Im still in high school... and the only difference is that we sit around with our laptops and one person gets the 3D design, and another person does teh website, and another makes sure that we dont get sued for uninetntionally creating a game too similar to an existing one...
although (in base 10) 0 is the last digit to show up in pi, it is the 33rd digit, and in an infinite irrational number, im sure that 0 appearrs much more than once:-P
A student from my school posted a website (the website is up, but the contiversial message board is gone. if you are interested, the site is here) that was in no way sponsered by the school, but created a forum that allowed students to post problems with the school, and discuss them on a message board. For some reason the faculty hated it, and students caught accessing it in class got in more trouble then if they were, say, accessing e-mail. There were, of course, many questions brought up regarding the "freedom of speech" in this page. The message board was not moderated, and there were some things posted about teachers that were not true, and somewhat degrading. However, I was a heavy advocate to keep the page going, because I thought that it was a good way for the students to say (anonymously) what they wanted to about the school. I would like to hear some input on this.
There is another great book out there that im sure many of you have read called Manifold: Time by Stephen Baxter. It is a fictional story revolving around actual physics and theories (there is an afterword that seperates the fact from fiction.) I would recommed it to anyone who hasnt read it, because it explains many of the concepts so well that a child could understand
I wish that I had the self-control that Sean has... I have had to put up with bullying in one sense or another since 1st grade... I however, did not have the self-control posessed by our good friend Sean, I would respond by hitting... this was not a problem back then, cause no one cared about school violence, but it was usually very discourging that i had to put up with that kind of verbal abuse until my breaking point, then i got in trouble for it and the other kids didnt... when i was in 8th grade, some kids were throwing balls at me and verbally harassing me... I snaped and went over and kicked one of them. unfortuantly i hit at just the right angle, and snapped the kid's wrist. I of course felt real bad about it, and expected the usual (or worse) punishment. However, by this time the school had realized just what i had to put up with, and in this case, even though the other kids was not disaplined, I was given a 5 day excused absence from school, instead of a suspension. this was all fine and dandy until the kid's psycho mom decided that it wasnt enough that i offered to pay the hospital bills, she took it to court. Even the judge thought this whole thing was a load of bull, he had me take a drug test, and (being a nerd) of course i passed, so he put me on 18 months of probation, which was soon replaced with early intervention, which meant i went in and talked to a probation officer once a month for 15 minutes. this was all great. However, of course, the teasing didnt stop, and to top it off, the kid had about 10 derogatory remarks against me on his CAST. this such as "Die, Pete, Die!" and "Pete sucks". of course, having already been nice, the administartion just had him black out the remarks, and go on with life.
anyway, i thought this might intice some interesting responses, if anyone is still watching this article
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I perfer tic-tac-toe...
i win
i lose
i win
draw
draw
draw
draw
draw
draw.....
No one is dumb enough to take that bet. not even me.
me fail english? thats unpossible
Im still in high school... and the only difference is that we sit around with our laptops and one person gets the 3D design, and another person does teh website, and another makes sure that we dont get sued for uninetntionally creating a game too similar to an existing one...
now if only my computer's internal bus speed was that fast...
What about 0?
:-P
pi=3.14159265358979323846264338327950288...
although (in base 10) 0 is the last digit to show up in pi, it is the 33rd digit, and in an infinite irrational number, im sure that 0 appearrs much more than once
A student from my school posted a website (the website is up, but the contiversial message board is gone. if you are interested, the site is here) that was in no way sponsered by the school, but created a forum that allowed students to post problems with the school, and discuss them on a message board. For some reason the faculty hated it, and students caught accessing it in class got in more trouble then if they were, say, accessing e-mail. There were, of course, many questions brought up regarding the "freedom of speech" in this page. The message board was not moderated, and there were some things posted about teachers that were not true, and somewhat degrading. However, I was a heavy advocate to keep the page going, because I thought that it was a good way for the students to say (anonymously) what they wanted to about the school. I would like to hear some input on this.
There is another great book out there that im sure many of you have read called Manifold: Time by Stephen Baxter. It is a fictional story revolving around actual physics and theories (there is an afterword that seperates the fact from fiction.) I would recommed it to anyone who hasnt read it, because it explains many of the concepts so well that a child could understand
I wish that I had the self-control that Sean has... I have had to put up with bullying in one sense or another since 1st grade... I however, did not have the self-control posessed by our good friend Sean, I would respond by hitting... this was not a problem back then, cause no one cared about school violence, but it was usually very discourging that i had to put up with that kind of verbal abuse until my breaking point, then i got in trouble for it and the other kids didnt... when i was in 8th grade, some kids were throwing balls at me and verbally harassing me... I snaped and went over and kicked one of them. unfortuantly i hit at just the right angle, and snapped the kid's wrist. I of course felt real bad about it, and expected the usual (or worse) punishment. However, by this time the school had realized just what i had to put up with, and in this case, even though the other kids was not disaplined, I was given a 5 day excused absence from school, instead of a suspension. this was all fine and dandy until the kid's psycho mom decided that it wasnt enough that i offered to pay the hospital bills, she took it to court. Even the judge thought this whole thing was a load of bull, he had me take a drug test, and (being a nerd) of course i passed, so he put me on 18 months of probation, which was soon replaced with early intervention, which meant i went in and talked to a probation officer once a month for 15 minutes. this was all great. However, of course, the teasing didnt stop, and to top it off, the kid had about 10 derogatory remarks against me on his CAST. this such as "Die, Pete, Die!" and "Pete sucks". of course, having already been nice, the administartion just had him black out the remarks, and go on with life. anyway, i thought this might intice some interesting responses, if anyone is still watching this article