Grade D

UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
English, i hate the god damn subject,

School i got a grade D - Problem I saw was that i went out on my bike to the skatepark etc all the time, was young didn't are
Last year got a grade D - same problem going out on bike...
Today I got my November resit exam result for it GUESS WHAT I GOT!!! a f**king D again! This time i actually sold my bike, obviously it wasn't that so I am buying mah bike again.

2nd year colege and i am still resitting english, god damn this sucks.

Am I just one of those people who can't do english?... oh well tuff **** for me, eh?

Anyone done the same kinda thing? And eventually passed it?
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  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    edited January 2004
    You failed English you say? No way! You obviously have an EXCELLENT grasp on the English language!

    Edit: Nevermind. I was being an **** before I payed attention. I thought you were complaining because you thought were a "mastah!" at English. Sorry...I'm the same with math. You're doing better than me, though. I dropped out because I couldn't stand that much human contact/idiocy.
  • SpoogeSpooge Thunderbolt missile in your cheerios Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 67Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Wangler+Jan 15 2004, 11:05 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wangler @ Jan 15 2004, 11:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Anyone done the same kinda thing? And eventually passed it? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You mean, skip the study time and not do homework because of the irresistable urge to slack off? Then somehow miraculously pass the class?

    No.
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    <!--QuoteBegin--Spooge+Jan 15 2004, 11:17 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spooge @ Jan 15 2004, 11:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Wangler+Jan 15 2004, 11:05 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wangler @ Jan 15 2004, 11:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Anyone done the same kinda thing? And eventually passed it? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You mean, skip the study time and not do homework because of the irresistable urge to slack off? Then somehow miraculously pass the class?

    No. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No I mean, went through the same phase as me, this year I actually revised etc, and passed it
  • BogglesteinskyBogglesteinsky Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11488Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Wangler+Jan 15 2004, 05:05 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wangler @ Jan 15 2004, 05:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Anyone done the same kinda thing? And eventually passed it? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You mean whereas before you were on your bike, now you are on the internet.

    If i were you, i would stop complaining and get some studying done. It's the only way
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    Yes I am now on the internet - but I devoted alot more time than before
  • NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
    Just learn your lesson and work next time around and you'll be fine.
  • TequilaTequila Join Date: 2003-08-13 Member: 19660Members
    If you don't do the time, then you don't get the dime.

    That's following the typical "education is a gateway to work" attitude, natch.
  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    I wasn't really so good in English department, until I started role-playing with my American buddies, which really helped expanding my vocabulary and spelling rules, etc...

    But don't worry, I wasn't a star in my native language either! Just keep studying and be better in other things. You won't go being an English teacher then anyway. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • GrillkohleGrillkohle Join Date: 2003-12-23 Member: 24695Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Wangler+Jan 15 2004, 11:05 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wangler @ Jan 15 2004, 11:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> School i got a grade D - Problem I saw was that i went out on my bike to the skatepark etc all the time, was young didn't are <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Err...
    Maybe you should start off with correction that sentence.
  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Tequila+Jan 15 2004, 11:36 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tequila @ Jan 15 2004, 11:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If you don't do the time, then you don't get the dime. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That has to be the stupidest saying i've ever heard. Ever.
  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    I feel you on the bad grade, just try and get some studying in and work with teachers etc.

    I just don't get math at all, it makes me feel like a moron
  • taboofirestaboofires Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9853Members
    If you aren't doing well on your own, take advantage of office hours. Seriously. Or put yourself into situations where you're stuck with nothing interesting to do for an hour or so, such that work doesn't seem so dull. At least that way you won't get far behind, doing things gradually.
  • HawkeyeHawkeye Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1855Members
    I'm the exact same way. I hate english with a passion. I never got bad grades in it, but I could never force myself to study.

    I mean come on. English was my only subject where there was never a 'right' answer and a 'wrong' answer. That's why I love math. 25 is either the right answer or the wrong answer. There is no gray! With english, you can say one thing and it be correct, and then say another thing and it be EVEN MORE correct. WTH!

    Since when has the answer to a math problem been right when the answer was 25, and EVEN MORE right when the answer was 27. WTH! OMG H4X!!!1111oneoneone
  • SuperTeflonSuperTeflon Join Date: 2003-12-31 Member: 24893Banned
    GG Math Dyslexia... aint' gona stop me from my BS in Chemical Engineering though <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • X_StickmanX_Stickman Not good enough for a custom title. Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15533Members, Constellation
    I don't like the way Egnlish is marked. The exam marker has to sit there, marking loads and loads of papers. That's boring. And then, you may state an opinion that they don't agree with. No matter how much evidence you have to support it, if they don't like the opinion (like, " I agree with fox hunting because...."), they're gonna do everything they possibly can to find faults and mark you down for really stupid things.

    As for the revision thing, i've found over the years i've been in school (i'm in last year of high-school), that revision doesn't help me that much. My brain seems to work very direclty. If i don't learn it the first time i hear it, chances are i won't learn it no matter how much i go over and over something. I still do pretty good in school (i came second in the sats in the whole year group. I am teh l33t), but revision doesn't seem to help me. And my main weakness is math. Because i really don't see how knowing several billion methods of working out arcs, areas, perimiters etc is actually going to help me in day to day life.
  • BogglesteinskyBogglesteinsky Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11488Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--X_Stickman+Jan 15 2004, 07:10 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (X_Stickman @ Jan 15 2004, 07:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't like the way Egnlish is marked. The exam marker has to sit there, marking loads and loads of papers. That's boring. And then, you may state an opinion that they don't agree with. No matter how much evidence you have to support it, if they don't like the opinion (like, " I agree with fox hunting because...."), they're gonna do everything they possibly can to find faults and mark you down for really stupid things. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It may seem like that, but that is nothing like how they are marked.

    It is very difficult to mark an enlish exam, because if they guy makes a statement you don't agree with, you have to go against your feelings and give them the marks for backing up
  • TequilaTequila Join Date: 2003-08-13 Member: 19660Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Nil_IQ+Jan 15 2004, 11:48 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nil_IQ @ Jan 15 2004, 11:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Tequila+Jan 15 2004, 11:36 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tequila @ Jan 15 2004, 11:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If you don't do the time, then you don't get the dime. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That has to be the stupidest saying i've ever heard. Ever. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I coined it on the spot, so bite your filthy tongue, and get some damn IQ points.
  • MoquiaoMoquiao Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16168Members
    i havent got my math gcse but i have key skills lvl3 which is worth more then a math gcse... my maths gcse was just unpassable! i took it 3 times.. but then i did another course.. and it worked
  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    Oh comon now, english is an easy class.
    Just study if you really don't understand the stuff, and read alot, it really helps your vocabulary and understanding of how writing works.
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Hawkeye+Jan 15 2004, 01:00 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Hawkeye @ Jan 15 2004, 01:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm the exact same way. I hate english with a passion. I never got bad grades in it, but I could never force myself to study.

    I mean come on. English was my only subject where there was never a 'right' answer and a 'wrong' answer. That's why I love math. 25 is either the right answer or the wrong answer. There is no gray! With english, you can say one thing and it be correct, and then say another thing and it be EVEN MORE correct. WTH!

    Since when has the answer to a math problem been right when the answer was 25, and EVEN MORE right when the answer was 27. WTH! OMG H4X!!!1111oneoneone <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Not sure what math you're in, but there are some later maths and applied maths that are a lot like your description of english. Although, most are only that way because it'd take a very long time to get the exact answer, or they're irrational numbers or something.

    Oh, and for those thousands and thousands of useless math equations: take a physics, chemistry or other applied mathematics course...you'll see just how useful they can be. If not to invent or learn something, to make you understand the concepts behind the math.

    Your math teacher should at least be giving you some real world applications of the math. Like: "Many natural occurances follow a logarithmic structure, such as the electromagnetic spectrum." While things like area or perimeter aren't quite as in depth because their use is inherent in the problems that have to accompany them.

    If you want to work on your grade, try taking a profound interest in what you're trying to do. Though that can be very hard if you find the subject extremely boring.
  • HawkeyeHawkeye Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1855Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Not sure what math you're in, but there are some later maths and applied maths that are a lot like your description of english. Although, most are only that way because it'd take a very long time to get the exact answer, or they're irrational numbers or something.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Irrational numbers are still precise. 9 + 4i is a definite answer. You can't have another number with the same value as 9 + 4i. Math is precise.. to the teeth.

    I'm not saying the answers are always easy to find, but the answers are always black or white. Either the answer exists or it doesn't. Black or white. Either the answer is right or it is wrong. Black or white.
  • SwiftspearSwiftspear Custim tital Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22097Members
    English isn't about the answers, its about what you do with them. Most of my best essays I have written from the opinioniative side I didn't agree with, it gets all the bullcrap you want to say out of the way, and lets you just write concentrating on your form.
  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    English courses are hit and miss for me... I was in honors english in 7th, 8th, and 9th grade and did terribly.. 10th grade i was in academic, as with 11th and did slightly better... now i'm in 12AP and I doing great. Go figure.
  • SuperTeflonSuperTeflon Join Date: 2003-12-31 Member: 24893Banned
    I didn't do too hot in Engrish classes until I was actually able to chose my own courses. I mean, the generic 'grammar crap and projects' in your average high school freshman courses was *snooze*. I got into Creative Writing and LIterary Themes and it was a cakewalk (I also got a 99% on my ACT Reading and Writing or whatever they call it these days <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->)
  • GreyPawsGreyPaws Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8659Members
    Bribe your teacher, im totally serrious, I got a B in an english class I only atended like 4 or 5 times durring one of the meetings I gave him some sob story about having a crappy homelife and being depressed and needing counsling, I told him I didnt want anyone else to know so I would need to go durring the time of his class, I also told him I'd give him $200 for a C or better, he agreed. Done deal.

    If that fails actually develop a good relationship with the teacher, ask what you can do to improve, show interest in the subject and you'll pass on the relationship alone.
  • Speed_2_DaveSpeed_2_Dave Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8788Members
    Here's my tip: always try to use correct English online, where applicable.
    Sometimes a fragment makes more sense, but never shorten words, or use grammar incorrectly.
    That way you don't "practice wrong," since everyone knows spoken English rarely resembles what the proper written form is.
  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    I usually breeze my classes with 'zen studying'. Usually if I concentrate on a task, I'll choke and fail. If I simply relax and don't think about it, I tend to come out on top a lot of the time.
    Math, I suck at. Something about the numbers just messes with my head, regardless of how I try. English, I usually can ace. I've only had one 'bad' teacher (last semester in fact)... in a Creative Writing class. I ended up going off and, while fitting the rules of the assignment, bringing out some really interesting literature. A story about absolutely nothing, just letting my mind wander. A number of compelling poems that people asked me to print out copies that they could take home. And an act of a play that had people laughing and feeling along with the roles presented.
    Unfortunately, I didn't realize that 'Creative Writing' wasn't actually intended to be creative. :b I managed to score a C after a bit of badgering, which shattered my 3.96 GPA. Aggravating, because that was enough to kick me off the honor roll. :b
  • HawkeyeHawkeye Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1855Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--GreyPaws+Jan 15 2004, 06:46 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (GreyPaws @ Jan 15 2004, 06:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Bribe your teacher, im totally serrious, I got a B in an english class I only atended like 4 or 5 times durring one of the meetings I gave him some sob story about having a crappy homelife and being depressed and needing counsling, I told him I didnt want anyone else to know so I would need to go durring the time of his class, I also told him I'd give him $200 for a C or better, he agreed. Done deal.

    If that fails actually develop a good relationship with the teacher, ask what you can do to improve, show interest in the subject and you'll pass on the relationship alone. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Preferably, you try to get a good relationship with the teacher FIRST, THEN you bribe. Doesn't typically work the other way around I've found.

    Also, ever notice that when you shoot someone and ask questions later, it never quite works out the way you want to? <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    Im almost as bad at math as you are at english! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • pieceofsoappieceofsoap Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9535Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Narfwak+Jan 15 2004, 11:33 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Narfwak @ Jan 15 2004, 11:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Just learn your lesson and work next time around and you'll be fine. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This from you?
    Go to class, slacker!
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