SYM Factions

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 10:36 am

*big sigh*

Oh well, I just did the two hardest exams I'll have to do this year - the first went fine, the second...well let's just say that if I get more than 30%, there's been a mixup and someone else's paper was marked for me

At least there's the mark I have from last year that the exam was a retake of - a seemingly whopping 46%

. And to top it all off, some freak's gone and melted the hottub down

I need a drink. A strong one. A large one. And I do believe someone's passed out while I was away, the lucky thing.

*cuts two nicks in the bar*
*gets a horse-sized pint of MC²*

*goes and props Monty up in a secluded corner and sits opposite him*
Well Monty, I guess it's just you and me now...*sniff* You've always been such a good friend to me...say hi to Dusty and stuff*sniff*
*chugs the horse-sized pint and collapses like a rag doll, bouncing off a chair on the way down*

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 2:44 pm

cheer up mate, i missed one of my maths exams and failed this year's course. (whoops)

you've got plenty of time to sort out your future, so relax, and have a container of alcahol based substance.

Mysteria · Post by **Mysteria** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 2:49 pm

erm ... I *think* he's already passed out

Good luck, Kam!

Think positive

oh and I ... ahem ... bought this ... *waves at brand-new hot-tub*

I ... I have to get going ...before anybody asks why I bought it

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 3:08 pm

Originally posted by Robnark
cheer up mate, i missed one of my maths exams and failed this year's course. (whoops)
you've got plenty of time to sort out your future, so relax, and have a container of alcahol based substance.

Wow big whoops. That isn't good

Thanks, Mysty - for the encouragement and the hottub

This was also a maths exam - P3 to be precise

, I really wasn't expecting great things but it was dire

...having finally come round, I think it's time for bed

Night all (morning Beldin or do you get up at a ridiculous time in the morning in a few hours from now?)

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 3:43 pm

Originally posted by Robnark
cheer up mate, i missed one of my maths exams and failed this year's course.

Whoops indeed! Well, I overslept on one of my A-level French exams... but since my 6th form was small and quite nice, they delayed the exam about 15 minutes while I got there!!

@Kammy *hug* don't worry too much, like 'narky says, it's not so bad.

Oh, and goodnight

Mr Flibble · Post by **Mr Flibble** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 3:58 pm

Maths exams - the root of all evil. I'm sure they're Weasel's doing. Don't worry too much about them, I never did well at those either, and haven't used that stuff since!

And they said it was important.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 4:01 pm

Originally posted by Mr Flibble
Maths exams - the root of all evil. I'm sure they're Weasel's doing.

Loved Math...hated English.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 4:07 pm

Originally posted by Mr Flibble
Maths exams - the root of all evil. I'm sure they're Weasel's doing. Don't worry too much about them, I never did well at those either, and haven't used that stuff since! And they said it was important.

Hah! Yeah, it's important... if you want to take maths at university, maybe. I think I've forgotten most of what I learned in maths lessons (which I haven't done for 5 years), and frankly I've never really wished I could remember it

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 6:02 pm

Ye olde Mathe Class

Ah yes, school...

Here's the way I view it:

English is the sweet creamy butter that you spread upon the freshly baked loaf of life. It melts in your mouth, and is long in the savoring. Many helpings are required.

Math, on the other hand, is the jug of sour milk that's been fomenting a rebellion in the forgotten reaches of your refrigerator. Suitable for experiments in microbiology, it is best avoided whenever possible. Nevertheless, you'll eventually have to deal with it, unless you want green fuzzy stuff growing on your vegetables.

Math was always too rigid for me. Still, I have fond memories of my math classes. Most of my daydreaming was done in them.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 6:06 pm

Re: Ye olde Mathe Class

Originally posted by Chanak
Ah yes, school...

Here's the way I view it:

English is the sweet creamy butter that you spread upon the freshly baked loaf of life. It melts in your mouth, and is long in the savoring. Many helpings are required.

Math, on the other hand, is the jug of sour milk that's been fomenting a rebellion in the forgotten reaches of your refrigerator. Suitable for experiments in microbiology, it is best avoided whenever possible. Nevertheless, you'll eventually have to deal with it, unless you want green fuzzy stuff growing on your vegetables.

Math was always too rigid for me. Still, I have fond memories of my math classes. Most of my daydreaming was done in them.

Something tells me you just inched by in that course...

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 6:08 pm

Nice analogy @Chanak

I never really hated maths, it was just boring.

I actually got a slightly better mark in maths than I did in English lit, but I wouldn't have wanted to take it in higher education.

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 6:31 pm

Ye Olde English Class

@Aegis:

Something tells me you just inched by in that course...

Skin of my teeth, friend.

@Georgi:

I never really hated maths, it was just boring. I actually got a slightly better mark in maths than I did in English lit, but I wouldn't have wanted to take it in higher education.

LOL! You know, the truth is, I'm good with numbers, and I rarely need paper to figure most simple calculations. I'm enjoy carpentry on the side, and when I decide upon my materials and measurements, it's usually done in my head (I later write things down, though, so I don't forget to pick them up!).

For me, I guess, math is a closed book. Language, however, is not - and I get to make the rules up as I go along...heh heh heh!

(I am a #5 personality)

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 6:37 pm

The thing about maths is the longer you learn about it, the more pointless it gets...

I ask you, what's the point in Pure Maths?

Hmmm... no, I'm pretty sure that languages have rules too...

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 6:46 pm

Re: Ye Olde English Class

Originally posted by Chanak
@Aegis:

LOL! You know, the truth is, I'm good with numbers, and I rarely need paper to figure most simple calculations. I'm enjoy carpentry on the side, and when I decide upon my materials and measurements, it's usually done in my head (I later write things down, though, so I don't forget to pick them up!).

Measurements are fun to get just by touch, don't you agree?

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 6:47 pm

Re: Re: Ye Olde English Class

Originally posted by Aegis
Measurements are fun to get just by touch, don't you agree?

If feeling up pieces of wood is what gets you off...

Mr Flibble · Post by **Mr Flibble** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 6:52 pm

Re: Re: Re: Ye Olde English Class

Originally posted by Georgi

If feeling up pieces of wood is what gets you off...

This could go downhill very quickly!

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 6:57 pm

@Aegis:

Hmmmm...you know, I scored 30% evil on the evil test. Now, I am blushing.

@Georgi:

Hmmm... no, I'm pretty sure that languages have rules too...

As convoluted as American English has become, it's a free-for-all.

With languages, you can bend the rules...you can commit whatever literary atrocity you wish, and simply dub it a poem.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 7:07 pm

Originally posted by Chanak
Hmmmm...you know, I scored 30% evil on the evil test. Now, I am blushing.

LOL

BTW, let me give you some advice... if Aegis offers to fit you with a toga... decline politely!

As convoluted as American English has become, it's a free-for-all.

With languages, you can bend the rules...you can commit whatever literary atrocity you wish, and simply dub it a poem.

Well, y'know, I wasn't really counting American English, it's not a proper language... Hmmm, good thing I put on my flame-retardent lingerie today...

I suppose so, but then that is literature rather than language.

@Flibble when Aegis is involved, it usually does...

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 7:20 pm

En Guarde!

@ Georgi:

Well, y'know, I wasn't really counting American English, it's not a proper language

Certainly, madmoiselle. You are familiar with the saying, "the student cannot be greater than his teacher?" The daughter often takes after her mother...

Gee, I wish I knew how to type that small.

Literature, not language...LOL!

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 7:30 pm

@Georgi:

I suppose so, but then that is literature rather than language.

Agreed.

Yet, there are such a myriad of accepted forms that language assumes in lit., one cannot help but nurse a gut feeling that one day, someone just decided to invent their own way of doing something...and it took!

History abounds with mavericks that decided to fly in the face of accepted norms and grammar, and do whatever they wished. In their day, they were pariahs. Today, they are the great masters of literature.