AnneLine Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 So, Future Priest -- you can stop while you are ahead (after passing that GED class) and end up like me, Sr. Marie and Lil'Red.... or you can... become a graduate student of mathematics. If you are like me, this will be a very difficult choice.... NOT! But I have great respect for those of you who can do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='Deus_te_Amat' timestamp='1334030441' post='2415276'] Story of my life. :puke: I've taken all the courses mentioned in the vid, and more. I am still NO WHERE NEAR ready for grad work at any level. While I initially prepared myself for a career in mathematics, I am now convinced that math PhD students are insane. That movie is not a joke, nor a lie. :shudder: [/quote] I saw this in my school paper a few months ago. [url="http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2012/02/11yearold_taking_classes_at_unc"]http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2012/02/11yearold_taking_classes_at_unc[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus te Amat Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I read that. He is so amesome. He makes me feel inadequate, and then I realized that God still loves me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='Deus_te_Amat' timestamp='1334031480' post='2415282'] I read that. He is so amesome. He makes me feel inadequate, and then I realized that God still loves me. [/quote] It's ok. If I see him I'll sneak up behind him and punch him in the back of the head. That'll teach these beaver dam kids these days who think they're so smart with their pop-music, and Katy Perry, and fancy coffee... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='Hasan' timestamp='1334029770' post='2415268'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOZO0WWULLA&feature=related[/media] [/quote] My girlfriend is a math major, I'm showing her this. Myself, I can barely do basic math anymore. So glad I never have to take a math class again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='Deus_te_Amat' timestamp='1334028401' post='2415247'] AnneLine, I must admit that I'm a bit envious of your skill. My mom taught me algebra in third grade. I'm now a senior math major, and I'm probably going to end up teaching a couple years down the line. I have NO IDEA how to teach the basic concepts, because I no longer have a grasp on what the basic concepts are, let alone how to explain them or even the difficulties inherent to them. I think, sometimes, that it's not good to seek to master something, because by doing so, you lose sight of the trees for all the forest. I don't feel like a mathematician, being unable to help nurture another's skill. To be a good math teacher I must, I think, unlearn everything and relearn alongside my students. Thank you for your witness, because I know I, for one, benefit from it. [/quote] Deus te Amat, you will never know how wonderful your words made me feel. I think that it is partly charisms (gifts of the Holy Spirit intended to help all God's people) and also a whole lot of empathy from having been EXACTLY where Future Priest is. The combo makes me a pretty good teacher, especially 1:1. I don't know if you have ever seen the movie made of Chaim Potok's fantastic novel, [i]The Chosen. [/i]It's about two Jewish boys growing up during and right after WWII. One is a math wizz.... the other a talmudic genius. In learning to work together, each helps the other to grow in his strength, and is also able to help the other bridge gaps. I don't want to give away the story, because it is worth reading and/or watching.... but part of the reason one boy is such a good, empathetic listener is that he has had to learn what it is like to not be heard/understood. DtA, I have some idea of what the secret to being able to do this is... but the tuition is pretty high. After almost 20 years of being told I was an idiot, wasn't paying attention, needed to concentrate, was hopeless..... I know how devastating those words can be to someone who is doing the best s/he can do. As I said, they didn't realize I had a significant learning problem in the math area until I was in my late 20's. It almost broke me.I swore at that point that I would NEVER let that happen to anyone again if I had to opportunity to intervene. For me, it was worth a night of trying to figure out how to use this blessed typing box as a math box to help Miles get started out of his hole. (I also had to remember how to do the math problem, which was another interesting adventure.....) I guess I just tried to imagine what I would be feeling if I were Miles... and then tried to explain it as simply and gently as I could. I know what it is like to operate with a 'swiss cheesed' brain (take THAT fiddler!). I also loved the 1990's TV show Quantum Leap.... sci fi meets Don Quijote. Oh yes! I love this Pham.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrestia Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Quantum Leap. I hearted that show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissScripture Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='Sister Marie' timestamp='1334023276' post='2415222'] We are the same age then MissScripture [/quote] razzle dazzle! I feel really old and really young at the same time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Adrestia - oh yes! (I'd prop you but they only give me a few each day and I need to horde....) Quantum Leap just talked to my soul. And my heat... and my inner nerdiness... and I could total see myself as both the geeky but soulful Sam and the wise-alecy and yet prophetic Al.... and I would have LOVED the opporftunity to hop into situations and right wrongs. For those who don't have a clue what we are drooling over..... oh boy! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjK9GJMBpt0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjK9GJMBpt0[/url] Come to think of it.... a good example of applied mathmatics, eh DeusTeAmat and Brian?Hey Future Priest -- I think you may have started a HOT TOPIC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anastasia13 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1333950867' post='2414680'] That is interesting. Since you are a tutor, do you know if there are high pass rates for the math section? [/quote] I know very little other than what I will be reading in a book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fides' Jack Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='the171' timestamp='1333953705' post='2414697'] Algebra II hurts enough, but Calculus will get you out of purgatory. Geometry is a breeze though! Don't worry about that class! [/quote] Please - calculus is easy. I'm finishing up Calc III this semester. My only downfalls are working through the algebra involved, because if a mistake is going to be made, that's where it will be. Sure, I can find the second partial derivative with respect to z of 14x^2y^3/z^4 - where I fail is when simplifying that answer with algebra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='Sister Marie' timestamp='1334028721' post='2415250'] When I was in high school I had a wonderful math teacher... the best thing she ever did was make us color code everything we did. Each step of each problem was done in a different color with the problem on one side of the paper and the explanation opposite it... It just made so much sense. I still remember it. [/quote] My algebra teacher was very plain-looking, but she had a really hot live-in boyfriend named Van. Van drove a motorcycle. She would get really behind in grading homework and hired students to come in on weekends to help her. (I was one of them-- that's how I know this.) We were at school for a long time helping. Van brought us lunch. When we were done helping her for the day, she drove us home in her VW Beetle. This is what I remember from algebra class. This is why I su.ck at math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissScripture Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='fides' Jack' timestamp='1334078121' post='2415393'] Please - calculus is easy. I'm finishing up Calc III this semester. My only downfalls are working through the algebra involved, because if a mistake is going to be made, that's where it will be. Sure, I can find the second partial derivative with respect to z of 14x^2y^3/z^4 - where I fail is when simplifying that answer with algebra. [/quote] I re-took pre-calc in college after having taken AP calc in high school, because I was mistakenly told I needed to take a math class other than stats (so mad when I found out I could've taken stats and that would've been the ONLY math I needed in college! :rant: ) But when they told me they thought I should take calc, I told them they were crazy and I was NOT going to take calc again. Calc was the only class in which I ever actually got an F on anything. And the only reason I passed the final was because of a very generous curve! *shudders* I HATE calc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AnneLine Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 [i]Hey, Future Priest -- how is it going? [/i] [i]Hope the danger of tornados has passed and you are doing better with your math. keep us informed! [/i] [i]Praying for you![/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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