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Studying sucks... beat this

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by chevalier, Jan 22, 2005.

  1. chevalier

    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    There's an exam on Feb. the 1st. Over 700 pages to study and learn. Some of them not covered by uni courses and lectures but required on the exam.

    Another exam on Feb. the 3rd. Some 400 pages or more.

    Beat this. :mad:
     
    chevalier, Jan 22, 2005
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    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    And you waited how long to get started?
     
    Morgoth, Jan 22, 2005
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  3. chevalier

    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    That's a different matter. ;)
     
    chevalier, Jan 22, 2005
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    Nakia The night is mine Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Chevy, i would weep for you except that I know you will do well. I will say a prayer for you. Try to remember that your exams come before SP. I know that is hard.
     
    Nakia, Jan 22, 2005
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    Typical. 1 course = 2 books = ~500 pages of reading, then they ask questions worth of about 8 pages. Someone in the system must have a mean streak or something, considering that there are usually about 20 courses per student, so that would mean one student would need to read about 10.000 pages per year and if there are about 2.000 students in a university, it would mean they would need to read about 20 million pages during just ONE year. Since the average studying time of a student is about five years, during this time they all would need to read "only" about 100 million pages.

    Beat this. :xx:
     
    Wordplay, Jan 22, 2005
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    History essay on tuesday about the russian and chinese revolutions, comparing the two.
    Italian test on thursday; I suck at italian so Ill have to cheat.

    You can probably beat this, but that doesent make it less sucky.
     
    Bahir the Red, Jan 22, 2005
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    Well, 3 down, 4 more to go for me. 4th February will naver have been such a welcome day.

    I'll cross my fingers for you Chev.
     
    Uytuun, Jan 22, 2005
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    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    Thanks a lot. Hope the prayers will help. I'm making some progress at the expense of getting myself practically drugged up on caffeine, but the rate is slow, very slow.
     
    chevalier, Jan 22, 2005
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    Splunge Bhaal’s financial advisor Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    It would probably go a lot faster if you didn't spend so much time on SP. :p
     
    Splunge, Jan 22, 2005
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    joacqin Confused Jerk Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Wow, poor you Chev, now that we all know we can all admire you greatly when you pass. :)
     
    joacqin, Jan 22, 2005
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    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Try studying for the A+ exam! That's a 1265 page book to get you ready btw, not to mention the crucial hands-on time required to actually know what you're doing. Plus, the test itself is like $150...and you don't get that back if you fail :eek: :rolling:
     
    Kitrax, Jan 22, 2005
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    Free. Around here. But I guess that doesn't help you at all. :p
     
    Wordplay, Jan 22, 2005
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    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    A+? I got that on the first class of college and the teachers stopped teaching it and I went on to Cisco NAP, on the universal scale, A+ is between not drowning on your own drool and tying your shoelaces :p
    A*, now that is something more fun.

    Also, to play along with attention-crying :p
    I have to learn C, Assembly, Electric Systems, LISP, the layout of the Linux Kernel and how to write device drivers for Linux.

    But I can take it as slow as I want, and I don't want it slow.

    [ January 24, 2005, 16:28: Message edited by: Morgoth ]
     
    Morgoth, Jan 22, 2005
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    Okay, I'll beat yours guys. I'm in the fourth week of a 5 week holiday. I woke up at 10 today and had a party yesterday.

    I love summer. :D
     
    Yirimyah, Jan 23, 2005
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  15. Splunge

    Splunge Bhaal’s financial advisor Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Splunge, Jan 23, 2005
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    I just finished my exams last week - Networks analysis and database analysis.

    I could not beleive how pressure has been lifted off my shoulders and now I can start to have fun again. Whether I pass or not is another thing :)
     
    Cúchulainn, Jan 24, 2005
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