else. It is incredibly frustrating that I can't have lunch at 11, I have to have it at 12:30. Teachers just abuse their power and one of them is biased against me because I'm a democrat! I have to suck up to her every day just to get a decent grade in her class. And some of the teachers just aren't meant to teach which is ridiculous. And I know that the system gives them boundaries that aren't fair but still, I have on teacher that still is an amazing teacher but still plays by the rules. Last but not least, Kids. I can see that they do not know how to cope with the system so they one of a couple of things. One, some of them act out and get in trouble all the time. Two, they give up on school and don't care about what grades they get. Three, they turn into self-described "happy, emo, gangsters." I still have not deciphered what this means because I find like 3 contradictions just in the title, let alone the people.
The point is, the public school system, to me at least, seems broken. Not beyond repair, but it will take decades to repair the damage that the system has done to the people, and education. But I do not pretend to know everything, so maybe this is the best it's gonna get in years, but I don't believe that.
Anyway, I should probably stop because I could write 300 pages on the subject and I bet you guys don't want to read all that.
Thanks for reading all of that.
I try very hard to get good grades and want to get 100s on everything. I of course can't do that, everyone makes mistakes and overlooks things but I seem to be on a whole new level with that. I seem to make incredibly stupid mistakes that bring my grades down. However, the worst report card that I've gotten had 3 B's rest A's.
I completely forgot what I was going to say...
Oh yeah! The grades aren't the biggest issue for me, the reason I complain a lot about school. Teachers, kids, and rules make the place hell for me. I can't do what I want and while I've always had that to a certain extent I haven't had my life so controlled by someone else. It is incredibly frustrating that I can't have lunch at 11, I have to have it at 12:30. Teachers just abuse their power and one of them is biased against me because I'm a democrat! I have to suck up to her every day just to get a decent grade in her class. And some of the teachers just aren't meant to teach which is ridiculous. And I know that the system gives them boundaries that aren't fair but still, I have on teacher that still is an amazing teacher but still plays by the rules. Last but not least, Kids. I can see that they do not know how to cope with the system so they one of a couple of things. One, some of them act out and get in trouble all the time. Two, they give up on school and don't care about what grades they get. Three, they turn into self-described "happy, emo, gangsters." I still have not deciphered what this means because I find like 3 contradictions just in the title, let alone the people.
The point is, the public school system, to me at least, seems broken. Not beyond repair, but it will take decades to repair the damage that the system has done to the people, and education. But I do not pretend to know everything, so maybe this is the best it's gonna get in years, but I don't believe that.
Anyway, I should probably stop because I could write 300 pages on the subject and I bet you guys don't want to read all that.
Thanks for reading all of that.
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Totally agree. I heard that life just gets harder after high school... and it's true. But if you handle it correctly, it's far more rewarding too.
I've had a blast during my last 4 years in college. It's been far better than high school ever was or could be.
Lafinass said:
I actually can get away with not doing homework at all, yet I still maintain B+ and mostly A+
I find it quite easy to play video games and do school work though. Quake 3 lans in keyboarding are awesome and I should really stay on topic..
Anyways, like Beta said, don't bother posting about your real life issues (this also involves tiddy's thread) especially when it comes to academics. It shows that you can't handle the maturity, because believe it or not, when playing games you need to be able to put them down and step up like a grown man [or woman] and take on what life throws at you. If you are so damn concerned about your grades, don't take time to post here, because quite frankly, you could be putting your time to better use anyways.
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Thank god for this thread some people on the threads are unbelievable, people actually cheering the kid who is failing on to keep playing eGO more than school it's just baffling.
