Article: IEB matric result pass rate increase

[Necuno]

You're the one who said that you could get that many distinctions as well, if you were at school. I'm asking how many distinctions you received when you had the same perspective on life as the graduate. I absolutely agree that if someone who went through varsity or gained some real world experience went back to matric now, that they would probably do quite well. That doesn't mean you can take away from this guy's achievement though.

You seem to have missed part of the reply you've originally replied to. For your benefit I've highlighted it below.

Both you on 8 subjects concurrently?

I don't disagree that it can't be done, but at school level you have ample time for a lot of subjects. Still it deserves a good pat on the back.

I'm probably going to do a few things myself come 2014

 

[Messugga]

You seem to have missed part of the reply you've originally replied to. For your benefit I've highlighted it below.

I like how you're avoiding my question Are you one of those "I could've done better in highschool, but I just wasn't stimulated enough to want to apply myself" people?

 

[Necuno]

I like how you're avoiding my question Are you one of those "I could've done better in highschool, but I just wasn't stimulated enough to want to apply myself" people?

You been trying the straw man followed by cherry picking however both proven to be false.

Lets recap for edification:

At primary school most of my time went towards piano, signing and gymnastics. When I switched over to high school I dumped most of that for martial arts. Having spent up too 5 hours a day on martial arts and gymnastics giving and taking classes, I bothered little with the noble disciplines such as mathematics, music or art. I do wish I've spent more time on those but at least the good news is I can still take them with my current studies.

Shall we guess what you are about try another straw man?

Circular arguments isn't very stimulating and won't see much application from myself.

 

[Messugga]

You been trying the straw man followed by cherry picking however both proven to be false.

Lets recap for edification:

At primary school most of my time went towards piano, signing and gymnastics. When I switched over to high school I dumped most of that for martial arts. Having spent up too 5 hours a day on martial arts and gymnastics giving and taking classes, I bothered little with the noble disciplines such as mathematics, music or art. I do wish I've spent more time on those but at least the good news is I can still take them with my current studies.

Shall we guess what you are about try another straw man?

Circular arguments isn't very stimulating and won't see much application from myself.

I don't think "straw man" quite means what you think it does... with that being said, many people are busy with extracurricular activities during their schools years and they still manage to get excellent grades. Hardly an excuse for poor marks.

 

[Necuno]

I don't think "straw man" quite means what you think it does...

AFAIK it means invalidating someones opinion by taking down the character. Thus that person are not allowed to have an opinion on a matter they are not equal: Only someone with AAAs can comment on someone's AAAs, right?

many people are busy with extracurricular activities during their schools years and they still manage to get excellent grades. Hardly an excuse for poor marks.

No one has made excuses here from what I could tell.

I'm saying that:

A) 8 hours a day for study as you get home at 2pm and going to bed at 10pm. Which was the norm when I was at school.
B) 4 hours a day "open" as you get home from work at 6pm and going to bed at 10pm. That leaves 4 hours in the week, but in that time additional things has to be done such as chores, wife, kids, homework, gym etc.

Without the added benefits of B you have a lot more time which can easily be divided into continuous study and focus, because lets face it in school your sole duty is school and the matter at hand is a lot more simpler.

Your whole basis of your argument rests on the fact that a person are only allowed to say something on the matter if they have same or more As. If we take that person, once they get out of school and mature past college/university they will have to take some of B's responsibilities. This is true for anyone as it doesn't change or being dependent on having As or not; time management will come into play as this is unavoidable.

For the added part of your argument I have not argued that after school you magically develop an inability to get good grades nor have I said that in that his context it is to go without praise. However it should be looked at with a balanced eye and not as something so great without remembering the differences between A and B. For the record I've also attained good marks on all my subjects while being in the position of B although it was not 8 or more concurrent subjects.