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> 2) I was thankful for him and also amazed at how simple it was in 5 minutes to explain something that seemed to have eluded me for 5 years of highschool. It m
by L0in 5y ago
> 2) I was thankful for him and also amazed at how simple it was in 5 minutes to explain something that seemed to have eluded me for 5 years of highschool. It made me wonder alot what other difficult subjects could be easily taught by just a good explanation.
I didn't understand what functions are/ how they work, my brain absolutely refused to understand, until i started programming. Then i got it in 5 minutes.
- mmmpop 5y agoYep, I think CS 101 should be a coreq with engineering calculus for this exact reason.
- L0in 5y agoI was so pissed... It took me years of trying to understand why i couldn't understand something so vital. I don't know if it has to do with how my brain works. I wouldn't say i have too technical mind.
- jacquesm 5y agoConversely, I had been programming in a BASIC dialect that used DEF FN to add user defined functions to the language and that made the concept of functions in math trivial for me. Being exposed to computers at a very young age was a huge advantage in school in the 70's.
- justinlloyd 5y agoI started programming at a young age, and got introduced to enumeration, product of and functions in math, absolute value, and so forth, but they were explained in any clear and succinct way that made sense. And then I had that "Aha!" moment of "oh, those are just these computing concepts." But when I later talked to the math teacher, "no, no, those are wrong, you don't understand" he would say. We were most definitely talking about the same concepts, just with different language, and I, at that young age, didn't not understand his language, and he, not having any computing of software experience, didn't understand my language.