Weird thing is that Matrices for me were quite easy. I didn't have to struggle as much as I did with the other parts of Calculus.
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 3:13 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:370305 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
