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Mine was algebra for 2 years and then geometry with more algebra (only 3 required, guess how many people elected for more math). I don't remember much but I nev

• acchow 13y ago
  > I think the advance math classes went to pre-calculus. Presumably using some ordering where algebra < calculus. I don't know what your high school algebra was like, but mine was certainly much harder than derivatives and integrals :p
  • hfsktr 13y ago
    Mostly it was learning about variables, plotting, some polynomials later. In the end the majority of it was just memorization without a reason for using it. I don't really remember most of the calc stuff I had to learn but I can at least remember why it's useful but after 3 years I barely recall how to get a derivative and would have to look up integrals. Personally whenever someone can give me a percentage quickly (sometimes at all!) I am impressed. I tend to feel math education is lacking (in America/general). I especially like articles that surface on HN with math and even more when they have illustrations/examples [1]. It's amazing how many times I had read about it before it just clicked. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6683866 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6683866