<p>When people are surprised when you raise your hand and give an incorrect answer.</p>
<p>When you hear random strangers at lunch discussing the meaning of some literary term they don’t know, and you interrupt them to tell them what it means.</p>
<p>When other kids give you their English papers to edit, and you do it.</p>
<p>When your school doesn’t offer enough APs and you self study them</p>
<p>When you get excited about asking and answering questions in class.</p>
<p>@YourFavFilAmGuy:</p>
<p>But those are basically the same…</p>
<p>@Kommand — PreCalc and Algebra II have overlapping topics. But the three of them aren’t the same. I know other schools combine those, but not our school.</p>
<p>Trig is usually combined with either Algebra II or pre-calculus, but I’ve never heard of combining all three.</p>
<p>… You take SAT/AP prep books on vacation</p>
<p>… When you join CC as an 8th grader</p>
<p>… When you read through this whole thread without getting bored</p>
<p>… When you read “the classic books” for fun instead of as an assignment</p>
<p>You know you’re a nerd when you enjoy reading.</p>
<p>When you’re depressed because you finished AP Chemistry (WHY!!! :*( ). To try to fill the void, you make a Yahoo account just so that you can answer chemistry questions on Yahoo Answers. (This can apply to any subject, I just happen to really like chem.)</p>
<p>EDIT: ^I DO THAT TOO. Except with math ;)</p>
<p>when your calculator costs more than your phone</p>
<p>yeah for priorities!</p>
<p>Yeah, I love math and chemistry. I’m taking Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra at Harvard over the summer right now, so there’s no MATH-related void in my soul (yet). It’s harder to find chemistry-related stuff to do, though.</p>
<p>Having said that, when you take courses at Harvard (or any college) over the summer.</p>
<p>When you don’t mind studying over the summer.</p>
<p>When you actually study chess grandmasters’ endgames to add advantage to your own.
When you use some of the stuff you read in business books to improve school band productivity</p>
<p>When you count calories even though you’re not trying to change your weight.</p>
<p>You study on your break from homework</p>
<p>when you have to go to a nearby university to take math.</p>
<p>when your BAC has never gone past 0.05.</p>
<p>when you study for classes before it even starts (over the summer)</p>
<p>When you amuse yourself by thinking of phrases and finding anagrams for them.</p>
<p>When you and your friends make a rap and music video about TI-84 calculators.</p>
<p>When you have multiple Zelda soundtracks downloaded on to your I-pod.</p>
<p>When you ‘like’ the Facebook pages, [“Math Memes”](<a href=“Math Memes”>https://www.facebook.com/MathMemes</a>) and [“I ******* Love Science”](<a href=“Facebook”>https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience</a>) and understand all of the jokes.</p>