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PoindexterOglethorpe

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13. At the age of 47 I took calculus for fun.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Jul 24, 2022, 10:43 AM

Jul 2022

I'd completed college algebra and took a statistics class, and was enjoying the math so much that I decided to go for calculus. Loved it! Understood it completely.

I asked several of the math teachers why, after failing miserably the first time in high school, I was doing so well thirty years later. To a person they said, "Oh, Poindexter. People don't realize that it's a developmental thing. A lot of students just aren't ready for it when they're 17, but give it a year or two and they will be." Clearly that was the case with me.

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How a book written in 1910 could teach you calculus better than several books of today [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 OP

Cool, I want to check this out. 2naSalit Jul 2022 #1

I Thought The Same! ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #20

Isaac Newton knew "infinitesimals"-never observed- are a fraud pirsquared Jul 2022 #24

The bit about two tides per day not making sense is especially interesting. Towlie Jul 2022 #25

2 high tides every day: Theory of Gravity disproved! Flat earthers confused. pirsquared Jul 2022 #28

I'm hoping it will help me learn it... 2naSalit Jul 2022 #32

Thanks for posting. n/t John1956PA Jul 2022 #2

Thanks Lochloosa Jul 2022 #3

K&R n/t Alice Kramden Jul 2022 #4

I must've lucked out and had a teacher who learned from that system (book)... Hugin Jul 2022 #5

Old textbooks cost almost nothing and sometimes covered math from K-12 in one cheap book lostnfound Jul 2022 #6

where's those ebooks they said we would be using by now? mopinko Jul 2022 #8

Some teachers and professors have abandoned traditional textbooks. hunter Jul 2022 #19

I See That A Lot! ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #21

They found a way to charge for those, too Sympthsical Jul 2022 #30

ThNks! That's terrific! PCIntern Jul 2022 #7

Math: The language of measuring sanatanadharma Jul 2022 #9

du dweller Jul 2022 #10

That's a lot to ponder. n/t Harker Jul 2022 #16

When AI enables us to speak to a computer to solve problems in math BSdetect Jul 2022 #11

Everybody uses calculators and computers now. hunter Jul 2022 #27

K&R, Simple explanations from someone who understands the subject are usually the best !! uponit7771 Jul 2022 #12

At the age of 47 I took calculus for fun. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #13

I took it between my junior and senior years. Igel Jul 2022 #17

I think its because you care jcgoldie Jul 2022 #34

True. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #36

Awesome Johnny2X2X Jul 2022 #14

Excellent, thanks for posting. K&R. c-rational Jul 2022 #15

I had a multivariable calculus professor (for my 3rd semester of calc) BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #18

The print. Really? And some of us are visual learners. Baitball Blogger Jul 2022 #22

It is an excellent and well known textbook. dalton99a Jul 2022 #23

TY! n/t EndlessWire Jul 2022 #26

Hey, gang, it's at Gutenberg! ironflange Jul 2022 #29

Now let's get colleges to use books like this when they teach their courses... Silent3 Jul 2022 #31

This doesn't surprise me at all jobendorfer Jul 2022 #33

Cool link thanks! perfessor Jul 2022 #35

Would be outlawed in Florida. Why they even have a whole chapter called Integration! retread Jul 2022 #37