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| Thread ID: 66055 | 2006-02-09 06:54:00 | Science Options | imarubberducky (7230) | PC World Chat |
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| 428712 | 2006-02-09 09:16:00 | I did Physics 150 at Auckland. The lecturers were the best part of physics. Most of them were straight out of Oxford and dressed accordingly!! | DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 428713 | 2006-02-09 11:04:00 | thumbs: I'm getting on in life, and have accumulated a mass of experience, knowledge and understanding . . . but the thing that's most interesting is that I only now feel I'm in a position to specialize . and thus capitalize on all the wealth (knowledge) I've amassed . There's a well known secret that's based on physics, to build high you have to go equally deep . in other words, the stronger heights need the base to support them . . . I recommend you go in to the subject of life-time learning, and like my grandfather use to always tell me, "I love learning" saying this to me as we sat down together watching our favourite nature shows about the Lions, cheaters etc . I felt the same way . You will know doubt specialise in the future, and if you have an idea of exactly what you want to be, then gear yourself around that end, but also pay attention to law 22, being the goal is sometimes reach by 10 steps back . What I'm mean is sometimes things never work out the way you plan, and if you can broaden the base, that is as equally effective as depth . So I say, DO THE LOT :) and love it . love, PN, ^ loto |
PN,¾╩L▬┼ö (9777) | ||
| 428714 | 2006-02-09 12:05:00 | Go with General Science. If none of the others interest you at least you'll get a more rounded education which will benefit you in your social life and possibly more, later on. | Greg (193) | ||
| 428715 | 2006-02-09 14:56:00 | NOT doing chemistry means you'll miss out on a lot of scientific and engineering degrees in Uni. Physics and electronics combined will not limit your option in U as severe as Chemistry alone IMO. Take Chemistry! :D | Amoki (9426) | ||
| 428716 | 2006-02-09 17:37:00 | Oh yuk, Law. Like we need more lawyers. I keep reading that science is not popular lately with students, they get the wrong impression, its not trendy etc etc. Think about all the stuff now thats come about from science. Including computing. And I don't mean the software side - LCD and plasma screens, flash drives, dual core CPUs etc. I'd love to have the brain to be designing this sort of stuff. I liked biology - that could lead to marine biology for instance - spend a lot time diving and studying cool creatures in the sea.... Geology can be interesting too - all those guys on the SKY channels, talking about crater impacts and stuff... And physics, well I read a lot of science fiction and a lot of the authors who write "hard" SF are phyicists. Hard SF is the stuff where the write sticking to whats possible - none of this FTL and stuff.... Physics covers a whole lot of things, physics of motion, water, all sorts. Not just say, quantum physics... If you can handle it do it. Way beyond me - too much maths required. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 428717 | 2006-02-09 19:47:00 | Well I spent 5 years at college with Chemistry a compulsory subject. I had no interest in it and learned completely nothing about it. As far as I am concerned it was two or three periods a week of wasted time. It seems to me that schools want to teach a little of everything to broaden your horizon or some such nonsense. Things have changed in the last sixty years, or I hope they have,but as I understand it they are now teaching more and more subjects that are of limited use. I believe that schools should thoroughly teach the essential subjects,(Reading, Riteing, and Rithmatic) and leave the other subjects to the discretion of the student. In my day we had English history and English Literature and English language hammered into us. I well remember being taught that American language was mostly slang and MUST not be used. NZ history did not exist. Maoris did not exist. But I spent years studying Latin,French, and Ancient History. "Subjects that would help me through life" Yeah right!!! To get back to the original question. If you have the option, then drop chemistry. Choose the subjects that you know will help you through life. No one can realy advise you. You are the only one who knows what you want to do. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 428718 | 2006-02-09 22:27:00 | Oh wow, tek geniuses not!! Scifi used as a reference for @ا is just a reflect of your level of understanding (which I read you agree with), like the lawyers that speak about gagging when such things are a fact of life . . . Must have been a deprived child . . . . I know I was but I can handle a little lovydovey without the gag reflux . :rolleyes: I'm with Greg, broad if you have not yet developed a specialty . :thumbs: And Jack, for a senior member, you have a junior outlook, (at best) . And you wonder why you learnt nothing? Your advice is boarder-line dangerous . while its good to focus on things that will help you in life, nobody know what the future holds . All learning will help in the future . The reason why the subjects you gained in school help you not is because you never applied yourself in those fields of endeavor . . . who's fault is that? -and certainly no excuse for bad advice . :badpc: |
PN,¾╩L▬┼ö (9777) | ||
| 428719 | 2006-02-09 22:54:00 | Ever heard the saying, "A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing"? | JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 428720 | 2006-02-09 23:11:00 | It seems to me that schools want to teach a little of everything to broaden your horizon or some such nonsense.Well that sounds pretty good. With so much options it is good that a school will at least show you a little of what everything is like. If they just hammered, say, english into us and nothing else, that would be pointless. In my opinion, school IS for trying everything, to see what you are good at, or what you like (hopefully both). From there you can focus on that path. | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 428721 | 2006-02-09 23:54:00 | Oh wow, tek geniuses not!! Scifi used as a reference for @ا is just a reflect of your level of understanding (which I read you agree with), like the lawyers that speak about gagging when such things are a fact of life . . . Must have been a deprived child . . . . I know I was but I can handle a little lovydovey without the gag reflux . :rolleyes: I'm with Greg, broad if you have not yet developed a specialty . :thumbs: And Jack, for a senior member, you have a junior outlook, (at best) . And you wonder why you learnt nothing? Your advice is boarder-line dangerous . while its good to focus on things that will help you in life, nobody know what the future holds . All learning will help in the future . The reason why the subjects you gained in school help you not is because you never applied yourself in those fields of endeavor . . . who's fault is that? -and certainly no excuse for bad advice . :badpc: Looks like you could have usefully used a bit more English as well . |
dvm (6543) | ||
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