Members Tlaloc Posted October 21, 2005 Members Posted October 21, 2005 I spent the last 3 hours of the night doing calculus homework. And all I have to show for it is 2 incorrect answers. I successfully wasted the night getting nowhere. {censored} this. :mad:
Members RSBro Posted October 21, 2005 Members Posted October 21, 2005 Know the feeling. Business Statistics is possibly the worst class ever... Especially when it's being taught by the PHYSICS chair, instead of a Business professor...
Members The Aardvark Posted October 21, 2005 Members Posted October 21, 2005 Originally posted by Tlaloc I spent the last 3 hours of the night doing calculus homework. :mad: Very well, "Calculus homework, I damn thee". There you go, but why you would want your homework to suffer eternal damnation is beyond me.
Members Tommy Gunz Posted October 21, 2005 Members Posted October 21, 2005 Think of it as a mental excercise. Sometimes you might have just made a mistake at the beginning, but the logic and theorems that you applied after that are still sound and correct. Try to get a hold of the complete answer or ask your teaching assistant to validate your steps and see how much of it are still good. Your 3hrs effort may not be a total lost afterall.
Members Hacker Posted October 21, 2005 Members Posted October 21, 2005 Originally posted by Tlaloc I spent the last 3 hours of the night doing calculus homework. And all I have to show for it is 2 incorrect answers. I successfully wasted the night getting nowhere. {censored} this. :mad: Dude: I have a BSEE, took 4 semesters of calculus, 2 additional semesters of "advanced mathematics for engineers". That was over 15 years ago!!!
Members Billvarez Posted October 21, 2005 Members Posted October 21, 2005 In engineering school, I had 4 semesters of calculus, it sucked, and now 10 years into "real life" it is absolutely useless. I have never used calc. outside of college. Just thought I would throw that out there to cheer you up.
Members Fran da Man Posted October 21, 2005 Members Posted October 21, 2005 Isn't calculus designed to increase "Pissed off Abstract Thought"
Members NeonVomit Posted October 21, 2005 Members Posted October 21, 2005 Originally posted by Billvarez In engineering school, I had 4 semesters of calculus, it sucked, and now 10 years into "real life" it is absolutely useless. I have never used calc. outside of college. Just thought I would throw that out there to cheer you up. What line of work are you in?
Members bassthumpintwin Posted October 22, 2005 Members Posted October 22, 2005 Originally posted by Billvarez In engineering school, I had 4 semesters of calculus, it sucked, and now 10 years into "real life" it is absolutely useless. I have never used calc. outside of college. Just thought I would throw that out there to cheer you up. haha... my bro is in EE and he told me that he has had so many math classes, if he takes like one more he can minor in mathematics.... His advisor told him that he has had more math classes than 90% of students should ever need......
Members bassthumpintwin Posted October 22, 2005 Members Posted October 22, 2005 Originally posted by Tlaloc I spent the last 3 hours of the night doing calculus homework. And all I have to show for it is 2 incorrect answers. I successfully wasted the night getting nowhere. {censored} this. :mad: btw, what aspect of calculus are you having the most difficulty in right now? ie, what is the homework focusing on?
Members Gfunkk44 Posted October 22, 2005 Members Posted October 22, 2005 Yeah I hear ya man.. calc sucks.. I put in a bunch of work.. had a test on thursday... and I still don't think I did that well... oh well, i'll deal with it next week.
Members Perfessor Posted October 22, 2005 Members Posted October 22, 2005 I quit college two weeks before graduation because the US Forest Service said if I get out to Montana next week I'll have a job. I never finished and I know people who did and they make less money, too. Now, if you can actually use calculus someday it's then a good idea to frustrate yourself learning it. If it's just for a part of your degree program, then it might be time to change majors. It doesn't matter to a lot of employers what degree you have. My last room-mate took business courses and never had a lab and was almost never studying like I did for envirmental studies. He got a great job at graduation. They always load you down in Arts and Sciences.
Members Perfessor Posted October 22, 2005 Members Posted October 22, 2005 Oh, and for biology, chemistry and most others in Arts and Sciences they make you take the 4 or 5 hours of regular class and 2 to 3 hours of lab for the original 4 or 5 hours credit. If you take two of these you are forced to carry a hugeload of work. They do this in math not with labs, but with tons of problem solving. And for what? Science majors make less money than carpenters. If you are going to become an architect or something, maybe it's of use. Maybe. Usually it's just the university offering it so they appear like they are really doing something.
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