lawrencekill Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Hi, just making this topic because my school is... weird. Regular programs at my school are easy and slow(takes 2 days to cover a topic, seems good but then there's projects and stuff too). Honors programs have no depth review, basically glide along the basics of everything. Basically I'm thinking about trying to teach myself certain subjects, hopefully easy ones, or ones that are not boring, or have versions that arn't. I'm thinking about, learning subjects all by myself, or refer to self-teaching books as I take the course. What do you think is better? Also, does anyone know good brands or certain books that are good for self-teaching. I've found a very small amount of books, and yes I used search engines. Any ideas would be great(unless they're very negative ones). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viktorkrum77 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 It takes ALOT of being able to stick to it. I tried it with Swedish, I couldn't stick to it after a while. Though I did learn, it's much harder, but you get to work at your own pace. Me doing staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionheart_0 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Its ok to do self teaching, but as Viktor said, its hard. Also, you will get no credit for teaching it to yourself, so if you expect to go somewhere in that area, then you wont be able because you "haven't been taught the course". Sig by IkuraiYour Guide to Posting! Behave or I will send my Moose mounted Beaver launchers at you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzimatt Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 my school has self teaching but u need to be a senior to take it\ but class always gos slow cuz one person who barely makes it to the next level never understands the lesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan18 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 if i were you, i would take all the honors programs and see how they go. the honors programs at my school go deep AND are extremely fast - we finish chapters in 1-2 weeks; for science classes, that includes usually 2 labs, for math, its usually 1 week or less, for english, it depends on what we're doing. there is very little depth review in honors classes because it takes too long; however, our tests do include items not specifically taught in class. Basically, you have to self-teach yourself these things in order to pass. Yea, self teach. If you aren't taking honors classes right now, i would suggest you do and try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron1120 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Perhaps if you can't stick, there are learning centers. Most are made for people who have trouble with schools, but usually you can sign up and get one on one help to with a certified teacher to challenge you more. If you aren't challenged I would talk to your counselor, he should refer you to better programs, or move you to some classes that could maybe challenge you more. What grade are you in? < | Runehead | Learning Java Programming, Please PM Me Tips | Signature by Loaf2000 | > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamerr Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Learning by yourself can go faster, but it's hard to have the dicipline to keep doing it every day. I also find that school is sometimes slow and boring, but it's the best way to get educated, otherwise the alternatives would be atleast as popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plectrum Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Pick something you are interested in and stick with it. Its going to take up a lot of time so you probably wont be able to play video games or watch as much t.v. (if thats what you do). If I were you I would do it though. I teach my self guitar and have stuck with it for 6 months now. Its awesome, I practice 2 hours a day and its so fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrencekill Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 Basically I'm trying to teach myself some kind of academic subjects. The reason why honors is a bit...well weird. I had honors and my teacher gave me these review sheets, they were easy. Then final came in a few days and I was drawing a blank on like 10% of the problems. They weren't even covered in the review sheet OR the book. Although the book doesn't surprise me, rarely goes over anything. Sooo...no credit, hard work, and/or do that whlist taking honors. I think that's correct. So, know any companies that offer good textbooks to teach yourself with? Hopefully can get at library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragen Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I've found that you can only really teach yourself what you enjoy. I tried to do spanish but gave up pretty much instantly. You also need a motivation to keep yourself going. Thanks Venomai for this super sig and Kwimbob for the awesome avatar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron1120 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 What are some of the subjects you want to learn? Saying academics is too broad because some areas have different guidelines what you need to learn. Be specific, such as math, English, a foreign language, etc. I am postive that there is great self-teaching tools for language study. I really don't here too much about people wanting to teach themselves something else. < | Runehead | Learning Java Programming, Please PM Me Tips | Signature by Loaf2000 | > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam007 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I have an idea for you. Over the summer, take online classes. That way you'll be learning, but also getting real credit for taking a class. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celt23 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I'm self taught in most of the stuff I know. It's hard to believe. I tried self-teaching myself German, but before I got really fluent I had to return the book to the library. All the CDs I've tried are terrible, and Rosetta Stone is over $200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obsessive_Passion Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 It depends on the subjects. At the moment, I'm sort of self-teaching myself Business Studies. I've read the entire textbook, looked at past HSC papers and read the business sections of the morning paper to keep myself updated with current affairs. However, for me, some subjects (like economics) need to be taught in the classroom. Same for maths - especially high-level mathematics: I never would have taught myself how to solve parametric equations. Languages require self-learning. I'm currently learning French. To excel myself, I watch the French news, listen to French music and watch French films. I've started speaking French at home with my parents, so that's given me the added motivation to 'do more'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubsa Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Before you try on something big, attempt a 'smaller' or 'easier' task to self teach first. For instance, Mr Smith wants to program and so embarks on learning C++. Being new to the field it complexes him and he gives up. He then attempts an easier coding language, Visual Basic. Having grasped this, he has learnt his capacities in self teaching, allowing him to use his experience in tougher times ahead in a similar field, like C++. :P This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLancer Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 so if you expect to go somewhere in that area, then you wont be able because you "haven't been taught the course". Nah, in the real world, it often doesn't work like that. They just want to know if you speak a language or not, not if you learnt it in Harvard or a random mud-hut. The customer doesn't care 'how' you learned the language, but that you actually speak/write it. I pretty much learned English on my own, and it's my 3rd language. It does take motivation and the younger you start, the better. :) Languages are always useful (so far I can speak fluently english/finnish/swedish/russian/serbian/croatian...) everywhere you go in the world. Even better if you know major languages like spanish, chinese, japanese... Those will be very important when you grow up if you're young now. I'm going for chinese, over 1 billion speakers and already a highly important business skill to have. -------- P.S Bubsa: Haha, I started with C++ :P But you're right, it was frustrating without any prior coding experience whatsoever.. Still didn't get very far with that. Made a few calculators, haha... ------- Also, does anyone know good brands or certain books that are good for self-teaching. I've found a very small amount of books, and yes I used search engines. Depends, what do you want to learn? I've got tons of links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrencekill Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 Lol, my bad for being too board. I'm definitely not going to try to teach myself a foreign language, too hard for me. As for academics, I'm thinking about physics, chem, bio, some math (maybe trig and calc, may not do at all), euro history, us hist, and that's all I can think of right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abyssalwhip Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 I could take some honors if i wanted to but i prefer good grades rather than challenging myself so much that i get dropped to a D or F anyway and im not one who likes to do double the work at once Your name is "bet you fail", and you're starting a business with your mom? I'm not even going to touch that..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errdoth Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 I don't know about school, but I've been teaching myself to play the alto sax, ever since the school music program got cut :( You have to be able to keep it up, even on days you don't feel like it. That is the hard part. Last.fm Signature Overlays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrencekill Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share Posted February 13, 2007 I could take some honors if i wanted to but i prefer good grades rather than challenging myself so much that i get dropped to a D or F anyway and im not one who likes to do double the work at once Yeah so that's why I'm trying to teach myself. If I don't do good, I can drop it without any...negative results in a way. Anyways, no links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLancer Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Trigonometry Science Chemistry History of Europe - very detailed Detailed history of the United States Calculus PM me if you need more stuff to work with :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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