Will someone help me with some math problems?

[rebgirl420]

b is y = 0 and x = -4

[GraziLovesMary]

Oh, by the way, I have NEVER had to use algebra in real life. My hubby says he never has either.( I just asked him) Its a scam put in place by "The Man"!!

But can you really be 100% sure that you have not used Algebraic formulas without realising what they really were? Not doubting you, just wondering aloud!


And Reb.. yeah dont worry Math was also the only subject that I had any trouble with. The biggest problem with it is that almost all teaching methods rely on repitition to store formulas and equations in your long-term memory, as opposed to using interconnections, which are more reliable and longer lasting connections.

For example, when my professor was describing rotational inertia and vector quantities, he used a stoplight swinging in the wind as an example. The outside edge was rotating around the attachment point at the top, which served perfectly as a radius. We added quantities to the equation, then calculated the force of the wind pushing against the light in vector quantities.

Lol looking back 30 seconds in retrospect, that probably wont make much sense to you but if you had a professor that explained how these seemingly pointless equations had real-world applications, and could be used to solve problems and situations that you might actually come across, the significance of them would be much more impressionable.

I hated matrices all throughout school, any fuckin time I came across them I was blown. I knew I would never use them.. who the fuck would?!? Until I decided to design a new microprocessor cube that instead of being a single 2-D matrix, or an array of interconnected 2-D matrices, it is a 3-Dimensional matrice structure, where energy transfer can take place in any direction along the X, Y, and Z axes, and depending on the medium, the W axis as well.

I guess all I can say is good luck! If you have to rely on yourself for teaching, scour the book for any example of how you can relate these pointless equations into a real-world situation.


EDIT: Just wanted to point out how strange it feels defending math against the very same arguments I myself posed for the first 20 or so years of my life.

[Mississippi Steve]

FWIW I had problems not wit the math, but with the teachers.... I figured that the whole thing was about understanding and being able to apply the concept. The teachers thought it was about the repititious busy work. They marked all the problems wrong that didn't have the 12 or 15 steps layed out, even though the answer was correct. and they would mark correct all the ones with all of the steps shown.....EVEN WHEN THEY HAD THE WRONG ANSWER.

I could never figure that one out....nor could the school board.

I couldn't get past the stoopid teacher in High School, and failed algebra twice..... but aced geometry, trig, and calc in college.......go figure.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Fuck math. Math can die. I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate math. Its worthless. A complete waste of time and energy. Even while sober.



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My thoughts exactly!

I don't think any type of mental excercise has enraged me so much as math. This is why I stick to my main talent; writing:jointsmile:

[Coelho]

Damn Gandalf... im disappointed... you seems to be very intelligent, i never would imagine that you hated math... its a waste of intelligence to hate it... but to each his own... as im sure other people would say the same thing about the (many) subjects i hate.

[rebgirl420]

Well I make up for my lacking in math with my intense love for history, writing, psych, and other classes like the ones I just stated. I take my school very seriously though. It is and always has been my number one priority. My parents beat that into my head as a child and it has stayed with me since. My mother was never good at school but now works in a factory in quality control and my father was very good in school (he got me into politics and history as a kid and i've loved it since) but he didn't have the money for college so he went the navy route instead. His whole life he worked 2 jobs 9good jobs mind you) to make sure I was cared for and always insisted that I not have to work like a dog like he does.

He instilled a solid work ethic in me that I appreciate immensly. That and he showed me the wonderful herb. He's exactly the kind of parent everyone should have. I gues it's safe to say i'm a daddy's girl.

[GraziLovesMary]

Everybody has their strengths and weaknesses for a reason. Some can decide to try and equalize their strengths, then build them up simultaneously. Others choose to focus and excel exponentially at the subjects that they are passionate about.

[YYZ]

Math rocks. It's a universal (literally) language, and the heart of all sciences, art, and history.

But I know how you feel. Stick with it and it'll keep getting less and less painful. Then, suddenly one day, it becomes fun.

Pic is from the awesome webcomic xkcd

[rebgirl420]

Yeah I know about xkcd, I learned about it on snopes.com

[420_24/7]

Yeah I know about xkcd, I learned about it on snopes.com

gluing captions to your cats!??!?!:wtf::wtf::wtf: WTF
that hilarious!