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I have not seen you write a pertinent, helpful post in a long time.

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<p>Ironically, I have not seen a single helpful post from you either. I struggle to wonder what your latest concoction has done to change the face of humanity; suffice to say, it does not negate the recent trend of insignificant postings on your part.</p>

<p>It is hilarious, however, because you are ignorant of the helpful posts I do render; my suggestion about focusing in analytic philosophy, my discussion of the LSAT, and so forth. Moreover, I rendered a comment regarding the use of deconstruction, and someone posed an rejoinder. 'Hijacking' a thread is not a 'one-person deal', it takes two to perpetuate the offense. I thought this notion of mutual accountability was obvious, but I long ago realized that much of it is beyond you.</p>

<p>At any rate, I am not going to initiate another argument with you; I have met far worthier competitors such as those, for instance, who do not render arguments that are self-referentially incoherent.</p>

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As soon as nspeds finishes reading the Bible, we will go to the most expensive restaurant and talk about the most trivial of subject matters. Sreis, Cwhite, Wildflower, nspeds, and Devil May Cry all sitting together having drinks. Wouldn't that be a hell of a thing?

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<p>I do not read Bibles;) </p>

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I was wondering, is Classics a good major for law? I am really interested in the Greek/Roman history and it seems like I could be doing something I enjoy whilst receiving the necessary crtical thinking skills needed in LS.

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<p>**I think any intellectual or mathematical/science major will prepare you well enough for law school; to be sure, some majors might give you more of an advantage, but I do not think it is significant. Choose what interests you, and enroll in logic/symbolic/mathematical logic as an elective. Perhaps the only majors that will not prepare you enough are those that fall in the pre-professional region. I cannot be sure, and there are other authorities on this forum who are far more capable of addressing this concern.</p>

<p>In terms of when to start preparing for the LSAT, I think sophomore year is too early. I am planning on taking my prep course during the summer of my junior year, and will do heavy preparation afterwards. I suppose light logic practice will suffice to establish the required mindset.**</p>

<p>**Note:* Because sreis is keen on reveling in his apathy, I have bolded the parts of this post that I deem helpful.*</p>

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<p>ummmmmm...</p>

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<p>haha nana... you just don't stop nspeds. It really isn't hard to get you going, is it? I am sorry I am "ignorant" of the helpful posts you happily "render." For some reason I thought my comment was an opinion. I guess because my opinion doesn't match yours, I become the ignorant one rather than someone who disagrees with what you are doing. You can call me ignorant once more, but again I still don't think what you are doing is helpful, and I think most people agree with me. As to your point that I haven't had any helpful posts, I pretty much think the same, but I wasn't aware that you were required to submit helpful posts prior to trying to limit 3 pages of mostly useless digression. Is it not allowed for me to be mostly a reader on these boards?</p>

<p>I see that you try to attack my "trend" to insult me, but if my posts are going down the drain, I would want someone to tell me (no this is not another carte blanche for you nspeds). I also think a lot of people are noticing you becoming fairly close minded and predictable. Not everything has to be an argument, despite the demands of what you study. I know it's hard for you to have a workable theory of mind, but I am not aware that I am your "competitor." Like most philosophy majors, you bend your surroundings to fit into the tight constraints of what you have recently learned, and express an inability to escape this. I think what you need to do is relax and stop competing in every facet of your life. I am not going to respond to your retort, which will predictably assume that my post is another argument for you to analyze. Even if you don't agree with anything that I say, you must recognize that people can react this way. I am not trying to be antagonistic, but it exhausts me to see you dig your own hole every other post. I don't think anything you do is "hilarious," and I know you say that just as a typical immature way that people attempt to insult others, but seriously you are way too absorbed in yourself and your ideas, not to mention how uselessly wordy your posts are. And I am not the first one to point this out. I normally keep a policy to never talk solely about one person like this, but I feel I will sacrifice this if this will help clean up CC. Again I will not respond to your post, so don't bother with your huge quote boxes, and as an exercise of will, see if you are able to restrict yourself from posting at all :). </p>

<p>I am sorry for this long post, but hopefully this will be the end to all this nonsense.</p>

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<p>Sreis, if I know nspeds...it has only begun.</p>

<p>Oh boy. :)</p>

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<p>The suggestion that I am somehow myopic in my views is ill-founded; I respect disagreement from all realms, and am always willing to take them into consideration. The preponderance of suggestions, however, from persons such as you and others on this forum have been taken into consideration, but also weighed with competing considerations from others of my acquaintance who are far more credible.</p>

<p>This is not meant as an insult, but upon what platform do you stand to judge whether others 'are digging holes for themselves' or are 'too absorbed in their ideas'? I see you are about to start your undergraduate career at Rice, and congratulations at that (I wish I could be in your shoes). You will be encountering professors and peers who expect you to be involved in your major, perhaps even more than I am. The mere actuality that I exude this commitment is not detrimental to my goals. Sure, it is not exactly conducive to creating constructive friendships or socializing, but I do not care about that in the first place.</p>

<p>I will take such comments seriously not when they derive from a numerical majority (bad presidents, as you know, have been elected by such a majority), but when they come from individuals who are experienced in college level work, or those who have careers in academia (preferably the intellectual fields), or those who I personally trust.</p>

<p>I recall a previous poster saying that 'I will be torched in college' because of the manner in which I write; well, ironically, I am a sophomore in college, and I am exceeding my expectations. I will see or read some of your posts after you have completed a year or two at Rice, and then you can ask who is being myopic at this particular moment.</p>

<p>Edit: Being accepted into a Top 25 does not render one the automatic authority on academia or advice giving. Many people somehow let it get to their heads, and it is exasperating. You, and the peers you converse with, have been admitted into fine institutions; however, that gives you no authority as to the rendering of judgments of those who are already in the midst of their educational pursuit. Take a deep breath: You are not a sophomore, nor are you a junior or senior in college.</p>

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<p>Cool -that I am invited; I guess I will have to leave CT for a weekend;). </p>

<p>Regarding the Classics, for all that it's worth, I believe it is great major! Further, I have read/heard that the Classics major is great preparation for any professional program, from medicine to business -mastering grammar and syntax cannot be a bad thing, after all. I am majoring (well, one of them) in the Classics. I will say, however, that (without intending to be a wimp) I am skiping as much ancient Greek as I can :D. I'll stick to Classics -Latin (including some philosophy, formal logic, and the likes).</p>

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<p>Sreis, you are going to Rice! Now I REALLY LIKE YOU! :)</p>

<p>Great choice. You will love it there. I practically live there. lol</p>

<p>Edit: Thanks Wildflower. Great post.</p>

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<p>Oh, and I would not exactly consider myself overly competitive. I am merely irked from our previous encounter.</p>

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<p>Devil May Cry, I live in Houston!</p>

<p>I love Rice, but they do not love me:(. Ah well, Georgetown is just as good, I suppose;)</p>

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<p>OMG Nspeds!!! :) This is so tight. We could actually have that dinner. All we need is for Wildflower and Co. to hop over here from CT and their respective parts of the world because Sreis will be in H-town next year anyway.</p>

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<p>Yeah, we could all meet at... Rice (the irony).
This actually occured when I was setting up my Georgetown interview:
Interviewer: So where would you like to conduct the interview?
Me: (In my mind: do not say it, do not say it, do not say it, do not say it) The Rice Village?</p>

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<p>Wow. I am pleased that you have responded so nicely. You basically describe what I see as myopic, your carelessness about creating constructive friendships or socializing. I believe you do see a little bit more about people and get a little bit of a better feel of your social situation when you are in touch with that. Think of a car salesman. At some point, your statistics about every car on the lot are going to do nothing, when all your customer really wants is a conversational person that is in touch with their expectations. Just my opinion, but I can see here that your social expectations really come through in your posts. To this end, I respectfully say that I got a strong feeling of impersonality in most of your posts. Sometimes thrusting yourself into a small area of study, or simply being born to think hyper-critically, can draw you away to what people think of you. Maybe this is why a lot of nerdy people are unpopular. Maybe it is not that they don't care what people think, but that they can't find out what people think (of them or others). I also have a strong feeling to post this quote which describe stupidity and intelligence, and their effect on people: </p>

<p>"The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The more stupid
one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while
intelligence squirms and hides itself. Intelligence is unprincipled,
but stupidity is honest and straightforward."</p>

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<p>Haha. Do not fret, mine was at Starbucks. :)</p>

<p>Edit: I was referring to Nspeds.</p>

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<p>About being accepted to a top 25, I never mentioned this (???) and I see no reason to bring this up. Believe me that is not at the front of my mind when I write what I write. I would submit the same post if I were not going to college at all, I suppose because I am not that excited to be going to my univ this fall anyway.</p>

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<p>sreis, you are absolutely correct. You should have read my housing questionare sheet;)</p>

<p>Ah well, I am a hardcore introvert; but your advice is applicable and I suppose I could be more... amiable... for... two... seconds... or... so :D</p>

<p>By the way, do you all have facebook accounts? (Sorry for the second digression, but this is much better than sending individual private messages)</p>

<p>Edit: "About being accepted to a top 25, I never mentioned this (???) and I see no reason to bring this up. Believe me that is not at the front of my mind when I write what I write. I would submit the same post if I were not going to college at all, I suppose because I am not that excited to be going to my univ this fall anyway."</p>

<p>That was more in reference to another poster, not you; however, I drew a generalization. My apologies.</p>

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<p>Woah sreis. You....you are not excited to go to Rice? What happened?</p>

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<p>Oh yeah btw, I am definitely majoring in Classics. Is it me or do majors seem really easy? I looked up the requirements for a Classics majors, and it's like 10 classes. I already got cred for at least 2, and some of the Classics courses are just history and culture which I would have no problem doubling up on. If I stretched it out, that's only 1 class a semester, but hey I can't complain. More time for other things (another major, fun classes, etc).</p>

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<p>Do they not have a 'Lego Course' at Rice? I would have definitely enrolled in that. Hah.</p>

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<p>I don't know, there is something wrong with me. Lately (the past 6-8 years), I have been having trouble getting excited about things. Even graduation was so so. I know I know, I haven't even been to Rice yet. Maybe this will all change come August.</p>

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<p>Good luck! -and let me know how you like Greek;)</p>