/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10503363
In 1-3 month bursts, followed by varying periods of rest. I'm pretty laxidasical about it, in the sense that I don't really force myself to adhere to any kind of schedule. I just study "a lot", which usually translates into a few hours or so hours a day but it depends on how I'm feeling. Sometimes I study all day long. When it comes to school, I never study at all during the semester, but rather, do it all ahead of time using the aforementioned method. It's hilarious when people think that I must be some kind of genius just because I get good grades despite never seeing me study, as though autodidactism is utterly unfathomable to them.

>>10394329
Khan academy might be your best bet if you're not willing to spend any money. I personally used https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/understanding-calculus-problems-solutions-and-tips.html and ended up acing my Calc I course (though I studied ahead of time). It's too bad you're in too deep to simply drop the course, otherwise I'd recommend that. You just have to start studying from the beginning if you want to succeed. There's no way around it. It takes effort.

>>10021939
>using a ruler
don't be a brainlet, the figure is not necessarily drawn to scale

anyways it's obviously possible, not sure if this is the most efficient method and too lazy to actually do it but you can figure the length of the two sections of the bottom of the triangle, then use law of sines to find the angles inside, then use those angles to find the angles in the quadrilateral that contains A, etc.

iirc yellow octopus teacher did fail to solve this one in time

>>9548904
>>9548961
Took me a long time to catch on to this game you cunts play. Fuck you, asshole. By suppressing knowledge, quelling efficiency, and deceiving those who are ignorant, you are the reason the world is such a shitty place to live.

>>9384312
141 reporting in. NO, this is typical. You have an unrealistic expectation of how quickly you should be to work problems at first. The truth is that problems is hard and practice is a must-have.
It's easy to understand theory, follow along with examples, and point out elementary mistakes of others. Not just in science but in life, the world is full of expert theorists in economics, sports, games, you name it. Much rarer are people who can execute, or make a prediction with higher than baseline accuracy from base principles.
The school world is full of students who say "I understand this stuff, I just perform poorly on tests": in reality, they understand the words well enough to follow along when it's explained to them, but they don't understand it well enough to actually apply it.

After working with students for a while I notice that the better-performing students take MORE time to work problems. Because they work the problems much more thoroughly.
>Well, what if it's this way instead of that?
>Is there a way to know if my answer is reasonable?
>Why is this the recommended method?
>Change abstract units into their SI equivalents and to verify that units shake out the way they should
>Verifying results using multiple methods to see if they come out to the same answer
I overheard a student telling someone else he finished his homework in 20 minutes. He wasn't lying. The part he left out is spending a 2 TA-hours session working problems with me.

>>9270431
I play dumb around my friends and extended family. Actually, I play dumb around everyone except my father. Everyone else thinks I'm an incompetent buffoon. Goes to show what brainlets they really are if they're so easily fooled.

>>9242373
>everyone around me learns as fast or faster as I do
work as hard as they do

>>9138378
>tfw seen an anime where the smartest guy in the class pretended like he doesn't study
This is what actually happens IRL anon

>>8784045
>Tons of people pass Calculus 2 every year without needing any help
pic related

also, "passing" is fuck easy to do. Shoot for an A, now that actually takes skill

A lot of "geniuses" like to hide the amount of work they actually do.

I think it's based on ego mostly. It's actually one of the "48 laws of power" (a reasonably popular meme book). The idea is if you tell someone how hard you work, they convince themselves "I could do that if I wanted" and your great accomplish will be seen as less special