Geeky High School Photo Meme

[drscott]

OK, since dakoopst opened Pandora's box and I already have my memento file opened, here's my [painfully geeky] contribution. The photo was taken for a student newspaper story about my unprecedented run of perfect math test scores; 3/4 of the way through the year, I had never missed a point in the Algebra II (UICSM - advanced) class. Embarrassing interview with my teacher, Merlin Baker (whose name seems to have given him a head start in geekness), citations of how rare my intellect is, glowing praise from this and that quarter. They did not mention that I had yet to get laid. :-)

This story was a real jinx. Only a few weeks later, I bobbled a matrix multiplication. How ignominious.

Re the photo itself, I took the photographer to the lab box [tiny office between classrooms where the chemicals and apparatus were stored; my little clique were lab assistants for credit] and put together a few pieces of equipment which did nothing, then pretended to adjust something [nothing to adjust, you'll note] while he took the picture. Note my pride and joy, the HP 45 calculator ($400 pre-inflation) -- my crush object and friend Tim had gotten an HP 35 for his birthday, so I one-upped him. My program buffer was bigger!

Comments

[dakoopst.livejournal.com]

LOL....my goodness...I do believe you DO have me beat in geekiness.

Not by much, though. It sounds like you were both intelligent AND driven.

I could only manage half of that...LOL

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

God, you're a braver man than me... my geeky photos from high school are going to stay permanently buried in the archives.

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

My program buffer was bigger

LOL. The geek equivalent of "Size matters."

My first HP was a 33E once I was in Engineering school. Later I moved to a 15C (for the matrix math - perfect for EE Circuits class) which I still use.

On the Super-Geeky scale, I recently came across my old Teledyne-Post slide-rule.

[dakoopst.livejournal.com]

*giggle* I never even knew how to use a slide rule until I became a teacher. By the time I came around, graphing calculators were becoming all the rage.

[excessor.livejournal.com]

How adorable! You staged your cuteness!

[beeftenderloin.livejournal.com]

Oh honey, I don't think ANYONE can top your geekiness. LOL Nice achievements by the way, I once failed Structures 2 and had to retake it only to get a B-. Odd for an architect, n'est pas? You don't want me sizing any beams, that's all I'm saying! :)

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

I'm sure your beam is perfectly adequate to bear your load.

[ozdachs.livejournal.com]

Oh Gawd how cute! I always love(d) those math men.