The Off-Topic Thread, Part V

[Malice Black]

Guides
Walk throughs

etc

I created a fair few in PC forum back in the day. Prob dig them up if you do a search (unless I deleted them that is)

[I pwnd U]

Contribute? I contributed to the spam.

[Malice Black]

You contributed to filling up the server <3

[Halmyr]

We contribute to the no QQ

???

[I pwnd U]

True but not good enough lol

Well it got them to upgrade didn't it?

[RedStar]

I want to be Spam bot xD.

Since I'm bored, I'll explain France school system, in Tahiti lol :

Maternelle (Kindergarten) (3 years, from 3 to 5 years old)
SP section des petits (little section)
SM section des moyens (medium section)
SG sections des grands (big section)

Don't really remember what I learned there xD. I think it's where you learn how to read.

Ecole Primaire (5 years, from 6 to 10 years old)
CP
CE1
CE2
CM1
CM2

By the end of it, you must know how to read and write. You know the basics of physic, tahitian (in French Polynesia) you know how to make simple multiplications and divisions.

College (High School) (4 years, 11 to 14 years old)
6eme --> At the end of this year you must choose if you are going to take latin class.
5eme --> At the end of this year you must choose if you take spanish or tahitian class.
4eme
3eme --> At the end of this year there's the Diplome National du Brevet (it's a diploma xD). You must also choose an option for your next year (example : SES = science economic et social, it's a class where you learn for example, how many children read books depending on their parents work...).

Lycee (it's still High School) (3 years, from 15 to 17 years old)
2nd--> You have to choose what kind of "bac" you are going to prepare for the "terminal".
1ere --> You pass the French "bac" .
Terminal --> You pass the "bac".

After that you can start a job or go to the University.

The bac = baccalaureat, it's the diploma you get when you graduate. You have a lot of chance of failing it xD.

There's many different types of bac.
The 3 main ones are
S (science) : it consists of math, chemistry, physics and biology
ES (social and economics science) : the name says it all xD.
L (literature) : it's english, spanish, and philosophy (eww lol).


In the France school system, you don't choose what kind of classes you take.

[RPGmaniac]

Also, isn't it true that you go by block scheduling? IE: you don't have all your classes every day but you have longer periods? Also, I learned in my French class that some French schools let students go off campus for lunch every day. Is that true?

Also, I heard points are given on a 20 point scale instead of a letter scale like A, B, C, etc.

[Halmyr]

Yep that sounds just about right, more or less very similar to the Canadian system, and a lot more to the Quebec system to be mroe specifique

[RedStar]

Yep points are given on a 20 point scale (in ecole primaire it's on 10 point scale).

You can only get for lunch when you are in college and lycee, or you can go eat at the cantine : if you choose that option, you MUST go eat there, and your meal is already cooked, you don't choose what kind of meal you want either, it a surprise lol.

[RPGmaniac]

That part's pretty much exactly like the school lunches here. Sometimes our cheeseburgers moo.

[I pwnd U]

I saw that post Red, and skipped it lol I don't really want to read anymore then I have too... since I am already reading a bunch of bio journals to find information and what not. Good fun. I kinda like the way the American system is set up, but that is because I am used to it.

[RedStar]

Lol I will pm it to you xD.

Sometimes our cheeseburgers moo.

Cheeseburgers ? what's that . There's not cheeseburgers @ the "cantine", it's only "healthy" food (I didn't know that fries were healthy lol). The only good part of it, is that you pay it once every 3 month, so even if you forgot your money, you'll eat.

Since I don't eat there, when I forget my money, I have to ask my friends xD (luckily they are not evil ^^).

[I pwnd U]

Cheeseburgers... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... Oh and speaking of food, good food Sunday night. Going to my grandparents with the gf to eat.... yum yum yum...

So it's suppose to be a high of 10 tomorrow... Not good...


http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=280502181
But on a good note, my college team won, beat a top 20 team.

[Unlucky Slayer]

The Indiana vs Purdue game was pretty good.

Enjoyed watching the second half.

[I pwnd U]

I was doing homework, so I didn't see any of the games. But ya I heard that game was good too. Glad Indiana won, but I want Sampson out as their coach. He's a cheater and that is all he will ever be. >.<

[RedStar]

you don't have all your classes every day but you have longer periods?

Took me some time to understand . It's true, for example I only have french monday (2 hours T_T), tuesday and thursday.

This was the question, right ?

[Unlucky Slayer]

Even though I'm a fan of both schools, I would have rather seen Purdue win tbh, but they just couldnt shoot worth a shit in the second half, but that may have been because of Indiana's Defense more than anything.

[I pwnd U]

Maybe, but either way Sampson should be gone. But meh, if it was a good game, it was a good game. I just like it when it's competitive. Had Purdue won they would of had a nice lead in the Big 10.

[RPGmaniac]

Originally Posted by RedStar

Took me some time to understand . It's true, for example I only have french monday (2 hours T_T), tuesday and thursday.

This was the question, right ?

Yep, that was the question

[I pwnd U]

Block scheduling is pretty good for college. I wouldn't like it for high school though. It's actually more hours per class then a day that goes from 8-3:30. o.O Don't mind it in college though.