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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 03:58 PM Original message |
Poll question: Highest level of math mastered |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. I passed DE. Then I switched to a history major and never thought about it again. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. I've solved lots of DE since that class |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Used to be "beyond differential equations", but lack of use rotted it back to "calculus". -nt |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. LOL I am in the same boat except I'm rotting backwards from "I can count." |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. LOL |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. When I wrote programs in Assembly language, I could do hexadecimal arithmetic in my head. |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. well, thank God for computers |
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Sisaruus (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's been 40 years since I graduated from high school. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Geometry and advanced algebra were the highest I took in college. |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Does Statistics count? I actually like it and I'm NOT a math |
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amyrose2712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. Got a C in Calculus, but don't ask me to do it now. I chose pre-calc.nt |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. Geez. You guys are tough. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. Mastered, or been exposed to a basic knowledge of? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. I actually liked and did very well with algebra and trig - but hit a wall with calculus |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 12:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Asimov said that everyone hits a wall at some point |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. doubt if it was poor teachers, I tried 3 times |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. There's also an anxiety factor |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. definitely anxiety by the third try! |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Yeah, math was always the one subject I never had to study |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. Basic calculus |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. I was an English major in college. No math courses were required, which was |
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S n o w b a l l (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. There's no 8th grade math option... |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. How are you allowed to graduate high school without calculus? |
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S n o w b a l l (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'm not a drop out.... |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Little over the top silly. I am surprised high schools don't require higher math in Senior and |
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S n o w b a l l (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Not all schools are the same.... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Are there any states that require calc to graduate high school? |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. IO don't know about states but there are plenty of school; districts that require advanced math |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I can imagine elite private schools requiring it |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Well they have an out course for the math |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 06:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
64. "Advanced math" is NOT a synonym for "calculus". And I've had the latter, TYVM. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. What purpose does calculus serve the average person? |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Learning to learn I am guessing... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 06:38 AM Response to Reply #37 |
62. That is the old wives' tale about why "math is good for you." |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 06:45 AM Response to Reply #37 |
66. They don't want you to learn, they want you to be an obedient serf. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Although I did take calc in high school, it was an AP class, not the norm. |
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elana i am (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
44. well it was 18 years ago since i graduated high school |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. back in my day (class of 77, or rather 78 as I took a year off) |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 06:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
61. Are you joking? Are you even an American? CALCULUS IS NOT REQUIRED ANYWHERE. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 06:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
63. You can get a BA from a 4 year college |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 06:42 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. And why not? It's not like college science or math majors must take Advanced Chaucer. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. Had to re-read the question, and "mastered" is a tough call. |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. Earned a college degree, never darkened the door of any kinf oc calculus calssroom. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. The Goesintas n/t |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. well i'm in the "beyond differential equations" school |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. That's ME on the left down there... |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 12:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. All we needed to pass to get our H.S. Diploma was Algebra. |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
32. What's the thing where you figure out, for instance, the optimal dimensions |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
34. Horrible math phobia in high school. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
38. I learned BASIC programming in third grade |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
39. College Calc. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. I mastered college calculus |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. I started college relatively late in life... |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. Japanese geometry learned from a Zen woodworker |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
49. Enough to get paid $500 a pop to take the GRE for quite a few people |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
50. Thank God I didn't have to take a math class in college! |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
51. University statistics ....and I hated it.... |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
52. Hard to say... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
53. I failed matrix linear algebra. I aced geometry. I don't remember any of it anymore. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
54. calc I & II |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
55. Math was not my thing... That could be me in the cartoon. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
56. VERY basic algebra, but so long ago that I could not work a problem at all now. |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
57. I was on an accelerated track throughout HS... |
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velvet (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 04:25 AM Response to Original message |
58. I got to trigonometry, barely, then backslid to "I can count" |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 05:08 AM Response to Original message |
59. College match for idiots. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
60. "Mastered" was the fly in this ointment! |
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jdp349 (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
67. I completed multivariable calculus |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
68. Calculus - and never had any reason to use it |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
69. Mastered? LOL. |
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