'Oh my god, all those numbers. This is exactly what is wrong with the state of education today. It's designed to be as elitist as possible and only 'the best' may pass graded on an arbitrary scale for...|||I don't believe in self-development, I see it as a way to understand myself (and others). No more.|||We largely have to play with the hand that life has dealt us. I wish it were different, but it ain't.|||ENFP lesbians, huh?  http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/538/716/7f5.gif|||I know you said at worst but this is just not the case, no self respecting company would ever have one miscalculation made my one engineer result in the failing of a part (or entirety) of a system....|||The correlation between taking a test and real world pressure are pretty much nill.|||Dropped out of high school, because I'm not part of the system! Formal schooling has more holes in it than Communism.|||Traveling is stupid, a tree over here is a tree over in Miami. I really don't give a rats ass.|||The concept of exams is flawed anyway, the only reason the system would have you learn so much content in such little time, is to break you down and rebuild your soul up from the ground up. Ready to...|||Yeah a letter seems good, something along the lines of Teach, even though you likely couldn't hack it in the real world, you didn't let that bring you down and tried your best to teach our ass. Haha|||Tell me about it, on that KhanAcadamy I saw some guy scribble stuff in Paint it looked absolutely ridiculous. Free or not, that's just terrible. I generally do not like general sites like that that...|||No, he couldn't just go on OkCupid and start chatting with women. Women on OkCupid get dozens and dozens of messages every single day. Dozens and dozens. Every. Single. Day.  Absolutely it needs to...|||It's just Enneagram Type 5 fears of facing the world. I'll hide as much as I belly well please! If it ever gets its act straight--great, I'm here for it. If it doesn't, keep walkin', rest of the...|||I don't see it that way, if a process isn't efficient then I don't want anything to do with it, as I naturally dislike expelling energy. Plus I am not even convinced I even want a relationship that...|||I feel for OP, though this kind of thread is obviously done to death and has very little chance of success, because it's the world. wide. web! but there are not very many better ways of meeting...|||I can't do things on my own that would ever live up to my expecations, so I need to work together with other people. For me then the work place seems like a natural environment to do it and I don't...|||At least it's only fair you guys have to pay for it, over here in Belgium I think you pay about 950€ for an entire years tuition. And while it sounds great, it isn't. Taxes for the working man are...|||And what would I do with endless trunks of money? Buy a big mansion and a fancy car? Who cares... As long as I have enough to live, with some creature comforts, then I'm happy on the money front.|||That part about being taught mathematics in engineering courses because they 'help you think to solve problems' is the biggest lie ever, it's because colleges and universities don't have a clue on...|||I understand what you're saying, but I think the underlying math is for the enthusiast. Not somethat that every student in just about every single mechanical engineering course on the face of the...|||Implementation techniques are based on industrially accepted best practices. With tangible evidence for their efficiency and use in industry, what an engineer really has the time and sees the point...|||If you wanna torture yourself sitting through half-arsed classes taught by half-arsed teachers, that ain't seen schnitz. Then... by all means.|||I happened to come across an MIT lecture the other day and it was a course on multi-body dynamics. Out of curiosity I looked at bits and pieces of the first lecture and it was soooo terrible it made...|||Absolute hogwash about the maths, the pedestal that mathematics is being placed on in modern eduction is beyond retarded. The reality of it all is that maths was the high-level language of...|||1. United States of America 2. Germany  I have no others.|||I would not research something about a war that took place 500 years ago, perhaps a quick glance on a few websites or watch a documentary on it but beyond that I wouldn't go any deeper. Like you...|||I wouldn't worry. Selfishness indirectly breeds selfless acts. The biggest scam in this world is openly outspoken 'selfless' people and organizations. They manipulate, control and direct other people...|||My best (albeit only) friend is an ISFJ. and so is a good female friend I chat with often online.  So no, I can't say I dislike ISFJs at all! ESFJs on the other hand...completely piss me off!  I...|||Sorry for the bump but this is an interesting topic and I see no need to start a new thread just to add my 2 cents. I dropped out of high school and I'm sure that's contrary to most INTJs. But I...|||I think that's a big part of it, intuitives will tend to connect dots that sensors just don't concern themselves with. But also most people might not care so much because their job is not a defining...|||I am almost always strong-willed in what I believe in, I dropped out of school and I got in at least one heavy argument with a major employer because I didn't believe in their sub-par work processes....|||Does creating the Fawlty Towers hotel inside of Counter-Strike, count as art?  8852188520'