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It's hard if you don't know any practical examples. Anecdote: I taught a college math course for a semester while I was between jobs. I shared an office with so
by analog31 3y ago
It's hard if you don't know any practical examples. Anecdote: I taught a college math course for a semester while I was between jobs. I shared an office with some other teachers including a bright grad student who was TA'ing differential equations.
My degree was in physics, and I had worked in industry. I told him that I wished the math courses had included some engineering applications of differential equations. He looked at me with a straight face and said: "There are no engineering applications of differential equations."
- ryncewynd 3y agoWhat is TA'ing?
- sundarurfriend 3y agoTA = Teaching Assistant, usually a student who helps the main teacher of a course by teaching some units of it, evaluating tests, etc. TA'ing = being a TA
- raffraffraff 3y agoLol. That's every teacher I had, including in university. It wasn't until I dropped out and years later resumed reading physics and maths for my own interest that I properly understood three point of some of the maths they were teaching.