General Thread of Life Discussion

[Brandlin]

5 a levels... they must be getting easier ... :p

get 5 A's and have a free media studies degree.... no wait, you get a free media studies degree with a box of frosties.

Maths Physics and Chemistry are the classics - but History? interesting choice!

[Bethar]

Maths Physics and Chemistry are the classics - but History? interesting choice!

I did Maths, Further Maths, Physics... and Classical Civilisation.  Loved it.  I'm looking forward to doing more essay writing.

I'm currently a Library Assistant, but it's not a real job.  I'm sort of having a gap year.  Before that I was Undergraduate Coordinator in the Politics dept at Bristol Uni.

[Brandlin]

I did applied maths, physics, chemistry and computer science (and general studies but no one counts that) - wish I'd thrown art in there instead of the chemistry - think i'd have liked a job with both the hard engineering AND the arty design - like an architect..

[Carcharoth]

I did maths, physics and biology. I wanted to do Art as well, but was discouraged from doing that and briefly did Chemistry instead. I guess my teachers had a good point that I could keep doing arty stuff as a hobby, but it would be good to get more formal teaching in it at some point.
In my last year at Uni I went through a stage of wishing I had done an architecture degree - as with Alan, I think it looks to be a nice mix of art and engineering!

[Ben Brownlie]

I did maths, physics and biology. I wanted to do Art as well, but was discouraged from doing that and briefly did Chemistry instead

I did Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Art... and the dropped Chemisty after the first year. Formal teaching in art was... different. I did a term of a foundation course in art and graphic design after i left school, but that was a bit on the pretentious side. Not my cuppa. Now I'm wishing I had stuck to my guns and gone for the Sports Science degree I initially had my eyes on. Still, things work out the way they do...

[Brandlin]

ok, so we have established that we are all ridiculously well educated and smart on this forum

now i wonder whether there is any correlation between academic achievement and a liking for toy soldiers?

personally i think there is - its about exercising the imagination to create...

[Scalifano]

now i wonder whether there is any correlation between academic achievement and a liking for toy soldiers?

I wonder also, I have spent 9 years in college.  I have spent 5 years earning my Bachelors in Biology and another 4 years earning a Doctorate in Pharmacy.  And I have to say, I love toy soldiers, and legos, and first thing I do when I go into a department store is to head to the toy isle.  And I swear, my drivers liscense says I'm 35, lol.

[Carcharoth]

ok, so we have established that we are all ridiculously well educated and smart on this forum

now i wonder whether there is any correlation between academic achievement and a liking for toy soldiers?

personally i think there is - its about exercising the imagination to create...

Or possibly it's a correlation between geek, science/engineering subjects and wargaming...

On a bit of a tangent...
I've spent most of this afternoon (after going to 'baby signing' with Lexie and Jules) sorting out my shed. I now have a nifty little workbench (designed and built from scratch) where I can sort and pack little metal figures!  I also have much better storage for the packed figures. I'm feeling stupidly proud of myself for such a minor achievement...

[Brandlin]

(...) going to 'baby signing' with Lexie and Jules (...)

erm... i know i shouldn't ask... but WHERE did you sign your baby and did you use indelible ink?

[Bethar]

I've spent most of this afternoon (after going to 'baby signing' with Lexie and Jules) sorting out my shed. I now have a nifty little workbench (designed and built from scratch) where I can sort and pack little metal figures!  I also have much better storage for the packed figures. I'm feeling stupidly proud of myself for such a minor achievement...

Cool!  What signs did you learn?
Well done with the shed thing.  I know sheds are important to men.   

[Jubal]

There seems to be a better correlation between sciences and wargaming than history or english and wargaming, which is interesting... I suspect it's more the fact that that's how these things have grown than a natural correlation though (same with the male/female split on wargames, my suspicion is that if more girls let themselves get into such hobbies they'd actually probably enjoy them; it's an "oh, that's geeky" thing).

History's actually probably what I want to do degree-wise, but to leave the option open one needs more sciences than arts really - certainly looking at several universities they accept Maths as a core subject for arts subjects, so Maths + History = one valid combo for History, as does Maths + Chem + Physics to do a Physics degree.

[Ben Brownlie]

Well done with the shed thing.  I know sheds are important to men.   

Have you ventured over the Frothers? 

[Beastlord]

There does seem to be a science trend in everyone here's education! (I also did maths, physics, chem and biol) I really regret that I had to abandon english, history and art though...

[Bethar]

Well done with the shed thing.  I know sheds are important to men.   

Have you ventured over the Frothers? 

Um, no.  Do they have a shed?

[Carcharoth]

Well done with the shed thing.  I know sheds are important to men.   

Have you ventured over the Frothers? 

Um, no.  Do they have a shed?

Best not to ask or you will probably get an invite.
Which is something you certainly don't want.