math riddle
Posted by SnowQueen690 on Aug 12, 2008 · Member since Jun 2005 · 1569 posts
Why should you never mention the number 288 in front of anyone?
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Why should you never mention the number 288 in front of anyone?
Teachers make a BIG difference. I had really good teachers for Calc I, II, III and Differential Equations so I made good grades. I had a good teacher for Thermodynamics I too, but then for Thermodymanics II I had a teacher who SUCKED, so I barely got a C. I came really close to having to repeat that class.
But then again, you can have a good teacher, and still get a poor grade! Heat Transfer, I worked my butt off, tried everything I could to understand it, good teacher, always got help, etc. And I still only got a C. >:( I hate C's.
I had really good maths teachers but I was never really a star. At mathematics I'm fine - times tables, working with numbers and so on, but algebra and geometry made my brain sad. Still, I managed to pass with a B and then run away to the safety of the language department!
I had really good maths teachers but I was never really a star. At mathematics I'm fine - times tables, working with numbers and so on, but algebra and geometry made my brain sad. Still, I managed to pass with a B and then run away to the safety of the language department!
sorry, it's semantics, but...
at arithmetic you're fine. that's multiplication and numbers and such. mathematics is a much broader category, with algebra and geometry being big parts of it.
And I hope I'm a good teacher. the last few semesters I've been teaching pre-cal, which (like someone said earlier) is horrible to teach. the lower you go the harder it is to remember what it was like to learn it; and the less the kids want to learn. what goes around comes around, I guess; I hated taking english and history classes. But I should be teaching Calculus again this semester, thank god. Greatest class ever. A student's first foray into real mathematics.
Mirrya1's mentioning that a foreign exchange student helped her out in a class is pretty typical. i'm not sure what's going on currently in primary and secondary schools as far as math is concerned, but most other advanced countries are so much better than we are. it's sad how little emphasis is put on math in our schools. i can't really say much though; I have absolutely no desire to teach people below the college level. i was a little bastard in middle and high school who didn't want to be there and gave my teachers a bunch of crap. now i would slap the hell out of myself then if i was in my class. (did that last sentence make any sense? :))
Mirrya1's mentioning that a foreign exchange student helped her out in a class is pretty typical. i'm not sure what's going on currently in primary and secondary schools as far as math is concerned, but most other advanced countries are so much better than we are. it's sad how little emphasis is put on math in our schools. i can't really say much though; I have absolutely no desire to teach people below the college level.
Oh, I completely agree that there is not enough emphasis on math. I teach at a kindergarten center (read: 17 classes of kindergarten and nothing else in the school) and EVERYTHING takes second fiddle to reading, including math, science, social studies, social skills and relatedness and PLAY, which I have a HUGE beef with at the kindergarten level. Thankfully we have an awesome principal who realizes that we teach five-year-olds and is thus somewhat flexible with us. AND, I teach special ed, which is a whole different ball of wax in terms of targeting what skills are critical to learn.
But in general, I agree.
And for the record, my Math Methods for Elementary school teachers was quite possibly the only useful class I took in college (in terms of preparing me to be a teacher). Loved it! I learned that I apparently had been taught math quite badly, empasizing the answer over the process. Damn touchpoints!
HUGE beef
Not vegan! :siren: <-- that's easier!
Sheesh. You caught me AC. :-[ Throw me in vegan jail!!
Would you like to use your get out of vegail (vegan jail) free card? ???
You mean my get out of vegWEASail free card? ^-^
No. Fail! Vegail.
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WRONG!
Math is awesome. We wouldn't have this webernet page if it weren't for the math.
Math is so under-appreciated by the masses. :'(
A man after my own heart.
<--- Math teacher
PS I am mad disappointed that I didn't have a chance to solve the riddle before someone else did. :'(
Maybe other math types will like this as much as I do.
Maybe other math types will like this as much as I do.
Aaaahahahahahaha
Maybe other math types will like this as much as I do.
:-D
sorry, it's semantics, but...
at arithmetic you're fine. that's multiplication and numbers and such. mathematics is a much broader category, with algebra and geometry being big parts of it.
Thank you for saving me from saying that and feeling like a smartass! Heh.
I tend towards hating math at this point, although I really admire people who are good at it. I used to love it--I did geometry in 8th grade, then algebra II, trig, and calc in high school, and calc in CC during high school, but then I came to college and realized that wasn't real math, just kind of easy applied math. The lecturer for math 1a here (sequences and series and calc and some other junk) had a really strong accent my year, and that in addition to the difficulty of the material for me given my lack of background gave me a really bad start. I wish I had another chance now though, since math is very important and fascinating.
Yeah, but you went to one of the most rigorous schools in the world. Isn't Caltech in the top 10 schools in the galaxy?
Yeah, what was I thinking? Meh.
i was a little bastard in middle and high school who didn't want to be there and gave my teachers a bunch of crap. now i would slap the hell out of myself then if i was in my class. (did that last sentence make any sense? :))
<-- Middle school math teacher for the first time ever this year. :-\ ;D
So I'm doing pre-calc this semester and am still deciding which calculus route to take..there's the short calculus that the social science majors take and then there is calculus with analytic geometry..really, how gnarly does calculus get? I know it varies from person to person, I just have no concept of it as I haven't even started pre-calc yet.
kate: you might like me now, but you would probably hate me 14 years ago, or at least be very frustrated by me.
blue: depends on what you mean by 'gnarly'. if you mean like radical or bodacious, then yes calculus is very gnarly. if you mean hard, then maybe also. i would have to see the syllabus of each to know what they entail or what material they cover. good luck with it either way!
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