Yes, we don't have middle school. High school starts at year 7.
Well, year 11-12 is college here, but college here is not college over there. College students in the US are university students in Australia.
You do grade more strictly. But I also believe that the content you get given and the way it is given to you results in harder pass ranks.
Ah, I see. I think here middle school is years 6-8, but I really only had a middle school for two years, but that's because I'm homeschooled.
Okay, that makes sense. I know in the United Kingdom their university is our college and their college is just our high school or whatever, or I guess the last two years of our high school.
So you think that we grade more strictly but the content is easier anyway?
Well, since we are a "colony" of the UK we have similarities to them. Some schools here are almost identical to UK schools.
Well, from what I've seen and read, I THINK you get more tests than we do. Emphasis on think. We'll learn the same things but our tests will be few and far between, thus, I think our tests would be like multiple of yours, meaning we have to remember more, hence why our passing grade is lowered. Examinations are the same though.
No I finished that class it was not particularly enjoyable but he gave us a 17 question takehome exam so I guess I learned all of complex analysis just from doing that Has its uses, I suppose. I am majoring in math, going into my final year of undergrad, and will be going to grad school in 2021, hopefully for a PhD in math. My interest is in applied math, particularly in using advanced pure math techniques in modelling situations. I also am interested in statistics and computer science and will hopefully bulk on those in grad school.
-benboy
I see, that's interesting. What do you hope to do with a PhD? Something along the lines of a statistician?
Ah, I see. Perhaps something specifically mathematical since you like it best. Awesome.
That's fair. They aren't the easiest things to do, but once in a while they can be interesting. That's pretty much how it goes. There's a lot of math in the back of my mind that I haven't touched in a very long time.
I see. I've heard it's usually the reds and the greens that are most affected.
I've been leaning toward something mathematical probably because my of my parents, but I'm still not sure. And now I've gotten to the age where I kind of need to decide. . . .
I think proofs are usually always interesting to me, but again, not that easy to do. I suppose if you ever need to learn that math if you revisit it'll come back to the front of your mind.
Yep, red-green color vision deficiency is the most common kind, which I have.
Ah, I see. It'll take some time to discover and see what you like better. I'm sure you'll make a decision you'll be satisfied with.
I can kind of agree with that. It's interesting how it comes together, but it's difficult to actually do them. That works too. A quick review and some internet research will get me back up to speed.
Gotcha. So the best you can see is blue colors, right?
Ah, that's a good idea. It's nice to reread a good book that you really enjoyed (Right, only the best books can be reread). Wow. Ten books a week, that's more than one book a day.
Yep. My favorite series is the Peleg Chronicles (I do believe I got LordTigress interested in them, which is only fair, because she got me reading the Warriors) and I've read the books in that series about eight times. Of course by now I know the books extremely well, but they're still a joy to read. I've read the Wingfeather Saga a couple times too.
Yep, that is so. However, that's only when I don't have much school.
Wow. That sounds like a very interesting series for you to have read 8 times. Does it get boring to reread a book again? What makes the next time you read the same book more interesting than the last time?
Same with me. Oh, right. I wonder if sometimes the author just has a minimum word count to fulfill in order to get their book published.
I know. Time flies faster and faster the more time you have lived. Yeah, sometimes that's true. I've never read the Harry Potter series, but I've seen the huge books at the library. I've heard that a lot of the writing is unnecessary fluff and the books didn't have to be that big.
Agreed. I've lived 22 years and it's gone by so fast. Hmm, very interesting. I've never read Harry Potter either, so I don't know either. They do look very big for being for kids though.
That's not a bad way to do it. It's like the hardware store where they have catalogs of screws, nuts, and bolts.
Hmm. Interesting. Me and my friend played MLN for a few weeks before we started getting busy with other things. Even then, we used a guide to get us through. I suppose MLN was more like a puzzle game than a network.
Ah, I see. That makes a lot of sense. I hope your plan for a PhD goes well, or whatever plan you have if PhD doesn't work out. It'll be nice to go to a different school for the Masters or PhD program. I also went to a different school since I didn't want to stay in my old college anymore.
Right. A lot of creativity can come from different kinds of pieces. I have a lot of my Bionicle pieces in one place since I don't build much Bionicle-like models (and since I don't have much Bionicle pieces anyway)
Yes, but I think it would be just easier for me to memorize the general location of everything if I group by piece type, as I'm fairly certain no such list exists already.
The thing is, you had to interact with a lot of people to get the required items on MLN, and since most of the users were inactive it was often difficult. I remember it took me a month to actually get someone to accept my friend request on there No idea why I didn't give up.
I'm pretty tired of my current university so it'll be a welcome change
I have a lot of Bionicle, it was really the first LEGO theme I got heavily into, and I was able to pick up a lot more at the flea market over the years, so I have some decent early 2000s stuff in addition to the 2007-2008 stuff I played with as a kid. However, I'm uncertain how to sort it and if it's relevant to my current building aspirations, so I just put it all in a big tub and stored it away in my attic. I have a few of my favorite Bionicles here still though, I like the one that rolls into a ball, that has to be like from 2003 I guess.
-benboy
True. It will be better when grabbing pieces just comes naturally to you.
Right. It's even harder when they don't have the module you need to click on. That's a lot of patience waiting a month. I guess it was still fun anyways.
That's understandable. Hopefully the next university you go to will be fun and interesting to go to.
Ah, very cool. Those seemed to be the good old days of Bionicle. Maybe you can sort it by type of figure components, like armor pieces, limbs, weapons, etc. Ah yes, the Bohrok. I have a couple of those, although dissembled.
Lol. Sometimes electrical engineering can trap you in when you're trying so many options of fixing something. Maybe you'll learn how to make PCBs or something.
Yeah, I hear my EE friends complain about it all the time Circuit boards aren't really my thing but who knows where I'll end up I might apply to a data science program through my university this summer, however, so that would unfortunately limit the time for hobbies.
-benboy
Pretty much. The circuit always works except when you need it to. Ah, gotcha. You'll find out if you'll get into it. Ah, that sounds good doing data science. Something along the lines of Machine Learning or something like that?
tbf the midterm was easier, or maybe I just wasnt as tired then 
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Wow, sounds like it felt like a long time to finish doing it in one sitting. 