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Back when I was in high school, the chemistry and physics teachers would always do crazy experiments to entertain the whole school around christmas.
Thursday, 18-Aug-11 18:23:32 UTC from web-
@lilytheamazingfaintingpony At my old high school the biggest demos were at the end of the year; what they called the "Senior sendoff". A full period of smoke, fire, and loud music.
Thursday, 18-Aug-11 18:26:46 UTC from web-
@eaglehooves I was a language pony with some social sciences* and so I only caught the public displays in the cafeteria. (* Norwegian education doesn't demand that we sample a little bit of everything like in the US, so I opted out of everything that had to do with math...a fact I bitterly regret)
Thursday, 18-Aug-11 18:31:41 UTC from web-
@lilytheamazingfaintingpony I'm studying to be an engineer pony, so I got a pretty good dose of chemistry. As for the US demanding you try a bit of everything, it's not as true as it seems. Math and English are the only two subjects you have to take all four years, and our arts and languages programs are cut about every time the budget changes. The actual base requirements for a diploma seem a bit low.
Thursday, 18-Aug-11 18:39:10 UTC from web-
@eaglehooves I've always imagined US high school as having several mandatory subjects, papers due every week and curriculums that would be great if given to people that were actually motivated. Hollywood has lied to me again!
Thursday, 18-Aug-11 18:51:07 UTC from web-
@lilytheamazingfaintingpony You can do a lot if you're motivated, but a lot of people aren't. My HS had 7 periods a day plus lunch, and the minimum graduation requirements were only about 20 credits. Only reason it took my for years was the English credit, that was my only mandatory class as a senior.
Thursday, 18-Aug-11 19:03:24 UTC from web
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