Chat Thread: Chopsticks and teacups

[patch99329]

Morgandria

patch99329

I hate it when I wake up and can't remember what is real and what is dream.

My ship got into difficulty and got we got rescued by a scottish 'shaman'(the english language needs a word for that) on the island called something that sounded like 'ingwaz' or 'iwaz'.

Is ingwaz a real island?

In other news, my throat hurts really bad, and the glands in my throat are all swollen. >.<

Regarding your dream, I don't think they're islands, but "ingwaz", or "eihwaz" are the names of Elder Futhark runes...which you may already be well aware of. redface

I'm sorry you're sick! Feel better soon.

I wasn't consciously aware, but I looked at the elder futhark yesterday, so thats probrably why. ^_^

And thankyou!  

[MoonJeli]

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TeaDidikai

I know that dyscalculia is harder to diagnose. While my optometrist had noticed the dyslexia early on, most of my teachers didn't even consider dyscalculia for a couple years after that.

Significantly harder. People forget that dyslexia is a spectrum, so many don't realize that disorders such as dyscalculia exist. My roommate had a lot of difficulty with her teachers, especially math, because she reads so well. They wouldn't even consider the possibility.

Ironic, since doing well (even gifted) in most subjects, with a single one that you suck at is a warning sign for a learning disability. stare Normal or accelerated abilities in other areas is required for most learning disability diagnoses.

And testing is frickin' expensive if you're an adult. If you're a kid, schools are required by law to test for learning disabilities (if they catch them, of course), but as an adult going to college or whatever, it's your responsibility. No one takes my insurance and does learning disability testing, and colleges require reams of paper documenting it.

No one knew anything about dyscalculia at my schools. I excelled at pretty much everything -- and consistently had trouble with math. I was put in accelerated classes for everything -- and then in remedial math, where I had poor results.

I learned to count on my fingers with no one knowing when I was in first grade. We were supposed to do addition problems. As we progressed, we got to "build" a paper sundae on the wall. At the end we would get a real sundae with everything we'd earned on it. We weren't allowed to count on our fingers. I counted on my fingers, and got the whole sundae. I felt so guilty for cheating that I couldn't eat ice cream until I was an adult.

Once in sixth grade (last year of elementary school, when I was in grade school), a few days in, my math teacher said how irritating it was that he got sixth grade students who DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEIR TIMES TABLES -- of course I started shaking in my boots at my desk, feeling incredibly guilty. razz And then, of course, he wrote a problem on the board and randomly called me to answer it.

I stood at the front of the class sobbing. Great impression to make on a bunch of sixth grade classmates, eh?

I wasn't diagnosed with dyscalculia until I got out of school, in my mid teens (too late to make a difference for school, ha ha). It was such a relief to find out though! Suddenly it made sense why I had never in my life learned right from left, had a hard time remembering rules in sports, schedules, and couldn't figure even basic problems in my head.

I've been working with the disability offices at the college I'm going to, and they've been awesome. I'm being allowed a calculator for school work and tests, and extra time on tests. I'm going to ask for additional scrap paper for tests as well. They know all about dyscalculia at the offices (as well as my other disabilities), have a list of local people who test for it, and have been extremely helpful.

It also helps that my fiance majored in math, and my sister is majoring in math, and used to work at the college I'm going to as a math tutor.

Heh, sorry for the novel.  

[Sir William Black]

I honestly don't know what I believe with regards to religion.

Mostly I just say the words, but I haven't had any experience that could be described as "spiritual" as such.

Perhaps I am just one of nature's suspicious bastards, not able to believe in something unless I can have quantifiable evidence.  

[Tagra Nar]

Sir William Black

I honestly don't know what I believe with regards to religion.

Mostly I just say the words, but I haven't had any experience that could be described as "spiritual" as such.

Perhaps I am just one of nature's suspicious bastards, not able to believe in something unless I can have quantifiable evidence.

I had issue believing much of anything, while still believing gods were out there, until a few events came along that essentially birthed my ability to believe and directed me towards whom to worship. It may come in time, if you keep looking.

And sometimes even if you don't. whee  

[Deoridhe]

sol_oriens

Hey Deo! Do you know anything about Narrative Theory? I uh, stumbled on it while trying to find a hated professor, and it seems interesting. It seems like Hillman might find its way in there.

Also, at Ilstu, there is an English Grad student named Joeseph Campbell. He teaches in narrative theory (and has a reading on trans issues that's really interesting), sci-fi, adolescent lit, comics, and greek and roman mythology. I think I may have an academic crush.

Oooo! I have heard of the rise of the narrative as a psychological concept again, only this time taking the extra step of NOT applying it universally. *sighs at people*

Also, I can't tell left from right without thinking about it. I've been doing a weird thing lately where I've been flipping letters in words - not the letters revered but like gsals instead of glass.  

[sol_oriens]

Celeblin Galadeneryn

Deoridhe

sol_oriens

Hey Deo! Do you know anything about Narrative Theory? I uh, stumbled on it while trying to find a hated professor, and it seems interesting. It seems like Hillman might find its way in there.

Also, at Ilstu, there is an English Grad student named Joeseph Campbell. He teaches in narrative theory (and has a reading on trans issues that's really interesting), sci-fi, adolescent lit, comics, and greek and roman mythology. I think I may have an academic crush.

Oooo! I have heard of the rise of the narrative as a psychological concept again, only this time taking the extra step of NOT applying it universally. *sighs at people*

I know unfortunately little about it. I suppose this is because in any class it's mentioned in, it pretty much follows this formula:

"And then there is Dr. Fischer. But we don't talk about him."

That sounds exactly like my mythology books stance on Campbell.

What little I have read about Narrative Theory (which is Wiki, since I only discovered it today) was mostly Fischer. But then I really liked the idea of this:

Quote:

Narrative Paradigm:

* People are essentially storytellers.
* People make decisions based on good reasons.
* History, biography, culture, and character determine what we consider good reasons.
* Narrative rationality is determined by the coherence and fidelity of our stories.
* The world is a set of stories from which we choose, and constantly re-create, our lives.

And I can so totally see James Hillman in the first and last of those lists.  

[sol_oriens]

And see, I struggle with reconciling the two. What the Ancient Greeks thought is important, of course, but we're the ones with the gods now. We relate differently, have a different society, different communal goals.

In a way, it's sort of related to "The Author is Dead", except, literally.

And the grad student? I want to have a drink with the man. His research focuses on dystopian fiction, comics, narrative theory, g/r myth and adolescent lit. We might actually be the same person  

[TeaDidikai]

I can drive stick.  

[Tagra Nar]

Stick = fun.


Except on hills.  

[Striga]

TeaDidikai

~blinkblink~ Someone asked me if I was a freelance Discordian. I impulsively answered Spork and thus I think I need a shower.

A freelance Discordian? That's kind of like saying a mammalian dog. There's no need to specify that sort of thing razz

I suppose they could have been trying to distinguish Episkopos vs. Legionnaire, or something.  

[TeaDidikai]

Striga

A freelance Discordian? That's kind of like saying a mammalian dog. There's no need to specify that sort of thing razz

Dog Fish.  

[patch99329]

Celeblin Galadeneryn

It only gains my ire when Artemis is suddenly the be all and end all of deities for women. That's the point when I must say seriously, fools, what the bleeding hell happened to Hera?

I'm very much the same in this context. But I think people don't look at hera enough and simply see her as a jealous shrew.

In addition, when did hekate become a crone?

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