A Mathematical Hate-Hate Relationship
I’ve mentioned this before, but I haven’t actually dedicated a much-needed blog entry to this particular part of my brain function.
I used to like math.
Notice I used the term “used to like”. As in, clearly, not anymore. That’s because when I started the university, math marked me in its little black book and I suddenly turned into a babbling idiot with zero comprehension of how to come to a reasonable answer when it came down to problem-solving.
How I went from one of the top students in my high school senior Pre-Calculus class to the mathematically-challenged moron that I transformed into in college is beyond me.
Luckily, a world full of people who understand my deep-seeded hate for higher-level math surround me. Although, I would never be so explicit as to say something awful like this particular fool did to his teacher:
Sadly, I married a man who loves math. He is one with the freaking derivative. I am not even going to tell you how he tried to explain some of that crap to me at 3:00 a.m. while I cried out of frustration in the dorm study rooms the night before exams.
Oh, and I have a friend who loves math so much that he actually got a degree in it. *cough* Weirdo.
I’m mentioning my extreme dislike for math because aforementioned arithmetic-loving husband actually had the nerve to point out that my eyes glazed over when he started explaining some bullshit involving a computer-related-mathematical-function-of-sorts a few days ago. Like, dude, just let the computer figure it out. THAT’S WHAT IT’S THERE FOR.
And my eyes do not glaze over, my brain merely shuts off. It’s like the computer stand-by mode, okay?
*Sticking my tongue out childishly*
All of you who get and/or enjoy math, you are not normal. Seek help immediately. That’s what counselors are there for.
I rest my case.
Current Mood:
Mischievous
May 15th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Yeah I admit it. I like math. But I have to say I don’t like physics one bit. My dad kept all of those genes for himself. Maybe that’s why we can be together?
May 15th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Do the words, “I hate you,” mean anything?
*grumble*
May 15th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Aww you say that all the time.
And just to make you more ill…here are the answers:
1. x = 5cm
2. (a+b) x … x (a+b) (n times)
3(a). x = 0.294m (I think)
3(b). If it’s a frictionless ramp, then it should travel back up the ramp to 5m and keep going back and forth infinitely.
4. 26.54
5. There isn’t really a problem to solve here. It’s just a joke.
Please don’t divorce me…
May 15th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
OMG… I hate you. Don’t ever talk to me again, you sick fuck. Talk about hitting my gag reflex.
You’d better make this up to me. Booking and planning a certain trip to a certain place we’re moving to comes to mind.
Otherwise, no more cookies.
May 15th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Oh… and by the way… don’t you have WORK to do?
May 15th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
LOL. Yeah. I had this sick feeling in the pit of my stomach just after posting that last comment. Like I’d crossed a line…
Trust me, being good at math is it’s own punishment. It’s hard to stop my brain from churning on math/programming problems after I get home from work.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Hmmph. You should read Hardy’s “A Mathematician’s Apology”. There’s actually a PDF of it online, at http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~mss/misc/A%20Mathematician’s%20Apology.pdf
May 15th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Jim, you’re as bad as James!
By the way, page three has a typo, and a good one at that:
“Some egotism of this sort is inevitable, and I do not feel that it
really needs justification. Good work is no done by ‘humble’ men.”
*I think he meant, “not”*.
And by the way… BORING! Did you have to read this as part of your degree?
Admit it, my blog is *much more entertaining*.
Although, out of sick fascination, I might just finish reading that apology.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
The only one of those problems that I would know how to do is the first.The Pythagorean Theorem states that in a right triangle, the sum of the square of each leg of the triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse. so, A(square) + B(square) = C(square) In the picture of what you posted x = 5 cm like James posted. You can shoot me now, preferable before Wed. to put me out of my misery of studying to take the test. I personally feel like the last picture. lol
May 15th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
UGH people who like math frighten and fascinate me at the same time. i was good at geometry, but had to sell my soul just to pass pre-algebra in HIGHSCHOOL. i took an algebra course twice in college and never passed. i dropped my Music Major mainly because i couldn’t pass my composition class, because musical arrangements are too mathematical. when i dropped out (hello K!) i was majoring in English Lit. if i ever go back, it will be to fine tune my writing abilities.
i admit it, i wasn’t able to really read this blog entry, because the funny symbols on the computer screen forced my eyes out of focus…….
May 15th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
I’m taking my math final tomorrow, I may take some of these answers into consideration.