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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Would this be career suicide? |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2009, 10:00 am
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| Thanks for the advice everyone:)) Sorry for the late reply, my computer is being repaired so I don't have a lot of computer access. A lot of what you said was echoed by my sister when I asked her whether I'd be too old to keep on studying after I hit 26 or so. And I think you're right about getting ... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Procrastination |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2009, 8:29 am
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| Another tip is to do some work at the library. Or spend any hours in between classes (or if the first class of the day starts late, get in early (e.g. 8-9am)) at the library. Bring homework for one or two subjects with you and try to do as much as a you can in that time. I find working at the librar... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Learning Japanese Without Taking Classes? |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2009, 5:25 am
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Replies: 14
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| I've just started to teach myself. My strategy is to follow 'Khatuzomoto's' advice over at http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/about . A lot of it rings true to me, though I'm not sure I'll take it as far as he has at the moment (I'm still mentally preparing). - I've downloaded a lot of podcas... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Who started classes this week? |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2009, 3:12 pm
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| I started last week, so far I've understood very little of what's been taught in lectures and very little of what's written in the books we're supposed to read:\ I haven't made any friends yet, some people have approached me but I quickly forget their faces. The only way I was able to recognize this... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Would this be career suicide? |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2009, 3:27 am
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| Before I start, I know I still have yearrrrs to think about this, but I'm worrying about it now so I want to figure things out :P I've had some rough years in highschool , and so it took a bit longer to graduate than most other people ( a delay of 2 years ). After highschool I made a huge mistake , ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you ever tried to change your own persona? |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2009, 3:52 pm
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Replies: 18
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I tried to be more relaxed about stuff and to 'let go' of things and to not worry all the time.
Big mistake.
Everything went wrong after that. And everything still goes wrong whenever I try to approach something in an easygoing/care free manner. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Wanting to change. [sorry for the long, tedious post] |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2009, 1:55 pm
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| Thank you so much for your input! I'm usually able to have semi-normal conversations with friends too, though there's always a slight feeling of 'akwardness'. Most of my highschool friends have ditched me since I got behind a grade and some I chose to stop seeing as they were merely using me (it too... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Wanting to change. [sorry for the long, tedious post] |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2009, 1:10 pm
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| I might as well give it a shot, as right now I'm feeling quite miserable. I haven't been truly happy for at least 7 years. And it's NOT depression that's making me this way. A change in attitude or lifestyle isn't always bad, right? It make me feel completely useless, knowing that I too could go out... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone else here have this communication problem? |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2009, 1:05 pm
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Replies: 20
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True:\
Which is why I mostly use it when talking to professors at uni/people I'll only meet once in my liftime.
I'm guessing my peers/non friends would look at me in a really weird way if I talked to them like that. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Wanting to change. [sorry for the long, tedious post] |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2009, 1:00 pm
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| Yup, as the title suggests, I want to change >_< I'm really tired of what I have become over the years. I'm stuck in an eternal 'woe-is-me' phase. Here's why: 1. I don't have 'a life'. I have no friends. Don't go out, don't participate in a sport etc. 2. My social skills are horrible. I'm a master a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone else here have this communication problem? |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2009, 12:25 pm
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| I don't always understand people as a lot of the words get blocked out (especially in noisier places or when the conversation is long/abstract) but usually when I try to talk, my words come out really weird. Like my brain decided to chop up the sentences coming out of my mouth and put them in a rand... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you hate the smell of cleaner/most perfume? |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2009, 12:13 pm
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| I mostly have this with perfumes (i kinda like the smell of cleaning detergent:P). I really WISH I could like perfume, but I don't:\ I could never wear any 'cause the smell really starts to bother me fairly quickly. I especially hate walking behind someone who reeks of perfume, or when someone walks... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does Anyone Else Find Themselves Wasting Time? |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2009, 12:09 pm
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| same here:\ I think it's mostly fear of not being able to do what I'm supposed to do. E.g. I have to summarize 2 chapters of this really daunting book (it takes me 30 minutes just to read - not understand- 10 pages). And there's going to be a grade attached to it, 1/10th of my final grade. I'm reall... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Netbook |
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Posted: 28 Aug 2009, 3:28 pm
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Replies: 21
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phenylalaline, one of my favourite words 
I first noticed it written on a packet of breath fresheners (those weird paper thin mint thnig that were all the rage some time ago) when I was 8^_- |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Netbook |
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Posted: 28 Aug 2009, 6:12 am
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Replies: 21
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| "Well technically , it's not a laptop, it's a netbook.." :lol: It sounds like something I would have said. Same here. Which annoys people and they're always like: yah...we don't care. :P E.g. a discussion about artificial sweeteners: Girl: Oh yeah I heard they're really bad for you, what were they ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Self-help books for AS students... |
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Posted: 28 Aug 2009, 6:05 am
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Replies: 9
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Ah! Thanks so much. I will definitely check them out (once I have money again:P).
I guess I was just using the wrong keywords to find the right books. |
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