$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('CarpeDiem', '
')Should I just follow the flow of my education? Or should I spend time pursuing more essential things. I sure can't rely on my parents when the Oil Crash comes. I await responses and I apologize if a topic like this has already been made.
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Re: High School Student
by Chicken_Little » Thu 23 Jun 2005, 21:36:07
Don't worry. BiGG has a plan. Everything's going to be just fine.
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by CarpeDiem » Thu 23 Jun 2005, 21:36:14
A nerd like me is not going to let some woodshop elective class be a part of my cirriculum. Oh, my ego again...
Anyhow cool. There's a professor in CalStateLa that works with superconductors and that interested me like heck, but I'm in another lab associated with electromagnetism. I'm only in the beginning stages, but I'd feel guilty if I ditch that dude and move to the superconducting lab.
Liquid helium is damn cool though. Thanks for all the feedback (I can never stop thanking people). Gardening, debris shelter, etc: all nice stuff. The AK47 seems especially nice. What a great goal.
Keep my head up and be strong and lalala all that effusive mumbo jumbo and yup yup. Okey, I think I'm happy now. Further replies are unneeded but doesn't hurt.
As for now, carpe diem. Mucho gratitude.
Anyhow cool. There's a professor in CalStateLa that works with superconductors and that interested me like heck, but I'm in another lab associated with electromagnetism. I'm only in the beginning stages, but I'd feel guilty if I ditch that dude and move to the superconducting lab.
Liquid helium is damn cool though. Thanks for all the feedback (I can never stop thanking people). Gardening, debris shelter, etc: all nice stuff. The AK47 seems especially nice. What a great goal.
Keep my head up and be strong and lalala all that effusive mumbo jumbo and yup yup. Okey, I think I'm happy now. Further replies are unneeded but doesn't hurt.
As for now, carpe diem. Mucho gratitude.
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by TheSupplyGuy » Thu 23 Jun 2005, 21:55:01
Mucho gracias tu quieres decir?
Anyway, I just graduated from high school(at the age of 17), so I kinda know how you feel. My family thinks I'm off as well, but when anything oil-related happens, they come to me
. I don't know how it works at your school, but for some reason at mine, taking electives such as woodworking would drop your GPA(because AP and honors would make it so high that reg. classes would drop it).
The two biggest things I can suggest(which I do), is to get used to using less electricity(which is kinda hard for me to do right now, since it's summer, blazin hot, and nothing to do inside except read books I've already read twice) and either get in shape or stay in shape. Personally, I recommend soccer as a sport, but I'm biased.
Anyway, I just graduated from high school(at the age of 17), so I kinda know how you feel. My family thinks I'm off as well, but when anything oil-related happens, they come to me
. I don't know how it works at your school, but for some reason at mine, taking electives such as woodworking would drop your GPA(because AP and honors would make it so high that reg. classes would drop it).
The two biggest things I can suggest(which I do), is to get used to using less electricity(which is kinda hard for me to do right now, since it's summer, blazin hot, and nothing to do inside except read books I've already read twice) and either get in shape or stay in shape. Personally, I recommend soccer as a sport, but I'm biased.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.-Thoreau
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by oiless » Sun 26 Jun 2005, 11:03:29
Carry on with what you're doing. If physics interests you, study physics.
However, I would also work to acquire other skills. I would get books on all aspects of low technology living if I could. There may be people in your area that have small, personal use gardens; try to gain knowledge from them, talk to them, ask questions, see if they will let you get some hands on experience. (That's the best kind, all the talking, thinking, and reading one can do does not replace getting your hands dirty.)
Chances are you live in a city, so this won't apply, but in some smaller communities there are old folks who are trying to keep the trades/arts they learned when young alive. Black smithing, etc.. Old people are eager, they have a compulsion almost, to pass what they know down to younger people. Approached with interest they will teach.
Unfortuneatly many in society regard elders as no-nothing has-beens who have little to contribute, people whose time has passed. It appears to me that their time may be coming again.
However, I would also work to acquire other skills. I would get books on all aspects of low technology living if I could. There may be people in your area that have small, personal use gardens; try to gain knowledge from them, talk to them, ask questions, see if they will let you get some hands on experience. (That's the best kind, all the talking, thinking, and reading one can do does not replace getting your hands dirty.)
Chances are you live in a city, so this won't apply, but in some smaller communities there are old folks who are trying to keep the trades/arts they learned when young alive. Black smithing, etc.. Old people are eager, they have a compulsion almost, to pass what they know down to younger people. Approached with interest they will teach.
Unfortuneatly many in society regard elders as no-nothing has-beens who have little to contribute, people whose time has passed. It appears to me that their time may be coming again.
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by cammo2004 » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 11:06:26
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('CarpeDiem', 'A') nerd like me is not going to let some woodshop elective class be a part of my cirriculum. Oh, my ego again...
Anyhow cool. There's a professor in CalStateLa that works with superconductors and that interested me like heck, but I'm in another lab associated with electromagnetism. I'm only in the beginning stages, but I'd feel guilty if I ditch that dude and move to the superconducting lab.
Liquid helium is damn cool though. Thanks for all the feedback (I can never stop thanking people). Gardening, debris shelter, etc: all nice stuff. The AK47 seems especially nice. What a great goal.
Keep my head up and be strong and lalala all that effusive mumbo jumbo and yup yup. Okey, I think I'm happy now. Further replies are unneeded but doesn't hurt.
As for now, carpe diem. Mucho gratitude.
Anyhow cool. There's a professor in CalStateLa that works with superconductors and that interested me like heck, but I'm in another lab associated with electromagnetism. I'm only in the beginning stages, but I'd feel guilty if I ditch that dude and move to the superconducting lab.
Liquid helium is damn cool though. Thanks for all the feedback (I can never stop thanking people). Gardening, debris shelter, etc: all nice stuff. The AK47 seems especially nice. What a great goal.
Keep my head up and be strong and lalala all that effusive mumbo jumbo and yup yup. Okey, I think I'm happy now. Further replies are unneeded but doesn't hurt.
As for now, carpe diem. Mucho gratitude.
Science is a good area to look at - it existed before oil, so it'll likely exist after oil.
When considering what will likely remain, it's a good idea to look at the time just before the advent of motor vehicles.
Depending on how far back we'll be booted, look at that time period - because even if you go for an 'advent of rail' prediction and we end up being effectively kicked back to significantly before that, you've still got a better chance of getting through than somebody still trying to get by on today's lifestyle - you'll have more time to adjust your plans.
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Re: High School Student
by Tanada » Tue 07 Jul 2020, 10:13:08
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('fertooos', 'u')nningOnEmpty2 yahoo newsgroup is a great place to start.
What is it that makes an ancient Yahoo group worth the effort of looking it up?
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Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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