3rd day of Real High School!!!!

[Prussian to the Iron]

As some of you may know, I took online high schooling from 9th grade up until now. i forgot to start a topic on monday, so I'll start it now.


So, I've now officially started "Real" High School!!! It's ok, I'm just hoping I don't have to start another topic about girls...which oddly isn't the subject of this one (???).


Any advice? I tihnk I finally figured out how you put in your locker combination, so I don't have to come in 10 minutes early to do trial-and-error on it anymore.

apparently one of the girls (gah! I had to!) in 2 of my classes, whom I played rec volleyball with in 9th grade, lives like a minute away, literally at the end of my street. so hopefully I can go out with her, if not there are plenty of wimminz in my other classes.


So excited! I only have one crappy teacher, so that's great. hanging out with 11th graders at lunch, which is pretty cool, and the jackasses I had to deal with in middle school don't even try to bother me. I'm pretty happy/excited, especially that I can socialize with other people.

[Lemur]

I'm sorry if I'm being dense, but which grade are you in?

[Prussian to the Iron]

sorry, 10th.

[Subotan]

Congrats. The novelty wears off quickly though. (Although not when you're studying Politics, Economics, History, German, Maths and Korean Economic Development )

especially that I can socialize with other people.

Philosophy rids you of that, quite quickly. It has to be good philosophy though.

[pevergreen]

girls (gah! I had to!)

Do you think about anything else...wait, stupid question...

You should be a good gamer and just realise that....yeah...

[Aemilius Paulus]

Hmm, perhaps I am getting to personal, but if you are comfortable answering, why did you take online school instead of the regular fare? As I said, do not answer this if you do not wish so.




In other news, I urge you to dual-enrol as soon as possible. University classes are quite hard, but if you go to a local community college instead, the classes may even be easier, but it will look great on your transcript. And you will get real professors, most of whom are very interested in their own topic. Splendid experience, I tell you.

And it is likely to take up much less time too, since you will have significantly less homework and projects to do. You may even have a M-W-T-Th schedule, with no college on Fridays! Well, at least in the Uni I am dual-enrolled, it is so. And the local community college in which I took courses during the summer.

Like I said, go to your counsellor, ask her if you can do this. You can choose to dual-enrol in a Uni, but that will require some serious studying and challenging assignments (esp. English and History). But, you will have the benefit of a liberal schedule, relatively little homework, superb instructors, and you will be a college student - just think of your status among your friends ! If you do not like the challenges/do not have a Uni nearby, you can still go to a community college, for a very similar experience with less hardship, but lower prestige. Still better than High School.

The best thing is that this is all free - yes, and the only requirement is a decent GPA, which is only for the Universities (community college is OK with lower than 3.0 GPAs).


Believe me, going from middle school to high school may seem like immigrating from a Second-World nation to a First-World, OECD power, but going from HS to Uni is closer to going to paradise !! And of course, the girls, if you are interested in that. They seemed to take a real shine on me, a 16-year old in a Uni - while in my HS I am even larger celebrity than before. Trust me, it pays off, mainly when you attend a university though. The community college is still splendid for your future 12th grade college-application time. And most importantly, once you do get accepted into a Uni or a college as a full-fledged student, you find yourself already having tons of credits - which you earned for free, and in an easier environment (if you dual-enrolled in a community college). That helps a great deal, namely when you are not on a full-tuition scholarship.

[Strike For The South]

Will somebody give him the HoF award now? I hate formality.


Just remember high school is allot like prison. Find the biggest guy there and punch him right in the face.

[Cute Wolf]

Will somebody give him the HoF award now? I hate formality.


Just remember high school is allot like prison. Find the biggest guy there and punch him right in the face.

no, just stalk him from the back, and throw rotten eggs secretly.... this one is better if you want to incite brawls without getting involved yourself

[Hooahguy]

tip: despite what others may tell you, TAKE HIGH SCHOOL SERIOUSLY!!!!
people will say, "oh, its not important, its worthless, etc, etc, etc" but i urge you to take challenging classes and push yourself. the fruits of your labor will pay off!
would you rather be in an Ivy League college or the local community college?

[A Very Super Market]

I remember starting high school. An odd experience. One must always be wary for fish out of water scenarios, especially when you exit a fairly sheltered government program into mainstream education, like myself. Thankfully, Canadian high schools are apparently a great deal more tolerant than those of America.

PI, I wish you luck in your endeavours. Strapping, earnest young men like you will undoubtedly catch all the finer women, and shame on those that do not let their minds dwell on you.

[Veho Nex]

tip: despite what others may tell you, TAKE HIGH SCHOOL SERIOUSLY!!!!
people will say, "oh, its not important, its worthless, etc, etc, etc" but i urge you to take challenging classes and push yourself. the fruits of your labor will pay off!
would you rather be in an Ivy League college or the local community college?

Local CC :D

[Hooahguy]

also dont bother with HS girls. too much drama, not worth it. i speak from experience.

[miotas]

would you rather be in an Ivy League college or the local community college?

What's easier?

[Samurai Waki]

EDIT: Nevermind.

Work as hard as possible.

[pevergreen]

What's easier?

TAFE or UNSW?

[miotas]

TAFE or UNSW?

Yeah, I know, it's just that's he's talking as if a college is inferior to a university, when they are simply two educational institutes that teach different things. I'm in TAFE incidentally. Plus he's in the US, so a college will no doubt be the better decision financially.

[Aemilius Paulus]

tip: despite what others may tell you, TAKE HIGH SCHOOL SERIOUSLY!!!!
people will say, "oh, its not important, its worthless, etc, etc, etc" but i urge you to take challenging classes and push yourself. the fruits of your labor will pay off!
would you rather be in an Ivy League college or the local community college?

also dont bother with HS girls. too much drama, not worth it. i speak from experience.

Superb advice. I'd listen to Hooah more often. Especially the second - that one is not obvious like the first. Not to mention, I rarely see a relationship last more than two months, especially in the earlier years of HS.

[naut]

Best of luck PI, have fun.

TAFE or UNSW?

UNSW is a good university if you are looking to become an engineer. Just like how UTS is IT, business and nurse specialised. And USyd is for law or lazy ass arts students. They all have their good areas.

Yeah, I know, it's just that's he's talking as if a college is inferior to a university, when they are simply two educational institutes that teach different things. I'm in TAFE incidentally. Plus he's in the US, so a college will no doubt be the better decision financially.

TAFE is alright. It's got some damn good specialist courses. Like the wine-making one at the Cessnock TAFE.

[Hooahguy]

another word of warning.
dont take so many hard classes you get swamped.

ex: i have a friend who is taking AP world hist, AP stat, honors anatomy and physiology, honors pre-calc, honors jewish studies (its actually a really hard class) honors Brit Lit, advanced hebrew, and is the lead role in the school play.
yea, she gets 3 hours of sleep a night, if that.
dont do that. its dumb.

EDIT: @miotas
its because it looks much better if you go to an Ivy league than if you go to a CC. in todays very competitive work environment, you need the biggest advantage that you can get.

[pevergreen]

Best of luck PI, have fun.




UNSW is a good university if you are looking to become an engineer. Just like how UTS is IT, business and nurse specialised. And USyd is for law or lazy ass arts students. They all have their good areas

I don't know NSW uni's. I just named one.

We don't really have a choice up here. If UQ offers it, you pick UQ. (third best uni in Australia...)

[Subotan]

no, just stalk him from the back, and throw rotten eggs secretly.... this one is better if you want to incite brawls without getting involved yourself

If you want to get back at people, you have to use cunning. For example, I became a schol librarian, partly because this one square headed (Seriously, it was like a box), creationist *******, and his pimply ginger mate were harassing me. I then proceeded to do them a favour and take out a selection of books in their name, and leave them on the shelf. These included "Sexually Transmitted Diseases", "The Bloomsbury Book of Love Poems", "How does Evolution work?" and, best of all, "Square Head". I wasn't in his class when the email telling them to return their books was read out aloud to the class, but apparently everybody was doubled over with laughter.

They stopped after that

also dont bother with HS girls. too much drama, not worth it. i speak from experience.

Especially the second - that one is not obvious like the first. Not to mention, I rarely see a relationship last more than two months, especially in the earlier years of HS.

Listen to these men. LISTEN. Girls are a pain in the ass until university, to follow a general rule, they can manipulate you, they complain all the time because you're not up to their Edward Stupid-vampire-from-Twilight standards, and they suck your wallet dry.

And then they dump you, claiming that they never consider their "feelings".

Luckily, that changes at university (to an extent)

[pevergreen]

Yes and no. Don't rush into them, but don't avoid them.

Mine lasted just under a year. It got crazy in the last few months, but it was a very enjoyable time and gave me experience which will help in the future.

[Beefy187]

yes don't avoid them.
They will take it seriously when you pretend to be gay.

(Its not targeted at you PI. Its about me, posting something semi funny on facebook but not getting a response)

[pevergreen]

yes don't avoid them.
They will take it seriously when you pretend to be gay.

(Its not targeted at you PI. Its about me, posting something semi funny on facebook but not getting a response)

It was scary when people believed we were dating.

[CountArach]

Yeah, I know, it's just that's he's talking as if a college is inferior to a university, when they are simply two educational institutes that teach different things. I'm in TAFE incidentally. Plus he's in the US, so a college will no doubt be the better decision financially.

You have my deepest condolences.

UNSW is a good university if you are looking to become an engineer. Just like how UTS is IT, business and nurse specialised. And USyd is for law or lazy ass arts students. They all have their good areas.

I'd write some sort of scathing response, but I really can't be bothered right now.

[Subotan]

Yes and no. Don't rush into them, but don't avoid them.

Mine lasted just under a year. It got crazy in the last few months, but it was a very enjoyable time and gave me experience which will help in the future.

I'm bitter, so what?

[Beefy187]

It was scary when people believed we were dating.

Did they? No one posted anything so I was just assuming.

[naut]

Pop back in to say. Seriously have fun. High school is one of the last times when you can have safe fun. Ignore some of the stuff earlier posters have said about the ladies. If you haven't had a relationship and a break-up, or been in a fight, or worked your ass off for your team-mates in a sport then how can you truly know who the hell you actually are? Seriously, if you go through High School only thinking about your grades and study, etc you'll miss out on everything fun. It'll end up like riding a bike, but constantly applying the brakes.

So, have a relationship(s) for a year or a day, have a break-up, get in a fight (I didn't say start one, in fact don't start one), do something unexpected, embarrass yourself in front of your classmates, form a band, break-up said band, join a sport team or an after-school activity, work for a charity, get disciplined personally, have adventures trivial or profound. Your mind is still malleable and fresh, let it experience as much as you possibly can. How can you possibly know about yourself if you haven't tried as much as you can. And at the least doing as much as you can will build character.

Enjoy.

[Subotan]

Oh, I didn't say don't start fights. I got into loads of fights at school. Broke a guy's tooth in half once, and knocked another unconscious

[Raz]

tip: despite what others may tell you, TAKE HIGH SCHOOL SERIOUSLY!!!!
people will say, "oh, its not important, its worthless, etc, etc, etc" but i urge you to take challenging classes and push yourself. the fruits of your labor will pay off!
would you rather be in an Ivy League college or the local community college?

Urrgh. If you push yourself too hard, you'll burn yourself out and find yourself way, way in over your head when crunch time comes around.
In the exam room: "Huh, what's this? Just what is all this!? I don't remember STUDYING CALCULUS!! GAH!!!"
It's best you go at your own pace and only focus on the subjects that you'll be needing to do to get what you want. Anyway, I heartily concur with Rythmic here:

So, have a relationship(s) for a year or a day, have a break-up, get in a fight (I didn't say start one, in fact don't start one), do something unexpected, embarrass yourself in front of your classmates, form a band, break-up said band, join a sport team or an after-school activity, work for a charity, get disciplined personally, have adventures trivial or profound. Your mind is still malleable and fresh, let it experience as much as you possibly can. How can you possibly know about yourself if you haven't tried as much as you can. And at the least doing as much as you can will build character.

PS: I guess you don't actually have to take any of this advice, it's as if we're telling you how to live life. If you take anything in from this thread, I hope you remember, to simply go at your own pace.

Really.