school vs fun

[Ahmad]

I am the first to admit I am no genius as others in the class got the impression, I just love math, understand it, I may not be the best in class but unlike the others I am willing to learn new topics instead of parting and killing brain cells.

I hope you go far, good luck.

[Damo17]

thanks Betty, many people in my class would never think of going ahead, not because they won't understand it but because they don't want to do 'extra' work. And they might not have the passion at this point, not getting serious about their future education. I want to do well so I am planning ahead. In physics my teacher was teaching us the first section on electricity, a demonstration was his Medium sized Tesla Coil, i was fascinated by this and was the only one to go to him after class and told him i was interested in building one. I am now in the course of gathering info on materials and prices. No one else I know shows initiative like this.   

[brendan]

The social price paid by the best and brightest minority students
Roland G. Fryer is a professor of economics, Harvard University and a faculty research fellow, the National Bureau of Economic Research.
http://www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/3212736.html

[chid]

damo17- you're to be commended for your work ethic and certainly not ridiculed.  

KEEP IT UP! And I agree, you need to talk to someone higher up.
 

In many ways I think working ahead and/or being a gifted student serves to make the VCE years more enjoyable. By being less stressed out by SAC's, exams and feeling in control of your subjects, it is inevitable that the impact on other areas of school life will be positive. But also by having a sound understanding of the course earlier, class time can serve as revision and reinforcement rather than 'learning.' I feel that this helps one to enjoy the subject.

[bucket]

But then what happens when they move into the working world??
When do you get a chance to well, be young?

[brendan]

They work?

[Damo17]

what do you think being 'young' entails bucket?

[bucket]

living without the stresses and responsibilities of life =]
i dont know lol.
i like to hang out with mates and shit but i also want to do well in school . its hard.

[Collin Li]

To be young in the academic world means to have the creativity to find solutions to unsolved problems. To each to their own, I guess.

[ninwa]

what i meant was do you think it is possible to enjoy your youth, and at the same time achieve a 9x.xx enterscore (which is a great confidence boost).

I did it's definitely possible as long as you don't completely focus on school and cut out all your extra-curricular activities. Music, friends, theatre and even sport was what made year 12 enjoyable (sort of)

Damo, you sound incredibly intelligent and have amazing self discipline, you'll go far in life. What school do you go to if you don't mind me asking? Because that's a very shitty position for your teachers to be taking. Ignore them, and ignore your fellow classmates, cos at the rate you're going, they'll be working for you and trying to kiss your ass in a few years!

[Collin Li]

The "working for you" line frustrates me.

Bosses aren't disproportionately represented by smart and high academic achievers. Someone like Damo is more likely to rely on private investment when he's on the frontier of cutting edge research. He'll probably be working for someone, but he'll definitely have plenty of resources at his disposal (avoiding the word money, since people seem to think money isn't worth much), and be highly demanded.

To be honest, Damo doesn't seem like boss material. Boss material is perhaps someone who would have stood up to their teacher. That's not a good or a bad thing. Your own traits lead you in the direction you're suited for.

[Damo17]

Damo, you sound incredibly intelligent and have amazing self discipline, you'll go far in life. What school do you go to if you don't mind me asking? Because that's a very shitty position for your teachers to be taking. Ignore them, and ignore your fellow classmates

ninwa- I go to Eumemmerring College Hallam Campus, not a bad school but not a good one either. But I have an excellent General Maths Advanced teacher and a very good Physics teacher as a real positive for the teachers their, it's just some teachers their don't have the right ethics in some situations or don't know what to do. My methods teacher most likely has never had a student go so far ahead. I would have thought a maths teacher would encourage people who enjoy maths to go ahead, just like my General Adv teacher, he said "go ahead at your own pace" which I really thought was a great quality in him.
Thanks for the nice comment, I try to do my best to learn interesting new things in my area of strength. I've even gone and put my name up to go to Monash University's High 5's Program to gain new skills and have fun.

coblin- I may have stood up to him if it wasn't the first day of meeting him, that with the fact of new classmates, I didn't want to be even more disliked by my pupils in some respects. Or get off on the wrong foot.

[Mao]

Damo, you sound incredibly intelligent and have amazing self discipline, you'll go far in life. What school do you go to if you don't mind me asking? Because that's a very shitty position for your teachers to be taking. Ignore them, and ignore your fellow classmates

ninwa- I go to Eumemmerring College Hallam Campus, not a bad school but not a good one either. But I have an excellent General Maths Advanced teacher and a very good Physics teacher as a real positive for the teachers their, it's just some teachers their don't have the right ethics in some situations or don't know what to do. My methods teacher most likely has never had a student go so far ahead. I would have thought a maths teacher would encourage people who enjoy maths to go ahead, just like my General Adv teacher, he said "go ahead at your own pace" which I really thought was a great quality in him.
Thanks for the nice comment, I try to do my best to learn interesting new things in my area of strength. I've even gone and put my name up to go to Monash University's High 5's Program to gain new skills and have fun.

haha, nice job, you are a couple suburbs away from me

about that Hi 5's program, I did it last year and I can tell you, as a math/science student, it'll be close to useless for you its a general Monash marketing scheme to get you to go to Monash Berwick, but regardless, you get an award plate at the end, and it looks good on the resume

keep going, work hard, you'll get to places

[Damo17]

Thanks Mao, yeah I knew that it's a general kind of thing, but It would give me new skills and meet other people and as you said, look good on your resume.

[enwiabe]

Damo, you seem like a good kid and reading these posts, it's rather frustrating and disappointing that you face such hurdles in trying to further your education. But Ahmad (or Betty as he/she's now calling him/herself), dcc, coblin, myself and many others are all on board to help you! If you run into concepts you don't understand/questions you can't do that your teacher won't explain to you, just post them on the relevant maths board and someone will reply pretty quickly! Good luck to you in learning at your own pace, you're a welcome addition to this site.