I think its because you care (Reply #34)

In the discussion thread: How a book written in 1910 could teach you calculus better than several books of today [View all]

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Mon Jul 25, 2022, 01:04 AM

jcgoldie (11,049 posts)

34. I think its because you care

When you take classes in your 30s 40s 50s... you have lived some life, you appreciate education, and you care about learning and how it can change your life. This is not a critique of young people because I sure didn't give a fuck when I was 17 about half the classes I took and as a high school teacher I so love them. But I do think the difference in perspective is huge.

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37 replies	Author	Time	Post
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

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