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> its almost total absence of practical examples for using what was being taught was a huge damper on my interest in it, for example Ag yes, notably, I just co
by notsurenymore 3y ago
> its almost total absence of practical examples for using what was being taught was a huge damper on my interest in it, for example
Ag yes, notably, I just could not care about calculus when I was in high school. I understood it had practical users, but at the time it just seemed far away from me I couldn’t bring myself to care. Flash forward years later and I find myself interested in problems where that knowledge might have actually been useful.
- mips_r4300i 3y agoAlso couldn't care less about math in school, until it came time to write game engine stuff. I learned trig so fast, and it made intuitive sense because I could directly model it in my game. Same with matrix math. Kids have a hard time handling abstract concepts, especially boys whose brains develop slower and for a longer period.