Guest Posted June 3, 2015 Posted June 3, 2015 (edited) I'm 7 months older than Brandon I believe! Which makes me anxious as I hope I'm still around for the end of SA! It also makes me unusual for the forum demographic: female, forty and with children of my own. *waves to the other parents* Hi For the longest time, I thought I was the only one with kids around here I guess it makes two us, unusual female readers, though I am still in my thirties. Over here, my oldest is starting school next fall. She can't wait to learn how to read.. Poor thing. I have not told her yet they don't teach reading in kindergarden I almost became one of those adults that never read. Most of the required reading in High School bored me to tears. While Anne of Green Gables (for example) might be an excellent work, I don't find it interesting. Forcing someone to read something they don't like is not the way to foster a love of reading. We homeschool and my wife makes our kids read for at least a half-hour per day (in addition to school work) any thing they want. That gets them into reading something they like. Well.... Ann of Green Cables is an amazing books... for teenage girls... I can see why a teenage boy would not like it Also 40 and with kids. *Waves back to Mrs. K.* Hi parents I am in the older (not old, older) crowd along with Kaymyth, maxal, navybrandt (?), Mrs. K and Fedcomic. 34 solid years on this earth. Also, when I read it in high school, I actually liked The Stranger. Pfff we are not old.. At work, I am still considered young 30 is the new 20 and 40 is the new 25 Besides, I would NEVER go back to 10 years ago. Gee. No. Niet. Nada. Life is much better now Edited June 3, 2015 by maxal
Kestrel she/her Posted June 3, 2015 Posted June 3, 2015 Does taking college classes while still technically in high school count? Because that's what I'm doing next year.
dayman Posted June 3, 2015 Posted June 3, 2015 (edited) 10+ years of pretty much nonstop "college" for me, now at nights, but still 6 hours a week. Edited June 3, 2015 by dayman
navybrandt he/him Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 I am in the older (not old, older) crowd along with Kaymyth, maxal, navybrandt (?), Mrs. K and Fedcomic. 34 solid years on this earth. Also, when I read it in high school, I actually liked The Stranger. 40 with 4 kids - two of them adults, *Waves back at the "old wise people."
Moonskin she/her Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Does working in a College count as "being in college" ? No? then my fortysomething and I have to join the not so "wise people" 1
acatnamedkaren she/her Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 I will be in 10th grade next year. (Not as genius as the people in this post, if anyone wants to know.)
navybrandt he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 I will be in 10th grade next year. (Not as genius as the people in this post, if anyone wants to know.) Don't let anyone tell you you're not smart. There is something you can do better than Einstein - you just have to find it. 4
natc Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 I swear Einstein actually never attended his university maths lectures anyway.
Kestrel she/her Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Tenth grade sounds fun.brb while I go die of laughterHigh school, in general, is nothing to look forward to. Enjoy middle school while you can. Because its easy. 1
natc Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Depending on the school senior year can be really lax or a nightmare. The other years are generally hell though.
Kestrel she/her Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 I've heard that too. I'm actually looking forward to senior year but because I'll probably be taking all AP/college classes I'll probably eat my words later. 1
natc Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Due to my high school's policy on study hall in senior year we were actually allowed to do whatever and even up and go home if we had no class during a point in time (though if we were still here we gotta stick to the school rules). I skipped an entire day each week on my last semester, and when I'm not in class there's usually someone trying to play cards or board games somewhere because we were all bored and a teacher actually kept his collection on a shelf for loan. That probably doesn't normally happen. And AP/college classes require full attention or you will likely be screwed. Though what most schools do once AP exams end I have no idea. We had documentary videos to go through. I'm also pretty sure normal AP Biology lab demonstrations don't involve the spontaneous combustion of Australian gummy bears. But I don't know for sure. 1
Unknowingly he/him Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 When i first Joined this site i was 14 (8th Grade in South Africa) But now I am 18 and about to Matriculate(Graduate) I Should actually be studying now, but whatever 1
acatnamedkaren she/her Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 brb while I go die of laughter High school, in general, is nothing to look forward to. Enjoy middle school while you can. Because its easy. True. Although classes (at least for me) are easy, but its nothing to look forward to. And yes I am scared of 10th grade.
sun tzaro Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) I almost became one of those adults that never read. Most of the required reading in High School bored me to tears. While Anne of Green Gables (for example) might be an excellent work, I don't find it interesting. Forcing someone to read something they don't like is not the way to foster a love of reading. We homeschool and my wife makes our kids read for at least a half-hour per day (in addition to school work) any thing they want. That gets them into reading something they like. The problem is that schools don't assign the interesting classics. They need more authors like Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky writes exciting novels like Crime and Punishment (axe murder) and The Brothers Karamazov (love triangles and murder)... there are so many great classics out there, and in high school they just feed kids the boring ones and, unsurprisingly, kids sparknote all of them. And classics certainly are important. There's nothing quite like reading a book written a hundred years ago in a different country and a different culture and realizing how human nature doesn't change. Heck, classic authors have written fun things too. I picked up a Steinbeck anthology a year or two back and read In Dubious Battle, where a rather violent revolt is staged on an apple farm. It was like reading a thriller. Edited June 11, 2015 by sun tzaro
Amrynn he/him Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Highschool age here, though I started in 8th grade.
Guest Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 It is not. I am just laughing at this. (Emphasis mine) Not to minimize your pain, but high school is WORLDS harder than middle school. I wish I was in middle school still.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) Pretty much everything is difficult while you're in the middle of it, socially and academically speaking. While I was in middle school, the classes were difficult and navigating social situations was worse, because the schoolwork was at my level and all of my classmates were just as awkward as I was. Looking back, I see the schoolwork as easy; I'll look at a situation that I handled poorly and see a dozen ways I could've handled it better. The simple reason? I've matured. It's like finishing a video game and going back to play the first few levels: It was difficult for you at the time, but it helped you acquire skills that you used for much harder levels, so on the replay it seems simple. Edited October 6, 2015 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles 2
RippleGylf she/her Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 I'm currently a high schooler, but looking to go to college in a couple years. But Winter, you're in middle school? And you can find the time to run a SE game?
Guest Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Eventually, you will all look back at High School and think of how easy it was... You won't fathom why you once struggled so much with a given lesson as it will now appear to you as trivial. The hardest school level usually is the one you usually are doing because it is new.Some 18 years out of Secondary school (no High School here), I can fairly attest my Engineering degree was by far a thousand times harder than anything High School pushed through me, but 17 years old me may have disagreed with a few key points. The easiest school level, meaning the one I roamed through the most easily, was Cegep, ie the two years we have here in between Secondary school and University (typically from 17 to 19 years of age). Academic wise, it sure was harder than High School, but my capacity of comprehension with respect to the required work was greater which meant I had an overall easier time. I literally thrive through those levels as well to happy be finally be outside the "kids" school, so there's that as well. This being said, if I were to redo my engineering degree, now, I'd likely think it a piece of cake
Delightful Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Pretty much everything is difficult while you're in the middle of it, socially and academically speaking. While I was in middle school, the classes were difficult and navigating social situations was worse, because the schoolwork was at my level and all of my classmates were just as awkward as I was. Looking back, I see the schoolwork as easy; I'll look at a situation that I handled poorly and see a dozen ways I could've handled it better. The simple reason? I've matured. It's like finishing a video game and going back to play the first few levels: It was difficult for you at the time, but it helped you acquire skills that you used for much harder levels, so on the replay it seems simple.Upvote for an aeronautical simile. I meant awesome. Is that an autocorrect win? 2
Jondesu he/him Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 This should have a poll (maybe I'll make a related one). I'm 30 and long out of college myself. It seems I'm in the minority there, which makes me feel old, though I'm definitely not the oldest on the site obviously. jW
Guest Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 This should have a poll (maybe I'll make a related one). I'm 30 and long out of college myself. It seems I'm in the minority there, which makes me feel old, though I'm definitely not the oldest on the site obviously. jW I think they are quite a few older people who just don't answer to general survey about their personal life. Many simply won't venture into the General Discussion topic. Others may have gone quiet as the discussion has dimmed down recently. I also have this weird theory older (I hate word old, I certainly don't feel old) people have a different relationship with Internet than the younger ones due to the fact they didn't grow up with it.
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