what do you do when you're stuck

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>What do you do when you’re studying and get absolutely stuck on a concept/problem?</p>

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<p>That happened to me a lot in AP Physics. I just called my friend for the answer or gave up and went back to sleep :)</p>

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<p>Email your GSI. If your GSI is a good teacher, they should get back to you pretty soon.</p>

<p>But I prefer a nice glass of Jack on the rocks and just forgetting about the homework altogether.</p>

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<p>lol, I did that a lot last year but it was a strawberry daiquiri.</p>

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<p>I really hope you’re a girl, Viromonkey.</p>

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<p>My experience tells me that if you are stuck at something for more than an hour, stop trying because chances are you are going nowhere. Go to the office hour and it will save you tons of time.</p>

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<p>Ektaylor, don’t hate. Appletinis and nectarinis are TOTALLY manly. Just look at JD.</p>

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<p>I just have a really good mental image of a male physics major stopping in the middle of a problem set to take a sip from his champaign glass filled with strawberry daiquiri. But I have always been partial to having all my drinks on the rocks --adding things just seems silly to me.</p>

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<p>Um…you know “on the rocks” simply refers to the fact that it’s served over ice cubes, right? The phrase says nothing about the content of the beverage.</p>

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<p>Yea, I know that. Doesn’t it also mean straight, with nothing added? Just hard alcohol? Oh wow, I googled it. What. </p>

<p>Ok, neat is what I mean, right? Like gin neat.</p>

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<p>Right, “neat” is used more in Britain and English-speaking European countries; in the US the common term is “straight.” Sort of a half-Google-fail on your part, I guess, but 50% is a B- in ochem, so…good job?</p>

<p>And screw Google, you pick this stuff up just from experience. What.</p>

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<p>I didn’t google neat, it has been pushed into my vernacular by my English grandparents. Neat and back, both. Some of that experience you’re talking about. Though, my experiences with anything worth drinking neat, or straight as you would have it, have been few and far between with my friends’ love of what they call ‘jungle juice.’</p>

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<p>Oh yes, jungle juice. The beauty of what could be the best or the worst party drink you’ve ever had in your life. Definitely part of the college maturation process. Like growing pubic hair in puberty.</p>

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<p>Depending on whether Albertson’s brand vodka or Stolichnaya is used, of course.</p>

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<p>…plus the 30 other possible varying degrees of quality of all the other drinks required.</p>

<p>…and assuming that the people making the drinks aren’t using 1) moldy fruit or 2) moldy tubs. I’ve encountered both on separate occasions. That was NOT a fun week.</p>

<p>I love the direction that this thread has turned.</p>

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<p>Well, I mean, the direction is natural; the question was how to solve a problem, remember.</p>

<p>Food poisoning and being hungover sounds great, though.</p>

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<p>Wow, you guys need to chill, which is kind of weird coming from me since people tell me I talk a lot of ****.</p>

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<p>I honestly had no idea what you were talking about, Viro, until I realized this was the strawberry daiquiri thread.</p>

<p>Btw, that 'What." sentence wasn’t like a hollaaa thing, it was more of a disbelief thing.</p>

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<p>Even though I have posted a lot of times I guess I use sarcasm to the point that people can’t tell them apart.</p>

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<p>1) Never had a hangover in my life. And I can drink quite a bit. Being 250 lbs sorta helps.</p>

<p>2) The food poisoning was especially bad because it was during Big Game week 2006.</p>