Category: Miscellaneous babble

Caring for your Introvert

This is an article I remember seeing a while back, and then recently bubbled up again when someone else posted it into their Friendfeed stream. It’s a pretty good article that I enjoyed reading the first time, and again the second time it popped up.

How can I let the introvert in my life know that I support him and respect his choice? First, recognize that it’s not a choice. It’s not a lifestyle. It’s an orientation.
Second, when you see an introvert lost in thought, don’t say “What’s the matter?” or “Are you all right?”
Third, don’t say anything else, either.

Update: James (@willia4) pointed me to The Nerd Handbook which is also a pretty amusing read.

Last Thursday I took my first midterm exam in, oh about 15 years or so, in my Biomaterials class.
I think one of the hardest things so far about taking classes again is that I have to actually learn and remember the stuff I’m reading, instead of just getting the major points and then remembering where to find it if I need more details. It’s getting back down into the dirt again after being used to the high altitude overviews for the past 15 years.
The midterm was 20 long answer questions that covered more about polymers and ceramics than I studied for. It was basically two hours of dumping just about everything I could remember from the past 6 weeks of classes.
I don’t think I completely bombed the exam, but I know I definitely could have done better.