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11 Dec 2010, 10:13 am

So, I was at work the other day. I do receptionist type work.

Someone needed a really simple algerbra problem done. I was in a sh***y mood. I got REALLY happy when they requested my help.


Anyone else like this?



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11 Dec 2010, 10:20 am

Not really - I tend to feel pressured if people want help from me, especially people I don't know well. As for algebra, I haven't done any of that since I was at school, but from what I can remember it always put me in a worse mood.


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11 Dec 2010, 10:32 am

Poppycocteau wrote:
Not really - I tend to feel pressured if people want help from me, especially people I don't know well. As for algebra, I haven't done any of that since I was at school, but from what I can remember it always put me in a worse mood.


I guess it's not an aspie thing.



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11 Dec 2010, 10:57 am

We're working on the Pythagorean theorem at school (I'm in High School grade 3 of the Québec education system), it's pretty simple and nice, and it involve algebra to some degree. I always love making these small exercises...



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11 Dec 2010, 11:10 am

It always made me feel good and "more useful" when my last boss would come out to me in the shop and ask me to do some formulated math for him. He could add, subtract and figure simple percentages, but just about everything else was brought to me.


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11 Dec 2010, 11:17 am

Whenever somebody asks me a question that I know the answer to, I always feel good. It makes me feel smart and useful. I'm sure everybody feels that way.



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11 Dec 2010, 12:07 pm

I LOVE simple Algebra and YES, it makes me happy to have problems to solve. Computer programing is the same thing. I can get lost forever in these things.



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11 Dec 2010, 1:05 pm

leejosepho wrote:
It always made me feel good and "more useful" when my last boss would come out to me in the shop and ask me to do some formulated math for him. He could add, subtract and figure simple percentages, but just about everything else was brought to me.


Maybe that could be the feeling more for me. I think everyone likes to feel productive and useful....NT or Aspie.



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11 Dec 2010, 2:51 pm

Strangly enough, yes!


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11 Dec 2010, 3:24 pm

Maths always stresses me out because I suck at it, but being able to sort out computer problems or something would cheer me up.



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11 Dec 2010, 9:24 pm

Yes, I had a short stint as a remedial college math teacher (basically algebra) and it made me happy to solve problems on the board and help students.



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11 Dec 2010, 10:17 pm

gosh, i am one of the rare aspies who totally sucks at anything maths-related.



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12 Dec 2010, 1:13 am

Algebra and I are not on friendly terms. It would be more accurate to say that we are bitter enemies.

I've mentioned before that I've gone back to school, attempting to get an Associate's in computers to improve my employment opportunities. I have not had a meltdown or shutdown for a very long time - until I had to take algebra. I've had 5 or 6 pretty significant shutdowns in the past year, as well as numerous occasions where I was teetering on the brink of a shutdown, all from stress when attempting to deal with that subject. Many times this past semester, I was unable to process what was going on during the class well enough to even copy down the problems the instructor did on the board, and had to spend hours deciphering the lesson from the book.



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12 Dec 2010, 1:34 am

They do. :) I have always been fond of algebra, though not particularly math in general. I got great pleasure out of more advanced algebra--so simple, so logical, yet requiring some thought. Like a puzzle. All you have to do is find a way to make it balance.


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12 Dec 2010, 9:10 am

I really love algebra ....but what makes me really happy are surds.

I love them much more than any decimals...they feel ...dunno how to explain it - really right. They make me feel happy.



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12 Dec 2010, 10:04 am

Algebra puts me in a bad mood because I get stressed/upset trying to figure out how to do it. I only passed algebra1 because the teacher curved my grade; I failed most every single test


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