I just hadn't studied them in high school calculus. I took the BC calculus test (there were two available, the AB which is the easier one and the BC which was harder) and I guess my teacher hadn't expected that or some such. She felt bad.
I thought that matrices were fun. I love linear algebra, was always one of my favorite subjects, especially cool stuff like systems of equations for optimization. Regular expressions are just a tool of the devil. On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:13 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > Really?? I loved them. > > My math bane is now, and always will be, matrices. > > To this day I cannot add or multiply two matrices together. Can't do it. Oh > and regular expressions....and that one really pains me because of the > obvious tie-in to my chosen profession! > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Taylor Series were the bane of my AP calculus exam. > > > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:43 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On another note, since my daughter was accepted into the 6th grade > STEM > > > > program she won't have to do Common Core math. That right there > should > > > > speak volumes about it's college readiness. > > > > > > > > > > That right there could mean LOT'S of things. Perhaps they feel it > better > > > suited for the younger students, but have a different/better method for > > the > > > older students. Perhaps they don't feel like the standards have been > > vetted > > > enough to offer it across the board at their schools. Who knows. > > > > > > Going back to your viral example. As a math major, i can't count the > > number > > > of times I was forced on a test to take the "scenic route" to an answer > > in > > > the name of education vs. expedience. > > > > > > I distinctly remember having to graph natural logarithms, WITHOUT using > > the > > > natural log function. Why? To learn how Taylor Polynomials could be > used > > to > > > APPROXIMATE natural logs. A problem that might take 5 seconds, took > > > considerably longer. WHy? Education.To teach me what the natural logs > > were > > > about, and other ways to approach the same question. > > > > > > That is why these viral pictures, these "snippets", are mostly useless. > > > There is almost always a deeper explanation that needs to be explored > > > before anything can be proven or dismissed. The parent who supposedly > had > > > an advanced degree (if that's even true), should very well have > > appreciated > > > this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370304 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
