I have so many things wrong with me.?
I've always been so critical of myself. I started calling myself fat and ugly when I was ten and it only got worse from then on. I've always been obsessed with my looks. I think I'm so f*cking ugly I hate it. I obsess over my uneaven eyelids and fat cheeks andthe bags under my eyes and my f*cking ugly hair. I've had various breakdowns because of how hidious I am. And when I tell my friends they say that I'm just looking for attention or fishing for compliments. One of my friends actually realized I wasn't looking for attention and told her mom about it (her mom is a doctor) and her mom thinks I have BDD. On top of that I've been depressed since I was about twelve. Anxiety issues surfaced around that time, too. I started cutting the summer before my freshman year of highschool. I'm also paraniod that people hate me and think I'm ugly and I've had anger issues for as long as I remember. I've tried telling my mom some of these things, but she refuses to listen. Recently, I've been thinking about how much easier it would be just to die. And I want to get help, but I don't know how. My mom refuses to think anything is wrong with me. I just don't know what to do. I feel like this is too much to overcome. I'm going kill myself one day if I don't get better. It's just too f*cking hard.
I hate my generation?
I hate the rap culture, the sluttiness of the girls, the melodrama, the goofy fashion (at least the boy's fashion). I wish I grew up the 50's or earlier when most kids in my age group (I'm 17) were respectable. I feel so embarrassed when I see the way elderly people look at the buffoons my age. I hope they know not all kids from this generation are like (but unfortunately most are). It is truly shameful.
I'm going to pursue BTech but I'm horrible at math. What do I do?
Then my question to you is:Why do you want to pursue Engineering?If you don't like Maths your life maybe hell throughout the 4 years. Maths is a separate subject for almost 4 semesters and it is filled with all kinds of advanced calculas.At the end of my first year, I find Maths quite difficult (personal opinion)and I freaking love Maths. Plus if you are unlucky enough to not get good teachers (very rare) you will be stuck with self study.My honest opinion, don't do Engineering if you don't like Maths! (If you still have that option)
Do you have Autism or Aspergers and are bad at math? What is your strength I would like to know.
I'm not gifted at math at all. I have an IQ of 160 also (whatever that means). I can do math but it never directly interested me in school. I was truant at school for at least part of every day in my final senior years and maths was my last class of the day, the result was that after 2 final years as a senior I had maybe 3 pages of work in my maths book. I went surfing instead. Nowadays I do all my maths in my head, and convert inches to millimetres etc (for my job - surfboard shaping) in my head also. I'm really good with patterns and visual trends and properties of liquids and hydrodynamic algorithms etc but it's more a visual/spatial thing not a mathematical thing. I still love order in things and patterns which is where the stereotypical mathematical appreciation or gift in Aspergers comes from, but for me it's in other areas. On a related note, as part of my engineering diploma (studied externally) I had to study maths and engineering level maths, I wasn't interested at all to start with but I started to very briefly get interested in it and the patterns etc, I almost signed up for the advanced courses... Almost. Then I was diagnosed with Aspergers/ADHD and put my studies on hold till I sorted some things out. So there was at least an appreciation of mathematics as a language of the universe, and as a practical application for design and engineering concepts.I guess in a way everything I do and think is about patterns, numbers and algorithms for social situations. In a way they are based in mathematics, but not in a numbers on a page sense.
Math Teacher Gives Me Bad Grades On Purpose?
So I know that my math teacher hates me. I was late once by a second and she almost gave me detention. I don't care if she likes me or not, but now it seems like she's giving me bad grades on purpose. Like we just had a big test that took like an hour to do and I studied my review guide and everything and answered the questions just like the review guide showed me and I was positive I got an A. But she tells me my grade and I got a 55?! I have a 77 in her class which isn't right because i'm a straight A student. I got straight A's last year and an A in math too. I have all A's now except for her class. We also had a quiz the other day which I totally forgot how to do all the questions on there and I made a 0. I asked if I could redo it before I knew my grade because I knew that I made a 0, she said no but that its only a quiz and it wouldn't bring my grade down by much. Well guess what.....I had an 88 before the quiz and after it I had an 80! So she straight up lied to me right there. And to day we were doing something new and taking notes and I had to leave for a football game halfway through and we didn't start taking notes until literally 10 minutes before I had to leave. I ended up only getting a couple things on my notes before I left and then she tells me I have to do the homework. I was thinking are you f*cking serious? I don't even know how to do it! I honestly think this teacher is trying to fail me.
I suck at math. Can I still study CS and be a programmer?
If you want to study computer science, you must understand discrete mathematics.If you want to make video games, you must understand linear algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.If you want to do machine learning, you must understand statistics, probability theory, and linear algebra.If, however, you want to be a web programmer or write glue code in a Java shop, you can suck at math to your heart's content.
As a native English speaker, do you hate it when you hear foreigners speak bad English?
I can't say I'm a 'native' English speaker, but I've been speaking the language since I was born. I went to an English speaking school, I speak to my friends in English, and I've lived in and out of the UK, living in it as of now. I've pretty much fluent in in English, and while not my 'mother tongue', it is my first language, or language of choice. I've met people in the UK, and abroad who try to speak English. I don't hate them, and I don't regard them as 'idiots'. I applaud them for trying, and I remember that they know another language fluently too (while I was born speaking sinhala, I've lost track of it pretty much and have a hard time reading or writing it). Most native English speakers aren't great at other languages. They speak one of the (or generally the) most recognized and spoken language on earth and don't feel the need to learn more languages- something which modern government are working on fixing.The person who I remembered and thought about to write this answer is my maths teacher. She's from Romania I think, and while she's not the greatest speaker of English, we respect her because she's 'nearly' fluent , and she conveys what she should do, and only stumbles on small things like the placement of 'he/she', as I deduce, in Romanian, the general term of address is 'he'. If we think of her as stupid, we know we are the stupid ones, she's lived more years than we ever had, is as skilled in maths as is possible to be a teacher, so we look past her discrepancy in English and learn what she's actually trying to teach us, not worry about some stupid not-politically-correct error she made while talking to us. In general, western society is very respectful of people who try and make an effort to fit in and learn! As for those who don't respect or tolerate your lack of ability to speak English fluently - they aren't worth your time.
When I try to study math I feel bad. It's like being abandoned, or losing something important. I cannot describe it. Is there anyone here who can relate to me? And how can I get rid of that feeling?
I used to hate math, to the point of fearing it. This had a devastating effect on my overall GCE GPA. And on my first semester at university, I had to struggle to keep up with the math professor and that was not a fun experience. So I think I went through the same problem that you're going through now, and I want to help you to atleast relieve your fears.Ofcource, I decided to something about my math-phobea. I started to watch youtube videos and read up on articles to understand why this was happening. And they helped a lot!Four semesters later, I am one of the more capable students in my present maths course, and leading the section roster on total marks attained.My problem was that I lacked "previously required math knowledge", or things that I should already have known by then. In the past, I slacked off on practicing maths, and it stopped me from gaining the skills required to cope with the present situation.For example, it means if a person doesn't understand division, he won't understand fractions . Similarly if a person doesn't understand indices he won't be able to do integration - something that is immeasurably important in the university level.Khan Academy is a fantastic place to start if you want to learn simple and complex math techniques.Doing something repeatedly makes you good at it. A person who's bad at doing maths, is bad because he doesn't do it very often.In the words of Trace - "You're not bad at maths, you're just lazy" :P You'll have to be determined to complete the problems. And if you keep on doing different problems of the same kind - you'll eventually start to see patterns in the solutions.Visit Brilliant | Build your problem solving skills. - they have all sorts of easy and difficult (but fun!) math problems, that will coax you into enjoying maths.There is no secret to being good at maths.If you want to excel, you'll have to be passionate about it.The "fear of maths" is only in your mind.So as a final suggestion, I would advise you to open that book, and pick up that pen, and start solving those problems and see the numbers as your friends - not your enemies.
Why do I have to study advanced math in high school?
I too despise math. But I am taking one of the hardest math classes my school has to offer.I too often find the curriculum to have little applications and to be too abstract.But there is a purpose to it.I personally believe that every subject in school has something important to contribute to your high school education - even if that important contribution is not the subject itself.For example, English isn't all about grammar and writing skills. English is an art. It's purpose is to bridge your thinking with the outside world. It's all about communication. That's why English has so many current events tied to it. English teaches you to turn your thoughts and opinions into something others can relate to.This can be applied with other subjects: history connects us to our past and teaches us lessons, science connects our messy curiousity to order and logic, and art connects our creativity to display.But math, math connects our lazy minds to challenge. Think about it, math in itself is endless. There's so much to it. There's so much thinking involved. In a normal day, we are pretty repetitive. Math interrupts that. It hurts our brains. It makes us angry. And right when you think you understand what you're doing… something crazy pops up that throws you off completely.So when we study advanced math - even if we don't want to do anything with it - we are teaching ourselves to think. If we push ourselves hard enough, we eventually make it… only to receive something else that challenges us greater than before.I think math’s whole purpose to those who don't want a career with it is to get us to think. Whatever we do later in life we want our future generations to be able to accept a challenge, think, and move on.Just so it's clear… I still hate math.
What does is actually mean to hate?
hateHate...Hate is the feeling that is often associated with anger, but don't confuse the two, hate and anger are two very different things.Hate is often seen as just an extreme form of anger, which is sometimes true. People are driven to hate people due to the fact that the person(s) may anger them in some way. And that anger is taken very far, for whatever reason.When you hate someone, you may suffer from these symptoms...1. When you see the person your blood often pumps faster and your arms and muscles get tense. 2. An amazing ammount of dislike aimed at them, so much as you would not give a damn if they died. 3. Sometimes, you will often get the sudden urge to murder them, no matter how aware you are of the consequences. 4. (Often, but not always) Extreme anger towards the person(s)There are several things that cause people to be angry, such as... someone not understanding, not caring, doing something stupid, making loved ones (friends, family, 'special friends') upset (often a big one) Or if someone was lying to someone or talking about them behind their back.I personally hate James, that little bastard has to friggin' die...I hate lots of people...I hate people who piss me off...etc etc...