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| Keilan Senior Member Canada Joined 5086 days ago 125 posts - 241 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 17 of 70 14 May 2011 at 3:00am | IP Logged | ||||||||
At first I was going to agree with you, but after reading your posts I see you are dealing with a bad case of "Counting chickens before they hatch" mixed with a decent amount of acting like a brat. First off, every 14 year old thinks other 14 year olds occupy themselves with mindless drivel. The other kids could very well talk about how you do nothing but obsess over useless languages and becoming over-educated. And they would probably have just as much point as you talking about video games and meaningless relationships. And for the record, I put a fair bit of weight on languages, education, and video games. Perhaps you should try to get over the idea that you're so much better than everyone else, and enjoy the fact that you are obviously in a very nice private school. 5 people would be a treat. I would also avoid telling us about all these degrees you are going to get when you don't even fully understand what they are (for example, a Ph.D is a type of doctorate, your idea that you will get a doctorate but not a Ph.D suggests that you plan to go to medical school or something). Finally, even for me (and I will not claim to be any sort of genius), high school was not overly hard and should leave plenty of time for your own studies. Do the high school work, do your studies in the evening, and perhaps hang out with some of the other students, you may be surprised to find there is more to their lives than video games and dating. And, since the above was fairly harsh, I should add a bit of a disclaimer here. I am certain you are very smart, and perhaps you are genuinely mature for your age. There is absolutely no reason why you can't achieve great things in college and get a Ph.D at a young age. But, at the risk of sounding cheesy, enjoy the trip. Life is too short to desperately rush to the next goal, because I promise that won't stop at the Ph.D. After that it will be "things will be better once I get a professor job", and then "things will be better once I get tenure" and so on. Being smart is fun. So is high school. Enjoy both of them. And I am certain you'll find time to learn Spanish on the side. 17 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| GREGORG4000 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5523 days ago 307 posts - 479 votes Speaks: English*, Finnish Studies: Japanese, Korean, Amharic, French | Message 18 of 70 14 May 2011 at 3:13am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I suggest studying as much as you can autodidactially, and then racking up a bunch of credits at a community college when you're 16-17 and then transferring. Also, I suggest studying early in the morning, not the evening.
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| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5336 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 19 of 70 14 May 2011 at 3:15am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Thank you for answering that question. I know it can be difficult because of how vague it is. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Carisma Diglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 5622 days ago 104 posts - 161 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC1 Studies: Italian, Mandarin | Message 20 of 70 14 May 2011 at 4:15am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Stop thinking so much about the qualifications you want to get, and more in getting the education itself. It really doesn't matter at what age you graduate and with what degree, what matters is what you actually can do, what skills you have, what you know and what attitude you have towards working or learning new things. Degrees are superficial, what matters is knowledge. Don't think high school is just useless, I've been through it and while it's true I didn't learn much theory, I can say I learnt how to be a team player, how to be a humble person and how to get along with my peers, and most companies around the world are looking for people that can work efficiently in a group. Not everything in life is about learning and learning, there are other sides as well, and, especially if you like languages, being able to get on with people of any age will give you more chances to communicate, and will allow you to understand the young side of the population a little more.
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| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5336 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 21 of 70 14 May 2011 at 4:32am | IP Logged | ||||||||
That's actually what I'm going for. I don't really look into the credentials much, I kind of know about them, but like I said I really wanted college because of the better education I'd get there. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| tracker465 Senior Member United States Joined 5352 days ago 355 posts - 496 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 22 of 70 14 May 2011 at 7:44am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I went to a state school for my Bachelor’s degree, something which I regret now that I am looking at Masters programmes and will likely have to take a few undergraduate linguistics classes before I can enter into the Masters programme (I switched majors three times, and the final time I switched to English since a linguistics degree was not offered, though in hindsight I should have perhaps switched schools). I must say though, that when my German friend came to visit and sat in some of the classes, he later told me “Wow, this is high school!” Now more prestigious schools surely have higher standards and more difficult workloads, but in reality, some classes really aren’t the large wealth of information that you might expect, even at the college level. Heck, I even have a friend who is not brilliant, yet he received a Master’s degree from a university and spent 90% of the time either playing guitar or drinking at the bar. Need I say more? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5336 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 23 of 70 14 May 2011 at 7:48am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Enlightening yes haha. At least I can take Chinese at the college. My high school doesn't offer it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5336 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 24 of 70 14 May 2011 at 7:49am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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. Edited by Akao on 15 May 2011 at 9:29pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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