Ambiguously Gendered Revenge of "What is the Hivemind?"

[Kemrain]

Nt exactly, Torm. I understand how algebra can be useful, and I understand what its tryng to accomplish. What I don't understand is whings like, Why can you subtract a number from both sides of the equation? That just makes no sense. It isn't intuitive at all.

- Kemrain the Confused.

 

[Jdvn1]

Meh, not necessarily infinity. In fact, usually not. Calculus can work at any infinitesimally small interval well enough.

You mean like 1/infinity?

 

[Jdvn1]

Physics is worse in the proliferation o' formulae department.

What I learned in college:

English is really Psychology
Psychology is really Biology
Biology is really Chemistry
Chemistry is really Physics
Physics is really Math
Math is really hard.

 

[Jdvn1]

This is very true. Sadly true. But, at least I can say with all honesty that it isn't my fault.

- Kemrain the Guilty.

If you don't do anything about it, you're just as guilty.

 

[Jdvn1]

Is this a bad time to mention that I'm not sure what, exactly, Calculus is? Algebra was very hard for me, but I think I know why. I never learned Math Theory. I was explained How Math works, but never Why Math works. When I asked, I was told "That's just the way it is." Algebra makes no sense to me at all. I've literally failed highschool Algebra 6 times. No one has ever been able to explain to me the whys.

- Kemrain the Mathmatical Failure.

Bad math teacher. I am the bane of bad math teachers.

 

[Jdvn1]

High school Algebra; that's the second year of Algebra, right? The one that comes after Geometry? We called it Algebra II in Maryland, since it wasn't necessarily taken in High School. OK, well I guess 99% of people took it in High School, but I did it earlier and started with Trig in High School...

In most high schools it goes something like:

Freshman: Algebra 1
Sophomore: Geometry
Junior: Algebra 2/Trig
Senior: Trig/Precal/Cal

A lot of Freshman place out of Algebra 1, though, and do everything a year early.

 

[Kemrain]

What!?! You're not ... good at mm..

And you call yourself a geek/nerd/dork(pick your favorite).

Turn in your pocket protecter and get the hell out of my library

I don't call myself a geek! I call myself engaged to a geek. All the benefits with none of the drawbacks.

- Kemrain the Leech.

 

[Jdvn1]

Yes.

That'd lower a lot of postcounts...

 

[Kemrain]

In most high schools it goes something like:

Freshman: Algebra 1
Sophomore: Geometry
Junior: Algebra 2/Trig
Senior: Trig/Precal/Cal

That's how it was for me. I didn't have enough fo a foundation for Algebra 1, and it showed.

- Kemrain the Dismathed.

 

[Jdvn1]

What!?! You're not ... good at mm..

And you call yourself a geek/nerd/dork(pick your favorite).

Turn in your pocket protecter and get the hell out of my library

There are book nerds/geeks/dorks too. They don't have to be good at math.