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02-03-2004, 01:07 AM
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Math was always my favorite subject, until pre algebra. I kind of lost intrest in it then, or maybe the fact that we do 50 problems every night that are basically the same things over and over. I can do very advanced problem solving and problems that make you think. I am one of those guys who loves english, at least to read and write, and hates algebra. I dont know that my vote counts though, since i am only in Algebra I.
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02-03-2004, 01:10 AM
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I excelled in shop math which was algebra, geoemetry and trig, applied in tool die drafting, electronics, and other applications.
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02-03-2004, 02:01 AM
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I've always enjoyed math class, if for no other reason than I found it fairly simple. Now I'm taking first year calculus, and I have to say I'm struggling quite a bit to maintain a good grade. But it is kind of fun to really get to the roots of concepts I've studied in previous years.
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02-03-2004, 06:59 AM
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I like Proofs (proving that there is no largest integer, proving that 2x will always yield an even number, proving that there are infinite number of primes).
I can't say that I have a fav math class, but I have fav math topics: -hunting for prime numbers -gaussian elimination aka gauss-jordan aka row reduced echelon form -proofs  -linear algebra (matrix approach not graphing) -discrete math
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02-03-2004, 07:07 AM
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for reasoning i'm into logic (the witgenstein way)
and for esthetics i like fractals 
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02-03-2004, 10:58 AM
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Hi Ho, IT IS how you think. lol
I'm getting better at english though now that I have like 3 english classes in college and no math classes. I actually got my first A in english just last semester. In high school I had A's in math all four years. I take pride in that.
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02-03-2004, 11:19 AM
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I love math and I love physics.
I love Calculus because it is closely related to physics. |
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02-03-2004, 11:37 AM
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I haven't taken a math class since my junior year of high school in 1997.
I took advanced placement physics and calc, ad got a 4 on both exams.. giving me college credit for them. I also got a 730 on the math part of my sat's, so i was waived from having to take math again.. Although I do read up on physics in my spare time.. I would have to say that that or calc is my fav. |
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02-03-2004, 11:37 AM
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was anyone else scared by 3rd grade math? i mean, decimal points, fractions... yikes!
i was out sick when my class was learning fractions, and the teacher tried to give me a quick catchup using a pizza analogy. if you had a pizza cut into halves or eights (and he drew it out on the board) which would you rather had? i said the smaller one because i like to eat small slices of pizza... then he said which one would let you eat more? i said a whole bunch of small ones... i just couldn't grasp it.
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02-03-2004, 12:17 PM
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LOL... In Gr3... I was getting so confused by math that I tried to cheat in class by using a calculator.... well... it was so much work trying to cheat and avoid being caught by the teacher or my classmates that I started getting the answers before I could punch in the numbers and I find now that I do rather complex problems in my head.
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02-03-2004, 01:12 PM
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This is making me sick. I can't stand math, maybe I should just stop reading this thread.
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02-03-2004, 01:27 PM
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I don't remember elementery math, maybe because I didn't pay attention or did actual studying till about the 11th grade LOL
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02-03-2004, 02:11 PM
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Two things I recall from elementary math, my third grade teacher printed out our fraction problems on the back of paper with calculus problems on them. I saw that side first, and I nearly cried when I saw what was 'due' tomorrow. I don't know if it was deliberate or not, but I wish I could see that problem again.
The other was learning mulitplication tables in fourth or fifth grade. I thought it was SO unfair that we still had to learn these things when calculators did all that for us, or I could do the math on my own. By now, of course, I am thankful I can do 8*4 without whipping out my calculator 
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02-03-2004, 02:18 PM
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Addition, as long as it requires 3 digits or less.
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02-04-2004, 03:59 AM
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I love recalculating my payroll check to see if those buggers screwed me!
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02-04-2004, 03:02 PM
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I liked Geometry and Calc, but when I took Differential Equations in college, it was very hard, but pretty neat to learn.
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