What subject you like best in school?

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Nov 18, 2011 10:56
Truly saying,I had a high academic performance in school.My favourite subjects are mostly natural sciences,including Physics, Chemistry, Maths.. but Maths is the subject I like best
My passion on Math was first inspired by my father. He is an math teacher at secondary school.Since I was one grade pupil, my father had already encouraged me to find answers to his math puzzles and quizzes. When I received nooded in agreement from him,at that moment I felt like as if I was Christophe Colomb who had just discover America
Arithmetic,Algebra and Geometry are three main sub- devision of maths being taught in high school.As usual, teachers assigned difficult maths questions to students before finishing lecture.Each one would solve them seperately in class or at home but if they were too difficult, we were allowed to discuss.Sometimes, several of us even forgot sleeping or eating to find the correct answers.
At university,we studied advanced mathematics and econometrics. It is certainly more difficult than the mathematics program for high school students but in my opinion, it is more practical than others
Nowadays, many people consider English as the most important subject in school. However,I think English language is also a mean of communication. It plays an major role in spreading scentific knowleadge but mathematics offers a lot of theories applied in other sciences.


Lumina
Nov 18, 2011 11:27
  • Truly saying,I had a high academic performance in school.

  • To be honest, I had a high academic performance in school.

 
  • My favourite subjects are mostly natural sciences,including Physics, Chemistry, Maths..

  • My favorite subjects are mostly natural sciences, including physics, chemistry, and mathematics (or math).

 
  • but Maths is the subject I like best

  • Of all the the subjects I enjoyed, math is the one I like best.

2 people think this correction is good.  
  • My passion on Math was first inspired by my father.

  • My passion for math was inspired by my father.

1 people think this correction is good.  
  • He is an math teacher at secondary school.

  • He is a math teacher at secondary school.

1 people think this correction is good.  
  • Since I was one grade pupil, my father had already encouraged me to find answers to his math puzzles and quizzes.

  • Since the time I was a first grade student (or first grader), my father was encouraging me to find the answers to his math puzzles and quizzes.

1 people think this correction is good.  
  • When I received nooded in agreement from him,at that moment I felt like as if I was Christophe Colomb who had just discover America

  • When I received his nod of approval, I felt like as if I was Christopher Columbus when he discovered America.

 
  • Arithmetic,Algebra and Geometry are three main sub- devision of maths being taught in high school.

  • Arithmetic, algebra and geometry are three main sub-divisions of math being taught in high school.

1 people think this correction is good.  
  • As usual, teachers assigned difficult maths questions to students before finishing lecture.

  • Teachers regularly assigned difficult math problems to students before finishing lecture.

 
  • Each one would solve them seperately in class or at home but if they were too difficult, we were allowed to discuss.

  • Everyone would solve them independently in class or at home unless it was too difficult. Only then were we allowed to discuss the problems.

 
  • Sometimes, several of us even forgot sleeping or eating to find the correct answers.

  • At times, many of us even forgot to sleep or eat, just to find the correct answers.

 
  • At university,we studied advanced mathematics and econometrics.

  • At the university, we studied advanced mathematics and econometrics. (What is econometrics? Is it metrics or economy?)

1 people think this correction is good.  
  • It is certainly more difficult than the mathematics program for high school students but in my opinion, it is more practical than others

  • It is certainly more difficult than the mathematics program for high school students, and in my opinion, it is more practical than others.

1 people think this correction is good.  
  • However,I think English language is also a mean of communication.

  • I think the English language is a means of communication.

 
  • It plays an major role in spreading scentific knowleadge but mathematics offers a lot of theories applied in other sciences.

  • While English plays an major role in spreading scientific knowledge, mathematics is a language that communicates theories applied in many sciences

 

I hope I communicated your message!

Nov 23, 2011 10:30 secretgarden

  • At the university, we studied advanced mathematics and econometrics. (What is econometrics? Is it metrics or economy?)

Econometrics has been defined as "the application of mathematics and statistical methods to economic data" and described as the branch of economics.

Nov 23, 2011 10:38 secretgarden
Thank you.:)). But I want to ask both of you which the tense use in the sentence"Since the time I was a first grade student (or first grader), my father was encouraging me to find the answers to his math puzzles and quizzes".Why you use " past continuous tense" instead of" past present perfect" or" past simple". I Think his behavior occurred at the time in the past, it did not exit anymore.

Nov 23, 2011 13:45 Lumina
"...was encouraging me to find..." was suggested because during that range of time ("Since the time I was a first grade student..."), those were his actions. The range of time remains undefined, yet it began at "since." Since you used "since," it also suggests that he would encourage you "from that point" at different intervals of time, that had begun since you were a first grade student. Another thought is that he would not have stopped encouraging you. So, in each of the times he wanted you to find the answers, he "was encouraging." "Encouraged" suggests it happened once in the past. If it happened only once, using the word "since" is not accurate.

Nov 23, 2011 15:12 secretgarden
Okie.I get it. Thanks a lot.:))

Nov 23, 2011 15:32 Lumina
Surely~! ^.^

Nov 29, 2011 05:34 jve_84
@secretgarden: you could also change the sentence to: "Since the time I was a first grade student (or first grader), my father --has been-- encouraging me to find the answers to his math puzzles and quizzes." Which gives the nuance that your father is stillーto this dayーencouraging you. The way Lumina wrote it implies that he encouraged you when you were younger, then stopped as you got older.

Nov 29, 2011 10:11 secretgarden
Thank jve_84 too much.That means I could use " Past Perfect"?

Dec 7, 2011 02:05 Meomeo
In my opinion, you didn't mention the other thing that had happended before "encourage" event, while "past perfect" is used to refer smth that happened before other in the past. So "encourage" here means it did happen during a period in the past and no longer happens.
"Was encouraging" is the best choice in this context.

Dec 8, 2011 09:36 jve_84
happended? If you use the form "ever since -x," there's no reason to do any fancy conjugation. Ex: "Ever since I was a first-grader, my father encouraged me to find answers to math problems."
Hien
Nov 18, 2011 19:21
  • Since I was one grade pupil, my father had already encouraged me to find answers to his math puzzles and quizzes.

  • Ever since I was a first grade student, my father was already encouraging me to find answers to his math puzzles and quizzes.

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Good entry Secretgarden.

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