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Mathematics is perhaps one of the most important subjects.....one can hardly call themselves educated without knowing it. In terms of it being boring? Huh?
Just a post to comisserate with you....math was always my most difficult and despised subject. Perhaps the opposite side of your brain is dominant.....more into say visual arts?
Hang in, one day it will be all over.
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Originally Posted by Osito
I'm so sick of my stupid math class. It's taken all of my energy all semester, it has taken me away from the classes I'm interested in, and I'm still barely passing. And I have to take not one but two more math classes. I would love to find out what moron decided that I have to take all this math??? It's pointless, dragging down my GPA and a waste of my time as far as I'm concerned. I wish math would douse itself in gasoline, light itself on fire, drink antifreeze and asphyxiate itself, drown itself in the ocean, dig a grave and bury itself, light a bomb and blow itself up.
I do not agree. This person shouldn't have to take a math courses if he is going into human resources, art, history, etc. This person just needs to learn the technical skills for his or her major and move on.
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Originally Posted by Chango
I went all the way from remedial math to College Algebra when I was in college. I don't remember a thing about it, except how glad I was that is was over in the end.
But if we didn't have math, you wouldn't have the proper mixture of gas or antifreeze to burn and poison math, wouldn't be able to caclulate how much oxygen math requires before it passes out, how much weight you would need to counter math's bouyancy in salt water, how much money to pay the grave digger without being cheated, how much explosives would be necessary to blow math up and be able to experience the priceless joy and confidence that comes from overcomming and maybe even mastering something that you find intensely difficult.
Chin up and all that, nothing worth doing was ever easy. Unless you are going to school for math-heavy scientific training, discipline and confidence is the subject's ultimate value and worth.
Do you work in the medical field? Because if you do then it's a different story.
Those who do not work in the medical field do not need to take organic chemistry.
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Suck it up. I had to take organic chemistry in college. A soul sucking experience if there ever was one. You will go on to more interesting stuff, and maybe the math you took will come in handy in the far future.
Suck it up. I had to take organic chemistry in college. A soul sucking experience if there ever was one. You will go on to more interesting stuff, and maybe the math you took will come in handy in the far future.
Eh, I've heard the horror stories about orgo, but to be honest, I found it easier than gen chem.
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Originally Posted by imcurious
I was able to take statistics classes in lieu of regular math classes. Check it out!
When I took statistics, it was a 200 level math course. I thought it was a pain, there was a lot of math, but I got an A-. Then I transferred into a college that placed statistics into a different category. Logic, I believe.
But yes, humanities majors generally have the option to take a logic or reasoning course in lieu of a "regular math class".
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Do you work in the medical field? Because if you do then it's a different story.
Those who do not work in the medical field do not need to take organic chemistry.
Eh? Organic chemistry is concerned primarily with the making and breaking of carbon bonds. Granted, this would include living organisms, but it also includes synthetic compounds, too. So it is highly useful to say, someone working in the oil industry or or another aspect of environmental science.
I do not agree. This person shouldn't have to take a math courses if he is going into human resources, art, history, etc. This person just needs to learn the technical skills for his or her major and move on.
A few things.
Someone in human resources should absolutely be proficient in math (possibly above other subjects).
How can you adequately do your job in human resources if you can't calculate the NPV of a potential candidate? How can you hire someone if you can't calculate the opportunity cost of hiring in house vs. outsourcing? How can you pick a medical plan if you can't calculate the true cost to the employee of a group plan rate?
And you should probably have math courses if you major in history or art as well. I mean...what if the cash register goes down at Taco Bell? You have to be able to calculate an order's total in your head.
I do not agree. This person shouldn't have to take a math courses if he is going into human resources, art, history, etc. This person just needs to learn the technical skills for his or her major and move on.
Ah yes, the American (read:easy) way. Ever wonder why our educations are worthless compared to the rest of the world when we're done? Math is about the only semi-hard mandatory subject left.
Some people do not have an innate aptitude for math - others do - I am one who does not. I was able to get a Bachelor of Science from a well-known private school and only took statistics courses, no math, per se . . .
In business, I can do the basic calculations, spreadsheet stuff (including simple Algebra), etc. I never had a problem not being a genius in math in my entire business career - For me, the actual classes are torture - all the rote practicing and problems - and on tests, yikes! I detest word problems - my brain does not function in a way to be able to grasp them, easily.
Too bad schools cannot recognize that everyone does not need higher level math to succeed in life.
Let those with the natural aptitude excel.
The fact that the U.S. is slipping has very little to do with forcing square learning styles into round test holes and more to do with the schools just boring the crap out of kids so they cannot even think straight when they get out - as the Paul Simon song Kodachrome notes so well.
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And I have to take not one but two more math classes. I would love to find out what moron decided that I have to take all this math??? It's pointless, dragging down my GPA and a waste of my time as far as I'm concerned. I wish math would douse itself in gasoline, light itself on fire, drink antifreeze and asphyxiate itself, drown itself in the ocean, dig a grave and bury itself, light a bomb and blow itself up.
