This is so true

[klwilliams]

http://xkcd.com/385/

(I was a math major, but at a women's college.)

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[windrose.livejournal.com]

I *heart* xkcd so very, very much.

[(Anonymous)]

Red-haired gay guys who can wrap their arms around their own necks suck at math, too.

-C

[martianfencer.livejournal.com]

Was Don O'Shea here when you were? He's a math professor and is now Dean of Faculty.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

He was just starting out when I was there. I had him for Calculus 3 and Calculus 5. He was an incredibly nice guy, but was one of the worst teachers I ever had, because he understood the math on such an intuitive level that he had a very hard time breaking it down into smaller pieces to teach it to us.

[martianfencer.livejournal.com]

Mmm. That exactly reflects something he said in a conversation to Mark recently. I guess he got better about it with time.

(I never got past Calculus I, having had false starts with a couple of really bad teachers, leading to terminal confusion. Too bad, because I loved math up to that point. I really need to do some self-study so I don't end up embarrassing myself.)

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Harriet Pollatsek was one of my best teachers, so she might be a good person to ask questions of, if she's still there.

[martianfencer.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip. Yes, I see she's still there.

[larryhammer]

That's okay -- I was a math major, but as a physicist.

---L.