I did not pay attention to my classes in middle school. I went through a "rebel-phase" if you will. I passed chemistry by one point. Also failed Alegebra II in high school and had to retake it. It's not that I wasn't smart enough, it's that I did not apply myself as Walter White would say. Because of this, when I went to college I had to choose a major that wasn't math heavy. I was an idiot and chose history. The irony is that I got an A in statistics and a B in Math for Business and Economics in college because I actually tried. So yeah, I would do my whole life over again to be one of the enlightened STEM majors. But too late...

So what are you doing these days?

I'm the most intelligent person to ever grace the website with his presence. Meta isn't even close to me.

Your intellect is a luminous sun.

Quote from: Byrne on November 27, 2014, 07:42:23 AM

Quote from: RC5908 on November 27, 2014, 07:41:25 AM

I'm the most intelligent person to ever grace the website with his presence. Meta isn't even close to me.

Your intellect is a luminous sun.

Climate change will only make his intellect harder to endure.

kek

I'm not Meta, so...

Quote from: Yutaka on November 27, 2014, 09:28:27 AM

I'm not Meta, so...

This 'Meta is smart' thing is news to me. Does he mostly post in serious or something?

Yes he does.

I'm quite intelligent, I guess. My long-term memory is amazing. Short term memory...not so good. I'm pretty damn good at maths and shit.

I'm quite intelligent, I guess. My long-term memory is amazing. Short term memory...not so good. I'm pretty damn good at maths and shit.

How's it hangin?

Grade 9 drop out here, woo woo.

I've made it this far in life relatively on my own so far, so I guess there's got to be some sort of intelligence knocking around in there.

I've got a really tough time being taught. You can try and teach me stuff, repeat it over and over again, and it won't stick into my head. But if given the chance to watch, I pick up things, and then try them out on my own. I learned how to ride a bike that way, learned how to swim that way, learned how to drive that way.

I've got a knack for seeing stuff other people miss, otherwise visible or invisible. On a worksite, I spot all the little things, all the little details that people miss. If you give me a problem to work out I'll probably figure out a way on how to solve it, in a somewhat abstract way, but none the less, end up finding the solution.

I think it's mainly from experience from bouncing around so many people and my own baggage, old or new, but I can generally see how people are doing. First glances paint a basic picture of things, and then as I speak to them, either by talking or even writing, I pick up bits and pieces.

And last but not least, I work a lot out of instinct. Intuition, a gut feeling, whatever you want to call it. Not my own noggin talking to me, but that secondary little tug. It's like a feeling, and your head simply translates that feeling into words. It's saved my life a fair few times already. It's kept me out of trouble A LOT. And I've learned an important rule with it. It's better to have listened to it and be wrong, than it is to be right and not have listened.

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Quote from: Fedorekd on November 27, 2014, 09:41:23 AM

I'm quite intelligent, I guess. My long-term memory is amazing. Short term memory...not so good. I'm pretty damn good at maths and shit.

How's it hangin?

I'm feeling pretty euphoric today. You?

Likewise.

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Quote from: RomanGladiator on November 27, 2014, 07:31:48 AM

I did not pay attention to my classes in middle school. I went through a "rebel-phase" if you will. I passed chemistry by one point. Also failed Alegebra II in high school and had to retake it. It's not that I wasn't smart enough, it's that I did not apply myself as Walter White would say. Because of this, when I went to college I had to choose a major that wasn't math heavy. I was an idiot and chose history. The irony is that I got an A in statistics and a B in Math for Business and Economics in college because I actually tried. So yeah, I would do my whole life over again to be one of the enlightened STEM majors. But too late...

So what are you doing these days?

Absolutely nothing. So it feels like every day is wasted.

I got poopy grades in High School mainly because I didn't apply myself, but also because I don't have that many smertz.
Now I'm finishing a college course for a career path that  I no longer want to pursue, so that'll be 3 years wasted come June when I finish my last year. And I currently have absolutely no idea what I'm doing with my life.

So, take that as you will.

Sounds exactly like me. And only 3 years of college in the UK?