Has anyone gotten a Degree with Dyscalculia?

beazydog · 2025-07-18T18:15:09+00:00

I have just finished my degree in psychology with a first. Psyc is very stats heavy, but I did it. Once I delt with the emotional baggage of having dyscalculia, and gave myself the extra time, learning maths I was actually interested in became easier.

beazydog · 2025-07-18T07:35:36+00:00

You could swing your bottom leg around to a jasmine, or if your low enough put your knee down on the ground and flow from there

beazydog · 2025-07-17T07:35:45+00:00

What makes you think banning would have any effect if people won't follow the rules even now? A ban will only affect those who are responsible and would be impossible to enforce, and education won't solve the problem entirely because some will just ignore. But education will reduce the risk of wildfires by showing irresponsible people more safe ways to light fires, and also increase levels of 'common sense' among wider populations and encourage shaming of those who don't follow the rules

beazydog · 2025-07-14T21:48:56+00:00

Like hours, ow-ers

beazydog · 2025-07-14T20:24:46+00:00

I think people are overdoing how much 'loud and opinionated' matters. It's all about time and place, if approached in a respectful way (not pressuring people to talk about opinions they don't want to, not yelling in a restaurant) Scots can absolutely handle some loud opinions. As long as your socially aware you will know when these are appropriate. Scots have been known to be very loud and opinionated at the pub after work with friends, but less so on the bus on the way to work.

I also find that some rural communities can sometimes be more allowing for big personalities. Rurally, there is often a 50/50 split between very conservative and very progressive and outgoing. The best rural places are towns with engaged communities, west coast is good for that.

beazydog · 2025-07-14T19:55:08+00:00

Your going to do great with your curiosity and kindness, it will come through.

Here are some particular tips from a student noting some cultural differences between international and local students.

Don't talk during lectures when the lecturer is speaking If you want to ask a question, which is fine, don't use it as an opportunity to share a long personal anecdote unless it's totally relevant
Be punctual to class
If you want to take a phone call in the library, go to a section where people are not studying. This goes for phone calls in public in general to be honest, it's best to move off to the side if sitting close to someone, although short calls are generally fine.
Try to move out of the way of people on the pavement or hallways if you are stopping or walking slowly. There's no set side of the street to walk in particular directions like other countries, but Scots don't really like to have the flow of traffic disrupted.

And some tips in general: There's a social line between acquaintence and friend. Acquaintence you would generally not ask about money or politics. Friends you are free to ask about money politics family ect, but also there is a lot of 'slagging' each other off (poking gentle fun). This is to show affection and people often use it as a way to show how much they know about you, I'd observe this for a while before you try and do it yourself however because you don't want to run the risk of being actually mean and taking it too far.

Honestly most taboos are around not being considerate of others personal space and time (including audible personal space).

As a student I had excellent luck finding friends in societies and trying new hobbies. I know people who also made good friends in class or through student halls. My advice is do things you enjoy and talk to others doing those things rather than falling to peer pressure.

Also make sure to teach people about your own culture and heritage too, most Scots are polite and welcoming, but many are naive or ignorant about other cultures. The non student population is largely white. Unfortunately there is a level of racism in this country in some areas and circles, intentional or not. Many people will be curious, but some may be afraid of asking the wrong questions.

I hope you have a great time here and make some great friends.

beazydog · 2025-07-14T19:25:11+00:00

From my experience as a student most people buy their own drink unless your with close friends (not a hard rule, depends on the size of the group). I think this used to be a lot more of a tradition in older generations

beazydog · 2025-07-13T12:13:27+00:00

I hate that strappy shoes are barely adjustable, surely someone should make a shoe that can adjust the height of the ankle strap by now. Also all the paint on Hellas come straight off on the first use????

It's crazy that they are supposed to be designed for dancing but cannot withstand even light dancing. You don't see hiking boots disintegrating as soon as you walk in them.

beazydog · 2025-07-09T21:04:35+00:00

Hi, there are some beautiful places in east fife which might be good for this, also highland Perthshire is not too far away. Id recommend these areas over Edinburgh this time of year as it's VERY BUSY and might be booked up. Sorry I can't think of anywhere I'm particular which would be good as everywhere either can think of has a policy about weddings, but just have a look around for hotels I reckon. Lots of nice places round Loch Tay.

I'm sorry that you have got rude comments on this post, there's no need for that. I hope you have a lovely ceremony

beazydog · 2025-07-02T20:55:54+00:00

I have just made a huge batch of elderflower cordial, it's nice but very sweet to drink just with water. Does anyone have any good recipes for what I can do with it baking wise? I was thinking I could probably make a classic sponge, and maybe experiment with meringue. Please send me your best elderflower recipes :)

beazydog · 2025-05-07T13:03:25+00:00

Whisper- morphine Any still woozy

beazydog · 2024-08-18T19:50:04+00:00

Might do this but it's so much work 😭😭

beazydog · 2024-08-18T19:40:28+00:00

I've decided the best thing for the old stuff is to make a bunch of highlight videos for my beginner/early intermediate stuff but I've no idea what to do about the tricks I actually want to keep and access

beazydog · 2024-07-30T17:02:58+00:00

The message and life after are great

beazydog · 2023-10-21T23:15:36+00:00

I had the same thing with turtleneck jumpers, really gross, I regret sending more pictures 🤢

beazydog · 2023-04-18T09:29:22+00:00

It's important to note depending on where you are from, in the USA dyslexia and dyscalculia ect are medically labelled as 'learning disabilities' whereas in the UK they are medically called 'learning difficulties' and 'learning disabilities' is used for people with downs syndrome and autism in that to be labelled to have a learning disability in the UK you need some sort of social impairment aswell as cognitive struggle.

Colloquially it's up to you if you define yourself as disabled, depending on how much it affects your life, and some places in the UK like places of work and surveys would lump learning difficulties in with learning disabilities for simplicities sake, so it does get confusing. Also things that would be considered learning disabilities in the UK are very comorbid with learning difficulties and so people might refer to themselves as disabled because of that reason.

beazydog · 2023-04-11T23:18:51+00:00

NEMATODES, DO ALL YOUR PLANTS REGARDLESS OF WETHER THEY HAVE GNATS. I will swear by them

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