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There's a huge leap from being able to figure it out with a book and all the equations inside of it as opposed to taking a test with only questions, no referenc
by sbov 15y ago
There's a huge leap from being able to figure it out with a book and all the equations inside of it as opposed to taking a test with only questions, no reference material, and presumably a time limit.
- sidek 15y agoNo, I never used a book or any equations. People would give me questions with no context, and I would take a second to think through it and then help them. Things like solving systems of equations are easy - you just need to truly understand algebra. Similarly, high school geometry doesn't get far past the axioms themselves. As a disclaimer to all of this, I was the type that had fun proving stuff in seventh grade and had already read through Spivak's Calculus by Grade 10.
- dhume 15y agoAs a disclaimer to all of this, I was the type that had fun proving stuff in seventh grade and had already read through Spivak's Calculus by Grade 10. This makes your earlier claim of never having seen most of the concepts rather dubious.