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Monday, July 4, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Update on life
I know it has been a really long time since my last post but I am definitely going to make a effort to post regularly now that the holidays have past. I am now in my 4th semester at college. This still means though that I probably have anoother six years or 12 semesters to go. I know that seems like a long time for undergrad but I have switched degrees and am either getting a dual mathematics/computer science degree or a computer science/fire science degree. I am still not 100 percent positive which one it will be. Grade was last semester was particularly rough but I am doing better and have a better attendance record this semester, as long as this continues I should do fine.
Well in regards to the holidays, the only thing that seemed to go right was the time I spent with my mom. My dad still isn't getting this aspergers thing, he is stubborn about this and probably will never understand or see it from a different perspective. Really in truth I am not being difficult, I am just being me. I think that my dad thinks you can turn this aspergers syndrome thing on and off but that is just not the case. It is like asking a diabetic to not have problems with there glucose, it is just not possible. Yes there are ways to treat the symptoms and manage the effects but the underlying condition will be there with you for the rest of your life.
Well in regards to the holidays, the only thing that seemed to go right was the time I spent with my mom. My dad still isn't getting this aspergers thing, he is stubborn about this and probably will never understand or see it from a different perspective. Really in truth I am not being difficult, I am just being me. I think that my dad thinks you can turn this aspergers syndrome thing on and off but that is just not the case. It is like asking a diabetic to not have problems with there glucose, it is just not possible. Yes there are ways to treat the symptoms and manage the effects but the underlying condition will be there with you for the rest of your life.
Lets move away from that sour subject and because I really don't like the lets point fingers game but before we do I want to state that I made a poor decision which was to leave my dads early but this was mine and his fault.
Finally a topic that I have been dreading over, is the serious possibility that I may end up living a bachelor life. I have thought long and hard about this subject and have come to the conclusion that whatever happens will be the best thing for me. Whether I am a bachelor or married is just something that I should not worry about, there are always more important fish to fry in this big vast sea.
signing off
mark
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Pathos, Ethos and Logos
Pathos, Ethos, and Logos are usually terms generally reserved for those scholarly or academic types but I believe that even though that they are not in common use currently, they should be in current use. This is because pathos, ethos, and logos have to do with the very core of how we talk to others or persaude others to accept a idea or task. Basically scholars call these the pillars of public speaking. Right off the batI will telll you my primary pillar even though all people use all three, it is still important to be able to recognize your primary pillar. Mine for example is that of logos. If I was forced to choose something else besides that of logos I would prefer Ethos over pathos. Most of the people though, mainly those that the autism spectrum disorders people call neurotypicals (NTs) use Pathos. I bet right about now you are bored and have given up, want to read on to find out the definition, ir have already googled these three pillars. So instead of making a person wait any longer I will define them very briefly for this post and later I will try to create posts that examine each pillar in depth.
Logos- the appeal to logic
Pathos- The appeal to emotions
Ethos- the Appeal to the credibility or character of the speaker
signing off
mark
Logos- the appeal to logic
Pathos- The appeal to emotions
Ethos- the Appeal to the credibility or character of the speaker
signing off
mark
Monday, November 29, 2010
About Me
Hello All, since this is my first post for this blog I guess it is time to brag and give you a short history of myself. Eventually I will be putting a condensed version of this about me post in the right navigation bar but that will have to wait until I get some more time, I just wanted to get this up tonight since I have been thinking about it more and more lately.
First off I should probably tell you my name since I have just been talking in first person, so my name is mark and I am a sophomore college student living with my parents in Anchorage, alaska. I attend school at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Officially I am signed up as a pre-major nursing student but unofficially I think that I want to do a double major in Nursing and Computer Science and the get a masters degree in either Nursing, Public Health, or computer science. Obviously, as of right now I am not exactly sure what I am going to do.
But now lets talk a little bit about aspergers syndrome, I as a aspie or AS kid was diagnosed on July 7, 2010 and after this date I told my mom and she was willing to accept it but she still has a lot to learn about AS, it is just so hard for those that are not on the spectrum to truly understand what is going on that is partly because our brains are wired differently than ours. Normal people or neurotypicals or NTs for short just have a hard time understanding how AS people's minds work. My dad on the other hand did not take the situation as well as I would have liked. He still too this day in my mind is still not willing to accept after all the psychological, neurobehavioral, IQ, and cognitive tests I have been through as a kid did not catch this. My response to him was that in pretty muh every test I had done if you asked the person if I had autistic tendencies they would have said yes. I know that that is a giant leap from tendencies to official diagnosis but this was brought on because in college I realized how poorly trained I was in the nuances of social etiquette and behavior. My explain may sound like a excuse or a fall back maybe it is maybe it isn't but the fact remains that the one who should decide if it is a excuse is the person that is using it that way. I do not believe that people should get involved when another is making excuses for why he/she is behaving a certain way or acting a certain way. It really isn't there business.
I received intensive special education services including Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, psychological counseling and assistance, and finally in classroom assistance. Eventually though more and more of these services were removed and in middle school and high school the three basic services I received was notetaking assistance/laptop use in class, extended time on tests and assignments, and some assistance in regards to developing social skills. All of the above services were fine for middle school but in high school I had problems with the last service in that the schools were just not equipped to teach me the skills that I needed to learn.
Well that is probably enough information for tonight, looks like there may be a part 2 and 3 to the about me series of posts but who knows maybe this will be all I give you
signing off
Aspie Mark West
First off I should probably tell you my name since I have just been talking in first person, so my name is mark and I am a sophomore college student living with my parents in Anchorage, alaska. I attend school at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Officially I am signed up as a pre-major nursing student but unofficially I think that I want to do a double major in Nursing and Computer Science and the get a masters degree in either Nursing, Public Health, or computer science. Obviously, as of right now I am not exactly sure what I am going to do.
But now lets talk a little bit about aspergers syndrome, I as a aspie or AS kid was diagnosed on July 7, 2010 and after this date I told my mom and she was willing to accept it but she still has a lot to learn about AS, it is just so hard for those that are not on the spectrum to truly understand what is going on that is partly because our brains are wired differently than ours. Normal people or neurotypicals or NTs for short just have a hard time understanding how AS people's minds work. My dad on the other hand did not take the situation as well as I would have liked. He still too this day in my mind is still not willing to accept after all the psychological, neurobehavioral, IQ, and cognitive tests I have been through as a kid did not catch this. My response to him was that in pretty muh every test I had done if you asked the person if I had autistic tendencies they would have said yes. I know that that is a giant leap from tendencies to official diagnosis but this was brought on because in college I realized how poorly trained I was in the nuances of social etiquette and behavior. My explain may sound like a excuse or a fall back maybe it is maybe it isn't but the fact remains that the one who should decide if it is a excuse is the person that is using it that way. I do not believe that people should get involved when another is making excuses for why he/she is behaving a certain way or acting a certain way. It really isn't there business.
I received intensive special education services including Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, psychological counseling and assistance, and finally in classroom assistance. Eventually though more and more of these services were removed and in middle school and high school the three basic services I received was notetaking assistance/laptop use in class, extended time on tests and assignments, and some assistance in regards to developing social skills. All of the above services were fine for middle school but in high school I had problems with the last service in that the schools were just not equipped to teach me the skills that I needed to learn.
Well that is probably enough information for tonight, looks like there may be a part 2 and 3 to the about me series of posts but who knows maybe this will be all I give you
signing off
Aspie Mark West
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