#never in my life will i need to convert octal systems to hexadecimal i never wanna see a 74HC08 gate or anything of that variation EVER

[plarndude]

#gettoknowme #aboutme #education #specialeducation #sharp #aspergers #add #myst

Here's some things you might be interested in knowing about me. I graduated at the Top of my class from High Tech Institute of Phoenix, with Honors for Perfect 4.0 GPA Grades and Perfect Attendance. I might have been chosen to be Valedictorian for my Class, but they chose, at random, from the Top Students of the different programs that year. My program was Computer Networking and Information Technology, and mine was sadly the very last class at the school for that program. I've no idea why they decided to end the program, and only go with the others. I was very sad about that.

Anyway, when people insult my intelligence to win an argument it pisses me off, or makes me laugh. Depending on my mood. When I was a kid I went through a bunch of testing at a facility. Scientists poked and prodded me, and had me do a bunch of things. They decided I had above average IQ. But low EQ. That means I'm smart, but emotionally immature, unstable, not quite equipped to handle the world.

I've been called a Keyboard Warrior. Well, I suppose that's an apt description. I'm disabled and unable to do much due to extreme pain. I'm in a great deal of pain due to very bad knees, a very bad back, etc. I started dislocating my kneecaps as a child, and I've dislocated them more than 15 times each. I lost count at 15 because I no longer cared to keep track. I've had two surgeries and a manipulation under anesthesia on my left knee, but it just didn't really help. I knew going in that there was a chance it wouldn't help, and it made my situation worse.

As for my back problem, I have degenerative disk disease and arthritis in my lower lumbar with impingement on my spinal cord, which causes terrible lower back pain and sciatic pain in both legs. Imagine being stabbed in the back, then electrocuted by the blade in your back. Arcs of painful shocks coursing through your body, spasms being set off. It's horrible.

Then there's my heart trouble, arrhythmia that are barely controlled by metoprolol tartrate. The more stress I experience the worse my heart behaves. Add to that my Asthma and it's a recipe for low energy and passing out cold. Yup, when I was younger I was standing in the living room, suddenly felt weak and dizzy, felt my heart simply stop pumping, and fell to the floor. Out like a light. No apparent reason. The good news is the cardiologists can't find anything wrong with my heart. The bad news is no one knows why the frell it's doing that.

Having been diagnosed as a child with ADD, then later in adulthood learning that I likely have Asperger's, I find a lot of things rather difficult that other people seem to just handle with ease. I've spent my whole life being left behind, watching the rest of my siblings achieve things I simply can't. It's been rather frustrating to say the least.

I was told, as a kid, by a teacher that I'm too stupid to learn. Can you imagine the damage that did to my young mind? I thought that my constant low grades, and inability to read, were because of being too stupid to learn. For a long time. But my Grandmother, Dad's mother, took me under her wing and taught me not only to read, but to LOVE reading. My reading comprehension advanced in leaps and bounds from that point on. By the time I entered High School I had a College reading comprehension level.

I also love math, always have. It was my first love, before reading. I taught myself tricks to make math easier for me which my teachers punished me for using. Why should it matter How I do it so long as I always get the right answer, and my method is demonstrably Logical and Easier for me?! Idiot teachers. GRRR!

But then, at my Mother's insistence, I was placed in the Special Education program, rather than be held back a grade or two like they wanted to in Florida. spits with hatred Frellnicks. That program was the reason I started to Hate school, to Hate my teachers. Never before had I had such utter hatred for teachers. Why? Because they made me do remedial garbage destroying my love of math and of reading, tortured me, and made my life hell. Especially at a private school called SHARP in Arizona. I wanted, very much, to kill a teacher or two there. I'm glad I didn't, but the rage was there.

My love of math was not rekindled until I discovered Myst, the amazing series of games and books that truly engaged me in ways no other games or books ever had before or since. I discovered Myst because I'd become a Kopimist, aka Pirate, and downloaded a random bunch of songs from a file sharing system, one of which was the main Theme for Myst III Exile. When I listened to that it made my soul sing within me, it lifted me up and opened the gates of Heaven itself before me. That's what it seemed like to me anyway. I loved it so much I just Had to find out what this game was that had such amazing music. So I downloaded it, played it, fell deeply and madly in love with it, and decided I had to stop and play the first game.

That's where I encountered the D'ni number system and language. Their number system is base 25. I had never learned how to easily convert between one number system to another, I'd just been given a chart to mark things off on for converting between Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal, and Decimal. Not the underlying logic, the math behind everything. Just, here, fill in this chart, and all the number systems you need to work with are automatically converted. Enjoy.

So I set about on the task to learn how to convert Any number in Any number system, no matter the base, to and from Decimal, base 10. Thus began my math and Myst obsession, and I created a website for it: http://sites.google.com/site/krepta3000. From there I became obsessed with the Order of Operations and making sure people understand it. That's why I started educating people on Facebook. Any math meme where people were wrong about math, I'd plunge into the fray and educate people. I noticed others were doing the same thing. So I decided to create a Group where like minded math educators could gather and support one another, and learn from each other: The Defenders of the Order of Operations, https://www.facebook.com/groups/dooopemdas/.

I may be an idiot savant, but I am no mere plain stupid idiot. Mark my words well, I believe I am Right, until proven otherwise by presenting logic, facts, and using your intellect to convince me. Calling me names will only shut me down and I'll ignore you. Once I've been convinced, and yes, it Is possible, I will endeavor to rewrite my memories to correct the error in my brain in order to Become Right once again.

.shorah gah bigtotee b'shehmtee Peace and blessings to you (plural form)

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