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There are three main theories about acing exams without studying: either extreme intellects, for which I disagree, extreme memories, for which I disagree too, and finally, telepathy, which is the one theory I am ready to stick to.

take somethign really easy

i do relatively little studying for exams...simply because i have an innate ability to remember what i'm taught...its done me in good stead over the last couple of years

for me, the trick is to take interest in the course you take and pay attention to class lectures. dont be one of those people that only place priority in scribbling down your professor's lecture onto your notebook without understanding them. i found that a clear head and open ears are more valuable than note taking. mind you, im not saying to forsake notetaking, but if you find yourself completely uninterested in the subject, and find yourself simply taking down a dictation like a secretary...you're not in the right class or perhaps have a shitty professor.

i hardly ever studied in school. if you keep the right state of mind, all you will have to do before exams is review what you already know.
but then again, like jaden, i seemed to have a natural edge over others who seemed to have to work harder at commiting information to memory. so really there is no single trick that works for everyone.

Not much to add to what's already been said except that achieving an understanding of something usually helps a lot more in committing it to memory than simply rote learning it (except of course when rote learning is the only applicable method such as with foreign vocabulary).

You only pass exams with revision, unless the subject is maths based and you know all, and how to use and apply all equations

For math, the more you practice, the better you get at it.

That is how I studied for math. I practiced the problems until they were second nature. It sounds like a lot of work, but it does help.

xmarksthespot
I actually got an understanding of how foreign languages worked by using what I learned in English and grammar classes.

For example, if you know what a direct object is and how it works in the English language, then it is easier to understand how it works in Spanish because you have something to compare it to.

Someone who has no idea what a direct object is or how it works would have a hard time understanding when the Spanish teacher is talking about it. (then again, I only studied Latin based languages like Spanish and French.)

Well, that is what worked for me. I don't know if it would work for everyone.

the trick is to be able to remember things in lectures, like jaden said. i also have the ability to remember things EXTREMLY well, so long as it was spoken to me, word for word sometimes. i have a photographic memory, only for sound *thinks* yea...

it annoys my friends cause the "i didnt say that" never works with me.

other then listing well....

you pretty much gotta read the material.

Originally posted by ((The_Anomaly))
the trick is to be able to remember things in lectures, like jaden said. i also have the ability to remember things EXTREMLY well, so long as it was spoken to me, word for word sometimes. i have a photographic memory, only for sound *thinks* yea...

it annoys my friends cause the "i didnt say that" never works with me.

other then listing well....

you pretty much gotta read the material.

I think it depends on the subject are you a humanities, Science or Social Science student

Philosophy...

lots and lots and lots and lots......

just lots of reading...lol, all it is is reading.

reading/lectures

although i specialize in logic and logic equations. as well as history of philosophy.

and the logic stuff is basically math, and so it involves lots of practice, no matter how good you listen.

Interesting stuff

I did my first degree in molecular biology but I enjoyed epistemology a lot.

I believe no matter how bright someone is revision always helps, thats what I tell my students

If we're talking math or science, it is good to grasp the whole concept you are being taught. That will make it easier to figure out all of the smaller details using the knowledge you already have.

Being lucky or cheating is really the only way you are going to pass without studying. Unless of course you pay attention and enjoy your course, but you still would need to study

Originally posted by Twilight Janick
There are three main theories about acing exams without studying: either extreme intellects, for which I disagree, extreme memories, for which I disagree too, and finally, telepathy, which is the one theory I am ready to stick to.

Nice theories..but you overlooked the obvious..CHEATING...

You basically have 3 options.
1) Be smart / have a good memory already.
2) Pay attention and take notes during the entire semester. Writing it down will help you with recall later.
3) Cheat.

This thread isnt very relevant seeing as how its summer vacation. Unless you're in summer school. And if your the type of person in summer school, you need to do all the studying you can

Be me diva


I don't study, for my advanced functions and relations math final this year, I spent like 15 minutes just looking through the chapters, nothing more.

Originally posted by RedAlertv2
This thread isnt very relevant seeing as how its summer vacation. Unless you're in summer school. And if your the type of person in summer school, you need to do all the studying you can

That's presumptuous, many people aren't North American, classes are going as we speak in like Australia and etc. Not to mention many university, or high school, students fast track through summer school, so there could be many reasons, not dealing with intelligence, for being in school right now

We're on holidays too miss silver diva

Then it was someone from New Zealand who told me they're at school

Plus today is sunday, so classes are not going as we speak...wrong again miss silverdiva










But i think school started last week for the normal folk....i know i go back to uni this tuesday...

Originally posted by Twilight Janick
There are three main theories about acing exams without studying: either extreme intellects, for which I disagree, extreme memories, for which I disagree too, and finally, telepathy, which is the one theory I am ready to stick to.

I didnt study for any of my exams.

Why would you disagree about the extreme intellects part? If your an extreme intellect, you should know your work. Same for memory, some things stick in your head after reading/hearing about it even just once.

Telepathy? Ask anyone who has sat an exam without studying if they use telepathy. I doubt you'll find anyone. I sure as hell wouldnt blow away studying for an exam just because I think I could guess the correct answers based off telepathy.

I didnt study because I understood the work. All I wouldve done was read things I already knew, which is pointless. Its like reading '1+1=2' over and over....you already know what it is.

Originally posted by Mist
Plus today is sunday, so classes are not going as we speak...wrong again miss silverdiva

But i think school started last week for the normal folk....i know i go back to uni this tuesday...

It's Monday you jack ass

Originally posted by silver_tears
It's Monday you jack ass

Dont try and trick mediva

Cheating?

It's just a matter of not being an idiot.

If you understand something, you don't need to revise it

I can tell you all about the electromagnetic spectrum - I haven't even studied it in well other a year, but I understand it, so it sticks

Originally posted by Twilight Janick
There are three main theories about acing exams without studying: either extreme intellects, for which I disagree, extreme memories, for which I disagree too, and finally, telepathy, which is the one theory I am ready to stick to.

There is always cheating... but I would just study alittle and get a B or C...

Originally posted by ladygrim
take somethign really easy

Yea that too

Taking an easy exam or obtaining the paper and model answers bedorehand.

i dont know about exams but one thing i do to ace term papers is to go on some file sharing network like kazaa or lime wire and get one directly from somebody's hard drive. if its good enuff i wont even make any changes. i recommend this cuz as we all know college profs. have a way to track all papers to see if there is anything plagerized but with this system its not on the net so they cant google it and they cant trace it thru that special web site that profs are privy to.

A time-macine?

No time-machines for me. Otherwise, I said without studying. telepathy is the only risk-free cheating method. After all, I'm a Jedi Councillor, running for the Order's presidency. Is there any of you who is in the Jedi Councill or otherwise in the Jedi Order?

I never study, most of it just comes natural to me. The only trouble I have is with Math..**** pre-calc.

I don't know, honestly.

I never studied for a single test in high school, rarely paid attention in class, and still aced every test I took. It drove my teachers insane trying to figure out how I did it. I just understood everything Hell, I passed all my AP exams with next to no studying.

on some level you're not able to ace tests without studying. cry
or else you gotta be cheating...





edit:
not only ace but even pass.
you're getting very detailed question about something what was only once mentioned in the book.

Well, it kinda ran me into a bit of trouble last year in college, when I failed my Statistics class....but that's honestly the only time I've ever struggled with anything and actually had to study to understand it.

seems you're extremely intelligent




*feels stupid*

Originally posted by Lana
I don't know, honestly.

I never studied for a single test in high school, rarely paid attention in class, and still aced every test I took. It drove my teachers insane trying to figure out how I did it. I just understood everything Hell, I passed all my AP exams with next to no studying.

pfft...showoff
everyone knows that the american standard highschool level is about what european study till 7th or 8th grade

Originally posted by Dexx
pfft...showoff
everyone knows that the american standard highschool level is about what european study till 7th or 8th grade

We'll just ignore the fact that ever since I started school I've been 3-4 years ahead of everyone else my age

My college work is far too easy I hoped that once I was out of high school I'd have schoolwork that was actually challenging, but noo.......

come to Poland. I can assure you it will be challenging.

Originally posted by Lana
We'll just ignore the fact that ever since I started school I've been 3-4 years ahead of everyone else my age

My college work is far too easy I hoped that once I was out of high school I'd have schoolwork that was actually challenging, but noo.......
that is SO incredibly modest.
seriously...you should see how the european system works.
ours at least. it's impossible to ace everything.
it's simply too much to assimilate

here..it's even funnier
you don't care if you ace it or ot.
you pray just to pass it

god knows i was in that situation at least a couple of times during highschool. man..*shudders*

I can imagine

Originally posted by Dexx
that is SO incredibly modest.
seriously...you should see how the european system works.
ours at least. it's impossible to ace everything.
it's simply too much to assimilate

Only telling the truth

And quite honestly, I'd MUCH rather take hard courses that are actually challenging. Classes are so incredibly boring for me. Most people would rather take easy classes, I'd rather take hard ones

Originally posted by Dexx
that is SO incredibly modest.
seriously...you should see how the european system works.
ours at least. it's impossible to ace everything.
it's simply too much to assimilate

i don't really know aboot your part of germany but I still find Classes here extremely boring...you can pass them pretty well wiothout actually doing anything....

Originally posted by Bardock42
i don't really know aboot your part of germany but I still find Classes here extremely boring...you can pass them pretty well wiothout actually doing anything.... he's not from germany

Originally posted by Clovie
he's not from germany
I mean Europe....a freudian slip......you know we Germans consider all of Europe germany.....by the way your new President is a bastard

I vote telepathy, that's what I did.

Wow, it's amazing how everyone on this forum seems to be some sort of scholastic genius who never has to study and just remembers everything they hear in class. Could it be that everyone here has NASA level intelligence? Or are some just lying or exaggerating? -"I never study" = "I only study 40 minutes a day before a test" perhaps?

Regardless, most of the time I suck ass at taking tests when I don't study. I don't just remember everything I need by simply hearing it said in class one time.

If your an average, normal fellow you'll probably want to study before a test, so just do it. You don't have to do much of it. Starting a week before the test study like 20 minutes each night leading up to the test. Then the night before or day of the test review and you should do fine.

Or you could just write the answers on your hands.

Originally posted by BackFire
Wow, it's amazing how everyone on this forum seems to be some sort of scholastic genius who never has to study and just remembers everything they hear in class. Could it be that everyone here has NASA level intelligence? Or are some just lying or exaggerating? -"I never study" = "I only study 40 minutes a day before a test" perhaps?

Regardless, most of the time I suck ass at taking tests when I don't study. I don't just remember everything I need by simply hearing it said in class one time.

If your an average, normal fellow you'll probably want to study before a test, so just do it. You don't have to do much of it. Starting a week before the test study like 20 minutes each night leading up to the test. Then the night before or day of the test review and you should do fine.

Or you could just write the answers on your hands.
Hmm...second sounds nicer actually.....but I am not talking aboot acing Tests...here you'd actually had to study for that..but just to go wiuth the flow and get average grades I don't think you have to do a lot.....(neither in the US to be honest)

Work is the only trick to acing exams, unless they involve maths and you understand the equations.

The Major trick to Ace exams without studying is:

Hire a Pro !

You hire someone to take the exam for you. Im not refering to scholastic exams, but O level and A levels.

Originally posted by Twilight Janick
There are three main theories about acing exams without studying: either extreme intellects, for which I disagree, extreme memories, for which I disagree too, and finally, telepathy, which is the one theory I am ready to stick to.

There is no trick

I never study...I just pay attention during class and I end up getting 90's. Or I just cheat.

Originally posted by BackFire
Wow, it's amazing how everyone on this forum seems to be some sort of scholastic genius who never has to study and just remembers everything they hear in class. Could it be that everyone here has NASA level intelligence? Or are some just lying or exaggerating? -"I never study" = "I only study 40 minutes a day before a test" perhaps?

Regardless, most of the time I suck ass at taking tests when I don't study. I don't just remember everything I need by simply hearing it said in class one time.

If your an average, normal fellow you'll probably want to study before a test, so just do it. You don't have to do much of it. Starting a week before the test study like 20 minutes each night leading up to the test. Then the night before or day of the test review and you should do fine.

Or you could just write the answers on your hands.

Note that I did say I failed a class last year...stupid statistics, made no sense whatsoever to me. Calculus I was fine with. Stats...confused the hell out of me. Arg. I'm still mad about that and that was a year ago.

Its not that you might be a bad learner; maybe your teacher sucked at teaching. I know a couple of teachers who were given the boot for having a low success rate. I think JP's insight could help a little here.

Originally posted by BackFire
Wow, it's amazing how everyone on this forum seems to be some sort of scholastic genius who never has to study and just remembers everything they hear in class. Could it be that everyone here has NASA level intelligence? Or are some just lying or exaggerating? -"I never study" = "I only study 40 minutes a day before a test" perhaps?

Regardless, most of the time I suck ass at taking tests when I don't study. I don't just remember everything I need by simply hearing it said in class one time.

If your an average, normal fellow you'll probably want to study before a test, so just do it. You don't have to do much of it. Starting a week before the test study like 20 minutes each night leading up to the test. Then the night before or day of the test review and you should do fine.

Or you could just write the answers on your hands.

I always study thats why I have a higher degree

Wow, I wish they did that with teachers here. My trig teacher in high school did not explain anything and I had to get my friend to teach me everything in that class.

Teach someone who's shittier at the course than you are.

Originally posted by BackFire
Wow, it's amazing how everyone on this forum seems to be some sort of scholastic genius who never has to study and just remembers everything they hear in class. Could it be that everyone here has NASA level intelligence? Or are some just lying or exaggerating? -"I never study" = "I only study 40 minutes a day before a test" perhaps?

i dont think having a good memory for something that interests
you warrants the title 'scholastic genius' be it genuine or sarcastic.

Originally posted by Lana
Only telling the truth

And quite honestly, I'd MUCH rather take hard courses that are actually challenging. Classes are so incredibly boring for me. Most people would rather take easy classes, I'd rather take hard ones

Why?

Originally posted by KidRock
I never study...I just pay attention during class and I end up getting 90's. Or I just cheat.

Same here

Because it's a waste of time to sit in boring classes. I'd rather be challenged by something for a change.

The only trick is to....stay awake in class. And pay attention. When I stay awake I pass and when I don't I fail. I dont study for shit.

Originally posted by Lana
Because it's a waste of time to sit in boring classes. I'd rather be challenged by something for a change.

All my classes are easy and I'm always bored. If I took challenging courses I doubt it'll change, but some people like challenges so I won't thwart with da fact

Originally posted by Lana
Because it's a waste of time to sit in boring classes. I'd rather be challenged by something for a change.

Read Hegel's 'Phenomenology of Spirit'...

Originally posted by Arachnoidfreak
The only trick is to....stay awake in class. And pay attention. When I stay awake I pass and when I don't I fail. I dont study for shit.

Originally posted by Arachnoidfreak
The only trick is to....stay awake in class. And pay attention. When I stay awake I pass and when I don't I fail. I dont study for shit.

its the truth...i dont study much either, but if you pay attention then you should be aight, or as I do alot of the time....bs it...but i got pretty good grades, 3.9 GPA...my methods never fail...lol...

wikipedia and the history channel

Originally posted by Lana
Because it's a waste of time to sit in boring classes. I'd rather be challenged by something for a change. Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Read Hegel's 'Phenomenology of Spirit'...

Read anything by Martin Heidegger in German.....

Originally posted by Bardock42
Read anything by Martin Heidegger in German..... read anything in Polish

Originally posted by Bardock42
Read anything by Martin Heidegger in German.....

I like Heidegger's work. I wrote a thesis on The Origin of the Work of Art.

Originally posted by Clovie
read anything in Polish

No, you misunderstood me, even if you can speak german you cannot understand what the man is trying to say....

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
I like Heidegger's work. I wrote a thesis on The Origin of the Work of Art.

Actually I read an almost decent article of him aboot Philosophy, but to read his nexistencephilosophy is crazy, he uses the most bullshot sentences to say the easiest things......I guess he's alright but, man that guy used the German Language in a weird way........

Originally posted by Bardock42



Actually I read an almost decent article of him aboot Philosophy, but to read his nexistencephilosophy is crazy, he uses the most bullshot sentences to say the easiest things......I guess he's alright but, man that guy used the German Language in a weird way........

His work is very good, but I agree, it's amazingly convoluted. It's definitely worth persevering with though.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
His work is very good, but I agree, it's amazingly convoluted. It's definitely worth persevering with though.

Well I am not sure if his woks are actually worth the effort (at least I need to read his stuff 5 times and even then one page alone only contains something like "We only know of death because we experience other people dying" ..... thanks very much Marty ...who gives me back the last 2 hours of my life?)

Originally posted by Bardock42
Well I am not sure if his woks are actually worth the effort (at least I need to read his stuff 5 times and even then one page alone only contains something like "We only know of death because we experience other people dying" ..... thanks very much Marty ...who gives me back the last 2 hours of my life?)

Haha.

Peel the onion man.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Haha.

Peel the onion man.


Well he might be not that onion like in his other works, I personally only read parts of Being and Time.....and said article , although I doubt he actually wrote it since it was understandable.....

Originally posted by silver_tears
Then it was someone from New Zealand who told me they're at school
we have school ere in china
n'ways, i dont really have a trick, but I kinda have a good memory and I'm relatively smart I don't study and I get pretty good grades...

I hereby rename this thread the..

"Pat yourself on the back thread."

Originally posted by 8bitChris
I hereby rename this thread the..

"Pat yourself on the back thread."

And hell, we are good at it.......

Originally posted by 8bitChris
I hereby rename this thread the..

"Pat yourself on the back thread."
i know.. im so damn smart and all

Originally posted by Twilight Janick
There are three main theories about acing exams without studying: either extreme intellects, for which I disagree, extreme memories, for which I disagree too, and finally, telepathy, which is the one theory I am ready to stick to.

There is no quick fix for things like this. If you want to ace an exam you HAVE TO study - thats just it.

Although I dont believe exams based on memory prove a lot of peoples abilities, its the way education system is today, im afraid.

BIG PICTURE!

What is the use of going to school if you don't learn something?

A degree will get you in the door but if you are an idiot, they will kick you out that door just as fast.

well what i've been saying is this:

if the main factor in whether or not you pass a course is how long you sit there and try to memorise every bit of information, chances are either you or the system has failed. sure, there are terminology-rich courses where that doesnt apply. but for most classes, if the system has done its part, and you are doing your part, studying should not be necessary. REVIEWING is a good idea, but thats just refreshing the memory you already have.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Although I dont believe exams based on memory prove a lot of peoples abilities, its the way education system is today, im afraid.

and thats sad. and you know why its like that?
lazy teaching. its easy to just give a page number and say "remember all this" and then regurgitate the same info onto a test. its far more difficult to engage the students and help them to understand the subject in class...difficult to do ones job.

that, to me, was the first step in getting good grades. knowing whether or not to get up, walk out of that class, drop it, and take another. you do that by asking around about that particular professor.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
BIG PICTURE!

What is the use of going to school if you don't learn something?

A degree will get you in the door but if you are an idiot, they will kick you out that door just as fast.

Originally posted by PVS
well what i've been saying is this:

if the main factor in whether or not you pass a course is how long you sit there and try to memorise every bit of information, chances are either you or the system has failed. sure, there are terminology-rich courses where that doesnt apply. but for most classes, if the system has done its part, and you are doing your part, studying should not be necessary. REVIEWING is a good idea, but thats just refreshing the memory you already have.



and thats sad. and you know why its like that?
lazy teaching. its easy to just give a page number and say "remember all this" and then regurgitate the same info onto a test. its far more difficult to engage the students and help them to understand the subject in class...difficult to do ones job.

that, to me, was the first step in getting good grades. knowing whether or not to get up, walk out of that class, drop it, and take another. you do that by asking around about that particular professor.

Oh I agree complitely. And I have a major problem with ''learn that by heart and i'll see how well you can learn, but not actually UNDERSTAND''.

Main idea has been covered here; you don't attend school because it is forced upon you, you do so to gain a chance at a decent future. Failing to see this and therefore seeking the easy way out by cheating exams clarifies the mist in your skull and a lack of perspective.
Learn, get wise, make money... or be a bum!!!

Originally posted by Bardock42
No, you misunderstood me, even if you can speak german you cannot understand what the man is trying to say....



Actually I read an almost decent article of him aboot Philosophy, but to read his nexistencephilosophy is crazy, he uses the most bullshot sentences to say the easiest things......I guess he's alright but, man that guy used the German Language in a weird way........

Maybe I ought to refresh my knowledge of German first, then

And I always hated classes where it was just endless memorization...in my mind, the only classes that's excusable in is a foreign language when you're learning vocabulary. Otherwise it's simply a waste of time.

Probably why I liked science courses the best...you can memorize the concepts, sure. But if you don't actually understand it, you're not going to do well.

Originally posted by Lana
Maybe I ought to refresh my knowledge of German first, then

And I always hated classes where it was just endless memorization...in my mind, the only classes that's excusable in is a foreign language when you're learning vocabulary. Otherwise it's simply a waste of time.

Probably why I liked science courses the best...you can memorize the concepts, sure. But if you don't actually understand it, you're not going to do well.

That wouldnt help you a bit....I promise ....

Well I think sometimes memorizing stuff is good like in History and such...the problem is that if I look at my classmates they usually don't know anything half a year later, so I usually try to remember what I should rememebre (I might not know that much at the point of a test or though) but I usually know what it was aboot later.

Originally posted by Bardock42
That wouldnt help you a bit....I promise ....

Well I think sometimes memorizing stuff is good like in History and such...the problem is that if I look at my classmates they usually don't know anything half a year later, so I usually try to remember what I should rememebre (I might not know that much at the point of a test or though) but I usually know what it was aboot later.

Stop badmouthing Heidegger.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Stop badmouthing Heidegger.

The damn Nazi deserves it .....

Originally posted by Bardock42
The damn Nazi deserves it .....

Just because he's German? That's racist.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Just because he's German? That's racist.

He actually aprreciated the Nazi Regime in the first place...that'S why Satre hated him....and he hadn't much of a voice after WW2 ...I don't think he was really a naz, but that doesn't make his mental ejaculate any more reasonable....

Still being a racist I see...will the hate ever end?

Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
Still being a racist I see...will the hate ever end?

No...you nazi hater.....

BACK ON TOPIC PEOPLE!



There is no trick.... but there are ways you can have an advantage, looking at past papers... seeing the format the questions have been for previous years... don't go and study things that are not going to be on the test.

Originally posted by Bardock42
that doesn't make his mental ejaculate any more reasonable....

You have to take it the right way.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
You have to take it the right way.
No, no..he should have written it the right way...

Originally posted by Bardock42
No, no..he should have written it the right way...

Come on man. Vorsprung durch technik.


On topic- there is no 'major trick'.

Interest is the key to effortless learning.

Otherwise, you can always utilise rote learning and repitition, or mnemonics.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Come on man. Vorsprung durch technik.


On topic- there is no 'major trick'.

Interest is the key to effortless learning.

Otherwise, you can always utilise rote learning and repitition, or mnemonics.

Well, alright...if he said that..he got some point....but that'S just one sentence....

On Topic:
What'S up with people answering on topics nowadays...how extraordinarily weird....

Really on topic:

As said before Interest does help verymuch, being good is never wrong either...and excedpt for that studying might be the major key to do good in school...

Originally posted by Bardock42
Well, alright...if he said that..he got some point....but that'S just one sentence....



He didn't say it, I was calling on your innate German efficiency.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
He didn't say it, I was calling on your innate German efficiency.
Damit, so you got me to agree cause I was conditioned since birth.....although Heidegger is quite inefficent... think another author...lets take Nietzsche since he is God....could have written what he said in 200 pages on aboot 10 ....oh and people would have understood....

Originally posted by Bardock42
Damit, so you got me to agree cause I was conditioned since birth.....although Heidegger is quite inefficent... think another author...lets take Nietzsche since he is God....could have written what he said in 200 pages on aboot 10 ....oh and people would have understood....

Nietzsche always tried to do that though.

He could have ten books worth of thought, and he'd condense it into one aphorism like 'Man always eats breakfast, but if he does not eat all day, what should we call his nighttime meal?'

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Nietzsche always tried to do that though.

He could have ten books worth of thought, and he'd condense it into one aphorism like 'Man always eats breakfast, but if he does not eat all day, what should we call his nighttime meal?'

Yeah well...the way you say that Nietzsche could probably cut Heideggers work down to one word...would probably be "Bein" or something....well to be honest I am jkind of biased against Heidegger..I have an unreasonable hate for him.-..I guesss I'll have to cure it at some point....

Originally posted by Trickster
I've always done well learning things off-curriculum, then incorporating them into my answer - several times changing the question gets you a better mark.



I don't mean for things like History, but Maths & Science etc. Where you don't actually need embellish on your answer.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Nietzsche always tried to do that though.

He could have ten books worth of thought, and he'd condense it into one aphorism like 'Man always eats breakfast, but if he does not eat all day, what should we call his nighttime meal?'

I'd say.........brupper.

Mother Simpson: How many roads must a man walk down / Before you can call him a man...
Homer: Seven.
Lisa: No, dad, it's a rhetorical question.
Homer: OK, eight!
Lisa: Dad, do you even know what "rhetorical" means?
Homer: Do *I* know what "rhetorical" means!?

Originally posted by Lana
Ever written essays for a science class?





Nope,

The question was Exam.

We always had essays on our exams.

yeah, i had essay exams too

D'oh! Quebec's curriculum is what's closest to the European programs in North America.