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[green]

I am so happy that the hurricane is missing us. We have been lucky this hurricane season. *knocks on wood*

1. School: I spoke too soon on Algebra being fun. Today we were doing this factoring polynomials stuff and I did not get it all and had a hard time doing my homework. I'm going to do it again tomorrow. and the next day. and the next day, and hopefully by Monday I'll be ready to learn something else. :| Biology is going to be tough, too, but I think as long as I study every day I'll be okay.

2. Tomorrow I go to the local high school and hopefully strike up a friendship or something with the principal. idk idk. I am not a talky person like my mom, who can talk to people about things they are interested in and make them like her. I usually stay silent until I have something important to say, else I blurt out something stupid.

And then after I've talked to the principal, I probably have to go to the school board to get my background check process started.

3. Meg is having fewer seizures this week! \o/ \o/ \o/ We think it has something to do with school and less tv watching, but we're not sure. Supposedly she does not have the kind of seizures that are brought on by flashing, and we don't watch shows that do a lot of that, but still, the tv might be a factor.

4. ...oh, is this tab still open and I have not thought of something else?

Comments

[omens]

Awesome that the hurricane is missing you and super awesome about Meg's seizures! That's exciting to hear :D

Good luck with your human interaction /o\

[green]

human interaction is haaaard. :\

[aberrant1]

Fewer seizures, yay!

Also, Khan Academy is amazingly helpful for math. Ten-minute videos explaining math problems, from first-grade math through calculus, with exercises. There's a biology section, too -- it's much smaller, but might have some of the topics you're covering.

[green]

Thank you! :D

[turps]

That's great about the seizures!

[green]

It is! We are happy. :)

[liseuse]

Good luck with the algebra!

Also, yay for fewer seizures. That is awesome.

[green]

Thank you, bb! :D

[turlough]

That's good news about the hurricane miss! And really great about Meg's seizures too!!

[green]

:D! Thank you.

[soundingsea]

*hugs* Things are well! (Except polynomials? But they are not all that horrible. I promise!)

Here's a pretty good explanation:
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/simpfact.htm

You just look for what the numbers have in common that you can pull out. I'll explain it as BtVS 'ships:

Factor Spuffy + Spander.

Okay, there's a Spike in both of those! We'll pull him over here (yum):

Spike(Buffy + Xander)

Spike is multiplied times the sum of Buffy and Xander, because that's what's left when you take Spike out! (Moral: never remove Spike.)

[green]

lolol best explanation ever, bb.

but it's the threesomes I'm having trouble with, the ones like x^3 - y^3 and you have to turn it into (x - y)(x^2 + xy + y^2) but I should say I *was* having trouble with it, because I don't think I am now. I did a bunch of practice problems and I think I have it down.

[soundingsea]

Yay, glad you have that figured out!

Really, math is a great subject because you can figure out how to do stuff and then actually get the one correct, true, right answer. (That is not the case for most subjects in school!)

[glitteryv]

Yay for Meg's fewer seizures and Irene sidestepping where you live. \o/

Good luck with the math and the biology classes. :)

[green]

Thank you, bb! ♥