<p>him: "dude, aren't you supposed to be in school? what grade are you in?"</p>
<p>me: "uhh, i go to university"</p>
<p>him: "so you're taking it easy?"</p>
<p>me: "well there are several levels of algebra"</p>
<p>him: "yeah, algebra I, II, advanced algebra"</p>
<p>me: "uhh, it's abstract algebra. it's beyond calculus"</p>
<p>him: "cool"</p>
<p>(it's Artin, which just says Algebra in the cover (not abstract algebra like Dummit/Foote puts it)</p>
<p>sounds like a regular conversation to me. Then again, most of the people whom I talk to have a less than average IQ :)</p>
<p>so，how did you meet them?</p>
<p>me? or IK?</p>
<p>we went to the same school/ go to the same uni.</p>
<p>Pathetic, but unfortunately common.</p>
<p>Did you want him to start worshiping you? Seems like a generic conversation...</p>
<p>That's about like how I have to explain to everybody why I'm taking the SAT instead of only the ACT. I'm taking the SAT October 6th, so if anyone asks when I'm taking the ACT, I just say October 6th. It's a fib, but it's way easier than going into an intricate speech about the differences between them.</p>
<p>um, wow, someone didn't suspect it was abstract algebra because it just said algebra. what a moron! good call, calling him out on a message board.</p>
<p>^ Lol.....</p>