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  1. Yes, there is pretty much no homework in regular public schools. I was in all honors classes last year and rarely had more than fifteen minutes. I transferred to a new school at the end of last year. My new school is public but its very strange. All the classes are college level. Some classes are hard and some are pathetic. It was worse at my old school. It was a complete waste of time. Hehe, I read most of We the Living and all of Anthem in my classes. The math classes in particular were ridiculous. I knew Algebra in elementary school, but couldn't take Pre-Algebra until 7th grade. I took sixth grade math in 5th and 6th grade and not because I failed it. The history classes and the science classes are memorization, plain and simple. Now its better, I only have one terrible teacher. The problem is, he happens to teach science and is supposed to to be *teaching* us the basics of physics. The good part is, my friend and I get to leave early almost every day, because we finish our labs before anyone else. tommyedison: haha, tried that. I got caugt reading The Return of the Primitive in science. My teacher ironically said "Ayn Rand can wait," before informing me that even if I already understood what he was talking about, I should listen anyway in case he happened to cover something new. (he never does) Then he said that if I did it again he would mark me absent. (at my school, if you have three unexcused abscenses you are withdrawn from the class with a failing grade, and are unlikely to be invited back the next year.) So, rather than risk having to go back to my old and much more boring old school, I proceeded to draw pictures of him which were not all that flattering. My friend and I are making a collage of the stupid things he says entitled: "I of an S.I." meaning- "Investigations of a Scientific Idiot" Anyways, thanks for the tips everyone.
  2. I've noticed that. My old high school was a traditional public high school, and everyone there was deadfully boring. The teachers were unitelligent but not particularly immoral. However, now that I've tranferred to a public "laboratory" school for math and science, its different. Some teachers are excellent and some are terrible. The school tries to hide itself. It still has to put on the "public face" to get its funds from the government, but then, it still manages to create a better school than average. And since the governmeent finds it necessary to force citizens to pay taxes for those abominations they call public schools, it is the best option after home school. Anyway, my poimt is that the school I am currently attending is considered higher level education. The government does not quite know what to do with it. (we are not allowed to take the PSAE, which is standard procedure for high-schoolers). Its more like a college than a high school. I've been going to the college fairs trying to get an idea of where I should go. Cal Tech sounds like a good school; their standards are high at least. I would actually have to retake the SAT to get in. One person actaully tried to interest me in going to a catholic jesuit school. This is pretty much what I said: . That kind of private school can stay far away. It is dicouraging though when a lot of colleges only want a 1200 on the SAT. My school's standards now are higher than that! Tom Rexton- Where are you planning to go? Have you found anywhere that seems halfway decent?
  3. So any high-schoolers or college students planning on entering the essay contests? I'm a sophomore so I'll enter the Anthem one, though I'd prefer the one on Atlas Shrugged. That's only for college students, for juniors and seniors it is on The Fountainhead. I was suprised when I saw that at my school they actually have a flyer up for it. Its not anything major, but its a start. At least one teacher realized the value of those novels.
  4. Yes! Another high schooler! It gives me a little more hope for the future of our generation.
  5. The dumbing down of the American school system is frightening. Do any of the adults have advice on how to survive it without going insane?
  6. Right now I've started Philosophy:Who Needs It? I've been meaning to go and buy IOE. Its definetly my next step. Oakes, thats awesome! I had not yet met another high schooler who had the faintest idea what an objectivist was. I've gotten my friend to read Atlas Shrugged, and she likes it. I want to start an objectivist club at my school. It's a residential school, so its a great environment. I recently went to the Teenage Republicans against the Young Democrats debate at my school, and they made a pathetic show of it. They made statements like : " Bush believes in free trade, but we have to force people to compete." and " We don't want to regulate the economy, we just want to give everyone an equal opportunity." Sounds a bit too farmiliar. Then I have a science teacher who actually says "There are no absolutes" with a straight face. I thought Ms. Rand's charachters were exaggerated, I am not pleased to have found that false. My friend and I have started calling this particular teacher Dr. Pritchett and bursting out laughing in the middle of his class in order to keep our sanity. He caught me reading in his class the other day, and ironically said "Ayn Rand can wait." So anyway, what threads do you guys recommend?
  7. Hello everyone! I have just discovered this forum. It's great! I have read Atlas Shrugged, We the Living, The Fountainhead, Anthem, The Virtue of Selfishness, The Return of the Primitive, and the Ayn Rand lexicon. Its great to find other people also interested in Objectivism.
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