10 years ago in Ames

[he-guy]

.. I joined Strangetalk.

Also, on my recent annual trip to Ames, it appeared that campustown has more hair & beauty places than bars or other businesses I would enjoy.

[walk around and drink]

i saw some hops growing at ledges yesterday; that was pretty cool.

[alex]

Ten years ago in Ames, I was starting my last year of school.

[MarcusAurelius]

lolold

[WrenchHead]

...I was doing exactly the same thing? Perhaps a bit less handsome though.

[Alice Ayers]

10 years ago in AMes I was laughing at everyone that went to ISU or UNI.

[Freddie]

Ten years ago in Ames, I was thinking about moving into Hawthorn.

[Gretyl]

Ten years ago in Ames I was taking intro to ethics & science fiction. I think it was my highest GPA in undergrad.

[Lars]

10 years ago in Ames, I was thinking about changing my major from Mathematics to Psychology.

[MarcusAurelius]

regrets?

[MarkK]

I've had a few

[Lars]

Nope. For a time, I really questioned whether changing was a good idea. I didn't want to go to grad school, and I wanted to get out of college as fast as possible. Psychology seemed interesting and doable, and I finished in 3.5 years. In my last year, I decided that grad school would be OK and ended up in a master's program. After that, I interned in a school and earned my school psychologist certificate. I did the job for 2 years and didn't like it very well at all. It wasn't the psychology part of it -- it was more of a function of where special education is moving and what the field expects out of the psychologist. It's a pretty terrible time to be entering the discipline, at least in my state, and I didn't like it.

Lucky for me, the administration in one of my schools asked me to join them in the central office, and now I have the best job possible. I manage all of the data coming in and going out of the district, which is a lot. My other primary responsibilities are coordinating all assessment (K-12) and managing the department of technology. It's busy.

The greatest thing about having 2 degrees in psychology is that the approaches to assessment, statistics, and behavioral research have implications and applications everywhere. Working in a school is a great setting because we have so many students, so much data, and such an important job. Without my background in psychology, I would neither understand nor be able to study any of the things we do. In truth, I'm the only one there who can operationalize and answer some of our hard questions. That's why they brought me in to the administrative team.

Without majoring in psychology, I don't think I would have ever discovered my love for statistics. Pure theoretical mathematics is pretty awesome, but applied statistics is where it's at. I love real data, I love large statistical models, and I love making behavioral predictions. Sure, I miss calculus a little bit, and proofs are pretty fun, but I wouldn't trade in linear regression for anything on the theoretical side.

To an outsider, it might seem ridiculous that I went school for about 7 years to do a job for 2 years and move on to something else, but I really don't see it that way. All of that experience brought me to where I am today, and I'm pretty happy with it.

[WrenchHead]

Were you that guy they had an article in the Ames Tribune about over the summer? Not to stalk you or anything.. I'm just seeing data points that match up with something I read, vaguely....

Me? I SHOULD have earned at least one or two masters by now for free.. But I'm lazy. Looking back, it was probably a waste of an opportunity.

[Lars]

Not me. That other guy sounds awesome though.

[GPCR]

10 years ago in Ames I failed driver's ed for not stopping and looking both ways before I hit the railroad tracks by the high school. I pointed out that it wasn't required by law. She reminded me of this 80s video we watched about railroad crossing malfunctions. I told her that the video was irrelevant to my point and her job. She drew out a big F on my driving evaluation paper, then circled and underlined it. And I remember working a few hours a week in the math help room (first floor carver) that year. Some ditzy blonde girl would come in every morning for Calc III help. She could only provide correct outputs with the help of the most convoluted and senseless analogies.

[THW]

she was trying to teach you to be a safe driver. She didn't think you were a safe driver. That's why she failed you.

[Reagraham Lincool]

she was trying to teach you to be a safe driver. She didn't think you were a safe driver. That's why she failed you.

Insurance companies think that being older makes you a safer driver. Maybe she flunked him for being too young.

[GPCR]

i'm pretty sure she failed me for arguing the point with her in front of another student in the car. didn't make me a better driver, but it was probably deserved.

[Talenos]

This would have been my first semester as an RA. I wonder how many freshman I had written up for drinking at this point.

[MarcusAurelius]

talenos: buzzkill

[Prison Mike]

talenos: buzzkill

they're freshmen. basically not even people

[THW]

she was trying to teach you to be a safe driver. She didn't think you were a safe driver. That's why she failed you.

Insurance companies think that being older makes you a safer driver. Maybe she flunked him for being too young.

She flunked him because he's Przn.

[Reagraham Lincool]

she was trying to teach you to be a safe driver. She didn't think you were a safe driver. That's why she failed you.

Insurance companies think that being older makes you a safer driver. Maybe she flunked him for being too young.

She flunked him because he's Przn.

Obviously she's racist against Orcs.

[Lars]

So yeah, I just hit 10 years on StrangeTalk. It's a lot depressing.

[Uncle Sherm]

For what it is worth, you've been here longer than me, but only have half the posts.

[DTower5]

and yet 8 times the substance

[Wargazm]

So yeah, I just hit 10 years on StrangeTalk. It's a lot depressing.

n00b

[Talenos]

hitting 10 years on strangetalk is soooo 2011.

[Jobu]

When does ST 4.5 come out?

[Lars]

Hey, at least the search works now.

[Dr. Faustus]

10 years ago I was just about to finish high school in Cedar Rapids, nearing the end of one of the darkest and most unpleasant parts of my life. I was getting stoned every day. I think it was the only way I could cope.

[April]

... it was my senior year in Journalism and I was shacking up with Mike every night.

[Uncle Sherm]

Who wasn't shacking up with Mike back then?

[stick]

Hey, at least the search works now.

not the strange search.

[Uncle Sherm]

Most of this year's freshman class was born after the first Jurassic Park was released in theaters. What do you think they'll be sharing that you'd find interesting?

[Turbo]

their vaginas

[Uncle Sherm]

their vaginas

You could get that on Strangesearch? Now I'm

[Lars]

It was mostly gay porn, thanks to larfnarf.

[snokyguy]

oh larfy. gotta give that guy credit, he really had his 'place' set in stone.

[AgentCy]

Larfnarf and 1,000 versions of Snood.