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 Topic: Does anyone like parties? |
aleclair
Replies: 20
Views: 840
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 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:44 pm Subject: Does anyone like parties? |
| I went to my first proper party last night. Several months back, my girlfriend at the time took me clubbing with her and several of her friends - and I was simply baffled. Clubbing and partying, I r ... |
| Topic: Ever dropped out of a class? |
aleclair
Replies: 9
Views: 156
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Forum: School and College Life Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:16 pm Subject: Ever dropped out of a class? |
| I dropped an astronomy/astrophysics course this semester because the professor had a very haphazard teaching style and it was difficult to determine what I was supposed to get out of that class. Peop ... |
| Topic: Does it get easier to get girls in college? |
aleclair
Replies: 25
Views: 834
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:04 pm Subject: Does it get easier to get girls in college? |
| I would argue that it's not at all easier, though I can see the neurotypical type having a point when they say it's not. The first year of college is a lot like high school part two - at least it was ... |
| Topic: My favorite school subject |
aleclair
Replies: 5
Views: 180
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Forum: School and College Life Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:48 pm Subject: My favorite school subject |
| Back in high school, I liked all of the academic subjects equally. I particularly liked my ninth-grade geometry class, as enjoyed studying German for four years (very few of which I still remember). ... |
| Topic: University Math A LOT Harder Than High School Math? |
aleclair
Replies: 9
Views: 378
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Forum: School and College Life Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:40 am Subject: University Math A LOT Harder Than High School Math? |
Completely correct.
If you are taking high school math, the types of questions you'll see are: Can you differentiate a function? Can you solve an equation? Can you take the sine of an angle? I ... |
| Topic: Neat article about the probability of different digits in da |
aleclair
Replies: 4
Views: 177
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:39 pm Subject: Neat article about the probability of different digits in da |
| I saw this on Reddit a while back and thought it was fairly interesting. My dad (who's studying statistics right now) actually e-mailed the professor quoted in that article and got a fairly quick and ... |
| Topic: Blocked in conversations |
aleclair
Replies: 23
Views: 471
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:34 pm Subject: Blocked in conversations |
| I notice when this happens, the person I am "supposed" to be talking to has eye contact on the other person (or one of the other people) in the group. So, the answer - at least for me - is that there ... |
| Topic: Group Work AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! |
aleclair
Replies: 30
Views: 1794
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Forum: School and College Life Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:45 pm Subject: Group Work AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! |
| I keep forgetting what it was like to work in a group in high school. Surprisingly, it was not as horrible as your experiences seem to be. About 30% of the time, we had to choose our own groups, and ... |
| Topic: Do you still use reference books? |
aleclair
Replies: 5
Views: 141
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Forum: School and College Life Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:33 pm Subject: Do you still use reference books? |
| It feels that now, even what we'd call the "books" are all on the Interwebs. I'm referring here only to scholarly sources - not user-made content like Wikipedia. If I need a scholarly journal articl ... |
| Topic: Who else isn't doing anything for Halloween? |
aleclair
Replies: 34
Views: 642
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:40 pm Subject: Who else isn't doing anything for Halloween? |
| I don't do Halloween. Turns out that this is the first weekend in well over a month where (so far) nobody has asked me to hang out or do anything. The other people on my floor seem to be laughing, p ... |
| Topic: Has an instructor ever HATED you? |
aleclair
Replies: 14
Views: 390
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Forum: School and College Life Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:13 pm Subject: Has an instructor ever HATED you? |
Really? I thought linear algebra was pretty uhhh you know... linear. I personally never ask question because I either understand completely or I'm so confused I don't even know what to ask. It would ... |
| Topic: Has an instructor ever HATED you? |
aleclair
Replies: 14
Views: 390
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Forum: School and College Life Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:35 pm Subject: Has an instructor ever HATED you? |
| I'm not a question-asker either (there are exceptions: I tend to ask "why is this not true?" a lot in linear algebra, but that class is just counterintuitive): I think it's just due to that there a ... |
| Topic: Your newest album? |
aleclair
Replies: 55
Views: 1074
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:40 pm Subject: Your newest album? |
I've not bought new music in a while. That needs to change soon. Thing is I have so much just sitting around to last me about a year.
I just started listening to A Trip to Marineville by the Swel ... |
| Topic: Sigh. Maybe its me. |
aleclair
Replies: 11
Views: 468
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:28 pm Subject: Sigh. Maybe its me. |
| Your situation seems to be a typical paradox we all encounter ourselves in. Certainly, if we look at the written, explicit standards for "relationship material", it'd seem you fit somewhere in the bo ... |
| Topic: Keeping a diary |
aleclair
Replies: 12
Views: 387
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Forum: School and College Life Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:01 am Subject: Keeping a diary |
| I have a spiral notebook in which notes from a course in mathematical proofs are interchanged with reflections on the transition from high school to college, the difference between our ideals and real ... |
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