silentsailor

Haha, my entire computer science class has spent the past week playing that Which may or may not have everything to do with our grades. Games: Halo, Halo 2, Jet Set Radio Future, spider solitaire. I've participated in one ARG (alternate reality game), and that was wildly fun, if time-consuming and a tad too nerdy for me - though I'd be fabulous if they grew to be mainstream in like 20 years

What exactly are the tests like? How long do they take, how many questions, what kinds of questions, etc etc etc? Talked my counselor into letting me take an AP class a year early (er, for next year), so I was just wondering

Same problem here.

Irish pirate thrash? Lol, that's what I call it And, to contribute a very eclectic mix of bands: + Muse + Dishwalla + Powerman 5000 + The Vanished + Coldplay + 30 Seconds to Mars

The opening musical number was so off that it was cool. The screenplay was good and the guide animations were fabulous [[i heard there was another one after the credits, but didn't stick around to see it]]. As for the acting...Arthur and Trillian were good, Ford was all right, Zaphod was over-the-top - and though that's the way his character was in the books, he seemed over-the-top in the wrong way, whatever sense that makes. The brilliance of the books was in the WAY they were written, and that's something that doesn't translate to the screen. But it was a good effort

Plan Nine from Outer Space. ...kidding.

Terraforming uninhabited planets would be a solution, as long as we're being hypothetical

Speaking as a highschool freshman: yes, the education system is screwed. Partially beatable if you put in the effort outside of school - but screwed all the same. Most of the problem, as far as I've seen, is caused by all of the kids who simply don't care and aren't interested in learning. We spend a lot of time and resources trying to bring them up to the baseline, which is necessary and overshadows the need to take a small core of super-bright kids above and beyond. Of course there are GT, pre-AP, and AP classes, but those often have the same misgivings. I've wormed my way onto AP fieldtrips and sat through a few zero-hour courses, and they seem to be better depth-wise, but those are rare occasions because the teachers are generally worried about the maturity levels and such of 9th/10th graders ((which is stupid, but whatever, it's their prerogative)). So resources are limited. And while it's possible to teach yourself a LOT, you can only go so far without having a structured environment for support. Then again, I've got a week of standardized testing to sit through next week so that might be the cause for this irritability :\ Oh, and for all of the people who say that even though they ace tests, they're failing because homework sucks: I see a LOT of this and it's completely true. But the way I see it, cutting through the crap now and taking the time to do the work - even if it's easy, and even if it's a total waste of time and effort - is worth it if it gives you the opportunity to prove that you actually know what you're talking about.

Hey, I'm Jordan. I'm fourteen, female, from Texas, and new. I want to go into government research and am thinking of majoring in biochem or bioengineering. These forums are fabulous.

I'm seconding - thirding? fourthing? whatever - the XBL suggestion. Halo 2 came with a 2-month free trial package that was quite handy. Another thing to do is create your own gametypes in multiplayer - search around for a few online, Marines vs. Zombies is fun.