Love found, to love, and to embrace love. I never want love to end, and it doesn’t need to end, although it may morph into other forms of love over time. (P.S. impressive post-it printing)
My beloved Wall…
I’m so sad that Professor Maksym Fedorchuk is not teaching undergraduates next semester…
đ The Wall feels for you. There could be many reasons why he is not teaching a course for undergrads this semester. Faculty have to balance research, publishing, teaching, and life all at the same time. This semester might just be especially busy in one of those areas for him. As to why their are so few math courses, our department is fairly small – nearly half the size of MITs (and that’s just full-time faculty, not even counting adjuncts and graduate students). BC is historically a humanities driven school, and some of the STEM subjects are still growing here.
Homework or game of thrones?
I strongly suggest GOT as a treat for finishing your homework. It’s a win-win (and no spoilers from me! )
Should I ask her out? I’m afraid of the friend zone!
You should totally ask her out if you want to. But let’s reframe the “friend zone” concept. If you ask and she says no, you have the option to be friends or not afterward. But don’t be the kind of “friend” who’s secretly resentful or scheming to make something else happen.
I accidentally hooked up with a whole 8 man (at separate times don’t worry). Now there is drama :-(, what should I do? Any advice?
Well, that has a tendency to happen. If you made any of them any promises of exclusivity an apology might be in order. If not, it’s really not you they’re upset about. The storm will pass.
Humans are born to live, reproduce and die. Nothing else.
True, any life form is only required to reproduce. But look at the many fantastic, creative and beautiful ways that plants and animals accomplish that one task. Seems to me that the diversity of life would not exist if there was not some other purpose for each species.
I always feel stressful from everywhere. studying. finding a job. relationship with boyfriend, etc. What can I do?
Balancing all the different pieces of your life is incredibly challenging and everyone struggles with it. You are definitely not alone. Everyone finds their own methods – some people obsess over their digital calendar, some people use checklists (and checklist apps like todoist), some people need a physical planner or a notebook. If you feel like the stress is starting to overwhelm you, you should feel comfortable reaching out to Counseling services to see if they can help you manage these: bit.ly/BC-counseling.
How do you know if a guy likes you?
Asking him will likely get better results than attempted mind-reading. At some point you’ll find the guy you don’t need to ask that question about. Maybe it’ll be this guy.
Taking 15-19 credits too many/ Sad for senior year fall semester?
You have almost 3 years experience at BC; how does it feel to you when you think about carring that kind of course load? Consider what additional obligations you may have (job hunting? Grad school applications?). One option is to sign up for the classes now and if it all seems too much next Fall, you can drop something during the drop/add period. Also, check in with your academic advisor to get their take.
Top 5 things to do while in Madrid?
Here are my top 5 recommendations: Go to a Real Madrid or AtlĂ©tico Madrid fĂștbol game. Visit El Prado museum. Have tapas and drinks at a rooftop bar on Plaza de la Cebada. Walk along the Gran VĂa. Eat churros at the ChocolaterĂa San GinĂ©s.
Humans are born to suffer.
It does seem a little dark for a holiday weekend, but you do you. Explaining suffering is a big deal cosmological problem. The first of Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths is that human life is bound up with suffering. http://bit.ly/bc-suffer1. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam also have their own reactions and ways of seeing suffering. http://bit.ly/bc-suffer2.
How do I talk to her?
It’ll probably be awkward, but that’s how it goes. That doesn’t improve if you wait. Be kind. Be curious about her. Talk about things you’re both interested in. Don’t worry about where things are headed, or if they are–time for that later. Just talk.
A girl I like likes to be choked during sex, how hard can I choke her though?
I would advise against this. I doubt there’s any sure way of know how much is too much, and guessing wrong – well, I do not want to think about that, but it could turn into a tragedy. Maybe brainstorm with her about less risky options?
Who’s a good philosophy teacher?
Forgive the philosophical answer, but that depends on what you’re looking for in a philosophy teacher. A good starting place might be to check out RateMyProfessor and see who scores well: http://bit.ly/BCPhilProfRatings.
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Sleep soon! The semester is almost done. I believe in you.
Why am I still single?
That is a very tiresome quote, and if I had eyes, I would totally roll them (â_â). The truth is, finding a boyfriend/girlfriend is just not easy; I get asked this a lot. You don’t have to wait for a boy to climb any tree – consider taking the initiative if there’s a boy you like.
Best way to learn kanji?
One thing that can help with memorization is getting several of your senses involved. Write it out by hand, then write out the translation. Speak it aloud while you do that, so you can feel your mouth making the sounds while you hear them. Then use flash cards. Then get a friend to quiz you. You could also look at books like this one, on adult language acquisition: http://bit.ly/bc-fluent.
Tennis ball sized head or watermelon sized head?
It’s hard to see how either of those would work for me. But I wouldn’t want to judge for humans.
Why does [equation] have four solutions [equation] where p = 8k + 1?
The Answer Wall hasn’t studied number theory or quadratic reciprocity, so I can’t help you find the solutions for this system of congruences. If you are interested in finding the solutions, I recommend you take MATH4430 Introduction to Number Theory or speak to Professor Robert Gross who teaches that course (http://bit.ly/RobertGross). Alternatively, you could speak to any of our Math department faculty who specialise in Number Theory – Avner Ash, Solomon Friederg, Robert Gross, Benjamin Howard, Dube Kelmer, or Keerthi Madapusi Pera (http://bit.ly/numtheoryresearch). Good luck!
Nicki or Cardi????
Why choose? These are two phenominally talented women who both deserve to have their music appreciated.