Teacup Cafe XXV - Page 18

sisterandcousinandaunt · 04-10-2008, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Curufin

This year is wrapping quickly to an end. In five weeks or so, I'll be heading back to the States and have to get started on my Masters' Thesis. I'm actually looking forward to it - maybe because I don't quite understand yet how much work it's going to be!

Assuredly. This is the answer.

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Originally Posted by The last sane person

*curls up on the much loved bear skin and purrs*

Eee, happy....I like my spanish teacher.

*strokes head* Nice to have you purring about.

Curufin · 04-10-2008, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by sisterandcousinandaunt

Assuredly. This is the answer.

I think I'll be quite happy to stay in the dark about that a bit longer.

*is doing her thesis on the Orange Order in the USA, and their connection with the Ku Klux Klan*

The last sane person · 04-10-2008, 02:49 PM

*snuggle* yeh, its a nice change. Cant wait for weekend.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 04-10-2008, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Curufin

*is doing her thesis on the Orange Order in the USA, and their connection with the Ku Klux Klan*

Oh Good Lord. Planning any interviews?

Curufin · 04-10-2008, 02:59 PM

Er...I'd rather not.

The Sasquatch of Fangorn · 04-10-2008, 03:01 PM

*yawn* Hello all!

katya · 04-10-2008, 03:04 PM

Hi everyone too! I'm in a pretty good mood today.

I did better than expected on my CS test (can't wait to get it back and see what I got), and I've been nailing all my calculus quizzes (daily, for the past week until end of semester) too. I hope I can get decent grades this semester. Oh, and if I'm getting a B or higher in CS, I don't have to take the final.

Curufin · 04-10-2008, 03:07 PM

Awesome work, Katya!

Calculus was never my sort of thing...scared me to death. Too much of a humanities person, I guess.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 04-10-2008, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by katya

Hi everyone too! I'm in a pretty good mood today.

I did better than expected on my CS test (can't wait to get it back and see what I got), and I've been nailing all my calculus quizzes (daily, for the past week until end of semester) too. I hope I can get decent grades this semester. Oh, and if I'm getting a B or higher in CS, I don't have to take the final.

Cognitive Science? Communications Studio? Chemical Statistics? Consumer Studies?

katya · 04-10-2008, 03:13 PM

Oh sorry, Computer Science.

Calculus scared me too. I don't know when I started liking it. Sometime in the past month or so.

Curufin · 04-10-2008, 03:14 PM

I took it in college, and dropped it about a month in. I had an A when I dropped it, but it was just giving me such nightmares and scaring me so bad that I couldn't handle the stress.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 04-10-2008, 03:16 PM

veddy interesting. Lie down on zis couch, here, and ve vill talk about gender issues again.

katya · 04-10-2008, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Curufin

I took it in college, and dropped it about a month in. I had an A when I dropped it, but it was just giving me such nightmares and scaring me so bad that I couldn't handle the stress.

If I ever had an A in calculus that would probably just be evidence that I was trying too hard and I would hate it too, maybe.

I am probably getting a B or C. I don't really understand his grading system; it's not very structured. Probably a B though.

Curufin · 04-10-2008, 03:17 PM

Sis:What, the whole:

Girls=humanities
Boys=maths and sciences

assumption?

Bah. Has nothing to do with that. I just don't like math.

katya:

I'm a bit of an overachiever. Don't like B's.

So I always push myself like crazy and sometimes I end up getting freaked out when I can't do as well as I like.

katya · 04-10-2008, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Curufin

katya:

I'm a bit of an overachiever. Don't like B's.

So I always push myself like crazy and sometimes I end up getting freaked out when I can't do as well as I like.

I used to be like that, in elementary and middle school. I'd practically start crying if I got a B (I cry easily..) but somewhere along the line I stopped caring about grades and just studied what I liked and made sure I did at least ok. Then again, high school was super easy compared to college so getting an A didn't really mean much to me. Now I tend to take more pride in getting good grades, but I'm not in the habit of studying a lot. I'm used to just breezing through everything.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 04-10-2008, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Curufin

Sis:What, the whole:

Girls=humanities
Boys=maths and sciences

assumption?

Bah. Has nothing to do with that. I just don't like math.

katya:

I'm a bit of an overachiever. Don't like B's.

So I always push myself like crazy and sometimes I end up getting freaked out when I can't do as well as I like.

No, I would say it more likely reflects women's documented tendancy to sabotage themselves when their success is imminent. It's very difficult to be smarter than one's programming, without a lot of work that few people do.

Curufin · 04-10-2008, 03:55 PM

Nah, I had a cruel, awful teacher sabotage my math skills for me.

Anyway, I'm quite happy with Poli Sci. It's fun.

katya · 04-10-2008, 04:00 PM

I had a Chinese teacher for pre-calc. He's super smart, but his accent put me to sleep every day. Also, he was too focused. I pay attention better to teacher that ramble and joke around and get off topic briefly.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 04-10-2008, 04:15 PM

I'm glad people are having fun.

The last sane person · 04-10-2008, 04:16 PM

Nah, my school tried very hard to slay my love for math, among many things. But I thwarted them. I like it, and am pretty decent at it to.

But for some reason I still like lingusitics and cultural studies more. Meh, either that or become a veterenarian.

04-10-2008, 02:49 PM	#343
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	snuggle yeh, its a nice change. Cant wait for weekend. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

04-10-2008, 02:59 PM	#345
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04-10-2008, 03:07 PM	#348
Curufin The Ñoldóran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mishawaka, IN Posts: 2,050	Awesome work, Katya! Calculus was never my sort of thing...scared me to death. Too much of a humanities person, I guess. __________________ Then Celegorm no more would stay, And Curufin smiled and turned away... ~The Lay of Leithian

04-10-2008, 03:14 PM	#351
Curufin The Ñoldóran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mishawaka, IN Posts: 2,050	I took it in college, and dropped it about a month in. I had an A when I dropped it, but it was just giving me such nightmares and scaring me so bad that I couldn't handle the stress. __________________ Then Celegorm no more would stay, And Curufin smiled and turned away... ~The Lay of Leithian

04-10-2008, 03:04 PM	#347
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Hi everyone too! I'm in a pretty good mood today. I did better than expected on my CS test (can't wait to get it back and see what I got), and I've been nailing all my calculus quizzes (daily, for the past week until end of semester) too. I hope I can get decent grades this semester. Oh, and if I'm getting a B or higher in CS, I don't have to take the final.

04-10-2008, 03:13 PM	#350
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Oh sorry, Computer Science. Calculus scared me too. I don't know when I started liking it. Sometime in the past month or so.

04-10-2008, 03:16 PM	#352
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	veddy interesting. Lie down on zis couch, here, and ve vill talk about gender issues again. __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

04-10-2008, 03:17 PM	#354
Curufin The Ñoldóran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mishawaka, IN Posts: 2,050	Sis:What, the whole: Girls=humanities Boys=maths and sciences assumption? Bah. Has nothing to do with that. I just don't like math. katya: I'm a bit of an overachiever. Don't like B's. So I always push myself like crazy and sometimes I end up getting freaked out when I can't do as well as I like. __________________ Then Celegorm no more would stay, And Curufin smiled and turned away... ~The Lay of Leithian

04-10-2008, 03:55 PM	#357
Curufin The Ñoldóran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mishawaka, IN Posts: 2,050	Nah, I had a cruel, awful teacher sabotage my math skills for me. Anyway, I'm quite happy with Poli Sci. It's fun. __________________ Then Celegorm no more would stay, And Curufin smiled and turned away... ~The Lay of Leithian

04-10-2008, 04:00 PM	#358
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I had a Chinese teacher for pre-calc. He's super smart, but his accent put me to sleep every day. Also, he was too focused. I pay attention better to teacher that ramble and joke around and get off topic briefly.

04-10-2008, 04:15 PM	#359
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	I'm glad people are having fun. __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

04-10-2008, 04:16 PM	#360
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	Nah, my school tried very hard to slay my love for math, among many things. But I thwarted them. I like it, and am pretty decent at it to. But for some reason I still like lingusitics and cultural studies more. Meh, either that or become a veterenarian. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

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