Sigh, School.
Blegh.
First day of school.
I hate school.
Now I can't spend every other moment on the Cellar, I'll only be here at night (night here, I get up at like eleven PM), and, like now, during free period.
Tell us a little about your life, Ibram. Do you have many friends locally? I lived abroad for a year in high school, and outside of my siblings, never really made any friends. It's really hard in a foreign country. I would have loved the Cellar back in those days. I read a lot.
Do you see many Americans your age?
Yeah. We know you're darn well versed in musical subjects (pretty mature tastes for a youngster, I say), but we don't really know much about you outside of the whole androgeny thing.
What is a day in Ibram's life like over there on the other side of the globe?
do the PE classes offer Kung Fu?
Androgyny thing? The things I miss...
High school wasn't a complete drag for me, except for the math classes -- meet the minimums for college admission and get out of it! High school chemistry and high school physics were not easy, but were very rewarding. Nowadays, though, I'd need a fair slug of remedial algebra to calculate an orbit.
I hated high school, in every way. The system is not setup to allow intelligent and curious students to excell - the sheer volume of busy work and menial assignments are well designed to crush the soul.
A lot of that changes in College. For one thing, you get to have more say in what subjects you want to pursue. Also, the amount of "make-work" stuff goes way down. You're graded based on content-driven papers, and exams. Mental horsepower starts to become an advantage instead of just making you frustrated and bored.
If you decide to go into graduate work, the change is even more extreme. You focus down on one very specific area, and you find yourself in a community of people who are just as focused on learning, curiosity, and content as you are.
I love grad school...best decision I've ever made, next to dating April.
I hated high school when I attended, but looking back now, it wasn't so bad. I learned a lot and met some cool people. I think I felt better about HS after I attended my 10 year reunion in '04. I was in the same place or better than most folks, plus I can't harbor resentment like I used to.
College was cool...learned more shit and met more cool people. I liked living on campus; being a commuter wasn't so great, though.
Grad school is awesome...I'm almost halfway done. Not so many new people to meet (only 13 in my group), but the amount of learning I've done is just stoopid...hard to remember it all.
I want to get my Ph.D. next year, but April won't let me. She wants to get married and buy a house. Her priorities are obviously fucked up. ;)
*yearns for a forum not dominated by high-school kids.*
ah well, maybe it's time I got a life....
Dominated?
Look at the members list, who posts the most, and their profiles. Very very few high school kids here.
Ibram is the first one I can recall who has fit in at all.
'scuse me....
as a grumpy old man I exercise the right to be grumpy and furthermore my status as a GOM excuses me from dealing with facts.
Yep. I'm with sm/syc. High School < College < Grad School. Just survive High School don't let it get to you then do something you find relevant.
Being only one year out of highschool I still haven't gotten over most of the resentment, glad to hear it fades though. I envy you Ibram, I've heard such great stuff about the highschools in Taiwan (ok, from Taiwanese friends so maybe not such an unbiased reference) it's gotta be better than what we make do with here. What are your classes like?
GOM excuses me from dealing with facts.
What's a GOM? And, just how old are you?
ah, brianna,
*sighs* Deep down, I knew this was a read only board....
GOM = grumpy old man..
i was born in 1950 - the maths is down to you.
Hey! Taiwan! But I hear that it's pretty competitive over there getting into a good university baaaah.
Hang on dude! School will be over before you know it ^_^
*yearns for a forum not dominated by high-school kids.*
ah well, maybe it's time I got a life....
Put on the tight black leather and pick up the bullwhip. We'll dominate the place like O'Reilly dominates cable news...
...Yeah, I can imagine Bill O'Reilly in black leather: "The spin stops
here, worm!" *Crack!*
yearns for a forum not dominated by high-school kids
This is it. The "High School Kids", we do have, comport themselves as well, or better, than most members.
We'll dominate the place like O'Reilly dominates cable news...
Yeah, be a legend in your own mind, just like O'Reilly. :rolleyes:
High school's not all terrible. I met some of my best friends there, enjoyed subjects taught by two of my favorite teachers, and developed a sense of who I would be later on. However, now that I'm in college, I'm discovering just how much better it is than high school ever was. I actually really enjoy the learning part of school, also, so I'm ready and waiting for classes to resume on the 28th.
Just don't jump me when I come back and complain about the stupidness of class after only a week of school. It's inevitable.
Oh, what the hell...
<flogs Bruce>
<then brushes Bruce's teeth with Tom of Finland toothpaste>
In your dreams, monkey boy.:p
Ibram, you seem like a sharp enough kid. can't you home school yourself?
Nah, he's Alabama dreamin'. ;)
If I had the choice, I would do just that.
Yeah, and if I had the choice, I'd own every guitar in the universe.
If I had the choice, I would do just that.
Yeah, and if I had the choice, I'd own every guitar in the universe.
Door: "knock knock knock!"
Ibram: "Yes? What is it?"
Friend: "Hey, Yeah, umm Ibby..."
Ibram: "Yes? What is it?"
Friend: "Yeah, I was just, like, wondering if, like, maybe I could borrow a guitar from you today, cause, like, I was gonna jam with some guys..."
It might suck to own
every guitar in the universe. But then, maybe not:
Ibram: "Listen, just go to my shop, like everyone else, and rent one. K? Bye."
*yearns for a forum not dominated by high-school kids.*
Some here seem like high school kids, but they are mostly adults. Or perhaps I should qualify that as 'people over the age of 18.'
In your dreams, monkey boy.:p
Leather dreams. Maybe I'll dream up Bill O'Reilly flogging you too. :D
Remember the Monkey Boys won out against the Red Lectroids.
More proof you live in fantasyland. :eyebrow:
Oh yay, my first real taste of responsibility this year today.
I've assumed control of the Gay-Straight Alliance here at TAS (partly cause i'm one of two openly queer people at the school (and the other is the VP) but mostly cause I helped set it up and David moved, leaving power in my hands), and the Club Fair is afterschool today. Reb (my band's guitarist / the VP of the club) has the banner to put up by the table, and i've printed out a couple pages of info on the group to put up. Yippie for actually having to do shit...
I'm also considering joining the school's Model United Nations, but I dunno if I wanna bother. It could be fun, but it could be immensely boring.
Hm, that wasnt so bad.. the Rocker's Union convinced me to play for them (they were running a stage out by the snack bar), so i went and played/sang American Pie, Hotel California, and Wish You Were Here.
Oh dude, you are here at TAS? I thought you had come and gone somewhere else ... at least it sounded like such.
what are you doing here anyway? When my parents decided to move back, I talked to some folks about TAS, Morrison (right?) ... but I got into a couple NJ schools and figured that was the easiest option.
way cool.
I'm here cause my dad dragged me. Not really my choice. At all.
Hm, that wasnt so bad.. the Rocker's Union convinced me to play for them (they were running a stage out by the snack bar), so i went and played/sang [COLOR="red"]American Pie[/COLOR], Hotel California, and Wish You Were Here.
Be very careful with that nonsense. :)
One of the most depressing times in my life was the first June after college. I realized that I wouldn't get a summer vacation anymore, and I would be working 50 weeks a year for the next 45 years or so...:sniff: I drank heavily
Actually first summer after college was great for me ... my friends all came home and we fucked around a ton. It was the next summer that sucked - everyone hated working so much that they applied for grad/law school. Granted, can't exactly cruise in law school like it's possible in college, but there's just something so attractive about that "student" status.
I bet you still drink heavily. How many more years of working to go?
For me? not so many....
as for student status.... a couple of the Wicked StepDaughter's uni cronies are into that - go back for the PHD, then the masters.....
Over here, they're known as 'Professional Students'
They've all got rich parents, though..... funny that.....
Actually first summer after college was great for me ... my friends all came home and we fucked around a ton. It was the next summer that sucked - everyone hated working so much that they applied for grad/law school. ...
I bet you still drink heavily. How many more years of working to go?
That was the June I was talking about. I had worked a whole year, got to June, and ...... keep working! Fuck!:mad:
The way Social Security is going, I'll probably have to work until I'm 75 - 28 years to go. :sniff:
Drinking cut down when the kids came along. Gotta be responsible, you know.