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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsExplaining calculus to a cat who really doesn't give a damn
Boy- does that remind me of me at my first Cal class many years ago
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Explaining calculus to a cat who really doesn't give a damn (Original Post)
packman
Nov 2020
OP
The cat already knows all that stuff and thinks the human is wasting his time.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2020
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DemoTex
(25,397 posts)1. Maybe the cat is bored ..
Time to move on to advanced differential equations.
ret5hd
(20,491 posts)2. Needs an AP class...Advanced Predator.
3catwoman3
(23,983 posts)3. My last marking period of high school math was an...
...intro to calculus. The teacher handed us a little black book, slender and about 5x7 inches and said, Here - this is all self-explanatory.
Boy, was she wrong. Only thing I have ever gotten an F in.
Self-explanatory my ass!
HubertHeaver
(2,522 posts)5. Translate Teacherese:
"Here - this is all self-explanatory" means "I have no idea what this is. Good luck."
CatMor
(6,212 posts)4. Maybe the cat is thinking I already know all of this..
they are smart little cuties.
Laffy Kat
(16,378 posts)6. Sadly, I recognize that look.
It's the same one I had during ninth-grade algebra. Math was never my thing; however, I rocked all of my English, science, and geography classes.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,692 posts)7. The cat already knows all that stuff and thinks the human is wasting his time.