ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!

[ramblin_rosie]

I hate Latin.
Specifically, I hate the fact that Latin has no word order. If you give me "fierce where of the Aecean by the spear lies Hector," I will not necessarily untangle it into "where lies fierce Hector by the spear of the Aecean," especially when a) "to lie" looks a lot like "to throw," b) I'm in a hurry, and c) I've misunderstood the previous sentiment as "I wish you had killed me" instead of "I wish I had died by your hand," which happens to be a very important distinction in the context.
Virgil is a great poet, but I despise the way he twists sentences.
Stupid Trojans.

Yes, it is Monday. Thanks for noticing. (But I got a 98 on my last test, so it's not *all* bad.)

Comments

[agentmaly.livejournal.com]

Sorry to just flood you with comments like this, but I found a list here (http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/Articles/Characteristics_Scale.htm).. and um.. I've always exhibited all of those. That made me laugh. ^^ Is that the kind of thing you were thinking of? It's just so funny, though.. they might as well have just created a list of my characteristics, or something. Though if I were compiling a list of my learning characteristics I'd've included a great capacity for language and probably given less precedence to the jigsaw puzzle thing. ^^;;

[ramblin_rosie]

Yes, that may be exactly what I was thinking of... my mom's just described it to me, but that sounds pretty close. And I agree; the only thing where I'd put a question mark is, ironically, the "questions authority" trait. The rest are definitely checks.

[agentmaly.livejournal.com]

Hee, that one describes me, though. ^^ They all do, they really do, I just wouldn't really consider being good at jigsaw puzzles to be very important, even though it would be evidence of good spatial and problem-solving problems skills.

And I've just been reading another article (http://www.geniusdenied.com/articles/Record.aspx?NavID=13_0&rid=11341) I think you'll probably find very interesting.. it's funny that I've never really looked this much before, since I've always been interested, and always known I fit the category. The only problem is that it's rather disconcerting to read things that describe oneself so well - it makes one seem so.. normal. Like all gifted children are made this way and you're just another one of them, if you follow. I guess I feel like it strips individuality especially because so few personality descriptions really do describe me very well.

[ramblin_rosie]

Wow. That explains a LOT about my problems transitioning to public school--I think most of my peers in private school were gifted, so it was a whole lot easier to find friends.

But really, how many people *are* gifted? We only seem normal when we're in a group, which isn't all that often IRL. And even though gifted kids are similar in some ways, we're all quite different when you look beyond those traits. I don't think I would have described any of my friendships in terms of chords when I was 8.