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[Junket]

As for circuits boards I made...I've made two. The first one was a CMOY pocket amplifier I did in an Altoids tin. It worked for about a year but I think a few of the solders cracked from being tossed around. Haven't gotten around to fixing it. My second one was a heart Valentines card I made for my ex. It had over 100 leds that would flash. Had a green border, red heart in the middle. Then in yellow it said I Love You. The original diagram called for it to be run off of I think 12V DC from a wall socket, but I did a few calculations, changed resistance values and didn't use as many LED's and ran it off of a 9V battery.

We're talking about two very different circuit boards, or as some called what I'm making at work, a "test board".

I wired up a simple single pole switch to light fixture as a demo.

However, my reason for building this are for the more complex circuits, I have a little book with diagrams.

Ironic that for one doing electrical work, I rarely touch the stuff, 75% percent of my work has been installing the conduit for the wires.

[1averagejoe]

A C- is below a 2.0.

And a D is still passing. Unless you went to a private school. I'm curious as to which school you went to because I'd like to see why they'd be failing and kicking kids out of a public high school (if it was public) for having a nationally passing grade.

It was a private school.

[vashti]

Frasbee - even though I have done a lot of home improvement stuff over the years, I always have avoided electrical stuff... I am afraid of making a mistake that can cause a fire. I admire your skill.

I never cared for plumbing, either.

[Gribble]

I didn't feel high school was a learning environment. It was more akin to a warzone. I think I was spoiled by attending a private school prior to HS. I had no respect for the teachers or the administration and I looked down disdainfully on many of the students. I mean, ****'s sake, those kids strutted around in spring-heeled Nikes that looked like something Jackson Pollack discarded. And those were the stylish kids.

For me the big kicker was fact that tests meant almost nothing. You could ace every last one but if you didn't do your busy work every night you'd flunk. I hated homework and I was absolutely unwilling to do it unless I thought it would benefit me. In other words I only did my math homework and research projects. In one of my history classes I had an average test score of 106%. My homework score was a 3%. I got a D. They wanted to rig the system so that if you didn't actually know the material you could still pass by doing your busy work. Didn't matter if you actually did your homework correctly. If you filled something out and turned it in you'd pass the class even if you flunked your tests. I guess it was a deceptive way of making the school look good.

[doppelgaenger]

"Before you know it, all you'll need to get into college is a ****in' pencil!"

[Cbrider]

I didn't feel high school was a learning environment. It was more akin to a warzone. I think I was spoiled by attending a private school prior to HS. I had no respect for the teachers or the administration and I looked down disdainfully on many of the students. I mean, ****'s sake, those kids strutted around in spring-heeled Nikes that looked like something Jackson Pollack discarded. And those were the stylish kids.

For me the big kicker was fact that tests meant almost nothing. You could ace every last one but if you didn't do your busy work every night you'd flunk. I hated homework and I was absolutely unwilling to do it unless I thought it would benefit me. In other words I only did my math homework and research projects. In one of my history classes I had an average test score of 106%. My homework score was a 3%. I got a D. They wanted to rig the system so that if you didn't actually know the material you could still pass by doing your busy work. Didn't matter if you actually did your homework correctly. If you filled something out and turned it in you'd pass the class even if you flunked your tests. I guess it was a deceptive way of making the school look good.

Don't worry, college works in the exact opposite way ~_~

Yay! for people who natural fail on tests.

[TheGreek]

"Before you know it, all you'll need to get into college is a ****in' pencil!"

Well, it's not like that now. The college aplication process and the competition to get into good schools is just ridiculous.