Regret not taking high-school seriously

[Apple_Mango]

Hello, I regret not taking high-school seriously. I had no idea how much of an impact It would have on my future. I thought high-school was a joke and never took it seriously. However, I learned later on how high-school was really important and should had taken it seriously. If I had to do my last of high-school all over again, I would had taken Alg 1 in the summer, alg 2 and geometry for the rest of the two semesters, and pre-cal in the summer. I would had been close enough for cal 1 and been successful.

 

[S.G. Janssens]

So, how old are you now? Even when you are 85, it is never too late to learn from your mistakes and do what you should perhaps have done earlier. It's no use crying over spilled milk.

 

[Apple_Mango]

23

 

[S.G. Janssens]

You are by far young enough to give your life any direction you want, of course within the boundaries posed by your health, intellect and wealth. Just get busy!

 

[Apple_Mango]

Yeah anyways, when I was in school, I had no idea what was the point of doing math. Honestly, I thought math was just a prerequisite to pass high-school similar to taking P.E and art class. However, it's quite clear to me math classes were to train people for STEM careers later on.

 

[Dr. Courtney]

Hey, no shame in blowing off high school. It sure made college tougher for me than it had to be.

Forward and onward. Gonna take hard work, but anything worth having is worth working hard for.

 

[Dishsoap]

So what exactly are you asking? Plenty of people realize what you are now realizing in their 30s, and still go back to school. What is stopping you?

 

[Apple_Mango]

Nothing is stopping me. I just finished my first semester and passed all five of my classes. I'm on-going to second.

 

[Dr. Courtney]

Nothing is stopping me. I just finished my first semester and passed all five of my classes. I'm on-going to second.

Passed? Aim higher.

 

[Apple_Mango]

Passed? Aim higher.

What are you talking about?

 

[symbolipoint]

What are you talking about?

In another topic, his aim is to continue into... Calculus 1, with the needed Mathematics prerequisites along the path to that.

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/possible-to-skip-college-algebra.923287/

 

[Mark44]

I just finished my first semester and passed all five of my classes.

Passed? Aim higher.

What are you talking about?

@Dr. Courtney means you should aim higher than merely passing the courses.

 

[Dr. Courtney]

@Dr. Courtney means you should aim higher than merely passing the courses.

Yep. With grade inflation, a 2.x GPA is a ticket to the unemployment line.

 

[Apple_Mango]

Yep. With grade inflation, a 2.x GPA is a ticket to the unemployment line.

I don't know how you think I got by with a low grade on the classes I passed. I got all A and one C. The C was in public speaking which is my greatness weakness.

Do you think because I said I passed my classes that I got a low grade? No, I didn't. Your comment took me the longest time to decipher.

 

[DS2C]

I don't know how you think I got by with a low grade on the classes I passed. I got all A and one C. The C was in public speaking which is my greatness weakness.

Do you think because I said I passed my classes that I got a low grade? No, I didn't. Your comment took me the longest time to decipher.

Maybe you should read it again. It was a general helpful piece of advice, not a personal attack to you. You should work on your "deciphering" skills.

 

[Apple_Mango]

Maybe you should read it again. It was a general helpful piece of advice, not a personal attack to you. You should work on your "deciphering" skills.

Where did you think I thought his comment was a personal attack? All I said his comment took me the longest time to figure out. I looked his comment in the morning and later in the afternoon and did not know what he meant.

 

[DS2C]

Where did you think I thought his comment was a personal attack? All I said his comment took me the longest time to figure out. I looked his comment in the morning and later in the afternoon and did not know what he meant.

Guess it's just your personality. Every post you make you come off as an argumentative smart ass. You ever think to just take someone's experienced advice and not try to get the last word? Food for thought.

 

[symbolipoint]

Guess it's just your personality. Every post you make you come off as an argumentative smart ass. You ever think to just take someone's experienced advice and not try to get the last word? Food for thought.

People are misreading and misinterpreting. A little detail is missed; another little detail does not get restated, and suddenly people read messages and misunderstand and get irritated.

 

[Mark44]

I just finished my first semester and passed all five of my classes

I don't know how you think I got by with a low grade on the classes I passed.

We're going by what you wrote. When you say "I ... passed all five of my classes" all we can conclude is that you got grades of at least D.

Do you think because I said I passed my classes that I got a low grade?

That's exactly what we thought.

 

[Apple_Mango]

Okay when the user said that I passed, what he meant by the term passed is that he thought I passed with a C. The word passed is a terminology in school meaning that people got by with a C. I was confused when he assume that I "passed" and got Cs. His comment took me a long time to figure out because I do not equate with the term "passing" equals a C. I do not aim for Cs. I always try to get the highest grade. Trying to get Cs is risky because you're close to a letter grade to failing. Thankgodness for curves.

Now enough of this small squabble.

 

[symbolipoint]

We're going by what you wrote. When you say "I ... passed all five of my classes" all we can conclude is that you got grades of at least D.

That's exactly what we thought.

Letter grade of "D", is officially described as "passing" but for all practicality, it is as good as "F" for "failed". The letter grade of C is what indicates that student learned something 'probably' or 'at least well enough to continue'.