The Confessional

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[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
I live in constant fear of being fired from my current workplace, because this is the longest I’ve ever worked in one place by a wide margin, and I’m suspicious as to why the boss keeps me there. I already know that I constantly anger my boss and upper hierarchy co-workers by being too slow, and I expect the only reason I’m still here is because he is at an impasse and he can’t find anyone far better this time of year that is both unemployed and willing to fill my position. I’m in limbo there and I’m not entirely sure whether that’s a blessing or a curse.[/quote]

  1. Work faster.

  2. Work on your self-esteem.[/quote]

Yeah, my issue is that I find it hard to get the balance right between speed and efficiency, wherein I either take a hell of a long time to do something and get it halfway decent or I rush through and leave it as still kind of a shitty mess as it was to begin with. I try to volunteer about 30 minutes/1 hour either way outside of my hours so the damage is minimised and I can run through quicker during actual work periods, but I’m not really allowed to do that.[/quote]

That must at least show them your sincerity and seriousness.

I’d keep an employee who did that.[/quote]

Mmm, one or two of my coworkers like me because of it, and they’ll tell me my biggest fuck ups from the night before that I overlooked so if my boss checks back up on the same thing without telling me about it in between he won’t get quite so pissed off, that kind of helps to keep me hanging on.

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[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
I live in constant fear of being fired from my current workplace, because this is the longest I’ve ever worked in one place by a wide margin, and I’m suspicious as to why the boss keeps me there. I already know that I constantly anger my boss and upper hierarchy co-workers by being too slow, and I expect the only reason I’m still here is because he is at an impasse and he can’t find anyone far better this time of year that is both unemployed and willing to fill my position. I’m in limbo there and I’m not entirely sure whether that’s a blessing or a curse.[/quote]

  1. Work faster.

  2. Work on your self-esteem.[/quote]

Yeah, my issue is that I find it hard to get the balance right between speed and efficiency, wherein I either take a hell of a long time to do something and get it halfway decent or I rush through and leave it as still kind of a shitty mess as it was to begin with. I try to volunteer about 30 minutes/1 hour either way outside of my hours so the damage is minimised and I can run through quicker during actual work periods, but I’m not really allowed to do that.[/quote]

That must at least show them your sincerity and seriousness.

I’d keep an employee who did that.[/quote]

There is also the whole “well, at least he can’t complain when we keep him a perpetual staff” side of it too.

We all need grinders, and I’ll take a slow grinder that understands his or her weakness, over an ambitious person with equally irritating tendencies.

Kahuna, if they are comfortable and you are comfortable, don’t mess up a good thing worrying about things you can’t control. Try to get a little bit better everyday, and don’t ask for raises you don’t deserve, keep your mouth shut, nose down and grind. You should be fine.

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[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
I live in constant fear of being fired from my current workplace, because this is the longest I’ve ever worked in one place by a wide margin, and I’m suspicious as to why the boss keeps me there. I already know that I constantly anger my boss and upper hierarchy co-workers by being too slow, and I expect the only reason I’m still here is because he is at an impasse and he can’t find anyone far better this time of year that is both unemployed and willing to fill my position. I’m in limbo there and I’m not entirely sure whether that’s a blessing or a curse.[/quote]

  1. Work faster.

  2. Work on your self-esteem.[/quote]

Yeah, my issue is that I find it hard to get the balance right between speed and efficiency, wherein I either take a hell of a long time to do something and get it halfway decent or I rush through and leave it as still kind of a shitty mess as it was to begin with. I try to volunteer about 30 minutes/1 hour either way outside of my hours so the damage is minimised and I can run through quicker during actual work periods, but I’m not really allowed to do that.[/quote]

That must at least show them your sincerity and seriousness.

I’d keep an employee who did that.[/quote]

There is also the whole “well, at least he can’t complain when we keep him a perpetual staff” side of it too.

We all need grinders, and I’ll take a slow grinder that understands his or her weakness, over an ambitious person with equally irritating tendencies.

Kahuna, if they are comfortable and you are comfortable, don’t mess up a good thing worrying about things you can’t control. Try to get a little bit better everyday, and don’t ask for raises you don’t deserve, keep your mouth shut, nose down and grind. You should be fine. [/quote]

Agreed. Has to be according to the workplace.

However I will take someone who is more accurate than inaccurate no matter of time. Personality has something to do with my job.

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[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

Then I dropped 100 pounds due to catching her with someone else.
[/quote]

That must be the “Bitch Cheated on Me Diet” I’ve heard about.

Seems quite effective.

[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Long story.[/quote]

And an interesting one, I’m sure! :-)[/quote]

Not really. Pretty basic psych 101. I was an overweight kid, had white knight syndrome in a codependent relationship.

[/quote]

That’s one hell of a statement there, D.

So, you’ve clearly come a ways.[/quote]

Hey man you know who I am in real life and who I am married to. If you are unwilling to honestly look at your life and not admit to your own faults and shortcomings then you are never going to grow as a man.

I have one really close friend (besides the wife) in my life, Doogie. He has known me since I was 15 years old. He will confirm I am one of the most goal oriented, stubborn, driven individuals he has ever met. I have had some awesome influences in my life that I listened to when I was growing up, and that was well into my 20’s.

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
I live in constant fear of being fired from my current workplace, because this is the longest I’ve ever worked in one place by a wide margin, and I’m suspicious as to why the boss keeps me there. I already know that I constantly anger my boss and upper hierarchy co-workers by being too slow, and I expect the only reason I’m still here is because he is at an impasse and he can’t find anyone far better this time of year that is both unemployed and willing to fill my position. I’m in limbo there and I’m not entirely sure whether that’s a blessing or a curse.[/quote]

  1. Work faster.

  2. Work on your self-esteem.[/quote]

Yeah, my issue is that I find it hard to get the balance right between speed and efficiency, wherein I either take a hell of a long time to do something and get it halfway decent or I rush through and leave it as still kind of a shitty mess as it was to begin with. I try to volunteer about 30 minutes/1 hour either way outside of my hours so the damage is minimised and I can run through quicker during actual work periods, but I’m not really allowed to do that.[/quote]

That must at least show them your sincerity and seriousness.

I’d keep an employee who did that.[/quote]

There is also the whole “well, at least he can’t complain when we keep him a perpetual staff” side of it too.

We all need grinders, and I’ll take a slow grinder that understands his or her weakness, over an ambitious person with equally irritating tendencies.

Kahuna, if they are comfortable and you are comfortable, don’t mess up a good thing worrying about things you can’t control. Try to get a little bit better everyday, and don’t ask for raises you don’t deserve, keep your mouth shut, nose down and grind. You should be fine. [/quote]

Agreed. Has to be according to the workplace.

However I will take someone who is more accurate than inaccurate no matter of time. Personality has something to do with my job. [/quote]

I think I’ll start to compile a list of top priority areas for each workday, and see if it puts me in a better flow of maintenance through and after the following week to keep my head above water, and maybe come up with some other plan if it backfires on me. Thanks for the tips guys, maybe I can get on the right track soon.

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[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
I live in constant fear of being fired from my current workplace, because this is the longest I’ve ever worked in one place by a wide margin, and I’m suspicious as to why the boss keeps me there. I already know that I constantly anger my boss and upper hierarchy co-workers by being too slow, and I expect the only reason I’m still here is because he is at an impasse and he can’t find anyone far better this time of year that is both unemployed and willing to fill my position. I’m in limbo there and I’m not entirely sure whether that’s a blessing or a curse.[/quote]

  1. Work faster.

  2. Work on your self-esteem.[/quote]

Yeah, my issue is that I find it hard to get the balance right between speed and efficiency, wherein I either take a hell of a long time to do something and get it halfway decent or I rush through and leave it as still kind of a shitty mess as it was to begin with. I try to volunteer about 30 minutes/1 hour either way outside of my hours so the damage is minimised and I can run through quicker during actual work periods, but I’m not really allowed to do that.[/quote]

That must at least show them your sincerity and seriousness.

I’d keep an employee who did that.[/quote]

There is also the whole “well, at least he can’t complain when we keep him a perpetual staff” side of it too.

We all need grinders, and I’ll take a slow grinder that understands his or her weakness, over an ambitious person with equally irritating tendencies.

Kahuna, if they are comfortable and you are comfortable, don’t mess up a good thing worrying about things you can’t control. Try to get a little bit better everyday, and don’t ask for raises you don’t deserve, keep your mouth shut, nose down and grind. You should be fine. [/quote]

Agreed. Has to be according to the workplace.

However I will take someone who is more accurate than inaccurate no matter of time. Personality has something to do with my job. [/quote]

I think I’ll start to compile a list of top priority areas for each workday, and see if it puts me in a better flow of maintenance through and after the following week to keep my head above water, and maybe come up with some other plan if it backfires on me. Thanks for the tips guys, maybe I can get on the right track soon.[/quote]

What I find a lot of people cannot do is prioritize or delegate. Everything is #1 priority. This is just not the case.

Reading the landscape and knowing your job takes some time.

How long that takes is what determines if I fire someone or not.

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

I think I’ll start to compile a list of top priority areas for each workday, and see if it puts me in a better flow of maintenance through and after the following week to keep my head above water, and maybe come up with some other plan if it backfires on me. Thanks for the tips guys, maybe I can get on the right track soon.[/quote]

What I find a lot of people cannot do is prioritize or delegate. Everything is #1 priority. This is just not the case.

Reading the landscape and knowing your job takes some time.

How long that takes is what determines if I fire someone or not. [/quote]

Here is what I would do:

Make lists
First list - What is expected of me (ask superiors if you are unsure)
Second List - What parts of list 1 and I good at
Third List - What parts of list 1 am I bad at

Then I would make sure I got very much and consistently better at the things on list 2, while trying to improve list 3. If you can grow list 2 beyond things that are on list 1, while maintaining (or shrinking) list 3’s size, you’ll be the type of person people like to keep around.

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Just made chocolate chip banana bread.
Pooped over a park bench drunk one night.
My chi factor is now level.

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[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

I think I’ll start to compile a list of top priority areas for each workday, and see if it puts me in a better flow of maintenance through and after the following week to keep my head above water, and maybe come up with some other plan if it backfires on me. Thanks for the tips guys, maybe I can get on the right track soon.[/quote]

What I find a lot of people cannot do is prioritize or delegate. Everything is #1 priority. This is just not the case.

Reading the landscape and knowing your job takes some time.

How long that takes is what determines if I fire someone or not. [/quote]

Here is what I would do:

Make lists
First list - What is expected of me (ask superiors if you are unsure)
Second List - What parts of list 1 and I good at
Third List - What parts of list 1 am I bad at

Then I would make sure I got very much and consistently better at the things on list 2, while trying to improve list 3. If you can grow list 2 beyond things that are on list 1, while maintaining (or shrinking) list 3’s size, you’ll be the type of person people like to keep around. [/quote]

That sounds like a brilliant idea, I’ll get to work on that in the morning when I have a couple of hours to put it all together and see if I can plan ahead with it.

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[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:

[quote]illadelphia91 wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:

[quote]DirtyM wrote:

Cheated like crazy to pass chemistry so I could graduate high school. I couldn’t balance an equation if you put a gun to my head.

[/quote]

Dear God me too. I was very good at math and physics, yet my brain could not comprehend chemistry at all.
I knew I was fucked in grade 12 when I was supposed to draw the diagram of two atoms bonding and I checked the valence electrons and it was a high number so I ended up drawing about 56 hydrogen atoms bonded to it and just knew that that can’t be right.[/quote]
I LOVE chemistry (I majored in college)
and I HATE studying biology!
[/quote]

Haha, l loved bio and chemistry, but I hated everything but kinematics in physics. I’ve taken Calc I, II, and III so i enjoy math to, but learning about stuff like circuits just didnt make sense to me.
[/quote]

I actually like chemistry in high school and did well at it but when I took chem 1 in college I was no bueno. Later on, when I took it post graduation as a pre-req for grad school I found I enjoyed it again. I actually disliked most of physics even though I majored in it.[/quote]
All of you. Get out.[/quote]
oh geez.
you need chemistry more than chemistry needs you.

632

Lately I’ve been angry or sad, rarely am I happy or even content.

633

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:

[quote]illadelphia91 wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:

[quote]DirtyM wrote:

Cheated like crazy to pass chemistry so I could graduate high school. I couldn’t balance an equation if you put a gun to my head.

[/quote]

Dear God me too. I was very good at math and physics, yet my brain could not comprehend chemistry at all.
I knew I was fucked in grade 12 when I was supposed to draw the diagram of two atoms bonding and I checked the valence electrons and it was a high number so I ended up drawing about 56 hydrogen atoms bonded to it and just knew that that can’t be right.[/quote]
I LOVE chemistry (I majored in college)
and I HATE studying biology!
[/quote]

Haha, l loved bio and chemistry, but I hated everything but kinematics in physics. I’ve taken Calc I, II, and III so i enjoy math to, but learning about stuff like circuits just didnt make sense to me.
[/quote]

I actually like chemistry in high school and did well at it but when I took chem 1 in college I was no bueno. Later on, when I took it post graduation as a pre-req for grad school I found I enjoyed it again. I actually disliked most of physics even though I majored in it.[/quote]
All of you. Get out.[/quote]
oh geez.
you need chemistry more than chemistry needs you.[/quote]
You think I posted that because some of you like chemistry?

635

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:

[quote]illadelphia91 wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:

[quote]DirtyM wrote:

Cheated like crazy to pass chemistry so I could graduate high school. I couldn’t balance an equation if you put a gun to my head.

[/quote]

Dear God me too. I was very good at math and physics, yet my brain could not comprehend chemistry at all.
I knew I was fucked in grade 12 when I was supposed to draw the diagram of two atoms bonding and I checked the valence electrons and it was a high number so I ended up drawing about 56 hydrogen atoms bonded to it and just knew that that can’t be right.[/quote]
I LOVE chemistry (I majored in college)
and I HATE studying biology!
[/quote]

Haha, l loved bio and chemistry, but I hated everything but kinematics in physics. I’ve taken Calc I, II, and III so i enjoy math to, but learning about stuff like circuits just didnt make sense to me.
[/quote]

I actually like chemistry in high school and did well at it but when I took chem 1 in college I was no bueno. Later on, when I took it post graduation as a pre-req for grad school I found I enjoyed it again. I actually disliked most of physics even though I majored in it.[/quote]
All of you. Get out.[/quote]
oh geez.
you need chemistry more than chemistry needs you.[/quote]
You think I posted that because some of you like chemistry?[/quote]of course

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[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:

[quote]illadelphia91 wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:

[quote]DirtyM wrote:

Cheated like crazy to pass chemistry so I could graduate high school. I couldn’t balance an equation if you put a gun to my head.

[/quote]

Dear God me too. I was very good at math and physics, yet my brain could not comprehend chemistry at all.
I knew I was fucked in grade 12 when I was supposed to draw the diagram of two atoms bonding and I checked the valence electrons and it was a high number so I ended up drawing about 56 hydrogen atoms bonded to it and just knew that that can’t be right.[/quote]
I LOVE chemistry (I majored in college)
and I HATE studying biology!
[/quote]

Haha, l loved bio and chemistry, but I hated everything but kinematics in physics. I’ve taken Calc I, II, and III so i enjoy math to, but learning about stuff like circuits just didnt make sense to me.
[/quote]

I actually like chemistry in high school and did well at it but when I took chem 1 in college I was no bueno. Later on, when I took it post graduation as a pre-req for grad school I found I enjoyed it again. I actually disliked most of physics even though I majored in it.[/quote]
All of you. Get out.[/quote]
oh geez.
you need chemistry more than chemistry needs you.[/quote]
You think I posted that because some of you like chemistry?[/quote]
of course
[/quote]

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[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:

[quote]illadelphia91 wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:

[quote]DirtyM wrote:

Cheated like crazy to pass chemistry so I could graduate high school. I couldn’t balance an equation if you put a gun to my head.

[/quote]

Dear God me too. I was very good at math and physics, yet my brain could not comprehend chemistry at all.
I knew I was fucked in grade 12 when I was supposed to draw the diagram of two atoms bonding and I checked the valence electrons and it was a high number so I ended up drawing about 56 hydrogen atoms bonded to it and just knew that that can’t be right.[/quote]
I LOVE chemistry (I majored in college)
and I HATE studying biology!
[/quote]

Haha, l loved bio and chemistry, but I hated everything but kinematics in physics. I’ve taken Calc I, II, and III so i enjoy math to, but learning about stuff like circuits just didnt make sense to me.
[/quote]

I actually like chemistry in high school and did well at it but when I took chem 1 in college I was no bueno. Later on, when I took it post graduation as a pre-req for grad school I found I enjoyed it again. I actually disliked most of physics even though I majored in it.[/quote]
All of you. Get out.[/quote]
oh geez.
you need chemistry more than chemistry needs you.[/quote]
You think I posted that because some of you like chemistry?[/quote]
of course
[/quote]

bullshit. no none can hate the illadelphia abs

638

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:

[quote]illadelphia91 wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:

[quote]DirtyM wrote:

Cheated like crazy to pass chemistry so I could graduate high school. I couldn’t balance an equation if you put a gun to my head.

[/quote]

Dear God me too. I was very good at math and physics, yet my brain could not comprehend chemistry at all.
I knew I was fucked in grade 12 when I was supposed to draw the diagram of two atoms bonding and I checked the valence electrons and it was a high number so I ended up drawing about 56 hydrogen atoms bonded to it and just knew that that can’t be right.[/quote]
I LOVE chemistry (I majored in college)
and I HATE studying biology!
[/quote]

Haha, l loved bio and chemistry, but I hated everything but kinematics in physics. I’ve taken Calc I, II, and III so i enjoy math to, but learning about stuff like circuits just didnt make sense to me.
[/quote]

I actually like chemistry in high school and did well at it but when I took chem 1 in college I was no bueno. Later on, when I took it post graduation as a pre-req for grad school I found I enjoyed it again. I actually disliked most of physics even though I majored in it.[/quote]
All of you. Get out.[/quote]
oh geez.
you need chemistry more than chemistry needs you.[/quote]
You think I posted that because some of you like chemistry?[/quote]
of course
[/quote]
That is why you fail - YouTube [/quote]
bullshit. no none can hate the illadelphia abs
[/quote]
went from lukewarm to cold
YOU ARE FAILING! - YouTube
c’mon mayne

639

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:

[quote]illadelphia91 wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:

[quote]DirtyM wrote:

Cheated like crazy to pass chemistry so I could graduate high school. I couldn’t balance an equation if you put a gun to my head.

[/quote]

Dear God me too. I was very good at math and physics, yet my brain could not comprehend chemistry at all.
I knew I was fucked in grade 12 when I was supposed to draw the diagram of two atoms bonding and I checked the valence electrons and it was a high number so I ended up drawing about 56 hydrogen atoms bonded to it and just knew that that can’t be right.[/quote]
I LOVE chemistry (I majored in college)
and I HATE studying biology!
[/quote]

Haha, l loved bio and chemistry, but I hated everything but kinematics in physics. I’ve taken Calc I, II, and III so i enjoy math to, but learning about stuff like circuits just didnt make sense to me.
[/quote]

I actually like chemistry in high school and did well at it but when I took chem 1 in college I was no bueno. Later on, when I took it post graduation as a pre-req for grad school I found I enjoyed it again. I actually disliked most of physics even though I majored in it.[/quote]
All of you. Get out.[/quote]
oh geez.
you need chemistry more than chemistry needs you.[/quote]
You think I posted that because some of you like chemistry?[/quote]
of course
[/quote]
That is why you fail - YouTube [/quote]
bullshit. no none can hate the illadelphia abs
[/quote]
went from lukewarm to cold
YOU ARE FAILING! - YouTube
c’mon mayne[/quote]
this is turning into facebook. tell us what you meant

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[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:

[quote]illadelphia91 wrote:

[quote]CircaThursday wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:

[quote]DirtyM wrote:

Cheated like crazy to pass chemistry so I could graduate high school. I couldn’t balance an equation if you put a gun to my head.

[/quote]

Dear God me too. I was very good at math and physics, yet my brain could not comprehend chemistry at all.
I knew I was fucked in grade 12 when I was supposed to draw the diagram of two atoms bonding and I checked the valence electrons and it was a high number so I ended up drawing about 56 hydrogen atoms bonded to it and just knew that that can’t be right.[/quote]
I LOVE chemistry (I majored in college)
and I HATE studying biology!
[/quote]

Haha, l loved bio and chemistry, but I hated everything but kinematics in physics. I’ve taken Calc I, II, and III so i enjoy math to, but learning about stuff like circuits just didnt make sense to me.
[/quote]

I actually like chemistry in high school and did well at it but when I took chem 1 in college I was no bueno. Later on, when I took it post graduation as a pre-req for grad school I found I enjoyed it again. I actually disliked most of physics even though I majored in it.[/quote]
All of you. Get out.[/quote]
oh geez.
you need chemistry more than chemistry needs you.[/quote]
You think I posted that because some of you like chemistry?[/quote]
of course
[/quote]
That is why you fail - YouTube [/quote]
bullshit. no none can hate the illadelphia abs
[/quote]
went from lukewarm to cold
YOU ARE FAILING! - YouTube
c’mon mayne[/quote]
this is turning into facebook. tell us what you meant[/quote]
If I were to partition my response, the motif for each partition would be my aggregate superiority. Obviously in jest. Jest, I say.