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"Time to do my homework"

Time for you to do my homework that is.

Simplify:
(5x² + 14x - 3) / (x² - 9)

You know you can do it, I know you can do it, so how about we cut out the 'google it noob' stuff and somebody just helps me out, please.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Yeah, I'm thick, I can't do simple maths

And the winner is down. Everybody else was wrong but thankfully I went with down's answer anyway so all is good. And if you want to know what the prize is, it's my eternal gratitude.*

*last one day only

Echoing Goatboy's earlier sentiments, once upon a time I could have told you the answer, I'm pretty sure. But then I graduated to the real world and forgot all this rubbish because it is of no-use whatsoever.

Apart from if you're a Maths Teacher, obviously.

lcarus wrote:
> CandyFloss wrote:
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> How comes everyone, even if I never spoken to them before, calls me
> Lori. I feel famous or something.
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> Oh you are. Think porn star level... but without the sex appeal and
> nice bod.
>
> At least you have natural breasts though.

Shocking. My porn star name isn't Lori though it's...I mean I don't have one

Grix Thraves wrote:
stuff

Too right. It's why employers are trusting the academic sustem less and less; graduates are churned out with specific theory knowledge in a single area, but when it comes to some generic job, they're lacking in the fundamentals.

Though more students are taking vocationals and other alternatives to their progress career wise, most are still in the mindset that any degree will guarantee you some great job. In fact, I know a few who actually expected to get some kick ass job when they graduated, as if they deserved it automatically.

Course, this doesn't apply to the certain areas; the most obvious being law and medicine, where you obviously need to prove your academic worth and get that degree as a stepping stone to the next stage. But getting a first whilst writing an essay about Rock History? Who cares if it's not relevant, think of the money!

CandyFloss wrote:

>
> How comes everyone, even if I never spoken to them before, calls me
> Lori. I feel famous or something.

Oh you are. Think porn star level... but without the sex appeal and nice bod.

At least you have natural breasts though.

Goatboy wrote:
"Hell, put you got all A's on your CV, nobody bothers to ask you for the certificates."

I've noticed that. Even Universities [sp? I don't really care] don't ask.

And then we get the added job satisfaction of working to the top of a company!

A company we didn't start. A 'family' we're paid to be part of. Something that's structured in rank of entrance and not of potential, where passion for humanity counts for nothing, and your only prospects of actually 'rising' through the ranks comes from bending right over and doing exactly what you're told and kissing and taking it right up the ass. Nothing to do with passion, nothing to do with effort, all down to making your boss feel powerful.

90% of the time.

And I do all this rubbish of working as sales assistants and burger boys and shelf stackers and every half-assed job going. And every single time the only people I end up respecting and feeling even close to this apparent 'family', are the people working down with me, people who don't 'deal' with customers but talk to them and find out what they want.

And you'll get supermarkets like Tesco, burger joints like McDonalds and chain stores like Argos all telling you the same thing, that they believe in 'rewarding their employees' and still trying to pull off this pretense it's all 'one big happy family'.

You want to go into middle management because you've got a few A's on your piece of paper, because you got yourselves a degree? Aren't you made for life! I'm sure you'll make all the money you'll ever need.

To those that study in something that fascinates and challenges them.. good on you. Frank Zappa once said that if you want an education, go to the library, if you want to get laid, go to college.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm living in a world of knowledge and if I'm interested in something or I need to learn about anything at all, I can find it. There's no difference in being taught by a tutor to being taught by someone who's genuinely passionate and open minded about what they do. People who genuinely want to teach you would do it for free.

So I buy books, I look people up and I generally try and chase up as much information and knowledge as I can. I'm still lazy, I still find it difficult to concentrate, but I've got a lot of responsibility to take my ideas and turn them into something worthwhile.

I'm not becoming a doctor, I'm not handling someone's life, I don't -need- to be official. There are no -rules- I have to stick to, no procedure and protocol. Simply guidelines that I prefer to walk around.

And if you want to take your eduction, work hard at it because you ought to, get your As, go to university and randomly choose a Law degree or a Business Studies because that's what all your friends are doing.. go ahead. All I'm saying is.. you don't need to, and in fact, if you really try? You could do a lot better. You don't have to be spoonfed what you 'should' find interesting. You don't need to go. You need to focus on what you enjoy.

You don't need the exams. You don't need any piece of paper that's qualified you. Ever. You need knowledge, you need experience, and you need passion. You need the integrity to do something you believe in. Even if that belief shatters, at least you were there, doing it, learning.

And then, if you find something you find so amazing and fascinating and you want to see how far you can take it.. why not. You'll make a load of new friends and people will guide you on what you can learn. Because if you're passionate enough, if you really want to learn it? You won't need letters on a piece of paper to get in. They'll take one look at how honest you are, how much this means to you, and they'll open the door.

Because you know what the funny thing is? I got straight A's. And on August the 7th, this year, my 21st birthday, they will no longer carry any meaning. I become a 'mature' student. I get in through interviews, through proof of experience.

Do not, ever, hold A Levels, AS Levels, GCSEs, whatever, in high regards. Not only 90% of the information you learn is almost entirely worthless in the real world, but the real test will be your passion for what you -want- to learn. And I hold that in a very high belief.

Will everyone recognise that? No. But you'll attract the right people, and that's what matters. People who aren't just interested in churning out top grades, but look deeper, and want passionate, responsible human beings who are willing to learn and will challenge them.

I'm not telling you to throw your exams away, not study and work hard. I'm just saying there are options, from experience. You don't need straight As. You don't need to take a gap year and go to Uni. You can take your time. You have an option. No advancements are EVER made by keeping to the rules, and ladies and gents, challenges aren't meant to be easy.

I think my nurses want me to go to bed now. Oh well. I've had my weekly babble, I think they'll be pleased, this was only meant to be two paragraphs.

I think I'm going to find some simultaneous equations to do.
Those babies were red hot.

96% should be good anough for an A. That's providing I got everything else right of course, which I'm fairly confident about actually. I'm going to bed now, I'll be back with the correct answer tomorrow evening.

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It must be harder than that, then.

Now I'm confused.

4 marks, shocking. That's 4% of the entire paper.