chenguo4 said:
Ail said:
fadetoone said:
| Ail said:
it depends.
in highschool I was still going to classes, same in prep school where I was really busy.
Then I got into engineering school and I think over 3 years I attended around 20% of the classes at most...
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You've just corroborated why all the engineering types from your side of the world that I've worked with are sub-par, and for the most part, even dumber than that :D
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And which side of the world would that be? ;)
Because I am not american....
Besides engineering school doesn't really describe it well
Basically for 3 years we had classes on Quantum Physic, solid and fluid mechanic, chemistry, very advanced mathematics, economy, English, computer science, law and a few other things....
( http://www.polytechnique.edu/jsp/accueil.jsp?CODE=36392593&LANGUE=1 for more information).
The hard part is the prep school, once you get in, it's a done deal you will have a diploma and a very well paid job...( the alumni of my school are the Who's who of the french presidents, ministers and CEO of the top 500 french companies...)
Oh and did I mention I was getting paid about 1 grand a month despite not attending classes, had my own room and internet access ( all that back in 1993 when Internet was just a word for most people and the web didn't exist yet...)
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You were getting paid to go to school? TA?
And kudos on the 20% on classes thing. You have my envy.
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Well before that there was prep-school which was a different story...
( 16 hours of maths a week, 8 h of physics, 4 hours long exams every week, oral exams every weeks too, sleeping in a dormitory with 50 others guys and so on...)
But yes I was getting paid, it's not the norm, only 3 schools do it in France, mine and the 2 Ecole Normale Superieures...
And you don't get in based on applying or on grades during prep school( , every year the best 20 0000 or so students from prep school take the exam( well really exams, 3 days of non stop exams and if you get through that then you have oral exams with teachers at the school...) and the 400 best get in...
So yes, once we get in the majority of us do not attend all the classes, because we have done the hard part and now it's time to celebrate !!!!
It's hard to understand for americans as the college system is a lot different. The closest in the US would be M.I.T.
India has a somewhat similar system with IIT except IIT is more focused on engineering and less on general knowledge...
