So how are you liking school?

[Mysterious F.]

Now that were all back in school now, how are you guys liking it?

I'm not too particularily intimidated by high school (9th grade). It's not as hard as people make it out to be, it's still the same. The only real change is that I got to choose two of my classes. This symester I have PowerPoint (because it was easy), and next symester I have Art.

[Keaton]

I don't like kids.  Being a sub sucks.

Except for you all, you're the cool kids.

[MagmarFire]

Tacheon, you're awesome!

Ahem... Anyway, so far, school's been all right. I'm pretty much dual enrolling (a Website design and programming class! \/\/007!) and I haven't been overwhelmed as of yet. Here's hoping it stays that way.

[Twilight Wolf]

Tenth grade so far has been pretty much like every other school year: relatively straightforward, not too much harder than last year, but a noticeable step up. Can't complain too much, really.

[Aureliano]

I'm in 10th grade and it's alright.  Not hard, not easy.  Only thing is that it  is an all boy's school.  And Catholic.  I don't like guys, and I am not Catholic.  They make Religion a major course and I have to pass it, or I go straight to summer school.

[darkphantomime]

Word of advice. Demand a transfer NOW!

[alical]

I'm in Year 11 now, and work has stepped up a notch, loads of essays and data studies. But at least I'm one year away from being in the sixth form, which means no school uniform and doing only four subjects.
I hate school uniform, especially my blazer ><
And the new year 7s make such a noise on the bus, but they are nice and quiet on the train.
But break and lunch are fun, the weather is still ok so we just laze on the field.

[Darth Wyndisis]

I finally made it to calculus, and I am terrible at it.  Maybe I will understand it sooner or later.  Statistics isn't bad though.

[darkphantomime]

Calculus is hell! GET OUT OF THERE NAOOOO!!!

Seriously, it's very very very hard.

[MagmarFire]

Define hard. Isn't the difficulty level various from person to person?

[Gamefreak]

I'm taking a brief break from school right now to raise money for that place.

Taking all donations to the "Not mugging you" foundation right now.

[Darth Wyndisis]

I'm willing to take the challenge.  This semester I am only going part time, so I will have extra study time (if I don't get called in to work extra hours ).  

[darkphantomime]

Define hard. Isn't the difficulty level various from person to person?

Unless you're a math or physics engineering major (and sometimes even then) Calculus is well known to be hard. You may think otherwise because of the relative, subjective definition of 'hard', But unless you're really really really into abstract maths, it's not going to be a cakewalk.

Do YOU think you would be able to calculate the derivative of cosine 5/8(pi)? or how about the derivative of cosecant 5/16(pi)? or all those other trigonometric derivative functions in your head, without use of a graphing calculator? Because I sure as hell can't calculate like that.

[MagmarFire]

Do YOU think you would be able to calculate the derivative of cosine 5/8(pi)? or how about the derivative of cosecant 5/16(pi)? or all those other trigonometric derivative functions in your head, without use of a graphing calculator? Because I sure as hell can't calculate like that.

I never said I did, for I myself am not that proficient in calculus yet. And are you even expected to do those in your head? As far as I know, that's one of the reasons why you're encouraged to have a graphing calculator in college.

[darkphantomime]

Boy... in tests, they don't let you use a graphing calculator. True fact!

And yes, they do expect you to do it in your head or on paper.

Say mags, aren't you a senior in high school? So wouldn't you be taking a calculus course by now? All of the advanced honors students in my class (including me) took precalculus in Junior year, and most of us moved on to AP Calculus. A LOT of us had trouble with AP calculus when we were just able to squeak by in precalculus. Hell, I was able to make straight As in Precalculus, but I still got really low test scores when I was in AP Calculus (probably around the middle in the range... I kept getting lower scores and felt like I kept hitting rock bottom... and then it'd get even lower.)