JasmineFire said:

i can honestly say that i've never seen more than a fleeting glimpse of it while channel surfing. yet, i feel reasonably well adjusted... go figure!

I'm not intelligent, if I was I wouldn't struggle with math.

LaCoyta said:

by stopping with the whining and the complaining and actually getting up and doing something. I know that would be a drastic change for you but try it, you might like it.

Damn, I consider myself to be a pretty intelligent person, and I SUCK at math. Always did. It's not always about book smarts you know.

What could I possibly do? There are no other jobs for me to look for. I really needed the job by June 26th. There's a very small possiblityI might get an office job by then through this one program I'm in, but I'm sure the job won't pay $10 an hour like the one I was suppposedto get. It'd probably pay $6 an hour. To pass the time I couldtry to give myself a makover, but I've been there, failed at that. So there's really nothing I can do.

What's it about then? "Intelligent" people are always thought to be good at math. I'd feel more intelligent if I was.

I don't want to. I don't want to be medicated

where the hell do you live? practically no one looks like a model where i am and we all get along fine with our short, fat selves.

If I have to tell you HOW MANY TIMES you've used the word "can't" in this thread.....

minneapolisgenius said:

I just HAD to count after u said that. The answer is 9

LaCoyta said:

see, you're not bad at math!

see, you're not bad at math!

seriously, if you took just half the time you spend on kvetching about your supposedly rotten life and did something productive, you would:

a) make a nice career and life for yourself, AND
b) not raise the ire of a lot of well-intentioned orgers.

trust me. just give it a shot.

Yes, I am, but I'm good at counting.

Well, I've decided to try to learn time management.

I can't relax! My future is falling apart all around me!
I can't help feeling sorry for myself. Other girls get everything! I get nothing. They have no problem getting jobs, I do. They have no problem because they look like models and have good connections. Within 2 years of starting a job, other girls get great promotions. It takes me 2 years to even get a job. If I was better looking, thinner, 4 inches taller, and had good connections, the world would be my oyster

I took a civil service exam on the 3rd
it was of a keyboard specialist job
I failed
now I won't get it
I'm janitor
I need a better job by June 26
I feel like a failure
I hate myself for flunking
I wanted the job so bad
I was even saving up money for office clothes
Now I have to be a janitor forever
I cry alot now
My family is all like "the next test is in 6 months u can take it then"
they act like 6 months isn't a long time
it sure as hell is
Now I'll never be a success
Why am I so unlucky?
I probably shouldn't be posting this, but I'm tired of a low paying job and thought this exam was my ticket to a better life.
[This message was edited Wed Apr 7 10:26:43 2004 by LaCoyta]

LaCoyta said:

Four words...

Seek Ye The Lord

I've looked for another place to work, I can't find one Tutors are extremely expensive. I can't work full time right now. it's along story that I can't get into.

LaCoyta said:

I'm not saying get a tutor exactly, I'm saying try and find ANYBODY who will help you with it. If that doesn't pan out, find the book(s) that makes the math easiest for you to understand. Think about your options instead of wallowing in your self-defeating nonsense.
Long story...yeah, I've been through plenty of those.

This is going to come across as really bitchy, but I am in a really bitchy mood.

One more thing--before you get offended at my harshness, I have been feeling crappy about my job, what I can or cannot do, etc. and a lot of tears, so I feel for you, but this is the stuff I have to tell myself as well when I feel like it can't get worse.

1. it can get worse. you are a woman who is able to have a job, which is rare in many parts of the world. Stop limiting yourself with your internal messages.

2. There are people who collect human shit with their hands. That is their job. It is the only one they are allowed to have. THAT TRULY SUCKS. Women in some castes in India--and remarkably, they are not paid top dollar!

3. There are homeless people on the street.

4. People are dying in a shitty war.

5. You have friends here. Some folks have no friends to talk to at all.

6. You have intelligence. Start using it more. Some folks are not afforded such luxury.



Just a few, and not as "rant"ish as I thought.

bluesbaby said:

I hope things get better for you, blues.

I can't relax! My future is falling apart all around me!
I can't help feeling sorry for myself. Other girls get everything! I get nothing. They have no problem getting jobs, I do. They have no problem because they look like models and have good connections. Within 2 years of starting a job, other girls get great promotions. It takes me 2 years to even get a job. If I was better looking, thinner, 4 inches taller, and had good connections, the world would be my oyster

LaCoyta said:

For fucks sake...
And if my auntie had a dick she'd be my uncle..grow up and stop feelin sorry for your self or else shut the fuck up

i like the way u skipped right over my post
u dont like the truth very much do you

it figures

your problem is, is that you are lazy

you are to eager to cry and run for help, rather than sit and figure things out.
its fucking easy, get the $6 an hour job, you have been granted 6 months
use those 6 months to study and prepare for the examination
identify your weaknesses and strengths, find some past examination papers
and keep on taking the test till u start getting good marks

u have 6 months, so stop being lazy and get on with your life
you biggest failing is that u give up before you have even tried

enough already

take this as constructive criticism and learn

Supernova said:

There's no one who can help me with math everyone I know knows nothing about it and/or doesn't have time to teach me.