Poll: HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!

[The_Healer]

just can't think that abstractly.

Abstractly? I don't consider maths to be remotely abstract, more cold and logical.

OT:

Maths can either be exceedingly dull or thoroughly enjoyable, the latter is a rarity and usually has something to do with a certain attractive teacher...

 

[jasoncyrus]

So much of it is worthless, luckily I've designated math as my 'sleep period' so I don't pay attention anyway.

Maths isn't worthless. Everything you learn you use in the exams and the qualifications are not worthless.

I enjoy maths...

I all honesty, how many of us who are not in a science or engineering career can honestly say they've used cosign forumula or any kind of alegebra in general, at all since school?

It's cosine. And if you plan on building anything triangular in your life, you will need this.

I was close. And no I wont. I will need a protractor and quality supplies.

 

[ender214]

My entire experience with math classes was to sleep through the class, bs the homework, and then ace all the tests. That changed a bit when I got into AP Calculus BC, but not by much.

 

[Spiner909]

I muddle on through my math classes. I don't like them at all, but they're pretty easy.

 

[wikicated]

So much of it is worthless, luckily I've designated math as my 'sleep period' so I don't pay attention anyway.

High Fives do also have a pillow in your back pack i need to put mine back in.

 

[Slayer_2]

I hate math with a passion. Don't get me wrong, I like logical stuff, and I'm certainly not artsy, but algebra and such is just so ILLOGICAL. "What is the height of a wall if a 15 ft. ladder's base is 3 ft. from the bottom of the wall?" my answer: "get a tape measure and find out". I love practical math such as multiplication, but some of this shit just grinds my gears.

 

[likalaruku]

I have dyscalculia. I had to retake algebra once or twice in every school I went to. & I have already forgotten everything I was taught about it.

By the time I got out into the real world, I had no use for algebra at all & I was forced to PAY for those college algebra classes. I demand a refund!

 

[joshthor]

algebra: easy, geometry: easy, trig: easy, pre-calc: very hard, calc: horribly evil.

 

[arcticphoenix95]

just can't think that abstractly.

Abstractly? I don't consider maths to be remotely abstract, more cold and logical.

OT:

Maths can either be exceedingly dull or thoroughly enjoyable, the latter is a rarity and usually has something to do with a certain attractive teacher...

I WISH...... all of my math teachers were either fat....or guys.....*sigh*

 

[Firia]

Math:you gotta do, what you gotta do.
-Just try to take good notes and always do your homework. If you're not getting it, get some help. Don't focus on the thong of the hot chick in front of you. This is my advise. Use it wisely.

This is good advice. Very good advice. You should take it.

 

[Cryofthewolf]

Math has to be one of my worst subjects, but that's not to say others aren't good at it.

 

[Urgh76]

It wasn't hard at all for me, just keep track of what exponents are with which variable on which side of the fraction bar, and some fundemental rules

 

[derdeutschmachine]

I'll tell you from a point where I am at. I'm an electrician, you technically use algebra in a days work but it is masked by real work. if you're worried about using algebra all the time in a work day like the school system told me I would... they are lying cockbags that must be shot... promply.

 

[KdS_22]

WHERE CAN YOU FIND ONE

I don't actually know. A friend of mine has one though, I'll see if I can get the make off him.

You aren't allowed use them in class anyway, they're too good. With my casio, you put in things to be graphed, and it gives you a graph table. With the one he has, you put in the things to be graphed, and it prints the graph out for you in about 10 seconds. Good ones are pretty expensive though.

His calculator kinda sounds like the Texas Instruments calculator that my teacher used in high school. If I remember correctly, she said it cost her about $150. That piece of tech could do everything though... she could hook it up to her computer and print off the graphs that the calculator came up with. And it even had some old games on it, like Tetris!!

 

[Ldude893]

Just think of math as a puzzle, you'll get through.

 

[superbatranger]

Waaaaaaay tooooo haaaaaard! What now letters are numbers!?!?

Yes, because apparently they want to teach us our ABC's at the same time...

OT: If you don't understand something, don't wait until the last minute in an "Oh no, I'm gonna fail!" panic. Ask your classmates for help, ask your teacher, go to tutorials, and if need be, get a tutor. I was failing Algebra myself back in 9th grade. I got a tutor and was able to pass the class with a 95. Hearing it in a different perspective than your teacher's really helps, especially when it's one on one.

 

[Danzaivar]

I'm doing a degree in computing. Pretty much everything I do with computers involves some form of algebra.

There's just a moment where the penny will drop, and you'll understand it perfectly and be baffled why anyone couldn't understand it. Personally that happened about 4 months after I dropped out of A level Maths...but it did happen eventually.

In the majority of career fields however anything past the most basic forms of algebra are pretty much useless. So don't sweat it too much.

 

[mrpenguinismyhomeboy]

STOP BEING SO BAD AT MATH!

In all honesty, I thought algebra 1 was crap (took it in seventh grade). But then I took geometry(8th) and then I was like "WOAH OWESUM" and then now I am in Algebra 2 honors(9th) and I enjoy it, but then again I enjoy math in general.

I suggest doing some outside research, cause it might be more interesting if you know why certain things significant besides people telling you they are. That's how I really came to enjoy it. Every single aspect of math is connected to every other aspect of math in some way shape or form. So if you learn why something is important in a more advanced way then what you are learning in class, you might be slightly less bored.

Then again, you just simply might not like math.

 

[Infinatex]

Waaaaaaay tooooo haaaaaard! What now letters are numbers!?!?

Yes, because apparently they want to teach us our ABC's at the same time...

OT: If you don't understand something, don't wait until the last minute in an "Oh no, I'm gonna fail!" panic. Ask your classmates for help, ask your teacher, go to tutorials, and if need be, get a tutor. I was failing Algebra myself back in 9th grade. I got a tutor and was able to pass the class with a 95. Hearing it in a different perspective than your teacher's really helps, especially when it's one on one.

My theory on this is "if you don't understand something, then drop it" so I did! So rather then struggling with something I hate and don't understand, I ended up dropping maths and all my problems were solved!