Was your HS Foreign language a waste of time ?

[Doug]

Let's be frank here folks....DRIVERS ED is/was the most useful course anyone took here in HiGH SCHOOL.



High School education in America is a farce and why the stock market is in total disarray.

I didn't learn much in driver's ed. I was driving two years before I had a license anyways ( 14).

American HS grads are not comparable to Euro grads, I'll give you that one, FH !

A US diploma is nothing. I've never been axed for it. I doubt my wife graduaded, but she insists she did.....I have a running joke with her college educated daughter about where she went to graduate school.

Wife uses "words" like Wertn't

Wern't you there ?

She calls and axes me....

Nobody didn't call did they ?

I know that means " did anybody call ?"

The axe stuff is a joke, wertn't isn't.

I came by your house, Laura ( her daughter), but you wernt't home ) cell phone message).

ugh !

That is just one example !

She didn't graduate HS ( IMO), but lies about it.

[sundin4prez]

you americans have a drivers ed class in high school and a basic class on how to manage a checkbook?... wish i had that in canada.... my grade 12 was english-french-2 types of math that honestly dont remember a thing of- 3 different managment classes-law-sociology intro to womens studies (absolute bull shit class that was a waste of my and everyone elses time)

[DiggityDaggityDo]

This right here is everything you ever learned in Spanish class in high school..

[Doug]

you americans have a drivers ed class in high school and a basic class on how to manage a checkbook?... wish i had that in canada.... my grade 12 was english-french-2 types of math that honestly dont remember a thing of- 3 different managment classes-law-sociology intro to womens studies (absolute bull shit class that was a waste of my and everyone elses time)

That " Consumer Economics" class was in like 1981or 1982. It was intended for dolts that might need it.

I thought of school as a job I wasn't paid for....easy 100% A+ for me, worked for me.

Now I graduated in 1982. I took a few classes (2) at community college in Vegas in the 90's. ( about 1993) Specifically History and Economics. I'd pound about 3 beers before a class in the college parking lot. I got a B+ in History and an A in Economics, maybe the other way around, I drank heavily in the 1990's and the 2000's, and the 1980's

I have no idea what Canadian requirements are in 2010 to drive or graduate HS or go to University.

I would bet ( my life) that typical Canadian HS graduation is a lot harder than typical US graduation.

Western European might be harder than Canadian ?

[hhsilver]

si, muy bueno stuffo, senor diggety

[Doug]

you americans have a drivers ed class in high school and a basic class on how to manage a checkbook?... wish i had that in canada.... my grade 12 was english-french-2 types of math that honestly dont remember a thing of- 3 different managment classes-law-sociology intro to womens studies (absolute bull shit class that was a waste of my and everyone elses time)

When can a Canadian kid begin to drive ?

A US kid can get a graduated license at 16, with restrictions on it that did not exist in 1982.

maybe no passengers or no night driving, shit like that....I don't care I'm 46. There are some restrictions....I don't care I'm not 16.

In 1982 you just got the license.

[Doug]

I really like ( sic) when the wife calls me and says....

" Didn't anybody call, ( while I was gone) "

I don't know how to answer that one, it freezes me, disgusts me, repulses me....all at the same time. the double negative thing doesn't click with her....she flat doesn't get that. IQ of maybe 88, IMO.

I usually say nobody called ( if true).

This silly double negative, wertn't and stuff is nutz.

Nobody called

Didn;t anybody call ?

yes equals no, but I hate the language and have to reverse the answer to Angela speak.

[MJFtheGenius]

Most on SBR did not even attend high school

[Brock Landers]

[Doug]

Most on SBR did not even attend high school

Isn't that true ?

[shari91]

you americans have a drivers ed class in high school and a basic class on how to manage a checkbook?... wish i had that in canada.... my grade 12 was english-french-2 types of math that honestly dont remember a thing of- 3 different managment classes-law-sociology intro to womens studies (absolute bull shit class that was a waste of my and everyone elses time)

What province are you from? Mind you I graduated high school in the early '90s but my OAC classes were much different than that. And we did have Drivers Ed offered to us as an elective.

[forsberg21]

When can a Canadian kid begin to drive ? A US kid can get a graduated license at 16, with restrictions on it that did not exist in 1982. maybe no passengers or no night driving, shit like that....I don't care I'm 46. There are some restrictions....I don't care I'm not 16. In 1982 you just got the license.

Age 16. If you pass the steps as quickly as you can, you can be driving by yourself at age 16 and 8 months. That's in Ontario at least. I've heard Alberta is even younger or that they once were younger, but don't quote me on that. And as for Quebec, they're the most liberal so it wouldn't surprise me if they were even younger than that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TncdhLGjFTE

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Que???

[Doug]

Age 16. If you pass the steps as quickly as you can, you can be driving by yourself at age 16 and 8 months. That's in Ontario at least. I've heard Alberta is even younger or that they once were younger, but don't quote me on that. And as for Quebec, they're the most liberal so it wouldn't surprise me if they were even younger than that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TncdhLGjFTE

that doesn't sound radically different than the USA !

I don't give a Shvt really....I'm not 16, and my youngest SDis like 24.

[Doug]

Age 16. If you pass the steps as quickly as you can, you can be driving by yourself at age 16 and 8 months. That's in Ontario at least. I've heard Alberta is even younger or that they once were younger, but don't quote me on that. And as for Quebec, they're the most liberal so it wouldn't surprise me if they were even younger than that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TncdhLGjFTE

Doesn't matter much, eh ?

Who cares unless you are 16 ?

I'm 46, stopped thinking about stuff 30 years ago, eh !

[capitalist pig]

Yea I pretty much forgot all the Spanish I learned.

later

[pavyracer]

It was not.

[sundin4prez]

That " Consumer Economics" class was in like 1981or 1982. It was intended for dolts that might need it.

I thought of school as a job I wasn't paid for....easy 100% A+ for me, worked for me.

Now I graduated in 1982. I took a few classes (2) at community college in Vegas in the 90's. ( about 1993) Specifically History and Economics. I'd pound about 3 beers before a class in the college parking lot. I got a B+ in History and an A in Economics, maybe the other way around, I drank heavily in the 1990's and the 2000's, and the 1980's

I have no idea what Canadian requirements are in 2010 to drive or graduate HS or go to University.

I would bet ( my life) that typical Canadian HS graduation is a lot harder than typical US graduation.

Western European might be harder than Canadian ?

When can a Canadian kid begin to drive ?

A US kid can get a graduated license at 16, with restrictions on it that did not exist in 1982.

maybe no passengers or no night driving, shit like that....I don't care I'm 46. There are some restrictions....I don't care I'm not 16.

In 1982 you just got the license.

you can get a licence at 16 by doing a written test then a driving test... then eventually to get a licence with no restrictions you do another test..... to get into university you need about a 75% -85% to get in and for engineering and sciencecy stuff you need higher.... college you just need to pass in high school, mark dont matter much

[sundin4prez]

What province are you from? Mind you I graduated high school in the early '90s but my OAC classes were much different than that. And we did have Drivers Ed offered to us as an elective.

im from ontario and my school doesn't offer the drivers ed and all my freinds from other schools dont have it too, you would have to go to a school and pay for it (ie. a "school" on top of a corner store)....

im just being curious but what is the average american university's entrance requirements?....

[coloradobuff]

absolutely, as i took latin..no joke

[DiggityDaggityDo]

hola

[maersksealand]

guys...practice is the key in learning and remembering. The brain erases the information we don't use and also none of you studied spanish or french for "two years"...it was at best an average of 3 hours a week over a two years period...which is really nothing.

[brooks85]

haha that one semester of spanish is hilarious, i had spanish for 4 years and thats about all i remember

[chilidog]

The brain erases the information we don't use

Hmmm.

It's been about 20 years since I built a pine derby car for the boy scouts,
Haven't been hunting for about 9 years.
Haven't changed the oil in my cars since I was 18.
I haven't played tetherball since the 6th grade.
I haven't had to go outside and find a 'switch' for my parents to whoop my ass with since I was maybe 7-8.
Haven't used a VCR or cassette tape player for at least 10 years.
Haven't danced the macarena since '96.
Haven't heard 'ice ice baby' in forever, but I still know all the words.
I haven't been back to my hometown since i left for college back in '96, but I still know every single inch of that town.

So, if our brain erases all of this information that I don't use, then how come I still know how to do them?

[maersksealand]

Hmmm.

It's been about 20 years since I built a pine derby car for the boy scouts,
Haven't been hunting for about 9 years.
Haven't changed the oil in my cars since I was 18.
I haven't played tetherball since the 6th grade.
I haven't had to go outside and find a 'switch' for my parents to whoop my ass with since I was maybe 7-8.
Haven't used a VCR or cassette tape player for at least 10 years.
Haven't danced the macarena since '96.
Haven't heard 'ice ice baby' in forever, but I still know all the words.
I haven't been back to my hometown since i left for college back in '96, but I still know every single inch of that town.

So, if our brain erases all of this information that I don't use, then how come I still know how to do them?

there's more then one type of memory...for example you are confusing the procedural memory with the semantic memory.

the long-term memory is based on the IMPORTANCE of the information, IMPORTANCE which is based on how often do you use that information. Don you remember when Napoleon was born ? No. Did your read about it ? Yes. Can you Google it , read it again and forget again the information in one week ? Yes. But if you constantly remind yourself when Napoleon was born for few months, you will remember that piece of information for a long time, maybe even for the rest of your life.

[urge2kill]

I took a year of German in high school. Only know a couple of phrases and can count to twelve.

[Chi_archie]

I don't think so

[Doug]

[QUOTE=sundin4prez;5531981]im from ontario and my school doesn't offer the drivers ed and all my freinds from other schools dont have it too, you would have to go to a school and pay for it (ie. a "school" on top of a corner store)....

im just being curious but what is the average american university's entrance requirements?....[/QUOTE]

A very good question. As I understand it Canadians can go to college ( I think you call it University basically free).

We have Community colleges ( junior colleges would be another name) that are inexpensive and accept anyone ( even without a HS diploma), they often have a lot of non-serious classes like Tennis and crafts....not meant to be a University.

The next level is like state schools...

UCLA
CSU
UConn
etc.

The top Schools...

Yale
Harvard
MIT

etc.

They don't field a good basketball team

It is tough to get into a place like Yale or MIT ( very tough) ...you get in by your academic excellence ( in High school), some can get a scholarship but not many...it can be 30k a year to go to Yale and such.

Then there are sports schools like say UNLV ten years ago, or Gonzaga, etc,

I'd rather my surgeon came from Yale instead Gonzaga.

[sundin4prez]

^^^^^ ok cool.... so sorta the same in canada.... colleges are for practical thing like auto mechanic, electrician, dental assistant, day care etc (grades dont really matter) and university is for medicine, buisness, and of coarse theres english, arts etc. (and they care about marks, unless you go to a uni out in the middle of nowhere you need atleast a 75% to get in and for good schools you'll need hire)...

the one thing i like about the american post secondary system is that you can learn things like history and economics at a college and that if i understand correctly you can get whatever you get at a community college and then transfer to a university....

[sickler]

you americans have a drivers ed class in high school and a basic class on how to manage a checkbook?... wish i had that in canada.... my grade 12 was english-french-2 types of math that honestly dont remember a thing of- 3 different managment classes-law-sociology intro to womens studies (absolute bull shit class that was a waste of my and everyone elses time)

What province are you from? Mind you I graduated high school in the early '90s but my OAC classes were much different than that. And we did have Drivers Ed offered to us as an elective.

This is the first I've heard of drivers ed offered in high school in Ontario.

[Doug]

^^^^^ ok cool.... so sorta the same in canada.... colleges are for practical thing like auto mechanic, electrician, dental assistant, day care etc (grades dont really matter) and university is for medicine, buisness, and of coarse theres english, arts etc. (and they care about marks, unless you go to a uni out in the middle of nowhere you need atleast a 75% to get in and for good schools you'll need hire)...

the one thing i like about the american post secondary system is that you can learn things like history and economics at a college and that if i understand correctly you can get whatever you get at a community college and then transfer to a university....

sort of , but not always....

credits at clark county community college may not be accepted by MIT, Yale etc.

[pjesnik24]

I don't remember much of the French I took ( 2 years worth). My Spanish is better from construction sites in California, Colorado, and Nevada.

I learned english in primary and highschool and it came handy sometimes

[JimmysEgo]

i took 3 years of french and there are no hot french bitches in this area to hit on, i should have took spanish so i can mac on some mamacitas.

[The General]

I never used it ever so it turned out a waste except for the thinking it took. Good brain work.

[sundin4prez]

ok this is another question just out of curiosity.... how much does a average university/college in the states cost per year or semester?... the reason i ask this because i always see on the news about the number of american students in crippling student debt, and just wondering how much you guys pay.... yes canadians have lots of student debt but i dont think its as much since the goverment subsudises the schools somewhat, so students end up paying as low as a couple grand for college orabout 10k for university...and there is goverment scholarships and such but just for comparison sakes we'll just ignore them...