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crossing from college to university
i want to get a bachelors in multi media to become a high school multi media teacher. (im currrently in high school)
id assume i would learn that required information in sfu's SIAT.
SIAT requires the high school course ''math 12''.
if i were to not do math 12, but go to another multi media based college (thinking langara/kwantlen/capillano) and cross over after 2 years, would it be ok that i dont have math 12 because i have all the other stuff from college?
id assume i would learn that required information in sfu's SIAT.
SIAT requires the high school course ''math 12''.
if i were to not do math 12, but go to another multi media based college (thinking langara/kwantlen/capillano) and cross over after 2 years, would it be ok that i dont have math 12 because i have all the other stuff from college?
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i dont have math 12 either i dropped it when i had 37%
you can take math equivalency tests as well, i couldnt enroll in one of my stat classes cause i didnt have math 12 or a good enough mark in math 11, and i passed the entrance test easily
i dont think you should have such specific field of teaching interest either if you want to be a teacher...i dont know how much high school has changed since i graduated but i didnt even know high schools had teachers like that
1. You're going to go to douglas/cap/kwantlen instead of University because you neglected to take one High school math course.
2. You're going to transfer from college to uni.
Personally i'd finish math 12 and get in right away as opposed to the college route.. but to each his own
In my opinion you learn more in those two years as well as the class sizes are smaller and youre basically just in seminars, having gone to college myself.
Also, you can save transit time by going to college as well, instead of trekking up a god forsaken mountain a few times a week. For one, not every school district teaches math the same, try taking math in one school where its not taught well then moving to another district that expects more...
Also, you know in high school how you just have two terms? I remember taking math 10 in the fall semester one year, then taking it in the spring semester the next school year...a whole year lapsed and I basically forgot everything in the prior math course.
Oh, when they said that they need Math 12, you REALLY need Math 12 or something equal to Math 12. No, you don't need math 12 to succeed in university. Like I mentioned above, I was removed from Math 12 and volunteered to retake Math 11, I am doing relatively well right now in my Arts program. In case you are wondering, the last time I used high school math was when I used the Pythagorean theorem to calculate how far Batman glided from IFC building 2 to IFC building 1 in The Dark Knight...
'nuff said..
It was in the summer and It was an accelerated class, so we covered everything that was in the normal semester, in a month. (That was a fukin rough month)
I only managed Guess it goes to show how pathetic the arts department is. *Mini waves for the mathematically challenged kids*
So none of you know if i can not take it and just xfer from langara or w/e without having taken it previously and still get in?
And.. to whomever who said 90% of my classses wont cross over etc, im not sure what you mean, as i have absolutely no idea in terms of post secondary.
And: To RandomUser, stating that if im going to become a teacher i should broaden my area, in all respect i have to disagree. My main and only enjoyment in teaching would be multi media/info tech. I'm not one to enjoy marking papers, and i've talked to my current multi media teacher- there is VERY little marking. It's assigning film projects and going over them, editing them, making websites, and doing fun interactive stuff that i would enjoy teaching.
Also, technology is advancing so rapidly that i woudnt be suprised if multi media(more so info tech) soon became a required basic course because computers and those general programs are used so much.
I'm just afraid, that in order to apply for a teaching degree I have to major in two things, (two subjects), and if multi media/info tech cannot be those two, i don't know what i will do. (I do not want to teach ANYTHING else in all honesty, and dont judge me on it.)
Anyway, you should be looking to take Comp Sci. It's a pretty extensive faculty... There are some students on this forum that can help you since they're majoring in Computer Science.
Math 12 is definitely an asset. If you got 87% in Math 11, it'll be no problem.
I barely went to class and I passed it with flying colours. AND now that you don't have to take provincials to get into UNI, what are you worried about =P
*Mini waves for the ass who can't read but can do complex algebra* :teeth: Maybe if you read the context of the posts we're talking about the usefulness of Math 12 in assessing your University entrance, I didn't do Math 12 and had to take the assessment test and aced it, and did good in the science classes I did take. Get over pretentious self, don't assume all arts students are bad in the sciences and that we dont take science classes. Just because you took or did well in Math 12 doesn't make you better than anyone else.
Maybe you should take a class in critical thinking in the PHIL department before you make un-informed blanket statements. It's a fallacy to assume all arts students are inferior to those in the sciences. I've met some pretty ignorant people in the sciences, they can do whatever their department is and yet hold racist views and superstitious beliefs-- yet they're the superior?
As Vonnie mentioned...you're in high school, most people drop out of post-secondary after their first semester / year. Your goals will definitely change. Its good you have specific interests in mind, but don't pigeon hole yourself.
That said, I don't think its fair that randomuser's excuse was something along the lines of transferring from one school with a bad math program to another with a higher expectation, combined with forgetting because its was a whole year since you took math. If you weren't doing well, get help. Pretty simple. Math isn't for everyone and math 12 can be tough, but its not something that you can't overcome (especially since you did stat 203 and managed that just fine)
Next, I think you guys are overlooking or underestimating the factor of personal interest. Just a quick assumption; Peter is probably an immigrant from an asian country (presumably one of the big three ala Taiwan/Hong Kong/Korea) where math is taught at a higher level in high school than in Canada. When he came to Canada, by default he was head and shoulders above the competition.
On the other hand randomuser probably doesn't care for math all that much. Instead of attempting to overcome not being able to do grade x math well, she just did the minimum it was required for graduating high school and went on with her life.
Talk about one fucking long tangent post. But wait I'm not done.
What you guys brought up is pretty much the opposite of why the whole WQB shit was implemented. The university was pumping out loads of science students who managed to get by with horrible English reading comprehension and writing/essay composition that they're forcing everyone to have to pass a certain amount of writing intensive courses. Nothing we didn't already know. But what we should be asking is, should the university be requiring that social sciences students be required to be able to do some form of math or another? Though I can understand why English skills are more relevant and reflects worse on the university than say, an inability to do linear algebra or intro calculus.
Lastly the 5 courses I applied to SFU with were English 12, Math 12, Chem 12, Physics 12 and Bio 12 and I'm in social sciences. Hell lets do a little dick wave, I got 94% in math 12, how good did you do? Why would you judge the quality of arts students by their high school math abilities?
Oh and Peter, if 8912 means you're born in December of 1989 thus putting you in what, 2nd year? If so, you're not even half way through your degree yet. Why not try a little modesty and less pompous arrogance? At the end of our undergrad, your science based degree is not more valuable than my arts degree.
Why are you trying to measure your intelligence based on your academic advancements? OOO math 12, physics 12, CHEM... I'm so threatened by your science credentials!! Let your actions in real life define who you are, not your marks. It has gotten to the point where you want to challenge me with academic credentials.
But I could be wrong.
This incapable person is heading to her business class, have a great day!
Education may be SRS BSNS, but it's not worth the wankery of one-up-person-ship, IMO (for the record I've never dissed an arts major in my entire undergraduate or graduate time period).
Life's too short for this shit. Thus spake the old fart (at 32, I think I qualify in Academic Years or some equivalent thereof).
I'm not sure when you went to school and where, but I went to school up north and I graduated in '01.
I wasn't even taught how the write an essay during my school experience. Nor was I taught math well in my school district, I coulda gone for help but I was 16 and like a lot of 16 year olds I didn't care. I got 37% in Math 12, 51% in Math 11, 97% in Bio 12, and I woulda failed and had to drop Chem and Physics (since I had issues building on the Math 11 and Math 12 I epicly failed at. I didn't inherently suck at Chem and Phys I just didn't have the Math I needed to do well in them, nor did I go for help...
ANYWAY I'm glad someone else said something about pompous assholes acting like the Faculty of Arts is nothing, there isnt even much of a difference between a BA and BSc in earning power, that may change in post-doctoral but seriously now.
People confuse people not entering the sciences with not being able to get in, akin to going to SFU cause they couldn't get into UBC.
Would have come back to haunt me by the time I did quantum mechanics though so I'm glad I eventually took a proper kick at the can at Langara and really learned calculus. :)
Your entire reply basically sums up where you are as a person in a nutshell. I hope you go back to this one day down the road and realize just how shallow and narrow minded your perspectives are.
Lastly, while its your ego that makes you who you are and where you are, its your ignorance that allows you to have these notions that arts students are some how inferior. Have a good life.
ETA: Oh, and it's not cool to all gang up on one person. Mmmk?