Heh, underachievers of rthe world UNITE!! I was the underachiever poster child. I am not sure if I did ANY homework in high school, barely made it out, and then proceeded to become a 3.8+ student in college (learning cool things like how chemical bonding REALLY works and what a lie high school chemistry was...) and a tutor for all the most difficult instructors in nearly every department. Funny thing is, the subjects I hated most in high school (mainly English and History) were the ones I did the best in, having a choice of instructors and choosing the most evil "never give A's" ones. The fact that 50% dropthe class in the first 2 weeks just gives me sooo much elitist satisfaction (look at all that horrible tense disagreement, Mrs. Sermons - YES that was her real name - would have put me on the rack for this crap). My single biggest problem with high school was a lack of curriculum choice. A close 2nd was the spoon-fed manner of instruction. Boredom was not, and is not the problem, its the forcible operation in a counter-productive environment. If someone wants me now (I am our CAD system Admin/Software Trainer/Engineering IT stand-in) they leave me a message or knock politely on my door. Aside from the hum of power supplies and chittering of older hard drives, my work area is mostly silent, and silence is indeed golden. Oh, yeah, and office space was oneof the funniest films I have seen in a long while. TPS reports indeed!!
a few things I reccomend to anyone who ever has any contact with the internet: 1. Dont open unsolicited e-mail at any official e-mail address (work/family/etc.. e-mails). 2. Stay away from spam-friendly sites like Yahoo 3. READ EULA's TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE INSTALLING (AND ASSUME THAT WHATS IN THE EULA IS A BEST CASE SCENARIO) 4. Pretend the internet and computers are like anything else in life. i.e. dont attempt to fix your car brakes unless you know what you are doing OR are prepared for the possible eventualities. 5. Protect those "uneducated" people you know from themselves!!! (after all, if you help others avoid proliferating spam/viruses/etc.. you are helping yourself as well) 6. Vote in favor of the punishment "drawn and quartered" for offenses of Identity theft, Credit card fraud, Spam, and any association with child porn. 7. Work voodoo magic against anyone who associates with or likes "Gator".!!!!!!!!
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Heh, underachievers of rthe world UNITE!! I was the underachiever poster child. I am not sure if I did ANY homework in high school, barely made it out, and then proceeded to become a 3.8+ student in college (learning cool things like how chemical bonding REALLY works and what a lie high school chemistry was...) and a tutor for all the most difficult instructors in nearly every department. Funny thing is, the subjects I hated most in high school (mainly English and History) were the ones I did the best in, having a choice of instructors and choosing the most evil "never give A's" ones. The fact that 50% dropthe class in the first 2 weeks just gives me sooo much elitist satisfaction (look at all that horrible tense disagreement, Mrs. Sermons - YES that was her real name - would have put me on the rack for this crap). My single biggest problem with high school was a lack of curriculum choice. A close 2nd was the spoon-fed manner of instruction. Boredom was not, and is not the problem, its the forcible operation in a counter-productive environment. If someone wants me now (I am our CAD system Admin/Software Trainer/Engineering IT stand-in) they leave me a message or knock politely on my door. Aside from the hum of power supplies and chittering of older hard drives, my work area is mostly silent, and silence is indeed golden. Oh, yeah, and office space was oneof the funniest films I have seen in a long while. TPS reports indeed!!
a few things I reccomend to anyone who ever has any contact with the internet:
1. Dont open unsolicited e-mail at any official e-mail address (work/family/etc.. e-mails).
2. Stay away from spam-friendly sites like Yahoo
3. READ EULA's TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE INSTALLING (AND ASSUME THAT WHATS IN THE EULA IS A BEST CASE SCENARIO)
4. Pretend the internet and computers are like anything else in life. i.e. dont attempt to fix your car brakes unless you know what you are doing OR are prepared for the possible eventualities.
5. Protect those "uneducated" people you know from themselves!!! (after all, if you help others avoid proliferating spam/viruses/etc.. you are helping yourself as well)
6. Vote in favor of the punishment "drawn and quartered" for offenses of Identity theft, Credit card fraud, Spam, and any association with child porn.
7. Work voodoo magic against anyone who associates with or likes "Gator".!!!!!!!!