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has anyonet taken a course (particularly math: advanced functions) through night school?
Can you talk abt it- experiences such as was it easy, hard, do we really have to buy teh textbook, etc? and what did you end up getting?
thank you.
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I took it and another course at night school. i really enjoy night school because it is more relaxed and you finish before Christmas or end of May. lol
My board did not require our purchasing textbooks but I know some do. I ended up with an 100 and a 99 in my night school courses.
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Future Eng wrote:I took it and another course at night school. i really enjoy night school because it is more relaxed and you finish before Christmas or end of May. lol
My board did not require our purchasing textbooks but I know some do. I ended up with an 100 and a 99 in my night school courses. Woah... what was the class average? And you actually finish before Christmas?? Which course did you take?
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Night schools finish the week before Christmas for a first semester course or end of May for a second semester course.
I took advanced functions last fall and Physics this past Feb.
I do not know the class average. it didn't say on the report i received from night school.
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Future Eng wrote:Night schools finish the week before Christmas for a first semester course or end of May for a second semester course.
I took advanced functions last fall and Physics this past Feb.
I do not know the class average. it didn't say on the report i received from night school. By any chance, would you know people who took ENG4U in Night School vs. Day School? Could you say it's easier to perform better in class as like in Summer School? I'm planning to apply for Queens this year and any help is great. Thank!
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I do know people who did ENG4U at night school. It is easier to perform as long as you luck into a decent teacher. Most teachers at night school are new teachers so that is good. They are not on power trips by giving low marks. At least that is what i have found.
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i took adv.functions and got okay, 80%... it really depends on you're teacher, ours was an old one who taught the class in hs so he was harder. Usually nightschool is easier than dayschool though, i reccomend.
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Was it hard managing your time? You have go to go to a school for 2 nights/week, right? Wouldn't it be tiring to be at school for like 9 hours a day? And finishing before Christmas is nice  It doesn't crash with cumulatives and exams in day school courses.
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joyful45 wrote:Was it hard managing your time? You have go to go to a school for 2 nights/week, right? Wouldn't it be tiring to be at school for like 9 hours a day? And finishing before Christmas is nice It doesn't crash with cumulatives and exams in day school courses. You're right about no crashing. That is one of several things I like about night school. I took two courses in day school plus the one night school course each semester. I always had two spares in day school. I'm not one of those people who took 8 U courses. I just took my 6 and concentrated on them. It worked for me. Didn't mind the two nights a week at all. it's a lot better than 5 days a week in day school IMHO.
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If you're planning to take Calculus and Vectors, I would not recommend taking adv. functions at night school unless you grasp math concepts easily. Night school doesn't cover 100% of the materials that you would in day school (in most cases anyway). If you're not going into the sciences/business/engineering and not taking calculus, by all means, go for it. Taking adv functions in night school may boost your mark.
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hey guys. just a quick q.
if you take night school (math course: mhf4u) do you have to purchase the textbook?
or is there a fee you give and they give you a refund at the end of the course? what is a student going to do with the mhf textbook after they're done with night school??
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Well we have to pay a fee for 40 dollars, and we have to buy our own text book. Apparently, there is a person that sells textbooks the first 2 days of night school . I'm also going to do adv functions in night school this upcoming semester, but im planning on asking the math department in my dayschool if i can borrow one.
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confused5oul wrote:has anyonet taken a course (particularly math: advanced functions) through night school?
Can you talk abt it- experiences such as was it easy, hard, do we really have to buy teh textbook, etc? and what did you end up getting?
thank you. From what I've heard from friends, night school is much easier and more relaxed than regular, daytime classes 
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ECSTATIC. wrote:hey guys. just a quick q.
if you take night school (math course: mhf4u) do you have to purchase the textbook?
or is there a fee you give and they give you a refund at the end of the course? what is a student going to do with the mhf textbook after they're done with night school?? I've heard different things depending on the school board-you should check with your school guidance counselor they may be able to give you some additional info.
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So would you guys say night school is easier than summer school? Then I might do Gr.12 English in night school instead. Do the teachers check homework regularly? How much homework do you guys get?
I didn't know one had to buy textbooks to go to night school lol
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Hey, I'll be heading into Gr. 12 this September, but I'm kind of in trouble with courses I'll need for the University I'd like to get into. In the future, I'd like to get into medical school (McMaster). I went to my guidance counsellor to change my courses around so I can have Gr. 11 U Chemistry and Biology. My counsellor was so pushy... enough to totally scrap those courses out of my Gr. 11 year. That obviously messed me over for the rest of my high school career. I want to get out of high school having Gr. 12 U Chemistry and Biology (but I obviously can't without the Gr. 11 perequisites). So, I'm forced to stay for 12+ to take Gr. 11 U Chem and Bio, and Gr. 12 U Chem and Bio. However, I've come up with the idea to go to night school to take the Gr. 11 U Chem and Bio courses. Then, stick around for 12+ to take the Gr. 12 U Chem and Bio.
Are the Gr. 11 U Chem and Bio courses possible to take in night school?
Are my chances of getting into night school limitted for or by any reason?
Thanks for reading.
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Gr.11 U Chem and Bio are totally doable in night school (although I never took night school, but they aren't that hard). In fact, I might recommend doing Gr.11 Bio online instead just because you spend less time on online courses. However, that depends on whether the student needs a teacher to explain stuff.
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