general discussion GDXXVIII: I am, you are, we are Equestrian - Page 24

You going to collage?

quote NB

quote Superwalnut

You going to collage?

I'm not sure, maybe. If not, I'll just take a year off. I have one school in mind already, they also sent me a track letter because they were interested in my track abilities. I got like a million letters from different schools, but I have to choose one school of course. <: But yeah the college I like is "Bloomsburg University" in PA. I want to stay in my home state/close to home. I probably wouldn't if I got a track scholarship from a really good state college or something though.

Also I now have a Xbox 360/Live. My dad never used his at his house, so I asked for it. Now I have it! He has the old white Xbox, he got it like a year or two ago, and we played it for a year and a half at his house when I would go over, then we kind of just stopped. It was just collecting dust so I asked for it. My gamertag is RandomsaurusRex if anyone cares.

I like having both consoles because of the exclusives. I've been missing out on a lot of the Xbox exclusives like Halo Reach. <3

Also, a lot of my real life friends have Xbox so it was about time for me to get it. But I will always like PS3 more, and the PS3 controller more.

Hell yeah.

I never got around to seeing what was great about a 360. I think the only reason to get it would be because of shooters, because I played and XBOX before I played a Playstation or Nintendo console and found the controler to be shit. These days I'm pro Sony.

I love the games on the Nintendo consoles but really these days I'll only *bleep* with Legend of Zelda & Smash Bros. and that doesn't justify buying a console. 360 exclusives aren't interesting for me either(except maybe the racer) and having to pay for online is something I can't afford right now.

Though maybe this will change if all goes well tomorrow.

I plan on owning all three consoles(probably just the Wii-U if rumors are true for next gen) this gen and my gaming rig within the next couple of months. I'm hoping and praying to all gods out there that everything goes alright tomorrow so I can start working.

Also still upside down eh, lucky I can flip my phone around, sucks for those on a pc right now.

quote Lin Keui Swampert

Guys, if you combine filtered swear words, with the exception of the f-word, it isn't filtered!

Niggercock is a word!

I take credit for this, you cuntass. :>

quote NB

"What's outside?" some of you say? A magical place.

quote SkX

Hooray, I got my graduation certificate!

wont be getting mine until around july, and even then, the diploma wont come till august (assuming a pass).

and now to find whatever job i can get my hands on...

been doing that for two years already

hopefully i should have enough within a few months. the question is how to go about it now. i have two choices...i can go sooner, before november, with my crappy grades on a return ticket to australia, and apply for the air force. if i am accepted, great, i shred up my ticket. if not, i return to sweden, and take a resit for my maths in november. the alternative is to wait till after november, after i do my maths resit, and hopefully get better grades, and then leave on a one way ticket. again, if im accepted in to the air force, great. if not, thats going to be a problem, and ill probably have to try and apply for another job, even if it is my old mcdonalds job temporarily.

mind you, if you disregard my maths grades, i did really well in school. and IB incorporates some university level topics in to the curriculum. universities worldwide scale you up, so even if you have a 4 out of 7 in a subject, which is under 60%, thats still considered a really good mark, if i compare it with australian grades. my biology, economics, english, and physics should be around 6 out of 7 each, and my swedish being a more understandable 4 out of 7...and then the 2 out of 7 in maths. we also have a theory of knowledge subject which offers a potential extra 3 points combined with a free choice 4000 word essay. i think i did superbly on my essay, but ToK was a horrendous subject. if anyone takes philosophy lectures, youll know what i mean. anyway, i could get an extra point there. i could get around 31 out of 45 points, which, while being a little less than 70%, would scale up to around 85% for UNSW, which to my knowledge is one of the best universities in australia, and hence, lesser universities would accept lower marks. not that i want to go to uni, but it offers some perspective on the grading.

i wont lie or cover up my mistakes with bullshit. that horrible maths result is my fault, and i am primarily to blame. however, i would like to think that it isnt entirely my fault, considering over two years, we have have 4 teachers in maths, two of which were good, but lasted no more than a few weeks each, with the other two being completely crap. to explain this, ill provide an example...one of the teachers had to go back and look in her book for the pythagoras formula. and of course, im not the only one who wants to take a resit for the maths exam, either. most of my classmates refuse to tell me their grades, but if they are saying they all want resits for maths and maths only, then i think i can figure out what general marks they got.

...whats this? hiiggy not making a one liner?



EDIT: random topic change: if you started hallucinating and started seeing and interacting with your favorite pony around your house, would you check see a shrink, or embrace the insanity?

As you may know, I like to break all da rulez. Despite being what most would classify as a "nerd," I did terribly at math, which is something that nerds are stereotypically good at. I took an ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) test once in case I ever decided to join the military so I would know what options are available to me. Being terrible at math, I studied for a few weeks and learned more on my own than any teacher was able to teach me. Took the ASVAB and got a 93. Didn't think it was possible given how poorly I did in school, but apparently I'm qualified for anything.

quote hiigaran

EDIT: random topic change: if you started hallucinating and started seeing and interacting with your favorite pony around your house, would you check see a shrink, or embrace the insanity?

Why would I want to put a stop to such delightful mental condition? I jelly of anybody who experiences this.