Higher English - Page 3

alien_syndm · 6th May 2005, 06:27 PM

Erm did I say I was ? No.
Did I even say I have used "higher maths" ?
Perhaps I have, perhaps I haven't.
My point was you are far too young to say you'll never use anything you learnt in higher maths.

Lindsay · 6th May 2005, 06:34 PM

you were being patronising.

and i don't intend on doing anything that involves simplifying equasions harder than x+1=y-2 type things. which was standard grade. or anything with triangles any harder than pythagoras.

alien_syndm · 6th May 2005, 06:45 PM

Patronising ? Erm no I wasn't.
The same statement could easily have been made by a 12 year old who realised that they do not necessarily know what they will be doing or need to know in the future. The fact I am few years older than you is irrelevant.
You may not intend on doing anythign which involves it right now.
What about in 3 years, or 5 years, or 10 years ?
You never know what's round the corner.

.star* · 6th May 2005, 08:34 PM

I did Death of A Salesman, Burns poetry - I think I did Holy Willies' Prayer + my Specialist Study RPR thing was on Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. I hated higher English cos my teacher was rubbish, I preferred Advanced Higher English.4

With the maths thing, I didn't even do Higher Maths, all I've got is a 2 at standard grade! I don't really see me ever doing anything that needs all the forumla guff to be honest but you never know. I'm more of an arts than science person I guess.

alien_syndm · 6th May 2005, 08:40 PM

You never know though.
I mean if you only ever learned the things you needed to know, you wouldn't know very much.

humndislocation · 6th May 2005, 09:07 PM

I agree that you need higher english.

I wish I'd taken higher maths when I was at high school, but there's no way I could have passed it back then. I'm very very tempted to go to college and get my maths up to scratch. I'd like to learn calculus.

At the moment I know what calculus is, what it's useful for, what I need it for, I just don't know how to do it! It's useful for those geeks among us that want to be games programmers.

Lindsay · 6th May 2005, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alien_syndm

Patronising ? Erm no I wasn't.
The same statement could easily have been made by a 12 year old who realised that they do not necessarily know what they will be doing or need to know in the future. The fact I am few years older than you is irrelevant.
You may not intend on doing anythign which involves it right now.
What about in 3 years, or 5 years, or 10 years ?
You never know what's round the corner.

yes, but this is YOU i'm talking about, who greets me on msn with "so how's school going?" when you know that i'm about to graduate from uni

thomasjmaccoll · 6th May 2005, 11:18 PM

why do you need calculus for games programming?

MATHS JOKE: f(x) walks into a bar. the barman says "sorry, we don't cater for functions"

Lindsay · 6th May 2005, 11:31 PM

ana_saba · 6th May 2005, 11:46 PM

this thread makes me 'lol'

I have the english exam very soon, this makes me nervous.

Rebelius · 6th May 2005, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alien_syndm

My point was you are far too young to say you'll never use anything you learnt in higher maths.

maybe she's old enough to have forgotten all of what she did in Higher Maths and so even if she does need it at some point in the future, she'll need to learn it all again anyway.

alien_syndm · 7th May 2005, 02:10 AM

Quote:

maybe she's old enough to have forgotten all of what she did in Higher Maths and so even if she does need it at some point in the future, she'll need to learn it all again anyway.

I could be pedantic and say it's irrelevant if she has to learn it again or not. My statement is whether things learned in higher maths will be used(or not).
How many times they must be learned would not matter.
Some people learn something once and it sticks. Others forget it quickly.
Everyone is different.
Besides things are alot easier when "re-learned".

Anyway, good luck with your higher maths exam lindsay.

Just kidding.

Niall · 7th May 2005, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alien_syndm

I could be pedantic and say it's irrelevant if she has to learn it again or not. My statement is whether things learned in higher maths will be used(or not).
How many times they must be learned would not matter.
Some people learn something once and it sticks. Others forget it quickly.
Everyone is different.
Besides things are alot easier when "re-learned".

Anyway, good luck with your higher maths exam lindsay.

Just kidding.

cudve started a new thread about 10 posts back..

Afro Joe · 7th May 2005, 10:26 AM

got my advanced higher english exam on friday, i'm well buggered. think i'm doing morgan poetry with austen, emma and/or persuasion, as a backup if i really need it. we read king lear and hamlet too, but havent really done much work on them. i should get studying, need to pass to get into strathy.
me and my mate didnt pay much attention in higher english, the teacher made us fall asleep, so we only scraped through with a C and begged our way into advanced higher so we could get a different teacher.

6th May 2005, 11:31 PM	#39 (permalink)
Lindsay eighties fan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 7,594	: D

6th May 2005, 06:27 PM	#31 (permalink)
alien_syndm Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: dundee Posts: 1,435	Erm did I say I was ? No. Did I even say I have used "higher maths" ? Perhaps I have, perhaps I haven't. My point was you are far too young to say you'll never use anything you learnt in higher maths.

6th May 2005, 06:34 PM	#32 (permalink)
Lindsay eighties fan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 7,594	you were being patronising. and i don't intend on doing anything that involves simplifying equasions harder than x+1=y-2 type things. which was standard grade. or anything with triangles any harder than pythagoras.

6th May 2005, 06:45 PM	#33 (permalink)
alien_syndm Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: dundee Posts: 1,435	Patronising ? Erm no I wasn't. The same statement could easily have been made by a 12 year old who realised that they do not necessarily know what they will be doing or need to know in the future. The fact I am few years older than you is irrelevant. You may not intend on doing anythign which involves it right now. What about in 3 years, or 5 years, or 10 years ? You never know what's round the corner.

6th May 2005, 08:34 PM	#34 (permalink)
.star* Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,168	I did Death of A Salesman, Burns poetry - I think I did Holy Willies' Prayer + my Specialist Study RPR thing was on Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. I hated higher English cos my teacher was rubbish, I preferred Advanced Higher English.4 With the maths thing, I didn't even do Higher Maths, all I've got is a 2 at standard grade! I don't really see me ever doing anything that needs all the forumla guff to be honest but you never know. I'm more of an arts than science person I guess.

6th May 2005, 08:40 PM	#35 (permalink)
alien_syndm Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: dundee Posts: 1,435	You never know though. I mean if you only ever learned the things you needed to know, you wouldn't know very much.

6th May 2005, 09:07 PM	#36 (permalink)
humndislocation Hardcore is serious guys Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 5,840 Band: Blasphemous Necrorapist	I agree that you need higher english. I wish I'd taken higher maths when I was at high school, but there's no way I could have passed it back then. I'm very very tempted to go to college and get my maths up to scratch. I'd like to learn calculus. At the moment I know what calculus is, what it's useful for, what I need it for, I just don't know how to do it! It's useful for those geeks among us that want to be games programmers.

6th May 2005, 11:18 PM	#38 (permalink)
thomasjmaccoll Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: 47 millbank, cupar, fife Posts: 1,109	why do you need calculus for games programming? MATHS JOKE: f(x) walks into a bar. the barman says "sorry, we don't cater for functions"

6th May 2005, 11:46 PM	#40 (permalink)
ana_saba Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: motherhell, near glasgow Posts: 1,209	this thread makes me 'lol' I have the english exam very soon, this makes me nervous.

7th May 2005, 10:26 AM	#44 (permalink)
Afro Joe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 7,263	got my advanced higher english exam on friday, i'm well buggered. think i'm doing morgan poetry with austen, emma and/or persuasion, as a backup if i really need it. we read king lear and hamlet too, but havent really done much work on them. i should get studying, need to pass to get into strathy. me and my mate didnt pay much attention in higher english, the teacher made us fall asleep, so we only scraped through with a C and begged our way into advanced higher so we could get a different teacher.