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Well hello everyone, this year (meaning school year) is one of the most important for me. This is because i need to choose which direction i want to go! for what job i want to do. At my school i have the following choices AP (advanced Placement read more here) or IB (International Baccalaureate read more)
and i am tending more to go into the direction of IB, but thats not what i wanted to ask i wanted to ask, what some people on this site are studying? for example there was a post like way back when i started here that some people studied graphic design (i think it was Mimori).... what about the rest?
well thats really it ohh yeah i am planning to go to the direction of studying Architecture, or Graphic!
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Electrician atm, but im thinking to go trough police academy after im graduated..
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I do no studies whatsoever as currently im unemployed, before this i had all kinds of jobs, i finished High School, then went on a study for ICT for just one year, apparantly funnily enough, while i had work in the same city, i met an old classmate, he had a diploma/grade for Apache,Linux and all that stuff, Fate had it, that just a month before i got into testing Apache for a webserver and filehosting, what are the odd's of that?
This year i have been working for 4 months fixing Watches, such as Armani, Diesel, Adidas (horrible brand Adidas, its plastic rubbish) and so on.
After that i have been in Distribution for a while, to supply Supermarkets, Physicly demanding job, but quite funny, though not anything like a social place whatsoever, But the pay was very, very good.
I dont have any future goals whatsoever, thus hampering my ability to settle with any dream whatsoever, i mostly just see where i end up and just work my way up there for as far i can go.
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School is the reason why I haven't been able to play guild wars for already more than a month. :(
But that's maybe because the Belgian education system is one of the best and the toughest in the world. I think that only the Scandinavian nations score better.
But yea, after I'm graduated from secondary school I plan to go studying chemistry at the university. Or physics. Or biology. Well,... something in sciences, but I'll see :p
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At upper seconday school or whatever you want to call it.In July I'll head off to the army, applied to the Rapid Deployment Force to get a peacekeeping and crisis management training (fingers crossed that I get in <3), afterwards I'm gonna head and study to become a paramedic/nurse. Then I'm gonna get some work experience and have been thinking about applying to peacekeeping tasks (require atleast one year of work experience) or get into humanitarian work through the Red Cross (min 25 yr old, 3 years of work experiment.).
Tons of if's on getting into the schools and stuff though, but hopefully I'll get in. ^^
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| QUOTE | But that's maybe because the Belgian education system is one of the best and the toughest in the world. I think that only the Scandinavian nations score better.
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Scandinavian schools are hard imo, even though i've only scratched the surface, as i'm currently in high school. Dunno if they are harder then any other schools though, as I haven't gone to school anywhere else, yet.
Studying to some kind of engineer. Haven't completely decided yet, but there's a lot of diffrent kinds of engineers:)
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| 01/30/08 11:15 |
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If you still exist that is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider
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That would be a pewpew thingy! :O
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when i finish high school (currently a junior), i plan on going into the medical field under sports medicine/physical therapy, currently to prep myself for that i am taking anatomy&physiology which is an amazing course all about the human body, also at our school we have to take a mandatory 2 semesters of internships between junior and senior year, and so this semester i am taking an internship at a physical rehabilitation center in my school to get a better idea of what really will go on when im through college.
but if your school offers internships then that is the best way to decide what exactly you want to be and do, it places you in the work environment and you can shadow employees and really get an idea for the system.
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| 01/30/08 11:46 |
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I am following IB atm, and I can tell you that it is great fun 2 do. today (the second semester) I had spanish and german, it's a hard study, but i also like it alot :D
hope this helps you a little ;)
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| QUOTE | | when i finish high school (currently a junior), i plan on going into the medical field under sports medicine/physical therapy |
Medical studies are always a win. Atleast you won't run out of work. x)
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My highschool actually combined a lot of IB and AP classes, and i did both in most of them. It sucked having to take an IB and AP test for almost all my classes, but i went in to college with more than a semsters worth of credit which helped alot in exempting classes, so good luck to you with that. This is my third year of college and im now in pharmacy school and love it. Its alot of school( but still not as much as med school) but i enjoy it and am looking foward to making a career out of it.
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Well im currently in the UK taking my first year of A levels, Im studying Math with Mechanics, Physics, ICT and Business studies.
Its all looking good atm im hoping to go into graphic design possibly concept art style stuff im not sure. Seems a bit odd considering im going for a more acedemic course but i wanted to broaden my choices for now and then perhaps go onto illustration work or possibly study architecture.
I love illustration work and graphic design and i'm very artistic, but i also didnt want to narrow my course down too much by going all out on art as i can always pick it up later.
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Hmmm I hope I can join the Ajax A1 team within 2 years and score a contract there..:P Otherwise...no idea what to do after this school..
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| QUOTE | | Hmmm I hope I can join the Ajax A1 team within 2 years and score a contract there..:P Otherwise...no idea what to do after this school.. |
The moment i read this i didnt even figure out what you tried to say, your a Dutchie
Good Luck with that, you and a thousand others that aim for that place, for those a bit unaware, its a National Soccer team.
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Hey this question goes to the American users:
Can someone explain me what's the big deal of being a PhD? Maybe it's just the TV, but everytime you see some hot shot, they say the'yre PhD and everyone's like "WOOOOOOW!". I get it that it stands for being a Doctor of Philosophy. But it's philosophy, come on... O.o
Or does it differ from the "To be or not to be, what does really exist?"-philosophy stuff? :P
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and i am tending more to go into the direction of IB, but thats not what i wanted to ask i wanted to ask, what some people on this site are studying? for example there was a post like way back when i started here that some people studied graphic design (i think it was Mimori).... what about the rest?
well thats really it ohh yeah i am planning to go to the direction of studying Architecture, or Graphic!
Thanks already
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If you consider yourself good at school and you think that you get good grades, IB will most definitely be a safe bet. I'm going to study at the IB in my next semester (I'm 16). It is a lot more demanding of you (here in Norway, we tend to say that it's committing a social suicide, lol) because you have to study a lot on your own and most tasks are written (and examined).
With that said, the stuff you learn at IB is a heck of a lot more interesting, it's much more throughout and it just simply digs deeper into everything. =)
I am going to be studying natural sciences, and mathematics. I have a dream to study bioengineering (that is, the biology branch of engineering), and so I feel like IB is the right way to go as I want to learn as much as possible. I guess IB is for those who've already managed to decide what they want to make out of their life from a young age, and it sounds to me like you are one of those. ;-)
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| QUOTE | | I think that only the Scandinavian nations score better. |
This is not too correct, there is a huge gap between the Scandinavian countries. Sure, Finland is the best in the entire EU and EFTA, but Norway (where I come from) is ranked as #17 or so, which is awfully low for a country that spends the most (of all countries per head) of their GDP on schools and education. Scandinavia have always had this infamous ideology of leaving no child behind, and thus most of the education is structured so it can reach out and help those who are "underperforming", as they say. This will of course make the results look pretty, since it's easier to bump up low grades to slightly higher amounts than it is to get the top graders even higher.
However, this creates a huge problem since no-one becoms exceptionally good, we only get "the average Joe" on every subject. I know Finland does it somewhat different from the other Scandinavian countries, but the biggest problem is still that there's actually too much focus on those who are not performing good enough.
And that's why I'm leaving the Norwegian school system for the IB one, their studies are highly structured, and I know I can expect some sort of quality. Might sound elitistic, but the Norwegian curriculum is too dull and made so dumbed-down that everyone is forced to understand it. It's too simple when the mathematics revolves around typing numbers into your calculators, and when our studies in language is all about how a good essay is structured, instead of writing them for yourself instead.
Long rant, but I encourage you to do whatever you find suitable, 14 is still a young age =P
I considered becoming an architect some time, but my love and passion lies in biology I've figured. I really wish you, and anyone who're going to study a new course in the imminent future, good luck. And have fun.
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| QUOTE | Hey this question goes to the American users:
Can someone explain me what's the big deal of being a PhD? Maybe it's just the TV, but everytime you see some hot shot, they say the'yre PhD and everyone's like "WOOOOOOW!". I get it that it stands for being a Doctor of Philosophy. But it's philosophy, come on... O.o
Or does it differ from the "To be or not to be, what does really exist?"-philosophy stuff? :P |
It's predominantly an academic prestige title. Any university can grant one, and each has quite different requirements, and those change dependent on the field.
In the ideal case, it's the mark of a particularly intuitive and creative thinker who's made a significant contribution to their field of study.
In common cases, it's actually just someone who's written a paper with at least some level of originality after completing an undergraduate program, and possibly a master's program.
Occasionally, the PhD is given on no other basis than the completion of a certain courseload.
Honorary PhDs are also given from time to time to someone, (usually an alumni of an undergrad program), who's gone on to do something of particular significance, (in the university's eyes, at least).
Basically, someone with a PhD is of some renown, but to varying degrees. It's usually the terminal degree in any given field of study in American universities, and can be taken as a symbol of one who is well-educated in their field, at least. Whether or not they are relevant in any way, of good ethical standing (Dr. Phil is a good example of a PhD who is not amongst others in counseling psychology), or actively involved in furthering academic pursuits is case-by-case, regardless of any degree they may have.
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More on topic, I certainly agree with the statement that IB is fairly intense.
More importantly, IB's tendency to make learning the responsibility of the student, and the increased workload, (but focused less on 'busywork' like other secondary school options), tend to leave you far more prepared for the academic side of college life.
I did the AP thing, and it was alright, leaving me with a couple of credits, but having been at a university since, with folks from all sorts of academic backgrounds, I feel the IB crowd came into things with a bit more at their disposal.
(EDIT: It also can be more general, unlike collecting AP credits, which really only get you ahead in the bits you pick. When you run off to a university, you will at least consider changing your plans entirely, possibly acting on it, and perhaps several times. I can't speak for everyone, but it certainly would've helped me to keep my options open during high school, since it was quite the ordeal when I decided I'd rather not be an electrical engineer, but a architect or designer, then a musician, and, somehow, I've ended up, most recently, pursuing my own projects and research under a sort of design/physics/computer science/music/neuroscience hybrid.)
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naturalscience, it's so funny :D:D
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[QUOTE]I think that only the Scandinavian nations score better. [/QUOTE]
This is not too correct, there is a huge gap between the Scandinavian countries. Sure, Finland is the best in the entire EU and EFTA, but Norway (where I come from) is ranked as #17 or so, which is awfully low for a country that spends the most (of all countries per head) of their GDP on schools and education. Scandinavia have always had this infamous ideology of leaving no child behind, and thus most of the education is structured so it can reach out and help those who are \"underperforming\", as they say. This will of course make the results look pretty, since it's easier to bump up low grades to slightly higher amounts than it is to get the top graders even higher.
However, this creates a huge problem since no-one becoms exceptionally good, we only get \"the average Joe\" on every subject. I know Finland does it somewhat different from the other Scandinavian countries, but the biggest problem is still that there's actually too much focus on those who are not performing good enough.
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True, but (in Denmark at least) as soon as u leave public school, that doesn't happen anymore. There'll be plenty to do for the higher grades students and also enough for the lower graders without them being pulled to a level they can't cope, and without the high graders being pulled all the way down, cus they won't be going the same places. People with low grades won't get into an education that requires a higher grades then they have, so automatically the people with high grades will be in classes with people who's also at their level.
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I'm taking Cultural Anthropology as a double major with Religious Studies focusing on New Religious Movements that have developed from the Esoteric Traditions of the 16th to 20th centuries.
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| QUOTE | I'm taking Cultural Anthropology as a double major with Religious Studies focusing on New Religious Movements that have developed from the Esoteric Traditions of the 16th to 20th centuries.
Sorrow |
sounds interesting actually oO
but may I ask why :p just curious ^^ (its very different from what most ppl are going to study)
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | I'm taking Cultural Anthropology as a double major with Religious Studies focusing on New Religious Movements that have developed from the Esoteric Traditions of the 16th to 20th centuries.
Sorrow |
sounds interesting actually oO
but may I ask why :p just curious ^^ (its very different from what most ppl are going to study) |
Sure, np.
I'm what you would call a "mature student" (i.e. I'm old). I have a career already and I'm taking classes 3 nights a week and weekends to improve myself and because this is of interest to me.
Besides when I retire (a long way off...I'm not THAT old), I may try my hand at writing and this makes for some very interesting research.
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | Hey this question goes to the American users:
Can someone explain me what's the big deal of being a PhD? Maybe it's just the TV, but everytime you see some hot shot, they say the'yre PhD and everyone's like "WOOOOOOW!". I get it that it stands for being a Doctor of Philosophy. But it's philosophy, come on... O.o
Or does it differ from the "To be or not to be, what does really exist?"-philosophy stuff? :P |
It's predominantly an academic prestige title. Any university can grant one, and each has quite different requirements, and those change dependent on the field.
In the ideal case, it's the mark of a particularly intuitive and creative thinker who's made a significant contribution to their field of study.
In common cases, it's actually just someone who's written a paper with at least some level of originality after completing an undergraduate program, and possibly a master's program.
Occasionally, the PhD is given on no other basis than the completion of a certain courseload.
Honorary PhDs are also given from time to time to someone, (usually an alumni of an undergrad program), who's gone on to do something of particular significance, (in the university's eyes, at least).
Basically, someone with a PhD is of some renown, but to varying degrees. It's usually the terminal degree in any given field of study in American universities, and can be taken as a symbol of one who is well-educated in their field, at least. Whether or not they are relevant in any way, of good ethical standing (Dr. Phil is a good example of a PhD who is not amongst others in counseling psychology), or actively involved in furthering academic pursuits is case-by-case, regardless of any degree they may have. |
Thanks for the info. :)
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I'm currently working on my undergraduate degree, double majoring in Chemical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. Doesn't really have much to do with graphic design, so can't really give you any advice. At Xaviak, I intend on going to graduate school to get a PhD. It's basically a degree in research, showing you can think creatively and solve the tough problems by gathering the information yourself and then explaining it. For engineers, it is usually a five year program, two years dedicated to taking high level engineering classes, and another three years spent doing an research project with a professor. So basically, if you are ever going to hear of a person doing something amazing, they likely have a PhD, because you can't really get into the research field without one.
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