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survival

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Re: Z Score

I never taught in classrooms. That is a little bit out of my league. I learned math and computers the hard way. Do not learn, do not eat, simple as that. Since I am very dense, I guess it was God's way of forcing some knowledge into a monkey brain.

Not dense at all. Explain how you learned Math the hard way. I think it is a gift, that people either get, or they do not. Born with it, or not.

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bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

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Re: Z Score

I think it is a gift, that people either get, or they do not. Born with it, or not.

Absolutely not true and I can prove it.

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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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survival

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Re: Z Score

Well, it could also be self discipline. Did you know that math teachers speak a language of their own? A tutor once told me that, and I noticed it.

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bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

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Re: Z Score

Maybe math teachers do, I never paid any attention to them.

You know I modelled my style after you - Tino Orsini

Then you will always be a second rater, make your own style.- Mike Ribble

That is half the secret to being good at anything.

self discipline

No such thing. There is only desire. That is what makes anyone succeed. That is the other half.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

survival

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Re: Z Score

Then, I am halfway there, because I love to write and cw is my major. I cannot imagine getting paid for something i enjoy. I have written newspaper articles and submitted them for free, just because I enjoyed writing them. I don't know if i mentioned it or not, but some guy came in the gallery the other day and asked if he could interview me, since I wasn't paid. I said sure. I have been before a camera before, but I was reading a prompt. Never been interviewed, unless job interview counts.

I am getting bored, for I prefer routine.

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bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Z Score

Hi;

I enjoyed writing too but I did not care for the commercial aspect. It is nice to receive money for articles and a great ego booster to see your name in print. But the numerous rejections and then actual theft turned me off to the whole process.

What were you being interviewed about?

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

survival

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Posts: 655

Re: Z Score

rejection, yes it would be rampant. I will have to grow a thicker skin, if possible.

Oh, the guy wanted to know why i volunteer without pay. What's the reasoning. I don't know where he's showing the interview.

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bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

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Re: Z Score

Not you, me! I got bunches of them rejected.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

survival

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Posts: 655

Re: Z Score

So you are a writer too?
I am an okay writer, nothing over the top.

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bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

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Re: Z Score

Yes, that was a long time ago. It was not fun, as a matter of fact it was drudgery.

I still do not know what you were being interviewed about.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

survival

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Re: Z Score

Hello on Sunday,
Interview about why I volunteer and receive no pay. Why I do it. I did tell him that one of my communication classes required you to volunteer a certain number of hours for the course credit, and the art museum "hired" me on the condition that I would not leave after the course was over. I stayed since it is active there on the nights I am there. I get to see the "other side" of life. How rich people live and even good people. I have learned a lot about people and their different traditions there. The last event had lots of food and they invite you to eat too. Many different varieties of people. Mostly rich.

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survival

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Re: Z Score

Yes, that was a long time ago. It was not fun, as a matter of fact it was drudgery.

I still do not know what you were being interviewed about.

I am sorry it was drudgery. I am bad at editing. I want to include editing as one of my courses in the fall. I will know what they are going to be on Wednesday. It's an all day thing there.

survival

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Re: Z Score

Not you, me! I got bunches of them rejected.

Rejection is one step away from acceptance.

It's late so guess I will call it a day/night. I hope your day went well. Goodnight.

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bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

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Re: Z Score

Hi survival;

Rejection I could deal with. But stealing mine and putting his name on it I could not deal with. A certain famous "computer expert" made his reputation by stealing other peoples stuff. He went to work for a certain large, large, large software company. Seems fitting that him and them should be joined at the hip. Funny, thing is I thought the article was junk, even as I was writing it. He had different thoughts.

Recently when a certain mathematician made the promise that would not happen I submitted some work to him and he at least kept his word. He unlike other professional people has ethics which is the reason I agreed.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

survival

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Registered: 2011-04-03

Posts: 655

Re: Z Score

Hi survival;

Rejection I could deal with. But stealing mine and putting his name on it I could not deal with. A certain famous "computer expert" made his reputation by stealing other peoples stuff. He went to work for a certain large, large, large software company.

That sounds like the one who stole microsoft from his supposedly "best friend."

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bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

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Re: Z Score

Yes, the story of Big Bill and his tactics is probably one of the reasons why that large, large, large software company would hire someone like that.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

survival

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Registered: 2011-04-03

Posts: 655

Re: Z Score

This is  what prompted me to buy all apple. I am on an old pc this morning, but I prefer to avoid adding one cent to Bill Gates and the Microsoft that he stole. Steve Jobs did rather well, despite his "friend"s thievery.

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bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

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Re: Z Score

I am forced to agree, I am not a big fan of his.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.