What I did in Math today

[Ballistics]

You have the world by the balls like so many young people who laugh at life and in spite of it. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, this world is yours for the taking. Take what you want from it, you have no fear and that in and of itself is golden.

Yeah... because that's what pays the bills, laughs and giggles. Why aren't so many more teenagers successful? You want to sugar coat reality? Go for it. But hard work and perseverance is what prevails. Not a free spirit. And if you think telling someone to get a degree is bad advice, what do you call your overly vague and cliche' "You can do whatever you want to do if you put your mind to it" philosophy?

 

[GeorgieGirl]

Junior, I have raised two successful children. I don't think you have an ounce of where-with-all to suggest to me that I am incapable of giving evaluative and supportive advice to others simply because it is contrary to your limited and tiny scope of the world or beliefs. I wish you much successs as well, but with your ****ty and jealous outlook on life, I don't think you'll go as far as the (creative) risk takers that you seem inclined to want to hold back.

If you think for one second that you can't acheive what you put your mind to then you surely don't know a thing about determination and ought to be schooled about human nature.

 

[Kerbouchard]

Junior, I have raised two successful children. I don't think you have an ounce of where-with-all to suggest to me that I am incapable of giving evaluative and supportive advice to others simply because it is contrary to your limited and tiny scope of the world or beliefs. I wish you much success as well, but with your ****ty and jealous outlook on life, I don't think you'll go as far as the (creative) risk takers that you seem inclined to want to hold back.

If you think for one second that you can't achieve what you put your mind to then you surely don't know a thing about determination and ought to be schooled about human nature.

I realize your response wasn't directed towards me, but I'll offer my .02, anyway.

Determination without knowledge will not equal success. Heck, you can be determined all you want, but if someone is not willing to work to learn everything they can to better themselves, they won't get anywhere.

This thread is about a high school kid who is struggling in math who decided to blow off a math class to let somebody draw things on their hands. I don't know what world you live in, but I don't exactly see that as a recipe to success. Honestly, to me, it shows a lack of work ethic, a can't give a crap attitude, and an excuse driven personality. The fact that the OP is having trouble understanding the subject and thinks the solution is to blow off his classes and have people draw on his hand makes me think he probably won't be among the most productive members of society. At least not with his current attitude and work ethic. Hopefully, he proves me wrong.

Just my .02.

 

[GeorgieGirl]

Let me see if I can address this thought by thought....

Junior, I have raised two successful children. I don't think you have an ounce of where-with-all to suggest to me that I am incapable of giving evaluative and supportive advice to others simply because it is contrary to your limited and tiny scope of the world or beliefs. I wish you much success as well, but with your ****ty and jealous outlook on life, I don't think you'll go as far as the (creative) risk takers that you seem inclined to want to hold back.

If you think for one second that you can't achieve what you put your mind to then you surely don't know a thing about determination and ought to be schooled about human nature.

I realize your response wasn't directed towards me, but I'll offer my .02, anyway. The repose def was not directed toward you.

Determination without knowledge will not equal success. Heck, you can be determined all you want, but if someone is not willing to work to learn everything they can to better themselves, they won't get anywhere. Determination is not based on a lifetime of ongoing achievements. Determination can simply be based on a single project or planned event.

This thread is about a high school kid who is struggling in math who decided to blow off a math class to let somebody draw things on their hands. I don't know what world you live in, but I don't exactly see that as a recipe to success. Honestly, to me, it shows a lack of work ethic, a can't give a crap attitude, and an excuse driven personality. The fact that the OP is having trouble understanding the subject and thinks the solution is to blow off his classes and have people draw on his hand makes me think he probably won't be among the most productive members of society. At least not with his current attitude and work ethic. Hopefully, he proves me wrong. I don't know why a struggle in math is the idea, perhaps I didn't read thorugh it fully, perhaps it really doesn't matter, but IMHO the photo that was illustrative of details on that were well thought out, well placed, well described and were so overall encompassing with creativity and detail and insight that they can't be explained away with a poo-poo dismssive attitude. They are examples of creative genius. I don't think that Tevo is an example of an ADD or ADHD student, or one of a give a crap attitude and certainly not of a low level contributor of society.

Just my .02.

Let me ask you a question...

Is it a Car Wash, or is it a Bubble Bath?

Is it an Epiglottis or is it an Hangie-Ball?

Does Cinderella have Yellow hair or is it Blonde?

 

[JMBriggs]

You should have drawn in a camera! <3 Next doodle I get dibs on the pinky finger! Don't forget!!!

 

[Kerbouchard]

Let me see if I can address this thought by thought....

Junior, I have raised two successful children. I don't think you have an ounce of where-with-all to suggest to me that I am incapable of giving evaluative and supportive advice to others simply because it is contrary to your limited and tiny scope of the world or beliefs. I wish you much success as well, but with your ****ty and jealous outlook on life, I don't think you'll go as far as the (creative) risk takers that you seem inclined to want to hold back.

If you think for one second that you can't achieve what you put your mind to then you surely don't know a thing about determination and ought to be schooled about human nature.

I realize your response wasn't directed towards me, but I'll offer my .02, anyway. The repose def was not directed toward you.

Determination without knowledge will not equal success. Heck, you can be determined all you want, but if someone is not willing to work to learn everything they can to better themselves, they won't get anywhere. Determination is not based on a lifetime of ongoing achievements. Determination can simply be based on a single project or planned event.

This thread is about a high school kid who is struggling in math who decided to blow off a math class to let somebody draw things on their hands. I don't know what world you live in, but I don't exactly see that as a recipe to success. Honestly, to me, it shows a lack of work ethic, a can't give a crap attitude, and an excuse driven personality. The fact that the OP is having trouble understanding the subject and thinks the solution is to blow off his classes and have people draw on his hand makes me think he probably won't be among the most productive members of society. At least not with his current attitude and work ethic. Hopefully, he proves me wrong. I don't know why a struggle in math is the idea, perhaps I didn't read thorugh it fully, perhaps it really doesn't matter, but IMHO the photo that was illustrative of details on that were well thought out, well placed, well described and were so overall encompassing with creativity and detail and insight that they can't be explained away with a poo-poo dismssive attitude. They are examples of creative genius. I don't think that Tevo is an example of an ADD or ADHD student, or one of a give a crap attitude and certainly not of a low level contributor of society.

Just my .02.

Let me ask you a question...

Is it a Car Wash, or is it a Bubble Bath?

Is it an Epiglottis or is it an Hangie-Ball?

Does Cinderella have Yellow hair or is it Blonde?

I won't even pretend that I think anything you said makes sense.

The attitude the OP is getting comes from the fact that he is a highschool kid, who is bad at math, and decided to blow off a math class so he could have somebody write names on his hand. :study: Not exactly the best way to get better at math.

Plus, he didn't even put my name on his hand. :er:

 

[tevo]

uh...how did Einstein do in school?

Just sayin'

Smart to study hard and cover all bases but strong will and determination will always put you where you need to be.

School is fine for those that learn from it but isn't a requirement to be smart. Contrary, some people are too smart for school.

Exactly! I am no Einstein, but really the things I learn in school on a day to day basis dont generally apply to my day to day life, its more of a "do this so you can go to college" type of thing.

Exactly! I have just found that I do not have a math brain. Plain and simple. There have been tutors, countless hours outside of class, and very little result. What can you do? I am taking a beginning photography class at my school, just because I know that I WILL learn something. I 100% agree with you in saying i should take advantage of every learning opportunity. I do as much as I can with photography, because I want that to be my career. And I am in no way saying that a degree isn't important - it is. But it really comes down to the experience/application, imo.

Not sure if you have written it off completely, but there is a free resource that just might help you out. Saw it on facebook a few weeks ago and have actually watched quite a few of the videos on things I was interested in or wanted to brush up on. It's structured where you can basically go back to where you are having difficulty and progress from there instead of assuming you have some prerequisite knowledge.

Again, not sure if you have written math off completely, or not, but if you havn't, check out Khan Academy

Tutorials on everything from English to Math to Computer Science to Economics. IMO, one of the best links on the internet.

You would be the third person to tell me to check this out. I really need to take a look at it ! Thanks

This is my point - I put a huge amount of time into practicing my photography, conferring with professionals, spending way too much of my life on this forum, etc. I have been told by many wise people that experience looks better on a resume then having a basic college degree.

And, IMO, that is true, both from a hiring manager perspective and someone who has been on interviews.

Yeah, if myths were true. My resume' consists of military training in aviation structures, hydraulics, hazmat,law enforcement, supply, logistics, fiber optics, certified fitness instructor, (thats all I can think of off the top of my head); I have documented experience in all of these areas, but the paper matters, just because diplomas and certs are common, doesn't make them unnecessary. All I heard was, "Oh your prior military? You'll get a job fast." Yeah? Where? Mcdonalds? Because going to work for Boeing without an A&P (even though I have 5 years experience) is impossible. Experience is great, but everyone requires some sort of paper.

You sir, are a boss. Go get a job ^^

Jesus Christ. What a pile of garbage I am reading and trust me, I only skimmed the potent warfare.

Tevo, you do what is right for you. Your interested friends and family (and sadly its in that order alot these days) will guide your conscience through.

There are plenty of people who are successful without a college degree let alone a mastery of alegbra, geometry or calculus. You know addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, you will survive. Most little kids can't tell time on a clock with big hands and little hands.

You have the world by the balls like so many young people who laugh at life and in spite of it. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, this world is yours for the taking. Take what you want from it, you have no fear and that in and of itself is golden.

I feel PUMPED Thanks Georgie

 

[tevo]

Junior, I have raised two successful children. I don't think you have an ounce of where-with-all to suggest to me that I am incapable of giving evaluative and supportive advice to others simply because it is contrary to your limited and tiny scope of the world or beliefs. I wish you much success as well, but with your ****ty and jealous outlook on life, I don't think you'll go as far as the (creative) risk takers that you seem inclined to want to hold back.

If you think for one second that you can't achieve what you put your mind to then you surely don't know a thing about determination and ought to be schooled about human nature.

I realize your response wasn't directed towards me, but I'll offer my .02, anyway.

Determination without knowledge will not equal success. Heck, you can be determined all you want, but if someone is not willing to work to learn everything they can to better themselves, they won't get anywhere.

This thread is about a high school kid who is struggling in math who decided to blow off a math class to let somebody draw things on their hands. I don't know what world you live in, but I don't exactly see that as a recipe to success. Honestly, to me, it shows a lack of work ethic, a can't give a crap attitude, and an excuse driven personality. The fact that the OP is having trouble understanding the subject and thinks the solution is to blow off his classes and have people draw on his hand makes me think he probably won't be among the most productive members of society. At least not with his current attitude and work ethic. Hopefully, he proves me wrong.

Just my .02.

For the record, I did what I could on my test, and after giving up all hope of continuing, I crafted this beautiful work of art. I didnt just ditch class to draw on my hand, you make me sound like some sort of dime-store hood.

And besides math and physics I have all A's and B's.. but its okay, judge me how you wish

 

[GeorgieGirl]

Let me see if I can address this thought by thought....

I realize your response wasn't directed towards me, but I'll offer my .02, anyway. The repose def was not directed toward you.

Determination without knowledge will not equal success. Heck, you can be determined all you want, but if someone is not willing to work to learn everything they can to better themselves, they won't get anywhere. Determination is not based on a lifetime of ongoing achievements. Determination can simply be based on a single project or planned event.

This thread is about a high school kid who is struggling in math who decided to blow off a math class to let somebody draw things on their hands. I don't know what world you live in, but I don't exactly see that as a recipe to success. Honestly, to me, it shows a lack of work ethic, a can't give a crap attitude, and an excuse driven personality. The fact that the OP is having trouble understanding the subject and thinks the solution is to blow off his classes and have people draw on his hand makes me think he probably won't be among the most productive members of society. At least not with his current attitude and work ethic. Hopefully, he proves me wrong. I don't know why a struggle in math is the idea, perhaps I didn't read thorugh it fully, perhaps it really doesn't matter, but IMHO the photo that was illustrative of details on that were well thought out, well placed, well described and were so overall encompassing with creativity and detail and insight that they can't be explained away with a poo-poo dismssive attitude. They are examples of creative genius. I don't think that Tevo is an example of an ADD or ADHD student, or one of a give a crap attitude and certainly not of a low level contributor of society.

Just my .02.

Let me ask you a question...

Is it a Car Wash, or is it a Bubble Bath?

Is it an Epiglottis or is it an Hangie-Ball?

Does Cinderella have Yellow hair or is it Blonde?

I won't even pretend that I think anything you said makes sense.

The attitude the OP is getting comes from the fact that he is a highschool kid, who is bad at math, and decided to blow off a math class so he could have somebody write names on his hand. :study: Not exactly the best way to get better at math.

Plus, he didn't even put my name on his hand. :er:

....Lets try it again..Is Cinderella's hair Yellow or is it Blonde?

Be careful how you answer because it might not be a good idea to bust Tevo's chops about math afterall...

 

[GeorgieGirl]

Junior, I have raised two successful children. I don't think you have an ounce of where-with-all to suggest to me that I am incapable of giving evaluative and supportive advice to others simply because it is contrary to your limited and tiny scope of the world or beliefs. I wish you much success as well, but with your ****ty and jealous outlook on life, I don't think you'll go as far as the (creative) risk takers that you seem inclined to want to hold back.

If you think for one second that you can't achieve what you put your mind to then you surely don't know a thing about determination and ought to be schooled about human nature.

I realize your response wasn't directed towards me, but I'll offer my .02, anyway.

Determination without knowledge will not equal success. Heck, you can be determined all you want, but if someone is not willing to work to learn everything they can to better themselves, they won't get anywhere.

This thread is about a high school kid who is struggling in math who decided to blow off a math class to let somebody draw things on their hands. I don't know what world you live in, but I don't exactly see that as a recipe to success. Honestly, to me, it shows a lack of work ethic, a can't give a crap attitude, and an excuse driven personality. The fact that the OP is having trouble understanding the subject and thinks the solution is to blow off his classes and have people draw on his hand makes me think he probably won't be among the most productive members of society. At least not with his current attitude and work ethic. Hopefully, he proves me wrong.

Just my .02.

For the record, I did what I could on my test, and after giving up all hope of continuing, I crafted this beautiful work of art. I didnt just ditch class to draw on my hand, you make me sound like some sort of dime-store hood.

And besides math and physics I have all A's and B's.. but its okay, judge me how you wish

I juge no dumy.

 

[Kerbouchard]

Exactly! I am no Einstein, but really the things I learn in school on a day to day basis dont generally apply to my day to day life, its more of a "do this so you can go to college" type of thing.

For what it's worth, you have no idea what applies to your day to day life. You are what, 16?

For the record, I did what I could on my test, and after giving up all hope of continuing, I crafted this beautiful work of art. I didnt just ditch class to draw on my hand, you make me sound like some sort of dime-store hood.

And besides math and physics I have all A's and B's.. but its okay, judge me how you wish

You aren't interviewing with me, I'm not offering you a job, and you aren't looking for one so I wouldn't exactly say I am judging you. I am just giving you my perception. Perhaps, I am completely wrong about you. Who knows? For what it's worth, I've been wrong about people in the past. Some I blew off and went and did great things. Some I hired and had to get rid of. My opinion is not the be all end all.

As far as the math aspect, I really would recommend that link. Honestly, I think that organization could change the way education is presented in this country. I asked my wife about it a few mintues ago(she teaches Chemistry and Biology), and she said she uses it in her classroom.

Here I was, thinking I found something new, but I guess it's pretty big. From what I have seen of the videos, it should be.

 

[Kerbouchard]

Let me see if I can address this thought by thought....





Let me ask you a question...

Is it a Car Wash, or is it a Bubble Bath?

Is it an Epiglottis or is it an Hangie-Ball?

Does Cinderella have Yellow hair or is it Blonde?

I won't even pretend that I think anything you said makes sense.

The attitude the OP is getting comes from the fact that he is a highschool kid, who is bad at math, and decided to blow off a math class so he could have somebody write names on his hand. :study: Not exactly the best way to get better at math.

Plus, he didn't even put my name on his hand. :er:

....Lets try it again..Is Cinderella's hair Yellow or is it Blonde?

Be careful how you answer because it might not be a good idea to bust Tevo's chops about math afterall...

Again, I won't even pretend that I think anything you have ever said has made sense. I guess I shouldn't expect much from you after the thread that resulted in your signature. "my edits aren't okay to edit"...really?

In any case, Cinderalla's hair was a burnt orange, not yellow or blonde.

 

[GeorgieGirl]

Exactly! I am no Einstein, but really the things I learn in school on a day to day basis dont generally apply to my day to day life, its more of a "do this so you can go to college" type of thing.

For what it's worth, you have no idea what applies to your day to day life. You are what, 16?

For the record, I did what I could on my test, and after giving up all hope of continuing, I crafted this beautiful work of art. I didnt just ditch class to draw on my hand, you make me sound like some sort of dime-store hood.

And besides math and physics I have all A's and B's.. but its okay, judge me how you wish

You aren't interviewing with me, I'm not offering you a job, and you aren't looking for one so I wouldn't exactly say I am judging you. I am just giving you my perception. Perhaps, I am completely wrong about you. Who knows? For what it's worth, I've been wrong about people in the past. Some I blew off and went and did great things. Some I hired and had to get rid of. My opinion is not the be all end all.

As far as the math aspect, I really would recommend that link. Honestly, I think that organization could change the way education is presented in this country. I asked my wife about it a few mintues ago(she teaches Chemistry and Biology), and she said she uses it in her classroom.

Here I was, thinking I found something new, but I guess it's pretty big. From what I have seen of the videos, it should be.

Don't you have some kids of your own you can harass first? If not....IMHO you are going too far with this one...or any other one IMHO. THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPHY SITE. So far, Perfect Math has not been a requiste to be a member here...:crazy:

 

[tevo]

Exactly! I am no Einstein, but really the things I learn in school on a day to day basis dont generally apply to my day to day life, its more of a "do this so you can go to college" type of thing.

For what it's worth, you have no idea what applies to your day to day life. You are what, 16?

For the record, I did what I could on my test, and after giving up all hope of continuing, I crafted this beautiful work of art. I didnt just ditch class to draw on my hand, you make me sound like some sort of dime-store hood.

And besides math and physics I have all A's and B's.. but its okay, judge me how you wish

You aren't interviewing with me, I'm not offering you a job, and you aren't looking for one so I wouldn't exactly say I am judging you. I am just giving you my perception. Perhaps, I am completely wrong about you. Who knows? For what it's worth, I've been wrong about people in the past. Some I blew off and went and did great things. Some I hired and had to get rid of. My opinion is not the be all end all.

As far as the math aspect, I really would recommend that link. Honestly, I think that organization could change the way education is presented in this country. I asked my wife about it a few mintues ago(she teaches Chemistry and Biology), and she said she uses it in her classroom.

Here I was, thinking I found something new, but I guess it's pretty big. From what I have seen of the videos, it should be.

Okay. You are all right. Im a bound failure who doesnt know jack **** about my day to day life. I apparently ditch class to get people to draw on me, and will grow up to be nothing more than a city worker at best. My options: 1. Curl up in a ball and die




There's your victory, people. I realize it was a struggle winning an argument with a 16 year old, but boy was it worth it. I'm sorry I posted in the first place

 

[Robin Usagani]

WTF is going on here?