Dunno, it’s just my worst subject. I hate that I barely have to try in most classes, but I’m always behind in math. It just doesn’t make sense to me. Especially proofs and whatnot — it feels like no matter how much I practice, I’m never good enough to keep up.
Maybe I have the wrong attitude. I dunno.
You probably don’t, some stuff just isn’t for everyone. Society can try to make it seem like you should be super good at everything, but it’s not really like that
it really isn't but what i believe is that if you manifest that you can't do something, you can't and vise versa. it a matter of mindset. i wasn't good at a lot of things until i had someone that i knew well show me it a different way. keep trying and find a new way. also having somebody that you trust to walk you through everything is a bonus.
it really isn't but what i believe is that if you manifest that you can't do something, you can't and vise versa. it a matter of mindset. i wasn't good at a lot of things until i had someone that i knew well show me it a different way. keep trying and find a new way. also having somebody that you trust to walk you through everything is a bonus.
Or you can do what I do and throw caution to the wind and go for extra credit points to help me when i dont know things
Dunno, it’s just my worst subject. I hate that I barely have to try in most classes, but I’m always behind in math. It just doesn’t make sense to me. Especially proofs and whatnot — it feels like no matter how much I practice, I’m never good enough to keep up.
Proofs are like learning a different language, and what makes them different from earlier math is that they're more like an art form than an algorithm.
I'll let you all in on a secret! There's no such thing as a "math person". Every mathematician hits a wall at some point. I was not a math person from birth. For me, the wall was linear algebra. For many, it's the introductory proof-writing. I just couldn't grok it in college.* But last year I finished my doctoral dissertation in what amounts to applied mathematics/statistics.** The trick is not seeing it as something that requires innate talent, and instead something that requires effort and a bit of a rework to your thought process. Sure, there are the 9-year-old physics prodigies that will always be lightyears ahead of the rest of us. But math is accessible. But once you write yourself off as a person who can't do math, then you've given up and there's not much to be done.
*If you're like me, the secret to linear algebra is developing a geometric interpretation of the principles. **I'll not bother discussing the details.
Dunno, it’s just my worst subject. I hate that I barely have to try in most classes, but I’m always behind in math. It just doesn’t make sense to me. Especially proofs and whatnot — it feels like no matter how much I practice, I’m never good enough to keep up.
Proofs are like learning a different language, and what makes them different from earlier math is that they're more like an art form than an algorithm.
I'll let you all in on a secret! There's no such thing as a "math person". Every mathematician hits a wall at some point. I was not a math person from birth. For me, the wall was linear algebra. For many, it's the introductory proof-writing. I just couldn't grok it in college.* But last year I finished my doctoral dissertation in what amounts to applied mathematics/statistics.**
Congrats!
The trick is not seeing it as something that requires innate talent, and instead something that requires effort and a bit of a rework to your thought process. Sure, there are the 9-year-old physics prodigies that will always be lightyears ahead of the rest of us. But math is accessible. But once you write yourself off as a person who can't do math, then you've given up and there's not much to be done.
Thanks. I’ve been trying to decide if I should stay in the Advanced Classes and keep working on it, or if I should just drop down to something more comfortable. That’s really good advice. I think I’ll stick with it, at least through next semester, and see if it gets better. Once again, thank you :)
Dunno, it’s just my worst subject. I hate that I barely have to try in most classes, but I’m always behind in math. It just doesn’t make sense to me. Especially proofs and whatnot — it feels like no matter how much I practice, I’m never good enough to keep up.
Proofs are like learning a different language, and what makes them different from earlier math is that they're more like an art form than an algorithm.
I'll let you all in on a secret! There's no such thing as a "math person". Every mathematician hits a wall at some point. I was not a math person from birth. For me, the wall was linear algebra. For many, it's the introductory proof-writing. I just couldn't grok it in college.* But last year I finished my doctoral dissertation in what amounts to applied mathematics/statistics.** The trick is not seeing it as something that requires innate talent, and instead something that requires effort and a bit of a rework to your thought process. Sure, there are the 9-year-old physics prodigies that will always be lightyears ahead of the rest of us. But math is accessible. But once you write yourself off as a person who can't do math, then you've given up and there's not much to be done.
*If you're like me, the secret to linear algebra is developing a geometric interpretation of the principles. **I'll not bother discussing the details.
Thanks. I’ve been trying to decide if I should stay in the Advanced Classes and keep working on it, or if I should just drop down to something more comfortable. That’s really good advice. I think I’ll stick with it, at least through next semester, and see if it gets better. Once again, thank you :)
We missed our flight and the airline we were flying with has terrible customer service (literally the worst I've ever seen or even heard of)
And we have nowhere to go but a hotel and wait until Saturday because my dad and my stepmom are going to get divorced which honestly I'm not gonna miss her because she kinda sucked but I still feel terrible
And literally the entire winter break everything that could go wrong has
Sorry to just dump all my crap on you guys but sometimes it's nice to just say things anonymously to other anonymous people
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We missed our flight and the airline we were flying with has terrible customer service (literally the worst I've ever seen or even heard of)
And we have nowhere to go but a hotel and wait until Saturday because my dad and my stepmom are going to get divorced which honestly I'm not gonna miss her because she kinda sucked but I still feel terrible
And literally the entire winter break everything that could go wrong has
Sorry to just dump all my crap on you guys but sometimes it's nice to just say things anonymously to other anonymous people
That really sucks. I hope you get through it. If you ever need anything you can always pm me. I'll try to get back to you as fast as possible.
We missed our flight and the airline we were flying with has terrible customer service (literally the worst I've ever seen or even heard of)
And we have nowhere to go but a hotel and wait until Saturday because my dad and my stepmom are going to get divorced which honestly I'm not gonna miss her because she kinda sucked but I still feel terrible
And literally the entire winter break everything that could go wrong has
Sorry to just dump all my crap on you guys but sometimes it's nice to just say things anonymously to other anonymous people
Damn... I'm sorry man. I would say to look at the positives, but I really can't think of any. I hope things get better for ya, man.
We missed our flight and the airline we were flying with has terrible customer service (literally the worst I've ever seen or even heard of)
And we have nowhere to go but a hotel and wait until Saturday because my dad and my stepmom are going to get divorced which honestly I'm not gonna miss her because she kinda sucked but I still feel terrible
And literally the entire winter break everything that could go wrong has
Sorry to just dump all my crap on you guys but sometimes it's nice to just say things anonymously to other anonymous people
Damn... I'm sorry man. I would say to look at the positives, but I really can't think of any. I hope things get better for ya, man.
So sorry to hear that
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it really isn't but what i believe is that if you manifest that you can't do something, you can't and vise versa. it a matter of mindset. i wasn't good at a lot of things until i had someone that i knew well show me it a different way. keep trying and find a new way. also having somebody that you trust to walk you through everything is a bonus.
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You win! Congratulations!
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Or you can do what I do and throw caution to the wind and go for extra credit points to help me when i dont know things
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If only that were true! FYI, Chat-GPT is terrible at algebra.
Proofs are like learning a different language, and what makes them different from earlier math is that they're more like an art form than an algorithm.
I'll let you all in on a secret! There's no such thing as a "math person". Every mathematician hits a wall at some point. I was not a math person from birth. For me, the wall was linear algebra. For many, it's the introductory proof-writing. I just couldn't grok it in college.* But last year I finished my doctoral dissertation in what amounts to applied mathematics/statistics.** The trick is not seeing it as something that requires innate talent, and instead something that requires effort and a bit of a rework to your thought process. Sure, there are the 9-year-old physics prodigies that will always be lightyears ahead of the rest of us. But math is accessible. But once you write yourself off as a person who can't do math, then you've given up and there's not much to be done.
*If you're like me, the secret to linear algebra is developing a geometric interpretation of the principles.
**I'll not bother discussing the details.
Yeah, there have been some really funny experiments around it. And calculators are nice, but they don’t cut it once you get into proofs, lol.
Congrats!
Thanks. I’ve been trying to decide if I should stay in the Advanced Classes and keep working on it, or if I should just drop down to something more comfortable. That’s really good advice. I think I’ll stick with it, at least through next semester, and see if it gets better. Once again, thank you :)
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(I’ll be inactive for the next 3 hours, see you guys!)
Bye!!!!
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Hey guys... *heavy sigh*
Idk I'm just a guy ig
I like Warlocks
I like guitars (coming up on my fifth year of playing!)
I want to be a musician/stay-at-home dad when I grow up
Recently obsessing over Warhammer 40k, specifically the T’au empire
what's up?
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We missed our flight and the airline we were flying with has terrible customer service (literally the worst I've ever seen or even heard of)
And we have nowhere to go but a hotel and wait until Saturday because my dad and my stepmom are going to get divorced which honestly I'm not gonna miss her because she kinda sucked but I still feel terrible
And literally the entire winter break everything that could go wrong has
Sorry to just dump all my crap on you guys but sometimes it's nice to just say things anonymously to other anonymous people
Idk I'm just a guy ig
I like Warlocks
I like guitars (coming up on my fifth year of playing!)
I want to be a musician/stay-at-home dad when I grow up
Recently obsessing over Warhammer 40k, specifically the T’au empire
its ok
if you have other people with you you can try some games like eye spy and hangman.
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That really sucks. I hope you get through it. If you ever need anything you can always pm me. I'll try to get back to you as fast as possible.
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Damn... I'm sorry man. I would say to look at the positives, but I really can't think of any. I hope things get better for ya, man.
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So sorry to hear that
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Hi!
You guys are awesome and mean so much to me. And mean so much to each other.