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9827385 No.9827385 [Reply] [Original]

How do I enjoy math?

>> No.9827387

you just do
there's no secret. do you hear straight men asking how to enjoy getting fucked in the ass by a d

>> No.9827391

>>9827387
but math is boring as fuck.

>> No.9827397

>>9827391
i find it exciting desu

>> No.9827401

>>9827397
is just more formulas and other BS I don't give a fuck and just question where I can use all this BS.

>> No.9827406

>>9827401
>just question where I can use all this BS
the fun thing for me is to use it to do more math, but formulas aren't particularly interesting; theorems are where the fun is had.

>> No.9827407

>>9827406
I'm talking about precalculus.

>> No.9827409

>>9827407
that's admittedly one of the worst taught subjects in the US imo

>> No.9827469

>>9827407
Even the name is garbage. No one likes pre-cal.

>> No.9827494

>>9827385
• work some easy problems
• get correct answers
• build confidence upon success
• profit

>> No.9827502

>>9827385
>>9827391
>>9827401

1) It is exactly like learning a foreign language. Where am I going to use all these tenses or vocabulary etc. When you go through the abc stuff, you are not gonna be enjoying great literature. Things only pay off once you get good enough at the language to start reading more wonderful books.

2) A more concrete goal would help. Find something you want to learn that requires maths. For me, it was general relativity and quantum mechanics. I oriented my mathematical life around stuff pertaining to physics, and it has worked out great for me, as the joy of being able to read about the higher achievements of theoretical physics is something that no money can buy. I wouldn't want to live my life without knowing it.

3) Maths is a series of small games and puzzles. If you like games and puzzles, maths can offer its own rewards regardless of why you start learning it. Most gamers can understand problem-solving and the joys of a challenge. Same thing here, just that you don't have virtual boobs to motivate you along.

>> No.9828244

>>9827385
by being smart
fun is had by dominating others

>> No.9828250

>>9828244
and humiliating them and being a total jerk about it ("wtf? it was so easy...") btw

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>>9827407
Trig is what got my attention in precalc. A lot of it is boring but if there is something that gets your attention, you could research that and that may be incentive to get better at your current level of math.

>> No.9829594

>>9827385
I find it fun, what i dont find fun is when im given 50min to solve 8 pdes for exams when other professors in the math department give students 2 pdes to solve in 90min for their, it doesn't make fucking sense.

I now understand why students use previous exams, because without previous exams certain professors would prove to be impossibe to attain an A with.