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Explaining calculus to a cat who really doesn't give a damn (Original Post) packman Nov 2020 OP
Maybe the cat is bored .. DemoTex Nov 2020 #1
Needs an AP class...Advanced Predator. ret5hd Nov 2020 #2
My last marking period of high school math was an... 3catwoman3 Nov 2020 #3
Translate Teacherese: HubertHeaver Nov 2020 #5
Maybe the cat is thinking I already know all of this.. CatMor Nov 2020 #4
Sadly, I recognize that look. Laffy Kat Nov 2020 #6
The cat already knows all that stuff and thinks the human is wasting his time. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #7

3catwoman3

(23,983 posts)
3. My last marking period of high school math was an...
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 12:51 PM
Nov 2020

...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:
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 12:57 PM
Nov 2020

"Here - this is all self-explanatory" means "I have no idea what this is. Good luck."

Laffy Kat

(16,378 posts)
6. Sadly, I recognize that look.
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 01:04 PM
Nov 2020

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.

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