The Envoy of the Beginning Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) Personal level: Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards, eating out, my personal rigs (I am on my second one, and it's going to have beefier hardware than my first one) Larger level: Military spending, highway construction/maintenance Edited December 20, 2013 by BLS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnd Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 my personal rigs (I am on my second one, and it's going to have beefier hardware than my first one)This for me My common sense screams that I shouldn't spend a cent more on them But every now and then I simply give in It's like Lego, just taking up less space the space issue is why I don't spend money on Lego nowadays, incidentally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Bureaucracy/Red Tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanarkin Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Personally, eating outside despite its convenience. Extravagant military spending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 How 'bout my list of allergies? If you say so it shall be done. I dunno about this one I'm too ignorant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icon of Sin Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Personal : restaurants and Steam sales. Larger scale : my province is pretty good with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euklyd Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 For me: Lego, Yu-Gi-Oh Cards, Video Games Wow, you sound just like me five years ago. Nice choices Now it'd just be LEGO and Video Games... I dunno about "biggest", but I have a special place in my heart for buying bottles of water. And not a good place either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interest Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 I dunno about "biggest", but I have a special place in my heart for buying bottles of water. And not a good place either. We usually have many, many water bottles at our house, but they're dirt cheap (like a couple bucks for a large bunch of them). Probably still more cost-efficient to filter tap water, but *shrug* New question! What is/are your favored method(s) of learning? Do you prefer it if a professor (or teacher) lectures you and you take notes to study later or do you like to debate and discuss the topic in the class? Maybe you like doing hands-on activities and enjoy your chemistry labs. Considering I usually did my own thing during lectures and the joy of doing hands-on activities rapidly wore off, I like talking with my peers and professor about the topic at hand, but only in smaller groups. Otherwise, as long as I can copy notes off Powerpoint slides I don't care. I guess I can safely say I like learning by myself as well, though not through traditional studying, but instead through trial and error (i.e. take mock exams or equivalent). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euklyd Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Debate. All the way. I love me a good argument discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 A mix of reading then doing it myself, more of the latter though I like to dissect math problems to bits so I can get the problem in the most detailed way possible, but I will reference back to the textbook. And I do a lot better on practical programming than concept-related things because fuck memorisation but I can program decently enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Just standard learning through class and then studying yourself is good enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I hate studying. Therefore, I go to class and pay attention to the lectures, and that usually does the trick. Doing things myself is the best way for me to learn things, but sometimes I can't really be fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freohr Datia Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 (edited) This past semester has taught me that I need lectures~ Otherwise reading/learning by myself is not quite enough for me. Also I do not enjoy debating!! ^o^ Edited December 21, 2013 by Freohr Datia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSND Alter Dragon Boner Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I like to read the book before class and at home + marking key terms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darros Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 In groups. I find studying alone for myself to be extremely ineffective, and I learn nothing at all and get distracted a ton. However I find that when I work/study in groups I learn a lot more and get to know the subject matter. If you're asking for an auditory/visual/kinetic learning, I'm more on the kinetic side of learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icon of Sin Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Sorta depends of what you learn. Politics are more fun with other people but I find more scientific evidence more fun when reading or watching a documentary alone, unless said person mention their sources you can check later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I like trial-and-error learning in video games. I'm OK with dying a lot. I'd be a good labrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 1. Read to the point of mental exhaustion. 2. Sleep for a couple of hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 (edited) It helps if I have a graph/chart/diagram on hand, although I am good at memorising formulas/equations/concepts. Edited December 21, 2013 by NinjaMonkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 my favorite method of learning is learning by osmosis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Devil Trigger Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 With someone teaching it to me, the audio-visual stimulus is of great help to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darros Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 my favorite method of learning is learning by osmosis. Using textbooks as pillows is not comfortable trust me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciarre Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Lectures because they don't require effort and it doesn't require me to study/read the textbook because fuck that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaze Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Independent study. I love learning with others, but it doesn't have the same oomph as that moment when you figure something out on your own. Can't beat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interest Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 So this next question was going to be about more academic crap, but instead I've opted to choose a generic question since it is that time of year. What are you doing for the holidays? Personally I'm not doing much of anything until after 2014 begins. I will then be taking a trip to the desolate hell frozen over known as "New England." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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