I have dyscalculia, Fay. Let me know what you find out. Math was always *such* a trial, and I didn't get the why confirmed till college.

meeting is still going. Over 2 hours and counting. The tech director and I are texting to stay awake. I'm hungry. Lemme go!!!!

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On the other, I tried to help vw with her algebra, and she didn't love it. So I guess my love of math can't conquer all.

Actually, you helped me pass Pre-Calc, which was MUCH worse than Algebra :). My current hatred of math has much more to do with the fact that pre-encephalitis I was wicked good at math, and now I struggle with EVERYTHING related to math. I did love math. I tasted the good stuff, and now the crappy brain just tastes, well, crappy.

Speaking of crappy. I hate people. A mother at the school I work at walked up to me today, patted my stomach, and asked me how far along I was. It was all could do to not smack her. So, I used my words instead. "Um, that would cause some major hullabaloos here at school, since I'm not married and all. I would certainly have some 'splainin to do. So, no. Not pregnant, but thanks for asking."

vw, you were far too polite to such total horrible rudeness.

AND after that little encounter, she took her two kids down to the teachers' lounge, and they all helped themselves to the cookies we made in after care today. And did she try to hide this? No, she came and ASKED ME FOR THE RECIPE.

I hate people.

I think, if I were you, I'd make a complaint that a parent touched you without permission.

That's creepy. To be touched like that. I've been asked when I'm due a couple times, and at least once I was very smiley and chipper and said "oh! I'm just fat". Which is true and made the person look all embarassed.

If I could retake anything at any time with school it would be the testing I took to determine if I had learning disabilities. Mom found out after I graduated that the person giving the test transposed two numbers so it showed nothing was wrong in the scoring, when it should have shown I needed more testing.

That would have changed anything. I'm fairly certain I have some kind of difficulty when it comes to spatial things because that has always been beyond me. I remember struggle in fourth grade to understand volume, my teacher (thank god) finally got out things and showed me -- this is a gallon, this is a cup. Also not just volume but measurements.

If I could take a class for fun it would be a beginning drawing class with a good one on one tutor. Or maybe singing lessons. Something like that.

Right now I'm sitting at home trying to keep busy because SLBFNRLBF is off doing a training thing out of town and I'm lonely. Considering we're already 1300 miles apart it doesn't sound like a big deal, but we normally get on voice chat in the evenings, between eating dinner and taking care of chores and right now we'd be just chatting in Second Life or killing things in Anarchy Online. Or do something.

I think, if I were you, I'd make a complaint that a parent touched you without permission.

That's creepy. To be touched like that. I've been asked when I'm due a couple times, and at least once I was very smiley and chipper and said "oh! I'm just fat". Which is true and made the person look all embarassed.

If I could retake anything at any time with school it would be the testing I took to determine if I had learning disabilities. Mom found out after I graduated that the person giving the test transposed two numbers so it showed nothing was wrong in the scoring, when it should have shown I needed more testing.

That would have changed anything. I'm fairly certain I have some kind of difficulty when it comes to spatial things because that has always been beyond me. I remember struggle in fourth grade to understand volume, my teacher (thank god) finally got out things and showed me -- this is a gallon, this is a cup. Also not just volume but measurements.

If I could take a class for fun it would be a beginning drawing class with a good one on one tutor. Or maybe singing lessons. Something like that.

Right now I'm sitting at home trying to keep busy because SLBFNRLBF is off doing a training thing out of town and I'm lonely. Considering we're already 1300 miles apart it doesn't sound like a big deal, but we normally get on voice chat in the evenings, between eating dinner and taking care of chores and right now we'd be just chatting in Second Life or killing things in Anarchy Online. Or do something.

I came home early with the ick. I tried to give the germs away, but no one would take them.

I'd like a dance class. and a language class -- I had so many bad ones -- my ear is bad and I can't spell, but I was reading pretty quickly. I think it would be nice to be taught a language without intimidation

A writing class would be fun.

Class? Ooh, fun. I miss classes.

Mmm...Rebel Women Through the Ages. I'm still addicted to my bios of Millay, Parker, Georgiana, the Grand Horizontales, famous courtesans in other periods, heterae, Empress Theodora, Cleopatra, Mary QoS, Elizabeth...I'd love to write a paper and discuss and be intro'd to new ones.

A mythology class. Audit a basic Latin class, to brush up. French. Italian. Spanish. Anatomy. A good basic medical class. A history of medicine class. A good sociology class with a pop cult leaning. Screenwriting. Philosophy. A survival class. A anthro class that studied cultures. Zoology. Equitation.

Oh, so many thing I am curious about.

Oh, and vw? I have done that AND had it happen to me. I felt terrible both ways. Ughk.