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GGG · 07-13-2010, 09:36 PM

I wonder if she just studied the high school curriculim or if she learnt other things on her own. To me it would be the biggest waste if she was putting in that amount of time on the small amount of material covered by high school.

I that amount of time you could chug through huge amounts of the great books that exist. Study all different kinds of History. Cover all kinds of science. I have much more admiration for the Science Fair winners, the Computer programming winners and the Entrapurnureal competition winners. These people usually are pulling high 90's but putting in that extra time used from going from 95 to a 100 into producing some real value for society.

So if all she did was study the high school curriculum I am sad for her because she just wasted a prime learning year.

I also don't believe 100's are possible outside of Math. It is all part of the Grade Inflation that has occurred ever since Macleans started ranking university's on their entrance average so university's in turns gave out purely Grade based scholarships so high school teachers help kids out by bumping marks here or there or giving kids extra credit oppurtunities.

07-13-2010, 09:36 PM	#139
GGG Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Exp:	I wonder if she just studied the high school curriculim or if she learnt other things on her own. To me it would be the biggest waste if she was putting in that amount of time on the small amount of material covered by high school. I that amount of time you could chug through huge amounts of the great books that exist. Study all different kinds of History. Cover all kinds of science. I have much more admiration for the Science Fair winners, the Computer programming winners and the Entrapurnureal competition winners. These people usually are pulling high 90's but putting in that extra time used from going from 95 to a 100 into producing some real value for society. So if all she did was study the high school curriculum I am sad for her because she just wasted a prime learning year. I also don't believe 100's are possible outside of Math. It is all part of the Grade Inflation that has occurred ever since Macleans started ranking university's on their entrance average so university's in turns gave out purely Grade based scholarships so high school teachers help kids out by bumping marks here or there or giving kids extra credit oppurtunities.