You should go and tell them now that you will probably fail Chemistry, NOW.
If you do fail, nothing changes.
But, if you pass, they will be proud of you :P
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Better yet, do this (tell them now) and if they start talking to you like how this is bad, and you should do better and the like...
You complement with "I said I probably will fail, but I didn't quit. So, if it's ok for you to have this talk after my exam, I still have time to study and I plan to do exactly this."
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"Mom, Dad ... the good news is I know what I DON'T want to be when I grow up."
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Burn your school and you won't get any exam results any time soon.
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He is simply performing the will of the Inquisition! The school was HERESY!
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If you don't fail in the other subjects, where's the problem? Unless your parents are chemists :D
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''hi mom i can't make poison''
''that's okay my son''
Literally easy.
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if you're in high school, then you should really think what you are doing with your life, failing chemistry, when it's so easy.. If you are higher than high school, then you should think wtf you are doing here(unviersity, college, e.t.c).(and think why you need to tell your grades, exam results to your parents, when you are an adult)
As for parents you should tell them: " Sorry, I'm so stupid or I don't want to learn (Sorry for being mean, but this is true)
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^^^ Basically, this.
If you're in high school, the only way to fail is to not do the work. If that is the case, the question that needs to be answered is "Why?" Something is obviously going on in your head. Why do you want to fail chemistry? Why would this be news to your parents (who are supposed to know how you're doing in school)? Why are you choosing to fail instead of just not taking the class?
If you're in university, you might fail due to a lack of planning, but it is much more likely you simply refuse to pass. You have access to tutors, your professor's office hours, the library, and any number of other ways to get help. As you are not required to take the class, that begs the question of why you are taking a class you obviously don't want to take. Perhaps the person you really need to talk to is your academic advisor?
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And sometimes the professor/teacher is just plain bad. I had an exam with 3 questions, each with multiple parts. Guess what, I made a simple error in part A of the first question, which carried through the rest of the parts since each following part built upon the previous part. Even though I did the math/theory correctly for the other parts, I got all of it marked off. 66% on that midterm. Screw that prof!
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It is difficult to get very far with a bad teacher, but that does not prevent a person from seeking outside help before the point of failure. One of the biggest drawbacks to being young is being ignorant of both opportunities and solutions to common problems. There is almost always a way to alleviate (or avoid altogether) a major problem if you can catch it early enough and know what steps to take. That is the true value of having elders to whom you can turn.
Quite often, a person will struggle with a difficulty and refuse to seek outside help until it is too late to do anything about it. After making this mistake, people eventually learn to seek help early on from those who have wisdom and experience.
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Your way of writing sometimes is a little... pretentious maybe. I mean no offense, but it doesn't sound very natural.
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None taken. There are many factors which may contribute to my giving that impression. (No need to go into them, here.) The world of academics is not the real world, although we may occasionally forget that. What passes for everyday conversation in university is somewhat removed from "daily life," and therefore easily be seen as "unnatural." While others might perceive me as being out of the norm, however, I see myself as just another frail human being, ordinary and prone to error.
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Please don't try to equate academia with pretentiousness. While I do know several people who behave similarly as you, the way you write is most certainly not representative of the typical conversation you find in higher education.
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Sorry, it seems my writing wasn't clear. I was not trying to equate academia with pretentiousness. I was trying to convey that, when graduate students mingle with each other, they quite often talk and write in a more formalized style, utilizing words and phrasing they aren't often allowed to in day-to-day conversation.
I guess it was a mistake to use that format in the SteamGifts forum. I'll tone it down.
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I'm not sure what field you're in, but the grad students I've been around drink and play softball.
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LOL!
Well, I can only comment on the three graduate schools I've attended. Each school has its own culture and populace, of course, so your experience will probably be different.
In the schools I've attended, many grad students in Literature like to throw "parties" where they sit around and discuss books, themes, writing styles, et cetera. While this is singularly boring for other people, Literature grads are able talk for hours about the smallest artistic touches contained within a text.
Most grad students in Education meander in and out of discussions about Educational theories, implementation of programs, methods of evaluation (testing), and the dynamics between teaching and administration whenever they group up. They do this outside of instruction time, of course. (Like doctors or lawyers, teachers regularly attend training seminars.)
Graduate students in Psychology are a colorful bunch. When they have a spare moment, they like to tell stories and anecdotes, but their conversation is filled with technical terms and allusions to various studies. Also, they have a tendency to analyze whatever is being said on multiple levels.
As for what I've seen from the "Hard Sciences," they mostly drink and play softball. )
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That's cuz, "It's not optional in India."
Another problem is "theory" is more important.
e.g. If the book says "This is an object bound by two covers with the ability to take notes inside - on pieces of paper stitched together", you cannot say "This is a book".
Doesn't matter how well you understand the situation, you have to write exactly what is written.
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I'm sorry, but I'm having trouble seeing how your response relates to what I've written.
"That's cuz, 'It's not optional in India.'" Last time I checked, attending university was not mandated by law in India (or anywhere else). Has this changed?
Regarding "theory"being important... Knowledge without understanding is useful only in the regurgitation of information. That is useful if you need to keep copies of a document inside people's heads, but useless if you want them to utilize that information. Optimally, you want both memorization and understanding. My previous comment, however, focused on the psychology of avoidance rather than anything academic. How does your response relate to that?
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As you are not required to take the class
I assumed that you meant that "Chemistry" is optional rather than the University.
The example of theory also relates to this since a person who wishes to study "Computer Science" has to study "Chemistry".
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If University is optional, so is Chemistry.
When we decide to attend university, we are signing ourselves up for its requirements. It is a monumental task and a responsibility that should be shouldered only after careful deliberation and with a definite sense of purpose. Too often, however, we register our names for no better reason than "it seemed like a good idea at the time." Attending university without a definite sense of purpose most often results in failure because both the goal and the means used to achieve it remain unclear. (The first time I attended university, it took me four years to figure out both.)
There is always choice. and there are multiple paths to whatever goals we may have. One of the biggest blessings in Life is the ability to see things clearly.
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Here is an example to simplify things :
I like computers & programming, so I chose to study Information Technology(IT).
However, to enter Information Technology, I have to study Biology for 2 years.
IT requires logic whereas Biology requires us to remember theory - exactly what is written in text.
Your concept of optional means that I'm supposed to give up my dreams of IT because I'm bad at theory.
As I said before, an education system can be flawed as well.
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There are many ways to reach your I.T. dreams. Attending that specific university is only one of them. If you truly cannot conceive of any other options, then that might be due to your not being experienced in the field and/or lacking contact with I.T. professionals. I am neither young nor inexperienced, so I know quite well that there is "more than one way to skin a cat."
As I said before, there is always choice. Some paths are easier than others, and some are more direct than others, but it is almost never the case that there is only one path you might take to reach your goal.
As for educational systems, we have already agreed upon that. The problems within formal education are the main reason some people eschew it altogether.
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I saw a movie where a guy has to explain "machines" in definition but he explains it in layman's term.
He gets kicked out but before he leaves,he confuses the teacher by saying he left something and wants to pick it up.
The teacher confused at the long answer asks him "What are you asking?" and he responds "Books, but you won't accept the easier term so I told you the longer definition instead."
tl;dr: It's just as you said "you have to write exactly what is written" or you won't get points.
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It's an amazing movie showing the flaws in the Indian concept of education ( named 3 Idiots ).
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college exams starting from tomorrow, nothing done not even a single chapter and here I am reading someone's topic about prediction of him failing his exams, help me >:o
Edit: I just saw that you are from India too, meri bhi lagne wali hai XD
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Show them breaking bad, and then "oh if i was good in chemistry..."
I think they'll be happy
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Probably gonna fail in Chemistry. What should I tell my parents?
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