I started a new math course today. The class doesn't officially start until next week, but I got a bit of an early start because I'm such a conscientious student. That and I have a final exam in another course that I wanted to avoid studying for.
Anyway. The first chapter is entirely review, which was fun, because hey, free chapter. I did encounter some new notation that briefly confused me, but it turned out that it was just a dead bug that fell on the page.
It's a little weird that this course starts with concepts that were included as an introductory review in at least 2 of the prerequisites. I assume that's just because the textbook hasn't been updated since several decades before they designed the current curriculum.
(Just checked my hypothesis. This book was written in the mid-80s. Not bad for this school. I've had math books where the word problems involving money used the lira.)
I also started a new course in political science. Have you ever noticed that math and political science are difficult for two opposite reasons? Math books cram information into 1 page that it would take 10 pages to review properly. Political science books take 1 page of information and spread it out over 20 pages, leading the reader to struggle for minutes to understand what the author is saying before realizing that the answer is "nothing."
For now, both courses still look new and exciting. Just do me a favor and don't remind me I said that when it's May and I'm still in this (year-long) class.
Anyway. The first chapter is entirely review, which was fun, because hey, free chapter. I did encounter some new notation that briefly confused me, but it turned out that it was just a dead bug that fell on the page.
It's a little weird that this course starts with concepts that were included as an introductory review in at least 2 of the prerequisites. I assume that's just because the textbook hasn't been updated since several decades before they designed the current curriculum.
(Just checked my hypothesis. This book was written in the mid-80s. Not bad for this school. I've had math books where the word problems involving money used the lira.)
I also started a new course in political science. Have you ever noticed that math and political science are difficult for two opposite reasons? Math books cram information into 1 page that it would take 10 pages to review properly. Political science books take 1 page of information and spread it out over 20 pages, leading the reader to struggle for minutes to understand what the author is saying before realizing that the answer is "nothing."
For now, both courses still look new and exciting. Just do me a favor and don't remind me I said that when it's May and I'm still in this (year-long) class.
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