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On June 27 2010 16:11 Dave[9] wrote:
I'm curious @ the OP, what kinds of things do they teach in a adv math class in high school? Do you go to a private school or public?
I'm just curious, as I am a math major in the Monterey Peninsula area and it feels like math education is SCREWED up in california..
I don't mean to derail, just curious.
Well I'll field this one until OP sees this: typically high schools that offer AP calc to freshmen/sophomores/juniors will offer at least an intro course in linear algebra (at least the computational stuff) and/or an intro to ODEs. My school also had a discrete math class which was kinda fun but more CS than math maybe. Probably aren't many public high schools with this issue of sophomores/juniors/seniors who have AP calc credit and no more math to take from their course offerings, so mostly private schools and some magnet schools.
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On June 27 2010 16:14 Manifesto7 wrote:Full time teaching job Monday to Friday. Part time teaching job on Saturday. Evening tutoring Tuesdays and Thursdays. Taking care of a 1 year old and 3 year old, ensuring their bilingual upbringing. Keeping a wife happy. Publishing a paper on extensive writing. Pre-reading for doctorate courses starting in January. Studying Japanese. Volunteering for the local festival group / river conservation group. Weekly reading sessions with a political science professor about historical influences on modern Japanese politics. I want to be back in high school again 
This is why I haven't had kids yet. Although I think it will be super rewarding, I'm just too jealous of my free time. Psh who am I kidding, I'm umming and arghing over getting a dog atm because I'm unsure whether I'll want to commit enough time to spend with it.)
Admirable load you've got there Mani  .
As a side-note, it makes you wonder whether we really need to be this busy in our work lives. Kids, family, social time - those are important. But increasingly, we seem to spend more and more time working... I think modern society has this backwards.
On June 27 2010 14:46 lazz wrote:
in my humble opinion you should spend less time doing AP classes and spend more time getting laid
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How does the American school system work? You are in Highschool and only have like what, 6 classes? Explain please, i've got 16 The classes are probably really extensive? (If that's the right word lol
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16 classes in one semester? wat
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MY SCHEDULE IS COLLEGE! I'VE BEEN DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL FOR A MONTH!!!!
:D
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On June 27 2010 19:49 Divinek wrote:
16 classes in one semester? wat
No for a year. So you do different classes every semester, interesting. Well that explains.
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16 classes for a year what? you do 16 classes all year, how does that work?
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Most European systems work that way, i also took ~16 different subjects per year in high school. The level (at least in Sweden) is not at all comparable to british A levels or american AP classes though.
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On June 27 2010 21:20 Divinek wrote:
16 classes for a year what? you do 16 classes all year, how does that work?
Math
French
Deutsch
English
Dutch
Latin
Greek
Chemistry
Physics
Sports
Economy
History
Drawing(?)
Art(?)
Geography
Levensbeschouwing (a class where we learn about ethics and religions. Don't know a good translation)
I must say that normally Latin and Greek wouldn't be on that list. We learn to translate old latin and Greek texts. (which is freaking hard lol) and a bit about history.
Next year(4th year) i'll specialise more and wont have al those different languages, etc.
But it's really easy imo. I haven't done anything the last 3 years. And i'm averaging a 7(out of 10) I guess that's a B or a C. I love highschool.
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Still a work in progress
- gonna try and get a CS 245 section after CS 246,
- possibly switch Math 237 (calculus 3) for Math 235 (linear algebra 2),
- possibly drop french for another math course (combinatorics)
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Integration theory
Probability Theory
Differential geometry
Topology
Commutative algebra and algebraic geometry
Statistical Mechanics
Condensed Matter Theory
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On June 27 2010 11:21 baller wrote:![[image loading]](http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/3024/graph7.jpg)
Oh baller, you and your graphs.
My schedule is
Theory I
Aural I
Composition I
World Music
String Methods
Piano Class I
Voice Lessons
Percussion Lessons
Sophomore in college.
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Here's my schedule for next September:
1st period - A math class that takes me down a notch because I got too high last year
2nd period - Some class that I'm going to annoy the shit out of the teacher
3rd period - A class that would be hard for me if I didn't make analogies to StarCraft all the time
4th period - Phys Ed - A nerd's impending doom
5/6 period - A class where I learn what kind of dicks different organisms have
7th period - Food time!
8th period - I want to go home.
9th period - I want to go home and shoot myself.
10th period - AP Looking at the clock
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On June 27 2010 20:19 DTK-m2 wrote:
MY SCHEDULE IS COLLEGE! I'VE BEEN DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL FOR A MONTH!!!!
:D
Woo high five 
Lol@OP... Sounds like he's from CA or NY lol
But yeah that kind of schedule is pretty standard for Asian kids haha
Next year I am hoping to take real E&M (unlike AP C E&M), Algebra 1 (linalg/abstract alg), and analysis 1... Maybe some type of 1st year bio or chem (again AP chem is a joke). And hopefully join some kind of musical performance thing, if credits allow :/
Oh and maybe some type of Econ/linguistics
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Junior year (last year):
Debate
AP Bio
MVC/ODE
AP Physics C
Honors Japanese IV
APUSH
Honors English III
Next year:
AP Stats
Honors Linear Algebra
AP English
AP Economics Micro/Macro
AP Japanese
AP Comp Sci
taking 6 AP tests in the spring after I get into college isn't going to be fun
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On June 28 2010 03:21 onihunter wrote:
Junior year (last year):
Debate
AP Bio
MVC/ODE
AP Physics C
Honors Japanese IV
APUSH
Honors English III
Next year:
AP Stats
Honors Linear Algebra
AP English
AP Economics Micro/Macro
AP Japanese
AP Comp Sci
taking 6 AP tests in the spring after I get into college isn't going to be fun
Sounds like a class on how to manage your drones in StarCraft.
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On June 27 2010 23:18 Koltz wrote:+ Show Spoiler +Still a work in progress - gonna try and get a CS 245 section after CS 246, - possibly switch Math 237 (calculus 3) for Math 235 (linear algebra 2), - possibly drop french for another math course (combinatorics)
Yeah, Waterloo fighting!
My schedule for the fall right now looks like Biol 259 (Evolution), Chem 266 (Basic Org Chem 1), CS 341 (Algorithms), CS 350 (Operating Systems), CS 360 (Intro to theory of computing), but I have to swap chem266 for 264, and find some course to replace cs350.
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Rising junior in HS here
IB English
IB World History 1
IB Theory of Knowledge
AP BC Calculus (not IB )
IB Spanish 5
IB Biology HL 1
IB Chemistry SL
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Junior College, Need to fulfill some Pre-reqs x.x
French Revolution : 1785-1800
Philosophical Topics: (or rather, logic hopefully)
Early Roman History
Muslim as Enemy [Political Theory]
Should be a peaceful semester ^_^ debating whether to drop phil topics or the poli theory class and pick up monetary and fiscal policy.
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Osaka27173 Posts
French Revolution should be a great course. There is an amazing podcast series from Merriman at Harvard which is free to download and listen to which might put you way ahead of the pack in terms of course structure, paper ideas, and general themes. I strongly suggest you look it up (I can link you if you like, just PM me).
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