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    OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    Academia, ladies and gentlemen!

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    CalliusCallius Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    On the plus side, um.... no, there is no plus side. At all.

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    OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    academia!

    *jazz hands*

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    satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    B+ for all!

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    DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Callius wrote: »
    On the plus side, um.... no, there is no plus side. At all.

    well, there is a noticeably decreased chance of losing your hands in an industrial accident

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    Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    also you get to spend your life engaging with material that interests you

    [tiny]until you finally plumb it of all its treasures and have even your personal interests left desiccated husks[/tiny]

    that's a bonus!

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    glithertglithert Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    So I joined my school's philosophy club on accident today. The professor invited us all, but he made it sound like a mandatory thing so I went, and they assumed I was in the club, and they wrote my name down in the roster and everything

    I'm scared

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    ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    glithert wrote: »
    So I joined my school's philosophy club on accident today. The professor invited us all, but he made it sound like a mandatory thing so I went, and they assumed I was in the club, and they wrote my name down in the roster and everything

    I'm scared

    You could just not go to their next meeting.

    But you should instead give the club a try because philosophy clubs are awesome.

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    skettiosskettios Enchanted ForestRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011

    aaaah that site bugs me
    'view all' = VIEW ALL
    Not show more and still have pages
    :x

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    chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    glithert wrote: »
    So I joined my school's philosophy club on accident today. The professor invited us all, but he made it sound like a mandatory thing so I went, and they assumed I was in the club, and they wrote my name down in the roster and everything

    I'm scared

    Simply prove you don't exist.

    Can't attend if you don't exist!

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    Muse Among MenMuse Among Men Suburban Bunny Princess? Its time for a new shtick Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    The Daily Beast's galleries are rarely worth loading.

    Not confident I will pass my AP tests. Shit.

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    DrDinosaurDrDinosaur Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    If any of your AP tests involve essays: study up on women's rights. Over the last two years, both the AP Euro and AP US history exams, as well as the AP English exam, asked about women's rights in the essay.
    There is no guarantee that they will do it again but those test writers sure do love women's rights

    Edit: I may be wrong about all those test having an essay regarding women's rights but I am confident that at least two did
    Take that as you will

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    CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    The Daily Beast's galleries are rarely worth loading.

    Not confident I will pass my AP tests. Shit.

    Which ones are you taking? If I could pass the ones I took and barely remember, you can too.

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    Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    DrDinosaur wrote: »
    If any of your AP tests involve essays: study up on women's rights. Over the last two years, both the AP Euro and AP US history exams, as well as the AP English exam, asked about women's rights in the essay.
    There is no guarantee that they will do it again but those test writers sure do love women's rights

    Edit: I may be wrong about all those test having an essay regarding women's rights but I am confident that at least two did
    Take that as you will

    yeah, two whole years of maybe some of the tests potentially having had topics on one subject is definitely a reason to believe that they are gonna do the same questions forever

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    CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    One AP test I had in high school made me write on an Onion article. I hated that one.

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    It's been a few years now but I seem to remember getting a list of the essay questions from the AP tests from the past few years for APUSH

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    ScrumtrulescentScrumtrulescent Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    DrDinosaur wrote: »
    If any of your AP tests involve essays: study up on women's rights. Over the last two years, both the AP Euro and AP US history exams, as well as the AP English exam, asked about women's rights in the essay.
    There is no guarantee that they will do it again but those test writers sure do love women's rights

    Edit: I may be wrong about all those test having an essay regarding women's rights but I am confident that at least two did
    Take that as you will

    One of the AP US essay was about women in the progressive era last year

    I don't remember the AP English Language and Composition test AT ALL

    but I got a 5 on it

    so that means I probably did not have to write about women's rights.

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    Muse Among MenMuse Among Men Suburban Bunny Princess? Its time for a new shtick Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Taking AP environmental science, AP government, and literature. Literature I am sure to fail.

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    ScrumtrulescentScrumtrulescent Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Taking AP environmental science, AP government, and literature. Literature I am sure to fail.

    I too am taking government and lit

    also taking AP Psych. That one's on monday. I need to start studying. Meh.

    Lit is gonna be easy, don't worry about it. If you read good books this year, you'll have plenty of material, and the multiple choice is simple.

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    CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Lucky bastards. My high school of about 410 people only had some AP histories, AP government, and AP something to do with English.

    Huh, about 60 percent of my school was economically disadvantaged in 2009.

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    ScrumtrulescentScrumtrulescent Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    AP Psych is the hardest class I've ever taken

    and I took latin!

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    They didn't start offering AP Language until I was a senior and they only let juniors take it for whatever reason

    they let us take the test if we wanted though and it still counted

    got a 5 IIRC

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    SalSal Damnedest Little Fellow Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    My AP US essay question, way back when I took it, was about farmers in the late 19th century

    I think

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Sal wrote: »
    My AP US essay question, way back when I took it, was about farmers in the late 19th century

    I think

    Shit, I think that was mine

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    SalSal Damnedest Little Fellow Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I don't really remember anything about it anymore

    But at the time I answered the shit out of that question

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    PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I know everything Sal. I hate you. I hope you die.

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    SalSal Damnedest Little Fellow Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    w-what!

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    PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Sal wrote: »
    w-what!

    Troll. :x

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    SalSal Damnedest Little Fellow Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Did you expect me to roll over and take it Pharezon

    I wasn't gonna go out like a chump

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    RanxRanx Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I'm kinda regretting not taking a summer course.

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    PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Sal wrote: »
    Did you expect me to roll over and take it Pharezon

    I wasn't gonna go out like a chump

    Bested by a bunch of trolls. Shameful.

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    Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Pharezon wrote: »
    Sal wrote: »
    Did you expect me to roll over and take it Pharezon

    I wasn't gonna go out like a chump

    Bested by a bunch of trolls. Shameful.

    8-)

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    PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Pharezon wrote: »
    Sal wrote: »
    Did you expect me to roll over and take it Pharezon

    I wasn't gonna go out like a chump

    Bested by a bunch of trolls. Shameful.

    8-)

    :x

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    SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Pharezon wrote: »
    Pharezon wrote: »
    Sal wrote: »
    Did you expect me to roll over and take it Pharezon

    I wasn't gonna go out like a chump

    Bested by a bunch of trolls. Shameful.

    8-)

    :x

    :rotate:

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    BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    This summer I have a CNA course, gonna get a big boy job in August. Then I get to work full time and finish up my nursing.

    First though I need to finish this fucking 5 page essasy about bullshit ethics, and then finish my Trig, and pass my finals.

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    DidgeridooDidgeridoo Flighty Dame Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Taking AP environmental science, AP government, and literature. Literature I am sure to fail.

    No no no don't think this way! You will be able to do it. Just make sure you keep up with the reading. If you keep up with the reading, you are GOLDEN

    I am currently waiting to hear back from my college as to whether I've made it into their fall teaching credential program

    I am slowly being driven insane because it is taking so long to get the verdict

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    OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Just realized next year I'll have to take 7 AP tests

    That'll be so much fun
    I'm going to die

    Next year in general is going to be so damn difficult, but so damn worth it if I pull it off.

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    SoaLSoaL fantastic Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I think I am excited to be off school for a few months

    I hope I can get some good work done over the summer that would be ideal.

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Uuuurgh, 83% on an accounting 1B test

    I am so wholly against true/false/multiple-choice questions on any exam or test. For one, it permits someone to guess the correct answer. For another, they often end up not demonstrating actual useful knowledge as they do your ability to remember the odder facts. Also, I nearly always end up over-thinking them. I really don't think they have a place ANYWHERE in adult education. And what does it teach one, anyway? What 'critical thinking' was there in answering mostly accurate/inaccurate to banal questions? How on earth does it actually require one to use their brain?

    Anyway... 6 out of 8 of the questions I got wrong were because I thought too hard about the question or because I don't feel the question was specific enough (for example: The question was, 'What is NOT an advantage of a partnership?' and one of the answers was 'Freedom from government rules and regulations' which half the class picked and got wrong... our instructor explained that it was 'freedom from government rules and regulations in comparison to corporations, which was not stated anywhere in the question, and anyway, why give an answer that sounds so resolute? He then agreed that the actual answer was vague and 'could have been one of two other possibilities...')

    It wasn't just me... half the class failed, and nearly everyone had difficulty with the same questions I did, which should surely tell the instructor something.

    On the non-multiple choice part I got 98%. For god's sake, give me a full written exam so I can actually demonstrate my actual knowledge.

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    SoaLSoaL fantastic Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    the best multiple choice questions are the ones that are answered by the given information in another multiple choice question elsewhere in the test

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