Florida sounds nice this time of year...

[xp_daytripper]

I tell you, I'm this close to packing all this study thing in and hitching me way to somewhere where there aren't exams. That or finding a memory-enhancing spell in me books and helping me poor, confused head.

And exams time proper ain't even started yet...

Someone tell me this is all worth it in the end? It ain't like I'm every going to be able to go to university, but tell me finishing high school is worth all this brain busting.

I'm off for a fag break, before me head explodes and makes a mess of Manuel's room. Well, a bigger mess. Somebody needs another crash course in Laundry 101.

Note: I'm just joking about Florida and the spell. Really. Well, mostly.

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I'm still trying to get used to...

[x-empath.livejournal.com]

this whole bloody education-in-herds concept.

I grew up with one-on-one instruction. A glass of something in one hand, a smoke lit, maybe a book or two cracked open, and we would just _talk_. For hours. If I had a question about a place, the tutor would tell me of his direct experiences, or we would go there directly and examine it for ourselves.

I miss that.

Of course, too many mistakes and it was the switch, but I came to realize that a little pain was a wonderful tool for sharpening the attentions.

Here, it's so cold and formal. Makes it hard to learn. And there's really no need - if you pay attention in class and can actually read the textbook *grr* then you should pick up the material.

Manuel

Re: I'm still trying to get used to...

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

Not all the classes are cold or formal. History was a lot of discussion this year - although, that may have been due to Shinobi disliking regular teaching methods.

Art is never cold or formal, and Biology was not as well.

Re: I'm still trying to get used to...

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

Physics isn't either--Doc McCoy is fun.

. . . Actually, I don't think I've had a boring, cold, or formal class since I've been here, and I've taken most of 'em. What I missed about actual classrooms when I was homeschooled was the discussion, I think--I mean, my parents are smart people, and we talked about stuff, but there was a max three different points of view on any subject. Get a dozen different people into a room, get 'em excited about a discussion--which most of the teachers here can do no problem--and you've really got something special.

Re: I'm still trying to get used to...

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It's funny, I think what I miss most about my parents is right after school when I'd get home, they'd sit down with me and go through all the homework I had for that day. Dad and Mum were both smart and they wanted me to do well. Most of the time these days, everyone else is so stressed there's not many people to actually just sit down and study with. *grins* I'm too much of a social type to really like schoolwork without company.

Re: I'm still trying to get used to...

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I had an idea. Have you ever heard of something called a GED? I forget exactly what it stands for, but it's basically a test that winds up giving you the equivalent of a high school diploma if you pass. So rather than suffer through all the classes that you seem to hate, you could just take the test. It would take some preparation, since you aren't completely fluent in English yet, but it might be something you might ask Ms. Frost about. *shrug*

No thank you.

[x-empath.livejournal.com]

I do not want to take this option. I need to be able to read English well first.

I am frustrated.

And no, I will not accept aid in this matter. I do not wish to acquire any _more_ debts.

Manuel

Re: No thank you.

[xp_daytripper]

I'll renew that translating spell, if you like. Sorry it only covers one book at a time. Pick the one that's giving you the most trouble.

As for incurring debts... my point exactly as far as your offer to do for me goes. I know you want to and can affod to, but it's too much. I do appreciate it, tho'.

No.

[x-empath.livejournal.com]

Your spells aren't helping matters any.

I will get through it. Eventually.

Besides, it's not like I really care how I'm assessed by these people. I couldn't tell you how I'm doing. I know that Psi is not going well, but it was taught by Kwannon, and she had no interest in teaching me how to do anything.

And they don't know how to handle an empath, anyway.

Well, Charles does, but he doesn't want to teach me. He harps incessantly on something called self-realization.

Manuel

Re: No.

[xp_daytripper]

*nods* Thought that might be it. Still, anything I can do to help, let me know, okay? No obigation or debt.

I've done both

[xp_daytripper]

Rack took care of most of my schooling when I was a kid. He taught me to read spells, to speak Latin, Sumerian, and the rest of them, and how to look after the place and meself. He was big on the whole pain as an educator thing, only he never used to stop at a little.

When I was a ward of the state, they tried to put me through the great British education system. Classes of forty or more, teachers who don't give a toss or had no idea what they were doing, never enough books and such. I picked up what I could, the days I was actually there, and copped more than me fair share of beatings because the teachers thought I was giving cheek when I told them I didn't understand the work.

What they do here is much better. At least they notice when I have trouble, and there's plenty of people who are willing to help. And no-one hurling blackboard erasers at me head. ;) I might complain, but it's that or go madder than a box full of badgers, and you don't want to see that again. *wry grin*