on the topic of enjoying math here's a paper (PDF) a guy wrote on what's wrong with today's math education
Steven
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6/22/2009 12:50 PM
from the first few pages it seems like a pretty valid argument...i'll have to read the rest when i have time
mwinter
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6/22/2009 1:33 PM
my favorite part was when he ripped on high school geometry.. i hated that class
ezmac102
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6/22/2009 2:32 PM
yah that was the only math class in high school i didn't like. oh and the teacher hated me.
ezmac102
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6/22/2009 2:36 PM
LOL! i dont know why but when that PDF opened and adobe message popped up that said "too many arguments"....
Drew
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6/22/2009 7:07 PM
man i'd win math competitions in middle school so i thought i was good at math but then i got to geometry and we started doing proofs and i was like what the hell do you want from me it's right there leave me alone but they kept bothering me until my third time with calc 3 when i was finally like you know what? f this
showed them
Drew
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6/23/2009 12:54 AM
(don't click if you don't want to be furious all day)
mike
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6/24/2009 10:38 AM
damn i was like 'what? what could piss me off all day?' good one.