Back to school :D

[Fisherson]

I go into my senior year tommorow!
Any tips?
lol

Pick on dah fressshmen >= D....Errr I mean...Try to respect your peers and behave yourself! It's up to you to set a great example for others..

Seriously don't worry. Just study hard and try not to act like a moron and you'll do fine.

[drenrin2120]

Oh, lame. Over here its free.

=\ Heading into my second year I'm already a couple grand in debt. And I'm going to a community college. I could pay it off in a year or so just working, but still, when I transfer to an actual state college, the debt I'll be in then is terrifying.

So yeah, don't let AP courses blow your mind. Plenty of kids I know studied real hard and failed the AP Final, meaning they didn't get any college credits for the class, meaning it was basically a waste of time (Other than learning stuff). AP courses are far more intense then college courses anyway, in my opinion. I just wish through out my education I was actually prepared for a college workload.

Anywho, I'd take Gem's advice going into college and partly Sai's advice for your last year of high school. I mean, don't completely blow everything off, but don't spend hours studying for an AP final unless you're confident you can actually get the credits.

[A Forgotten Legend]

I only took AP history classes.  I stayed far away from math and science course. O.o

I really wish I would've taken the AP Music Theory class though. =/

[Prpl_Mage]

Fun fact. All school is free over here AND we get paid to go there.
Well, at first our parents get paid if we are in school, then when we finally reach 18 we can claim the cash for ourselves since we're of age.

And then we get more money the higher we study.
And yet we like to complain that we can't afford to live near school.

[fruckert]

Fun fact. All school is free over here AND we get paid to go there.
Well, at first our parents get paid if we are in school, then when we finally reach 18 we can claim the cash for ourselves since we're of age.

And then we get more money the higher we study.
And yet we like to complain that we can't afford to live near school.

Can I come live with you?

[Muraiko]

Looks like a win-win situation, Prpl... I'm so jealous...

By the time I get out of college, I'll be in so much debt. I pretty much have to juggle a part-time job and school to pay off some of my loans before they start building up in interest.

[drenrin2120]

Looks like a win-win situation, Prpl... I'm so jealous...

By the time I get out of college, I'll be in so much debt. I pretty much have to juggle a part-time job and school to pay off some of my loans before they start building up in interest.

I'm lucky, my loans don't start collecting interest until I'm done with my associates.

[Valiere]

Stupid Scandinavian countries, always gotta be so perfect at everything

[A Forgotten Legend]

[HobomasterXXX]

I'm still deciding if I want to even go down a tertiary education path. A Visual Arts certificate would probably help with getting into the photography industry, which is what I want to do, but I'm still undecided. Start my second last year of highschool next year.

[SaiKar]

Ya'll realize it's not really free, right? What they get in free education now they pay back in higher tax rates for the rest of their lives, including the ones that didn't even make it through the college system. The government can't wave a magic wand and make teachers work for nothing and equipment appear out of nowhere.

[Prpl_Mage]

Ya'll realize it's not really free, right? What they get in free education now they pay back in higher tax rates for the rest of their lives, including the ones that didn't even make it through the college system. The government can't wave a magic wand and make teachers work for nothing and equipment appear out of nowhere.

Yeah we get some high taxes, but that's what you get for free daycare, education and hospitals - even dental care 'till you're 20.
Still, feels like it's pretty worth it. Everyone pays a lot. So the prices on stuff are set so people can buy stuff. So any person with a job can pretty much afford a huge and flat tv, video games, insurances, cars, vacations to other parts of the EU, computers that can juggle and pour soda in your face.

It work 'cuz it's been like this for so long, making the rich richer and giving the not-so-rich more expenses would only create a pretty big gap.
If we paid less taxes it would make little difference for the rich while the average person would get it tough. We don't have to compromise to send our kids to school for the day, fix your broken legs, search for genitals for STDs, get an abortion or avoid scurvy.
So in the end - everyone still have money left and can get what they like.

Everyone can get an education and do what they want without the need of 15 years of savings or rich parents. The possibilities are there, you just gotta decide what you want to do and where you want to be.

EDIT: Oh, and our teachers pretty much works for nothing.

[Ben]

Yeah, a socialist economic system is all well and fine. Except that nothing is free....ever. You could spout off a bunch of benefits of INGSOC from 1984 and make it sound just as good.

[Prpl_Mage]

It's not free but it's a lot cheaper.
Kinda like going together with your friends to buy something. If you divide the cost among many it will be very little for lots of people.

[SaiKar]

 

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