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Funny thing about how I became a math major: I skipped precalculus in HS. All my peers that were as bright (or more) in my school were turned off by the year-l
by CBLT 8y ago
Funny thing about how I became a math major: I skipped precalculus in HS. All my peers that were as bright (or more) in my school were turned off by the year-long deathmarch of pointless bullshit[0] while I was taking more intuitive classes like Calculus and Linear Algebra. We both challenged ourselves, I just took the more fun challenges.
[0] https://socratic.org/questions/how-do-you-evaluate-sin-pi-5 https://socratic.org/questions/how-do-you-evaluate-sin-pi-5
- applecrazy 8y agoWow, this is exactly what I’m thinking. The advanced precalculus course at my school is actually harder than the college level calculus course and has much lower enrollment to the point where the course is being phased out.