/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10180440
With 8 what, anon?

>>10180440
with .8

>>10180440
>be yüng
>math is new and exciting
>do ok at it
>grow up a little bit. Math instruction becomes more complicated
>don’t study or care because you’re 8 years old
>get that one ridiculously low grade
>wtf, I need to study for this? I need to practice? bullshit
>”I’m not good at this part of math”
>grow up more. Math is even more complicated. Hate math
>”I am not a math person”
>avoid it at all costs
>coast through school, missing the foundations
>hit calc in college and totally flounder because you can’t do basic operations
This is how it goes for a lot of people

>>10180540

yeah, when I started EE I was amazed that some people couldn't do high-school stuff like use the chain rule, or solve a first order diffy. Of course, all these people failed calc 1.

>8
hard worker BTFO
how will they recover from this ?

>>10180540
I'm actually better at Calc II than I now. My professor for I was shit, and I learned absolutely nothing. I got a B in Calc II from busting my ass though.

>Being content with merely passing a class
Never gonna make it.

I mean, Calc 1 and 2 are just another algebra class. but 80% isnt particularly good. t math boy

>>10180445
8 repeats, that's what
>>10180540
>>10180547
And it's those people who need the wake up call. I especially don't understand how some engineering students are not only bad at basic Calc, but revel in each other's mediocrity. Is our education system really worth saving at this point?

>>10180540
What do you suggest for someone in that situation, anon?
Asides from the final solution ofc :^).

>>10182884
Precalc by Stewart. The book is extremely long and has enough filler content to top a dump truck, like all Stewart books, but it covers everything you need to know.

>>10180445
>>10180466
>>10181468

I meant with 8/10 final average grade.

>>10183390
why are you bragging about a B

>>10183491
I wasn't bragging, I just said that Calculus isn't that hard to pass.

>imagine not passing fucking calculus1 with a score of at least 95%

>>10183497
i took pre algebra in college and ended up with an A in calc 1 during my first attempt
most things aren't hard to pass
sometimes you just have to study a bit more than the other guy
sometimes a bit less
you made a whole thread to post about your B
congrats i guess anon

>>10183519
>you made a whole thread to post about your B
>congrats i guess anon

Jesus Christ why I would want to brag about it? Most people have told me is a difficult course, yet in reality it was the opposite. I consider myself brainlet, so for me to score a B, confuses me why other students can't even pass.

>>10183538
how are you confused
some people have a hard time in college
some people have difficulty in mathematics
Poor backgrounds with maths, poor study habits, etc.
Anon this is obvious stuff I assume you know basic psychosocial phenomena.
If my assumption is true then what would be your reasoning other than to make a thread?
I'm not attacking you or anything. I'm happy for u anon. u did well. we love you ganbatte! ^-^

>tfw struggled with trig
>never going to make it
will technology ever deliver me from mediocrity?

>>10180440
I got 90% (A− or B+). In my Uni I ranked 14th among about 1200 STEM fags.

I struggled though. I did effort. It wasn't so easy. Studied hard many hours every week to achieve it.

I'm not a genius. Definitely there are many people smarter than me.

>>10180540
This is me except I was 16 when it happened :,(.
Help, I'm fucking up at calc 1!

>>10183497
>8/10
>it isn't hard to pass
Well, it clearly was for you.