Hayabusa Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I need to re-learn all the shit I knew up to about grade 10... I havent done math without a calculator in years. I am completely lost. What sort of books are useful? Need to learn teh mathz! HALP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampFightOner Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Yeah, aside from having lightning fast adding/subtracting/multiplication/division skills, I'm pretty useless in math, I dropped out in the 11th grade, but I really stopped showing up for class/doing anything in class in the 10th, so any math after that I didn't learn in the first place. I was always more an English/History person anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesbian Fisting Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 In the same position as Swamp. Taking a bunch of basic algebra classes at CC to freshen my shit up. We use this shit... http://www.coursecompass.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 what kind of math? there's a lot of basic shit. geometry, trigonometry, pre-calc/algebra, statistics i was terrible at math until calculus. i pwned that shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAN51 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I know something but its more suitable for kids. http://www.kumon.com/default.asp?language=Canada Check it out, maybe they can put you on something more suitable for adults. I heard its a good program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 meh find an asian here you go. She looks mathish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I always did poorly in math classes because I could come up with the right answer quickly, but couldn't "show my work". Fuck that noise; I gave you the right answer, give me a fucking A. Now I'm in the real world, and nobody gives a shit if I show my work, they just want an answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben Kinkaid Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I'm terrible at math. It's been 8 years since I graduated high school. I can't even remember how to do long division, and anything more advanced than that, forget it. Why do you give a shit any way? I'm pretty sure you won't need it in your career choice, and if you do, a calculator is a man's best friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screambloodygore Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 some shit i have been pondering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Also, I remember so many times in high school that I was like "why will I ever need to know how to do this?!!?" and teachers would say "because when you won't have a calculator in your pocket everyday when you grow up." OH YEAH? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMF Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 same here, i am taking intermediate algebra after not taking any math since high school. (7 years) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asthma al Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 math is not my fav subject either.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Also, I remember so many times in high school that I was like "why will I ever need to know how to do this?!!?" and teachers would say "because when you won't have a calculator in your pocket everyday when you grow up." OH YEAH? ^^Haha, so true. Fuck math, unless you're in a career that requires it you only need the very basics. I did horrible in math and still hate it till this day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeaaaah baby Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 A large but finite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one says "I'll have a beer", the second says "I'll have half a beer", the third one says "I'll have a quarter of a beer". The bartender looks at the long line of mathematicians, pours two beers and says "Close enough". start there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminiferous tubules Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 check out some high school math books (basic algebra, algebra 1 & 2, geometry, precalc) at a library and also get an answer key book with it too, preferably if it shows step by step to the answer (most likely teacher edition books). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morton Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 What sort of math and for what purpose? Years after dropping out of high school I went to community to learn math. I found that as a adult I was able to take the process seriously and ended up doing quite well and followed it through farther than I needed to because it was so satisfying. I love the sense of accomplishment that comes from learning something that looked so foreign and difficult a couple weeks back. Dominating trig was one of the more rewarding things I have done at a table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Check out both disks of Wu Tang Forever, "all the education you need". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineCabinet Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 harvey, those teachers may be dead or dying time is on your side, you win regardless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 you know. as much as i can relate to this thread, i really can't. because in all of my years meeting fellow mathematically slow people, 90% of them are not nearly as bad at the subject as they claim to be. i'm probably at a 3rd grade level. literally. thanks to a legitimate "learning disability" so they called it. and i don't rightly give a fuck. proceed my dudes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLU Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaX23JvBJus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drue_Down Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Equals the square root of virgin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 harvey, those teachers may be dead or dying time is on your side, you win regardless Haha... man, this is an amazing point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn1_fuckos Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 man fuck math! i slacked during high school never went to class and still graduated now im in college taking the same fuckin math they taught in high school i guess i should have paid attention. anyway im trying to be a photographer what the hell does that have to do with math anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesbian Fisting Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 same here, i am taking intermediate algebra after not taking any math since high school. (7 years) This minus a few years. Hayabusa, Ill email you my notebook for free in April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatGatsby Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 After wasting 4 years in college taking only art, art history, english, history, and social science classes, I'm now confronted with taking 7 classes that are all hard math and science in order to get into masters program i want. Fuck my life. I cant read 3 sentences in my stats book without zoning out. Ill read five pages and realize that literally nothing soaked in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frate_Raper Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 i'm a retard with math Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernest hemingway Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 We use this shit... http://www.coursecompass.com using the same shit so terrible at math its not even funny mad stressin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eye for an eye Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 You can learn most of the shit via youtube. you gotta be focused though, you can't start searching for that "hot new mf doom video" or whatever. I'm taking a high level calculus course and use a combo of youtube and 1 on 1 help to get by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 ahah its funny this thread popped up. Im going to be making some certain things soon and I was sketching up ideas tonight with octagons and I was like damn I aced Geometry and now I dont know wtf Im doing......sadly enough I googled what angles I would need to cut to make and octagon. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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