~The Council Of Youngers of BYC! (COY)~

[WooingWyandotte]

you have officially become the adult you have always wanted to be~!

Haha! No, I'm not all I dreamed of. But the coffee part is great.

 

[ducklingsweety]

Haha! No, I'm not all I dreamed of. But the coffee part is great.

i'm just happy to get some tiny amount of respect

 

[WooingWyandotte]

i'm just happy to get some tiny amount of respect

What do you mean? On BYC?

 

[ducklingsweety]

What do you mean? On BYC?

yup

 

[WooingWyandotte]

yup

Well don't get too offended. A lot of "misunderstandings" can happen on the internet, because all you can see are words. You hear no tone of voice, see no body language or facial expressions; which is mainly how we as humans interact. I understand where your coming from though.

So do you have ducks? Your username suggests you might...but you never know!

 

[eenie114]

Well don't get too offended. A lot of "misunderstandings" can happen on the internet, because all you can see are words. You hear no tone of voice, see no body language or facial expressions; which is mainly how we as humans interact. I understand where your coming from though.

So do you have ducks? Your username suggests you might...but you never know!

Assuming positive intent is a powerful thing. Even if the person in question did, in fact, have negative intent, assuming positive intent on their part does wonders for our own state of mind.

 

[Fierlin1182]

Fierlin, I know somebody studying chemical engineering... You guys amaze me. I can't imagine being able to fit that kind of information in my head. Bravo! I shall sit here and be amazed, feeling pathetic and highschool-y.

So far the coursework is pretty much a reiteration of what I've been doing at school for the past two years, so it's not particularly challenging as of yet. I start geology and one of the specific courses later though, so I'll have to find some space in my brain to put those.

Yesterday in maths we did a proof of why the square root of 2 is irrational. It was pretty interesting.
The lecturer is like the king of maths nerds, giggling to himself as he talked about sets and the properties of real numbers. It was adorable.

You'll be done with school soon, right? What are you going to do afterwards? High school was hard enough, I certainly didn't have as much free time as I do now. So not pathetic, lol.

 

[eenie114]

So far the coursework is pretty much a reiteration of what I've been doing at school for the past two years, so it's not particularly challenging as of yet.

I start geology and one of the specific courses later though, so I'll have to find some space in my brain to put those.

Yesterday in maths we did a proof of why the square root of 2 is irrational. It was pretty interesting.
The lecturer is like the king of maths nerds, giggling to himself as he talked about sets and the properties of real numbers. It was adorable.

You'll be done with school soon, right? What are you going to do afterwards? High school was hard enough, I certainly didn't have as much free time as I do now. So not pathetic, lol.

Because it is! There! All done! No questions asked!

<----- How I rationalize numbers.

Eh, I've got my senior year left. (I think you call it year 12?) I'm at that spot where all you want is to get ouuuut and you still seem to have so far to go. But I'm at least still starting to feel like I'm moving forward, after taking the ACT. Made me feel all upperclassman-y and crud.

 

[Fierlin1182]

Assuming positive intent is a powerful thing. Even if the person in question did, in fact, have negative intent, assuming positive intent on their part does wonders for our own state of mind.

Good point! It's always possible to control one's reactions to events. Taking anything well, positive or negative, leaves good impressions on others. Most people like to hang out with that person who can overlook a minor transgression and deal positively with a bigger one. Respect yourself first of all!

 

[Fierlin1182]

So far the coursework is pretty much a reiteration of what I've been doing at school for the past two years, so it's not particularly challenging as of yet. I start geology and one of the specific courses later though, so I'll have to find some space in my brain to put those.

Yesterday in maths we did a proof of why the square root of 2 is irrational. It was pretty interesting.

The lecturer is like the king of maths nerds, giggling to himself as he talked about sets and the properties of real numbers. It was adorable.


You'll be done with school soon, right? What are you going to do afterwards? High school was hard enough, I certainly didn't have as much free time as I do now. So not pathetic, lol.

Because it is! There! All done! No questions asked! <----- How I rationalize numbers. 

 Eh, I've got my senior year left. (I think you call it year 12?) I'm at that spot where all you want is to get ouuuut and you still seem to have so far to go.  But I'm at least still starting to feel like I'm moving forward, after taking the ACT. Made me feel all upperclassman-y and crud.

lol, that's what I was thinking when in chemistry we were given some ear-bashing about why Van der Waals forces increase with molecular mass. My answer: BECAUSE THEY DO.

You wanna know though? If a number is rational it can be represented by a fraction m/n where m and n are both integers and have no common factors besides 1 and -1.
However if you take "sqrt2 = m/n" (square root of 2 as a fraction) and do some rearranging, you'll arrive at a contradictory answer, and therefore the conclusion is that no such fraction can be reached and therefore square root of 2 is irrational.

I'd write the whole thing out but it's kind of impossible to do fractions and powers here without it looking ridiculous, lol.

Well you're almost there! The last year is always the best round here, at my school the year 12s have their own common room, and get to do a run through the school grounds making lots of miscallaneous noise at the end of the year. There are lots of fun year 12 events to be silly in. (Exams not included.) Do you guys have any of that?