If you could re-live your life...

Duke · 11-03-2004, 11:08 PM

what would you change or try to do better?

Merika · 11-03-2004, 11:13 PM

I've actually pondered how far I would have to go back in time to catch all the screw ups! I think I ended in up in the 6th grade! HAHA!

Seriously, and I so wish young kids would listen to me, I would've finished college and had a career which paid well. The better your knowledge and career.....the more choices you'll have all through your life. Life is hard enough.....it's even harder if you are financially challenged.

So, what I would change in my life is my education.

Duke · 11-03-2004, 11:14 PM

Thats a good point, unfortunately it's not too easy if your parents can't afford you to go to school like mine couldn't. I wanted to move onto a career in corporate law but lost my job and could no longer pay my way through college.

Merika · 11-05-2004, 11:16 AM

I guess everyone else in here is happy with themselves!

I guess we are the only life losers! LMAO!

Star · 11-05-2004, 11:19 AM

i would've done a lot of things different. i would've stayed at home and finished school, go to college or university and been something in life in terms of a career. That's about the only thing i would've changed about what i've done.

Merika · 11-05-2004, 11:39 AM

Isn't it interesting that most people regret not being able, for whatever reason, to complete their college degree more than anything else!

Hopefully, as we get more teens and young adults on here....we will be able to encourage them by admitting it to them.

Stone · 11-05-2004, 01:54 PM

I would have went in to the National Gaurd or something so I could see the world then have my education paid for and got a PHD.

Duke · 11-05-2004, 07:18 PM

The funny part is, that when you're at college, you really don't want to be there. School is actually one of the most odd places to be. Think about it, you usually dread going to school yet you always miss it after a few years.

Merika · 11-06-2004, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Duke

The funny part is, that when you're at college, you really don't want to be there. School is actually one of the most odd places to be. Think about it, you usually dread going to school yet you always miss it after a few years.

Isn't that just TOO true???

I don't know though....I don't think I could do the math the kids are doing at such an early age today. I can't even help my son with his math work. His older sister has to help him.

Duke · 11-06-2004, 02:02 AM

It may be that you're a math illiterate. I did well in math but struggled in physics, nearly failed in fact.

Merika · 11-06-2004, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Duke

It may be that you're a math illiterate.

THANKS...my buddy.....my pal!

For fun....I pulled my son's math syllabus (he is taking 6th/7th grade at the same time).

It reads:
PRE-ALGEBRA 7
This course is offered to students who have successfully completed Pre-Algebra 6. Students who excel in Pre-Algebra 7 will be recommended for Algebra I in 8th grade. Topics covered include integers, rational numbers, solving equations, simplifying and evaluating algebraic expressions, proportion and percents, 2 and 3 dimensional geometry, graphing linear equations, statistics and probability, and polynomials.

I'm sorry....I just don't have a clue as to how to do most of that! I don't remember doing anything that complicated in 6th/7th grade.

Duke · 11-06-2004, 03:44 PM

It wasn't a put down Merika. We all have some subject we struggle with. If you ask your parents you may find that some of them share your misunderstanding of mathematical equations. It's very common for these inadequacies to pass from generation to generation.

It's nothing to be ashamed of.

Merika · 11-06-2004, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Duke

It's very common for these inadequacies to pass from generation to generation.

It's nothing to be ashamed of.

I'm searching frantically for that BITE ME smiley! HAHAHA!