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    Default Why I didn't major in math

    From <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/evolvingthoughts/2007/02/why_i_didnt_major_in_math.php">Evolving Thoughts</a>:



    The math looks like calculus. I can sympathize.

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    I can't tell the specifics, obviously, but I'm in calc I and it doesn't look like anything too crazy. Though that sigma from 1 to infinite should be written as a limit as n approaches infinite, I believe. That how we were taught, at least. It just looks like integration and also a reason to not be stupid and use a pen to do math. That's just foolish.


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    I can count my numbers all the way up high sommers in the thousands.

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    That's so ridiculous. I can't even read the first line.

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    The dude hanging? That's me when I tried to take math further than I was able to ;_;

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    Ugh, stuff like this is why math is just plain dumb.

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    I sometimes wish I wasn't majoring in maths too.

    My integrals are heaps messier than those first few though. Sometimes I can't even read what I'm trying to solve.

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    Well, that first line doesn't look too complicated. If it were in my math book, it would be a very easy question. Sadly, that seems to be for display purposes, and not as a question on a test. After that, my brain fries.

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    Who the hell would hand in an exam question written on grid paper if it didnt involve graphing, and even then grid paper is for amatuers. I personally can't wait to learn some more advanced stuff in maths. The only thing i dont like is writing working out though...

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    Uhhhh.........lol?

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    When it comes to that, hanging yourself is the answer. Full marks.


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    If we're talking about Raistlin then hanging himself is always the best answer.

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    Now I'm afraid to take calculus next year

    When my grade 10 math teacher told the class that we'd need more than one page to solve just one question, my brain died. It was only quadratics too. =(



    4444444444 4 4 444 44 4

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    I'm pretty bad at Math. I don't even want to take Pre-Calc next year, since only 3 years of Math are required, but the guidance councilor made me because she said it looks good. ;__;

    So basically, the little hangy man would be on the second step of the problem for me.


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