The Thread For Those Who Feel The Need To Share All of Their Banal Details- Page 136

[Marlene]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 8:52pm

Actually one of the English teacher is advocating that AP English be offered in our school. (Not as an actual class, but they want to run several workshops after school to prepare for the test.) So that people can get AP credit for it...and say they self studied, I guess. I wanted to take it this year with the class (which I'm actually glad I'm not at this current moment in time), and allegedly my English teacher tried to have us take the test in another HS, but in the end it just didn't happen because our principal didn't want to ask for a favor.

Calc worries me because I get it, but I don't really get it, but in the end it's Math B stuff that is coming back to haunt me. I have that class with your brother actually...makes me happy that I didn't follow what I was actually programmed for freshman year...or I'd be in AP Calc right now.

I was part of the Math A fiasco year. Considering that I didn't have a graphing calculator during the test, manually worked out those damned parabolas and everything...didn't think too much of it until it was on newspaper headlines that said a lot of HS kids failed...it sort of gave me a reason to be incessantly cocky in math. 8th grade, helllloooo! Then I'm reminded of my zoned HS and I have a reality check. (But out of the 70-ish kids who took it in my middle school, I don't think we had more than like 5 fail the exam...but I do know that the specialized science HS were a b*tch and didn't transfer the credits, except for Stuy if I am not mistaken.)

Must study for APUSH. I'm just excited that I don't have to get up at 6am tomorrow since I'm not going to school.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 8:56pm

Marlene, that's exactly how I felt about Calculus; I got what to DO, but I didn't get IT; I didn't understand very well why I was doing what I was doing, and that frustrated me so. so. much. I spent hours and days constantly getting extra help. It paid off, though; I got a four.

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 8:57pm

Yeah, a lot of the times in math I'm doing a problem but I don't really understand what I'm doing, or the point of doing it.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 9:18pm

Math + me= not good.

Mel, I LVOE your avatar.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 9:49pm

This project is making me want to rip my hair out; I really should have thought about it sooner.

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:18pm

Okay, so I'm having a sort of friend issue. Maybe. See, I've been friendly with a girl all of this year, and we're in lots of classes together, but recently, we've become really close. We're in a play together, went to Costa Rica and hung out a lot there, etc,etc,etc. She has a really good friend who I'm also friends with, but not as close to. They've been sort of inseparable for a while, and now I've sort of...joined their group, I guess. The only thing is that I think the other friend (who I'm not as close to) is feeling left out, even though we're not leaving her out of anything at all. She's in the same play as me and my other friend, and we do stuff together, but I think she's scared she's losing her good friend to me, and I don't know what to do about that. I mean, I always include her in everything, but it seems like my good friend is acting a little harsh towards her. I don't want to cause problems, but I can't help that I clicked more with one than with the other. So, I don't know if I should say anything or not, because it might just be my overactive imagination or me being too observant and making assumptions.

ETA: I apologize if that was not at all coherent.

Updated On: 5/2/06 at 10:18 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:21pm

aww, Elphie. That's a really tough situation, I'm sorry.

If it were me, I think I would want to say something; that way, if it's just a figment of your imagination, you can learn that and put your worry to rest. If the feelings are real, then you can deal with them, rather than having to tip-toe around the issue.

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:22pm

Hmm. My only advice is: beware of friendship trios. They are almost always BAD news. Someone always feels left out.

I know that wasn't really helpful at all. Sorry. I've had a lot of friendships where I was part of a group of 3, and they always deteriorated. I've never really learned how to make it work...I hope you do.

Updated On: 5/2/06 at 10:22 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:28pm

I don't think you CAN make them work; like you said, it's almost inevitable that stronger twosome bonds are going to form than the overall trio bond is going to be.

[Chloe]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:31pm

I have a group of four friends, and that seems much more stable. If two pair off for a while, there are two left to do things together.

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:36pm

I've never had a real group of friends. Most of my friends are from different groups, and very few are friends with my other friends. It's strange.

I've decided that I'll do some of a practice AP English test, come on the computer for a few minutes as a reward, go back to studying, etc. It's pathetic, but I'm trying to use my internet addiction to my advantage.

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:38pm

Thanks, guys. *sigh* I'll try to figure this out.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:40pm

I've never had a real group of friends. Most of my friends are from different groups, and very few are friends with my other friends. It's strange.

Same here.

Good luck, Elphie. :-/

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:42pm

aw, thank you. :)

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:43pm

I only have like one or two good friends. Everyone else, I'll just eat lunch with them and such. There's like...no lifelong bond there.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:44pm

Lexi, I've tried that many times ("okay, for each paragraph of this paper that I finish, I can go look at one website!"), with varying results.

[insomniak]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:45pm

If you can do that, siamese, I commend your willpower. I'm terrible with that strategy.

Elphie, I'm sorry about that. It's a very sticky situation. If you feel comfortable with the other girl, maybe you could talk to her and tell her that you're not trying to interfere. Let her know that you enjoy her company too and that you won't take away all of your mutual friend's time. It might help her feel less like her friendship is being threatened (not that anyone would ever really feel hostile towards you).


Updated On: 5/2/06 at 10:45 PM

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:48pm

I had a pretty defined group of friends in high school, with a best friend that quickly came out of that group. It's much easier to see who my real friends are from that group now that we're separated by distance. It's definitely interesting.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:50pm

I hear, even from my closest friends that came out of high school (with the exception of one), only on very rare occasion. It's strange, and kind of disappointing, after spending so long with these people.

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:52pm

Going to four different schools in the span of 12 years, with people living in different boroughs - made friendships hard to begin with. Maintaining friendships was always taxing, and that's why it was so easy for them to drift away.

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:53pm

I'm only close with a very few people at my school, and friendly with almost everyone else.

It's just...this second girl...I think she's trying to become closer to me, as well, but it's in ways that are annoying me. Like, if we're sitting next to eachother in class, she might lean over and write something on my paper, like a message or my name or something. And, I like her a lot, but this just kind of annoys me, because she does it right in the middle of class, and it's sort of an invasion of my personal space.

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:55pm

Hee, Elphie, you wouldn't like sitting next to me in a class then.

[Bohemian1232]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:56pm

I've had so many convenience relationships. Just about the day that I left my old school, all of my friendships ended.

[insomniak]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 11:00pm

Elphie, maybe you could just say something like "I'm sorry, but I'm trying to take notes on that right now, can we talk later?"

I think I know what you mean about annoying little quirks, though. You probably can't avoid them all, but maybe you can do something for some of them?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/2/06 at 11:03pm

Yes, if she's bugging you in class, you should let her know; I mean, does she know it bugs you? You can let her know nicely. (That would bug me, too.)