the thread about nothing...

[mjwizkid]

I feel old.

 

[macbk]

One of my co-workers might be the laziest employee in NYC. Real talk.

 

[rare]

When you get a 73 on your last test of the semester You know what they say, C's gets degrees

 

[trueprada]

maison margiela fur no laces 

 

[kintan]

So I met this girl. She's nice, no need to post pics 

 one big problem though. her ex is a nutjob.

he keeps on texting the girl, vowing to do revenge porn or something. he even said that he's willing to tell her mom everything that has happened to them during their relationship, with the yambs and all (they're both 18 btw lmao). he even hinted on rape this august (their anniversary i guess?), but told her there's a 10% chance of it happening. she was also emotionally abused by him during their relationship.

man, people are crazy nowadays

 

[benzilla427]

Jordan Year...

 

[kintan]

Jordan Year...

poor guy

 

[Belgium]

When you get a 73 on your last test of the semester

You know what they say, C's gets degrees

I've been wondering this about US education, high school in particular. Is the education just a lot easier over there or is it because your highschool grades actually matter?

I always see people talking about getting scores over 90% etc. That never happens over here.

In my highschool (7th to 12th grade) our class' overall grades were usually around 70%. I took human sciences (in highschool here you pick 1 major subject which comes with a set of classes), which is in A levels. The highest degree of hs education.

I think the highest total grades anyone in my class got on their report card was 77%.

I can count the people who have gotten over 90% totals on their report card on one hand.

Even the genius kids who in my hs who won national math contests averaged 80-85% total and rarely ever got into the 90% bracket.

70% is considered average here. 75 is good. 80-85 is great and anything past 85% is extremely good. That's for the 9th to 12th grade.

The 7th and 8th grade are generalized education so the averages were a bit higher during those years. When you get to the 9th grade you pick a "major" that comes with a set of classes. Examples are human sciences, maths, latin-greek, latin, modern languages, ...

There's A,B and C levels of education. A being the hardest with strictly theoretical subjects like latin, maths, human sciences, B levels are a blend between theory and practice with subjects like retail, accounting, ... All B levels subjects get internships as part of their curriculum and you graduate with a business license. The difficulty of the theoretical classes is lower than A levels. If you can't keep up with the difficulty of A levels you can choose to be demoted to a B level class. The theoretical difficulty is slightly lower than A levels because you go to work in your field right away after graduating.  A levels is strictly theoretical, don't come with a business license and are specifically geared for higher education. 

C levels are very practical subjects such as gardening, cooking, hairdressing, ... with a minimal amount of theoretical classes.

This probably sounds pretty complicated but I tried to explain it as simple as I could.

A highschool degree means virtually nothing over here because anyone can go to whatever university or college they want regardless of their grades so I thought maybe that explains US grades being so different.

But then again even the kids that were winning national math and chess competitions and studying a ton weren't putting up totals above 85%. The very smart ones usually picked advanced maths as their subject (8 hours of math per week), Greek-Latin or Latin-6 hours math.

The irrelevance of highschool grades is a bit of a negative over here imo. I slacked all the way through highschool.

I rarely ever studied for tests, talked my way out of doing homework and rarely studied more than 30 minutes for a final exam. I have a good memory so my strategy was usuallly to read over my study material once or twice before going to bed on the day before the final exam. My grades were usually around 65-70%. I graduated with 66% if I recall correctly.

Looking back now I definitely could've done a lot better but I never had the motivation to do so. If I can get by and do better than most of my class with nearly zero effort than why bother?

I had to adjust my lazy study habits a bit when I went to nursing school after I graduated. I was struggling to study more than 15 minutes at a time. I actually enjoyed the material though so I remembered it better and was the #2 in my class, still with minimal effort.

If my disease allows me to pursue college again idk how I'm gonna adjust. Physically strenuous jobs probably won't be an option again. I'm thinking about pursuing a career in computer sciences but it's been 2 years now since my illness forced me to drop out. I was terrible at studying then, I'm probably a lot worse now.

 

[jking0821]

So I met this girl. She's nice, no need to post pics   one big problem though. her ex is a nutjob.

he keeps on texting the girl, vowing to do revenge porn or something. he even said that he's willing to tell her mom everything that has happened to them during their relationship, with the yambs and all (they're both 18 btw lmao). he even hinted on rape this august (their anniversary i guess?), but told her there's a 10% chance of it happening. she was also emotionally abused by him during their relationship.

man, people are crazy nowadays

What

Hommie said to his ex "I am gonna rape you...well i could...well there is a 10% chance i still do" Like it won't happen...but you better be afraid because i made sure you know it is still a possibility...a 10% possibility

I am going to start doing this. "Bruh im gonna punch you in the face...not really...well 2.5% chance i do it just fyi" "Left over ice cream cake in the fridge im gonna eat it when i get home...88% chance i eat it...i might feel fat already and pass but most likely...88%....i eat it"

 

[mjwizkid]

 

[sgamon]

I was thinking the same thing. How did he come up with that number? 10% chance of rape like a forecast

Seriously though that's a threat and she should do something about him

 

[hypekillington]

Got drunk Sunday and bid on a DYNO BMX bike via eBay and won. Don't even know if it's my size 

 

 

[beh235]

 
So I met this girl. She's nice, no need to post pics  

 

 

[Fozz]

 
So I met this girl. She's nice, no need to post pics 

 one big problem though. her ex is a nutjob.

he keeps on texting the girl, vowing to do revenge porn or something. he even said that he's willing to tell her mom everything that has happened to them during their relationship, with the yambs and all (they're both 18 btw lmao). he even hinted on rape this august (their anniversary i guess?), but told her there's a 10% chance of it happening. she was also emotionally abused by him during their relationship.

man, people are crazy nowadays

Wtf. But their both 18. That makes a lot of sense.

Dude is just butt-hurt he isn't with her anymore. Anyone that threatens to humilate their ex through leaking private photos and videos are terrible.

 

[Roderick Kingsley]

 
So I met this girl. She's nice, no need to post pics 

 one big problem though. her ex is a nutjob.

he keeps on texting the girl, vowing to do revenge porn or something. he even said that he's willing to tell her mom everything that has happened to them during their relationship, with the yambs and all (they're both 18 btw lmao). he even hinted on rape this august (their anniversary i guess?), but told her there's a 10% chance of it happening. she was also emotionally abused by him during their relationship.

man, people are crazy nowadays

i went through the same thing many years ago. the ex bf is just mad, really. 

just try to be for her if she's emotionally drained. if you guys are close enough, try to distract her by taking her out to star city or something. 

plus they're both adults, she can legally file a restraining order against him. be careful!

 

[ohokalright]

I've been wondering this about US education, high school in particular. Is the education just a lot easier over there or is it because your highschool grades actually matter?
I always see people talking about getting scores over 90% etc. That never happens over here.

In my highschool (7th to 12th grade) our class' overall grades were usually around 70%. I took human sciences (in highschool here you pick 1 major subject which comes with a set of classes), which is in A levels. The highest degree of hs education.
I think the highest total grades anyone in my class got on their report card was 77%.
I can count the people who have gotten over 90% totals on their report card on one hand.
Even the genius kids who in my hs who won national math contests averaged 80-85% total and rarely ever got into the 90% bracket.
70% is considered average here. 75 is good. 80-85 is great and anything past 85% is extremely good. That's for the 9th to 12th grade.
The 7th and 8th grade are generalized education so the averages were a bit higher during those years. When you get to the 9th grade you pick a "major" that comes with a set of classes. Examples are human sciences, maths, latin-greek, latin, modern languages, ...
There's A,B and C levels of education. A being the hardest with strictly theoretical subjects like latin, maths, human sciences, B levels are a blend between theory and practice with subjects like retail, accounting, ... All B levels subjects get internships as part of their curriculum and you graduate with a business license. The difficulty of the theoretical classes is lower than A levels. If you can't keep up with the difficulty of A levels you can choose to be demoted to a B level class. The theoretical difficulty is slightly lower than A levels because you go to work in your field right away after graduating.  A levels is strictly theoretical, don't come with a business license and are specifically geared for higher education. 
C levels are very practical subjects such as gardening, cooking, hairdressing, ... with a minimal amount of theoretical classes.

This probably sounds pretty complicated but I tried to explain it as simple as I could.
A highschool degree means virtually nothing over here because anyone can go to whatever university or college they want regardless of their grades so I thought maybe that explains US grades being so different.
But then again even the kids that were winning national math and chess competitions and studying a ton weren't putting up totals above 85%. The very smart ones usually picked advanced maths as their subject (8 hours of math per week), Greek-Latin or Latin-6 hours math.
The irrelevance of highschool grades is a bit of a negative over here imo. I slacked all the way through highschool.
I rarely ever studied for tests, talked my way out of doing homework and rarely studied more than 30 minutes for a final exam. I have a good memory so my strategy was usuallly to read over my study material once or twice before going to bed on the day before the final exam. My grades were usually around 65-70%. I graduated with 66% if I recall correctly.
Looking back now I definitely could've done a lot better but I never had the motivation to do so. If I can get by and do better than most of my class with nearly zero effort than why bother?
I had to adjust my lazy study habits a bit when I went to nursing school after I graduated. I was struggling to study more than 15 minutes at a time. I actually enjoyed the material though so I remembered it better and was the #2 in my class, still with minimal effort.

If my disease allows me to pursue college again idk how I'm gonna adjust. Physically strenuous jobs probably won't be an option again. I'm thinking about pursuing a career in computer sciences but it's been 2 years now since my illness forced me to drop out. I was terrible at studying then, I'm probably a lot worse now.

we're about to vote donald trump in as president and beyonce and birdman have become da biggest talking points for da week, what do you think my papi?

and its when, not if. when.

So I met this girl. She's nice, no need to post pics   one big problem though. her ex is a nutjob.

he keeps on texting the girl, vowing to do revenge porn or something. he even said that he's willing to tell her mom everything that has happened to them during their relationship, with the yambs and all (they're both 18 btw lmao). he even hinted on rape this august (their anniversary i guess?), but told her there's a 10% chance of it happening. she was also emotionally abused by him during their relationship.

man, people are crazy nowadays

so you not posting pics but da ex is gonna post da pics anyways so NT gonna see baby girl regardless so you're just being a jerk and making things difficult for no reason and you got da gall to keep it pushing with ya statement like real street papis wasn't gonna check you on that nonsense my papi?

I feel old.

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

Happy birthday..

 

[MetalMario]

@columbia

I'll try to answer as best as I can. I'm Mexican American raised in the public school system.

High school grades do matter to a certain point. You graduate HS and it opens doors to potentially new opportunities such as looking for a job or appilying to college.

The college part is only worth of if its straight out of HS because certain schools have a "point value". colleges will look at your HS degree to see how good of a school I came from. Already doubting my potential. I have clients' children sign off that they're living at this address when they're now just to be able to go to this school for a better degree. I know on record that Little Rock High School in Arkansas is a poorer school but has many high privileged white kids there so when they graduate they have "I went to a HS that played a big role in the Civil Rights movement in the 60s. I'm American af" written on their face.

Now if you don't want to go straight into college you can find a job or go to a cheaper alternative which is community college. In that case a HS degree only shows other people that you're capable of following directions enough to keep you by. 70% doesn't mean average here, it means passing. Americans have a underlying sense of applauding mediocrity. Now my piece of paper that is HS degree isn't so important.

Before I go on I would like to say I'm informed with world events, nations, standards so on and so forth. I did a study abroad in Germany and have travelled beforehand.

This is where I complain about my own country and where Europe succeeds. I knew about the A B C stuff already. Some people know what they want to do in life very early whether that be hair dressing mechanic or doctor. European HS give you the opportunity to jump right into those fields at the cost of government or taxpayers dollars presumably. Hopefully just not out of your own pocket. Nowhere in my earlier paragraphs did I mention about the trade schools and where to find them. You have to do the trade schools after high school and nine times out of 10 out of your own pocket and which is very expensive, it leaves you in debt. Many of them are provided by the community colleges but since they still want you as a "well rounded" individual and will still make you do courses that does not correlate with the trade. My brother is currently in a culinary program at a community college but he's never been the "school" type. He can't finish algebra and it still takes a really long time to write out a one page paper And he wants to do is cook but our school system won't let Him do that. As you can tell it loses a lot of potential workers doing their dream job. Not only that comparing to European schools to other people in trades here you could be on the way to mechanic at 16 in Germany and have it completed by 18 when you're just allowed to start doing it when you're 21-22 and you wasted years of your life.

To that "well rounded" part again. Every state has certain standards of what is passing or overall goals they try to achieve. We're a diverse country. Not saying Belgium isn't but the sheer number of 300million people over here you can't place the same standards of everyone here and yet we try. Ethnic and minority groups do play a part in this only because we have so many. And at the same time we even compete with each other. "Oh Massachusetts is #1 ranked in science for middle schools compared to our 20th here in California" the USA is the only country that does Spelling bees.

America may be a melting pot of cultures and people but it does have its pros and cons

 

[Belgium]

Yeah I've never been a fan of the US' education system. I think education is a basic right that should be affordable to as many people as possible. I can go to the best university in the country for around €880 a year in tuition. €400something with a partial scholarship and €120 on a full scholarship. Scholarships are awarded based on financials, not grades. Highschool grades don't matter much for higher education because everyone can go to whatever college/university they want as long as they have a highschool diploma. Hs grades are more about giving yourself an idea of your strengths/weaknesses.
An A levels hs diploma is essentially worthless because it's geared specifically to push students into higher education instead of a job right away. Companies look at college/university grades and ignore hs grades for the most part in that case.
B levels or C levels grades have much more relevance because you're geared for a specific job or range of jobs as soon as you graduate so companies care about your grades in that case.
There's lots of variety in our highschool subjects that allows people to choose a specific field of study from the 9th grade. Someone who wants to be a hairdresser can do so and have her/his entire curriculum focused around hairdressing with minimal theoretical classes, thus eliminating the need for expensive trade schools after graduating.
The only downside is that it's harder for C levels graduates to pursue higher education if they want to because they're not prepared for it in hs. Very few of them even go to college but only 10% or something actually pass their first year.
A major negative is that the levels system creates elitism. Because the theoretical aspects of C levels are significantly easier than B and A levels, you frequently see elitism inA levels. To put it in perspective, I've had a look at a C levels student's study material and the maths, languages, ... were at least 2 years behind what we were learning in A levels.
B leves is somewhere in between. You're trained for a job but still have sufficient knowledge to succeed in higher education.

 

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[jjs]

Man these posts are long [emoji]128580[/emoji]

 

[rare]

Belgium Basically what Mario said. Personally when it comes to HS grades for me, I chose to do as much as I could already too late. I messed up my freshman and sophomore year of high school so I had ALOT of catching up to do my junior and senior year. Even by my senior year, I was still taking classes outside of my regularly scheduled in school classes. I was focused on just getting my credits and diploma to start community college since I knew university was out of the question. Plus, with community colleges (at least here in Florida but I'm sure this applies to other states), after two years of community college, as long as your grades are up to par and you maintain C average and above with 60 credit hours, you can attend a wide variety of universities here. I'm studying accounting, and I suck at math, when I tell you I suck, it's bad. But it's because I've always been one to try and get things done as quick as possible (i.e. Equations and steps, I'll miss a step here or I'll input a wrong number so I'll get the question wrong). Accounting is something I get though, I have an A in the class but I have a C in College algebra I honestly just view the classes as something that I need to just try my best at until I get to the university where I can actually start in their accounting program.

 

[Fozz]

Came back from lunch with a fever. WHAT IS GOING ON 

 

[bendover]

I can't believe I read both those long post.
I agree and disagree with some of the points.
But I'm not gonna give my two cents [emoji]128513[/emoji]
However now that you mention it.
I REALLY am starting to think that the whole "what school you came from" concept is a conspiracy [emoji]129300[/emoji][emoji]129300[/emoji]

 

[vidiviciun]

Can anybody in BX area shed more light on this situation?