Farewell, Straight Dope; I'm leaving you.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Hah. Just kidding. You ain’t getting rid of me that easily.

But I did just start school full-time. Here’s the old thread. They expect you to like, talk to your classmates. In meaningful, substantive ways. And by substantive, I mean APA-standard cites. Argh!

I’m going to have to hang out in my classroom more than here!

Good news for some of you. Meaningless to most of you.

Oh, don’t worry. I’ll find time to hang out and nuisance you all, prolly just not all the time.

I feel like I have a new message board to hang out on, I don’t know them, and I feel dirty.

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I’ve heard some schools have the interweb now. :wink:

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Isn’t that the lining in swimming trunks?

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Oh, they do. The last time I played around with going back to school it was still sorta old-style, with things taking months.

This time, I was in school about a week after I said “let’s do this.”

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Congrats! I’m pulling for you.

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Too bad you aren’t going to study math. Then I could say something witty/stupid like “When come back, bring π.”
(as if no one has ever used that one before… :rolleyes: )

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I’m going to have to study math and for me that means starting over from somewhere around kindergarten. That’s the most challenging thing about going back to school for me. I missed so many opportunities when I was younger because of this damn math phobia.

When come back will bring - whatever that was. :wink:

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Math is easy. Just remember that you can never cross the finish line because first you must go halfway to the finish line.

Once you understand that, you’ve got a life motto and everything.

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Wait, what? So I can never graduate?!?!?! No wonder I’ve been in university since 2000!!!
Actually, I was out of school for 3 years, I’m back in now for a second degree

Good luck, levdrakon! I’m taking a bunch of math classes myself (Calculus, Linear Algebra and a physics class this term) and it isn’t as bad as I feared! Just take a deep breath and tell yourself I can do this and the next thing you know, you’ve solved the problem!

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Bye!

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Just make sure you pop back in to discuss BSG: Razor next month.

And good luck.

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Heh. I’ll make time.

Actually, once I get into the swing of things, I’m sure I’ll be able to hang out. The Dope is only a tabbed browser window away.

Mainly, I feel like I got married and now I’m obligated to spend as much time with the new spouse as I do here at the ol’ watering hole. I’m expected to engage in all sorts of intellectual-ish intercourse with people I’m not sure I even like yet.

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Too bad you aren’t going to study the origins of European languages. They I could say something witty like, “When come back, bring PIE”*

*Proto Indo-European

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But he’s studying math stuff, so…

When come back, bring…

(Let’s say it all together)

Pi.