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Defacing my textbook is the only way I have found to deal with Calc II |
Math is the language of nature, it is how the world describes how it works. From how a flower blooms to how a bird flies. It is beautifully suited to this purpose and I love it for its elegance.
As a computer scientist I learn math because it is my job to teach nature to machines. As an artist I learn math because it is my job to teach nature to man.
Unfortunately, noble as my quest is to learn this language is, I am stymied by those that would teach it. I think they hate me. Or something. Seriously, Calc II is probably the most needlessly over-complicated math class I have ever taken. No wonder the fail rate is so high. Even the textbook has given up on trying to understand what's going on.
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I'm like if Spock was played by the Incredible Hulk every time I try to do Calc homework. |
And so, while I delve into this Lewis Carroll nightmare of numbers and no sense, I am comforted by a single thought: Someone already wrote a program that does this for me.
It's good to be in computer science.