Random Insanity Alliance Forum, Mark V

Cactuar Zone => Random lnsanity => Topic started by: Fortress on December 10, 2007, 09:01:46 am

Title: Akkcck.
Post by: Fortress on December 10, 2007, 09:01:46 am: I may have very well failed my differential equations final. A math final. How the hell do you fail a math final.

Life sucks.

I have a physics final in 2.5 hours, and a calc final in 3.5 days.

I hope my parents don't kill me.

Maybe I should take a nap.
Title: Akkcck.
Post by: Commisar Gaunt on December 10, 2007, 09:30:29 am: I'm sure it's easy to fail a math final.

PLUS

It's not the end of the world, though you think it is. College is a learning experience, and as long as you learned something, then good job. Screw grades, screw evaluations: as long as you get something out of the experience and have the knowledge what to do with your life, then you'll be ok.

(I'm not saying grades aren't important though, oftentimes they end up reflecting on what you did take with you anyways. Plus you don't want to flunk out of college.)
Title: Akkcck.
Post by: Kaiser on December 10, 2007, 01:40:49 pm: I've failed every math test I've taken this year. Though I am only in grade 11. On one test I got 14%...>_>
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Post by: Fortress on December 10, 2007, 01:49:11 pm: Err, Kaiser, I'm not sure if I should feel consoled or sorry, but I hope you (as well as I) do better on your next math tests!

And yeah, you're right Commisar, but I still wish that I had done better than that. Math is actually one of the things that I can claim to be proficient at, so it's kind of depressing to me if I don't do well in it.

On a side note, I found out that I could have had 50% higher on that exam if I remembered to use the damned method of variation of parameters on just TWO questions. Confound it!
Title: Akkcck.
Post by: Kaiser on December 10, 2007, 01:52:42 pm: No need to feel anything just a random bit of trivia that I felt like throwing out there.
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Post by: Untelligent on December 10, 2007, 05:01:51 pm: I think I've aced every math test I've had for the last 9-10 years. O_o
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Post by: Ganon5 on December 10, 2007, 05:11:06 pm: I was sitting on a 50% (exactly) average before my recent maths exam and I think I failed it too . But hey, there's always next year...
Title: Akkcck.
Post by: Fortress on December 11, 2007, 06:33:38 pm: Hahaha... next year... lawl.
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Post by: Crunka on December 11, 2007, 08:50:38 pm: fuck, i gotta take an assessment test on math/engrish/something else.
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Post by: Kaiser on December 11, 2007, 10:24:01 pm: Well if you still think its called "Engrish" I don't think you're going to pass.
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Post by: eliminat on December 11, 2007, 10:31:24 pm: Math I was good at.
Calculus is a whole other beast and is a horrible horrible subject.....
Title: Akkcck.
Post by: Emperor Whimsical on December 11, 2007, 10:35:49 pm: I got Finals on Tuesday.
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Post by: Fortress on December 12, 2007, 03:22:32 pm: Dang. One more calc final tomorrow!
Title: Akkcck.
Post by: Commisar Gaunt on December 12, 2007, 04:19:03 pm: Well, I got A's in all of my finals, except for psych, which I got a C in.

That means I don't get credit for the class.

Oh well. 3 1/2 years of college left to make up for that mistake X_X
Title: Akkcck.
Post by: Grand Poobah Marx on December 12, 2007, 05:11:37 pm: Quote from: Fortress
hysics final in 2.5 hours, and a calc final in 3.5 days.

Study?
Title: Akkcck.
Post by: Suini on December 12, 2007, 06:20:07 pm: Quote from: Grand Poobah Marx
Quote from: Fortress
hysics final in 2.5 hours, and a calc final in 3.5 days.

Study?

Studying is for the weak....

or maybe its the fact that i do IR/business and well, its all so fuckin simply LOL......but damn i'm glad i decided not to do anything with actual math/science involved..... one of the best decisions of my life.
Title: Akkcck.
Post by: Mr_Cynic on December 12, 2007, 07:30:14 pm: To the study suggestion, I say what I always do: Pft, studying. Actually, I only say that about language quizes.
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Post by: Fortress on December 13, 2007, 12:02:10 am: Actually, I need to cram 5 chapters of calc because I haven't been to class lately... for the past 3 months. >_> lawl next semester hopefully this won't occur again.
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Post by: Crunka on December 15, 2007, 02:55:34 am: i usually don't study for my tests and just try and wing it. even speeches.

i find that improvisation will help you out a lot more in the end. i mean, when you talk to people, you're not going to have time to study/write a speech.
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Post by: Joker on December 15, 2007, 08:51:23 am: I've found winging it on speeches actually ISN'T a good idea. It's really not like just talking to people at all because you're getting up in front of a large group of people who won't be talking back most of the time, you have to cite your sources, present it in an organized fashion, and cut all the crap from your daily speaking out that doesn't fit in with more formal speaking styles.

So, you don't need to memorize the whole damn speech or anything, but you DO need an outline with you when you go up to speak, preferably with some notes on it, and a good idea of what you want to say beforehand. Some people can get away with making up their speech on the fly, but for most people trying it is probably going to result in them crashing and burning, hard.