[QUOTE=hehe;31906043]I got lectured by some random at uni just before about how im ruining my life by having a ciggarette at 8 o'clock in the morning.[/QUOTE]
every cigarette is another 10 mins off your face's life. how could you live forever?
[editline]24th August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Mlisen14;31907244]Uni used a picture of me and then misquoted me about my ATAR, making it look like I needed SEAS to get into Melbourne when I ended up getting a high enough ATAR anyway. Bastards.[/QUOTE]
where did they use a picture of you?
On some brochure they're handing out at high schools. Friends from my school told me about it.
don't they have to ask you? :|
unlikely
probably already agreed to something in a school contract years ago
Man i missed all the drama, goddamn
[QUOTE=Roo-kie;31905773]when was that, like 2 years ago?[/QUOTE]
that's not very nice.
[editline]24th August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=hehe;31906043]I got lectured by some random at uni just before about how im ruining my life by having a ciggarette at 8 o'clock in the morning.[/QUOTE]
Melbourne.
sorry ive always just associated you with being one of the youngest around here
for a long while
[QUOTE=Mlisen14;31907244]Ahahahahahahaha, a simple -snip- would have sufficed. Actually no it wouldn't have, as thankfully everyone quoted it. Cheers cunce.
[editline]24th August 2011[/editline]
Uni used a picture of me and then misquoted me about my ATAR, making it look like I needed SEAS to get into Melbourne when I ended up getting a high enough ATAR anyway. Bastards.[/QUOTE]
You didn't get money?
That's fucked.
Do you have Jack Tan for international politics?
[QUOTE=DogGunn;31908407]don't they have to ask you? :|[/QUOTE]
It was part of the going to schools and talking about Melbourne uni plus the talk I gave at Open Day on Sunday. They took pictures of us to make flyers for our talk, but then they misquoted what I wrote about going to Melbourne Uni, making it look like I got a worse ATAR but luckily good old Melbourne Connect came and rescued me.
Contag I got money. I don't know the name of my politics tutor. She's got black frizzy hair and is far more intelligent than any other tutor I've ever had.
getting racks on racks on racks from being in uni information.
Once I finish school, I'm doing an apprenticeship with my dad.
Uni sounds like too much effort.
back from the dead
[QUOTE=Camp er Joe;31906628]hehehe, i'm no longer the baby in this thread :~)[/QUOTE]
you never were, I'm 16
Apprenticeships ain't bad, they still get good money once they're into full work. Was never an option for me though, too smart and all my joints are fucked up.
The worst part about Uni I'm finding is the lack of class time. With school and even full time work you can separate when you work from when you don't. For Uni, you have no set time and have to figure it out yourself. If you're like me and delay on shit while you think, it consumes so much of your life. Unless I set strict times when I do shit, it's all I'm thinking about and ruins all relaxation time.
[QUOTE=HyperTails;31912425]Once I finish school, I'm doing an apprenticeship with my dad.
Uni sounds like too much effort.[/QUOTE]
have you worked with your dad before?
[editline]23rd August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=GuyWithTheName;31897186]I think you guys gave me an anxiety attack, so fuck you on that regard, I really don't understand what you got from that.[/QUOTE]
lmao he snipped it
[QUOTE=Devodiere;31912476]too smart[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry, did you just do a GuyWithTheName?
[QUOTE=DogGunn;31912519]I'm sorry, did you just do a GuyWithTheName?[/QUOTE]
Pull your head out of your ass. I got a 40 and 42 in both of the top maths, that's not the kind of marks you would do an apprenticeship with.
Wow, you so smart. That doesn't mean you're too smart for an apprenticeship. I know of someone who got 98, got into Commerce and Monash, didn't like it, became an electrician.
They is v smart.
If that's what they wanna do then then go for it. But if it's all the same, if you don't care what you do, what's the point in doing that when you could be using those skills?
I've been getting a distinction average in my course, I've been tutoring my peers and I've never taken a book or written any notes the entire time. If I did an apprenticeship I'd probably get bored shitless, at least this is closer to my abilities.
[QUOTE=Blumpkin Pie;31912481]have you worked with your dad before?
[/QUOTE]
Yep. He's a good bloke, teachin me to be an electrician
got a small job for the september holidays, $30 an hour (!)
not too bad
[QUOTE=Devodiere;31912673]if you don't care what you do, what's the point in doing that when you could be using those skills?[/QUOTE]
There is a difference between being [potentially] under-employed and saying you're too smart for something.
[QUOTE=Devodiere;31912673]I've been tutoring my peers and I've never taken a book or written any notes the entire time. If I did an apprenticeship I'd probably get bored shitless, at least this is closer to my abilities.[/QUOTE]
Great, good for you. Seriously Dev, why are you posting this stuff? This isn't the type of stuff I'd expect from you.
There's no such thing as being too smart for an apprenticeship. You get accreditation after an apprenticeship much like how you get a degree after a uni course. But smarts doesn't get you qualified for either.
I was more pointing out that you were seemingly condescending towards people who do apprenticeships by suggesting they're not smart. that's just not right.
I'm an A student and I'm doing a traineeship (p. much the same thing)
working with your hands is pretty satisfying even if it doesn't take as much brainpower.
[QUOTE=Devodiere;31912673]If that's what they wanna do then then go for it. But if it's all the same, if you don't care what you do, what's the point in doing that when you could be using those skills?
I've been getting a distinction average in my course, I've been tutoring my peers and I've never taken a book or written any notes the entire time. If I did an apprenticeship I'd probably get bored shitless, at least this is closer to my abilities.[/QUOTE]
Are you really suggesting that the only people fit to put together the infrastructure holding together modern society are people that weren't smart enough to do anything else?
jesus christ, you're as bad as my friend who actually [i]laughed[/i] when I said I wanted to be a fireman because it was a "waste of intelligence". Maybe it's just me but tbh I think intelligent people are better spread through all walks of life. If you're actually as smart as you claim, do you know how successful you could be as an electrician? Managing your own practice and all that jazz.
[editline]24th August 2011[/editline]
Anyway, doing electrical (and other technical shit) work [b]well[/b] requires intelligence.
[QUOTE=Faren;31913881]Are you really suggesting that the only people fit to put together the infrastructure holding together modern society are people that weren't smart enough to do anything else?
jesus christ, you're as bad as my friend who actually [i]laughed[/i] when I said I wanted to be a fireman because it was a "waste of intelligence". Maybe it's just me but tbh I think intelligent people are better spread through all walks of life. If you're actually as smart as you claim, do you know how successful you could be as an electrician? Managing your own practice and all that jazz.
[editline]24th August 2011[/editline]
Anyway, doing electrical (and other technical shit) work [b]well[/b] requires intelligence.[/QUOTE]
I think that if you have the intellectual ability to learn more, you bloody well should, because not everyone has that opportunity.
Being a sparkie isn't an exceptionally demanding job. Wouldn't you rather spend a few more years learning so you can go on and have the skillset to easily manage your own business? Or complete an engineering degree so you have a wider skill set?
I think wanting to do something because "money" is a stupid idea (Looking at you fireman Faren). If you enjoy working with your hands, why not do an hour of university a week and continue to develop in that regard as well.
Doggunn, are you shitting me? Saying people who X always do Y is stupid, but you cannot deny that there is a greater proportion of fuckwits in the trades than else.
[editline]24th August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=DogGunn;31912611]Wow, you so smart. That doesn't mean you're too smart for an apprenticeship. I know of someone who got 98, got into Commerce and Monash, didn't like it, became an electrician.
They is v smart.[/QUOTE]
I really want to see the figures for people who do really work, complete a commerce degree and become a landscaper or other jobs that are generally looked down on.
Jesus Christ everyone here is stupid. There is no more intelligent or less intelligent as intelligence is not a single measure. I doubt you could even put it in a scalar measurement for that matter.
To clarify my initial statement, I already had much of the knowledge and skills for my course when I started it and I think in a way that is well suited to it. It is a talent in this specific field, not general intelligence.
[QUOTE=Contag;31914081]I think that if you have the intellectual ability to learn more, you bloody well should, because not everyone has that opportunity.
Being a sparkie isn't an exceptionally demanding job. Wouldn't you rather spend a few more years learning so you can go on and have the skillset to easily manage your own business? Or complete an engineering degree so you have a wider skill set?
I think wanting to do something because "money" is a stupid idea (Looking at you fireman Faren). If you enjoy working with your hands, why not do an hour of university a week and continue to develop in that regard as well.
Doggunn, are you shitting me? Saying people who X always do Y is stupid, but you cannot deny that there is a greater proportion of fuckwits in the trades than else.
[editline]24th August 2011[/editline]
I really want to see the figures for people who do really work, complete a commerce degree and become a landscaper or other jobs that are generally looked down on.[/QUOTE]
some people dont care about how demanding a job is, they just love doing it. Not everyone needs to go to uni to be successful in life
[editline]24th August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Devodiere;31914326]Jesus Christ everyone here is stupid. There is no more intelligent or less intelligent as intelligence is not a single measure. I doubt you could even put it in a scalar measurement for that matter.
[/QUOTE]
Sarah Palin is equally intelligent as Einstein because there's no such thing as more/less intelligent.
[QUOTE=Contag;31914081]I think that if you have the intellectual ability to learn more, you bloody well should, because not everyone has that opportunity.
Being a sparkie isn't an exceptionally demanding job. Wouldn't you rather spend a few more years learning so you can go on and have the skillset to easily manage your own business? Or complete an engineering degree so you have a wider skill set?
[B]I think wanting to do something because "money" is a stupid idea (Looking at you fireman Faren).[/B] If you enjoy working with your hands, why not do an hour of university a week and continue to develop in that regard as well.
Doggunn, are you shitting me? Saying people who X always do Y is stupid, but you cannot deny that there is a greater proportion of fuckwits in the trades than else.
[editline]24th August 2011[/editline]
I really want to see the figures for people who do really work, complete a commerce degree and become a landscaper or other jobs that are generally looked down on.[/QUOTE]
sorry what?
[QUOTE=Blumpkin Pie;31914352]Sarah Palin is equally intelligent as Einstein because there's no such thing as more/less intelligent.[/QUOTE]
i'm pretty sure sarah palin is actually just dumb
[editline]24th August 2011[/editline]
and a waste of oxygen
[QUOTE=moonage;31914434]i'm pretty sure sarah palin is actually just dumb
[editline]24th August 2011[/editline]
and a waste of oxygen[/QUOTE]
that was the point
[QUOTE=Faren;31914385]sorry what?[/QUOTE]
When you were wondering about becoming a fireman, the money was a huge point of it?
[editline]24th August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Blumpkin Pie;31914352]some people dont care about how demanding a job is, they just love doing it. Not everyone needs to go to uni to be successful in life
[/QUOTE]
Most people do an bricklayer because they love doing it?
Bullshit.
I'm not saying that, I'm saying if you're intelligent enough you should do it, even on a part-time basis, to broaden your understanding of the world, especially considering so many people don't get the chance.
[editline]24th August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Devodiere;31914326]Jesus Christ everyone here is stupid. There is no more intelligent or less intelligent as intelligence is not a single measure. I doubt you could even put it in a scalar measurement for that matter.
To clarify my initial statement, I already had much of the knowledge and skills for my course when I started it and I think in a way that is well suited to it. It is a talent in this specific field, not general intelligence.[/QUOTE]
Just because you can't measure intelligence obviously doesn't mean it doesn't exist or doesn't affect, well, everything. And yes, there are different sets of skills or intelligences, but one's ability to understand a range of things is dependent on a specific kind of intelligence that some people don't have.
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