Who should I go to Prom with? + Recent Slump in Math + Rant

by shiningsunnyday, May 17, 2016, 3:11 AM

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Who should I go to Prom with? I'll post pictures and a narration afterwards! :D
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First, on a lighthearted tone, this Friday is "PROM NIGHT, and ticket sales have been going crazy! As all of you know, I'm a highly popular ladies-man and as always, there's been a flood of candidates who have been breathing down my neck daily in hopes of securing themselves a tiny piece of my consideration for a prom mate. After carefully evaluating them through an agonizing process of narrowing the candidates down, I've finally come up with 5 candidates. And you guys get to pick for me!

Please vote on the poll! :D

EDIT: I'm combining 102 and Interm CP. If you guys want me to go to prom with combo just vote for either one and I'll take their sum.

Math Slump

*Last night*

I slammed my fist on my mahogany desk in frustration, my pen having been clicked in and out for hours without ever touching the paper, my previous failed approaches intact after hours of beckoning. It's an esoteric kind of frustration, not the kind a typical teenager experiences (break ups, bad grades, etc.). No no. It was the frustration of a mathematician, the kind where the only consolation you get is from yourself. The agony of writhing in pain after having made no progress. The self-doubt. His hunger to solve a seemingly easy problem ignored. I'm sure you AoPSers know what I'm talking about.

What was the root of my slump lately? I wandered around inside my mind, trampling, writhing, seeking for enlightenment. Then I met eyes with my APUSH book.

APUSH book: *forces a shy smile*

Needless to say, it was immediately torn apart and sent to the bottom of my rubbish bin.

My math books watched me, frozen in terror, like they were concubines who watched in vain as their emperor raged in fury. The more I fuss over my math problems, the more obsessed I get, an addiction, albeit a beautiful one. I feel like I'm being whipped by the queen of the sciences everyday, and yet I enjoy it. I really ought to have some sense of decency, esp. with only 2 weeks to salvage my GPA.

That's that. Any advice for getting over slumps? Also put some sense in me, please, cause this addiction issue is getting serious... :(

Rant on life

Feel free to read it, you don't have to since its going to be a bombardment of emotions. Feel free to sympathize, comment, etc.

Rant

EDIT: Disclaimer: The rant contains some vulgar language in the form of asterisks. Feel free to skip it if you feel offended by such language.
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I like how there are 9999999 people at your school

Also, </3

Here's a cute llama to soften up your heart.
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by DeathLlama9, May 17, 2016, 3:17 AM

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NT is OP - why does nobody choose NT?

Cause geo is cool...
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by MathAwesome123, May 17, 2016, 4:22 AM

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Response to rant:

You know you are right, and you will be vindicated.

You know you are right about school being terrible for you, or else why will you hate school this vehemently? QED

That was the belief that essentially held up my perseverance and at times even my sanity during the eviler parts of school. In fact, it made me almost impenetrable to the stresses and horrors thrown at me.

Don't blame life, don't blame anyone. There's no need for that if you're right. Just turn your depression into resolve, because you can get out of this.

Thanks. That's what I've been trying to do, but after all I'm only another typical student in the school. I mean, I have a good sense of humor (at least I think I do), I can be talkative around like-minded people, and I've devoted my entire middle school years to try to act cool. It's just hard tossing away my sanity, but I guess I have to do it anyway, if I want to get out of my bed everyday.

EDIT: Vulgar language edited out. Once again, if anyone thinks my language is offensive, please tell me and I'll be more wary in the future.
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by MathAwesome123, May 18, 2016, 3:43 AM

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Why would people report your blog posts? It's not their business and you can post whatever you want on your own blog!!

*that awkward moment when a girl stands up for you*
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by Sun13, May 18, 2016, 9:31 PM

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Note: if you want to include vulgar language in your rants, you can always replace every swear word with the name of a great American novelist.

e.g.

"I don't give an Earnest Hemingway about your F. Scott Fitzgerald!"
"Well, if he doesn't stop Emily Dickinson-ing around, I think she'd probably William Faulkner it up!"

Ok
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by SantaDragon, May 19, 2016, 12:52 AM

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im sorry

by phi_ftw1618, May 21, 2016, 5:11 AM

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like seriously, don't worry about prom if your grades are already taking up your life, it'll just make you more miserable. focus on one thing and it'll be so much better. as for your math slump, when i start slumping, i like to just take a day off for myself. just mess around on the computer for the entire day. rush through my daily homework, do a marginal amount of work on projects, and then just relax. relax. relax. please. just try it. once. one day. it works wonders.

as for your rant... there's a lot i'd like to say about it. it seems like you're under a tremendous amount of stress from all your classes. i can't tell if there's even a way for you to relax because a day off would hurt you too badly in terms of grades. this is bad. this is really bad. try to find a friend to talk to.

also a moment of silence for my shift key.

by phi_ftw1618, May 21, 2016, 5:14 AM

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just let it out. talk to people. find a friend who will listen. it doesn't really matter who they are.

now in terms of your scheduling... get the homework done first. math is something that you can do whenever you have time, it fills in the gaps. it's like filling up a bowl with rocks and sand: if you pour the rocks first, you've got a much more efficient arrangement.

this is basically how i've survived up until now, and it's how i plan to survive for a while longer :)

you're already doing well by posting this on your blog. it's better out here in the wild web than inside you, threatening you. you've got all of us aopsers to rant at if you ever want to ;)

anyways

good luck
have fun
don't forget to smile

Thanks $\phi$. I've thought until now that math is the rocks and the schoolwork the sand, but the education system imposes the other way around.
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by phi_ftw1618, May 21, 2016, 5:29 AM

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yeah i was like that for a while and then realized that it simply wasn't working -- prepping for amc 10 ended up making a huge dent in my grade.

by phi_ftw1618, May 25, 2016, 12:52 AM

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darn oops I forgot about your blog for a few weeks and I've clearly been missing out

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