Math Is Painful 2026-01-30

[Dave]

https://wapsisquare.com/comic/math-is-painful/

Her distaste for higher math is a trifle ab surd, isn't it?

Although, I do remember that my college had a tendency to schedule all of the advanced engineering math courses at 8 AM. I've never been sure whether that was a deliberate attempt to haze and break the not-sufficiently-stubborn, or whether the teachers had offended the school administration somehow, or what. In any case, I can state that trying to do complex math proofs at 8:15, after having walked across campus in a snowstorm, was certainly an evil-character-building experience.
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[FreeFlier]

The point of story problems is to learn to extract the relevant data . . . Mr's Smith's name is usually irrelevant, but the miles and times are very relevant. Real-world problems don't come all neatly sorted out.

--FreeFlier

[Typeminer]

I once set my hair on fire trying to light a cigarette while rushing to an 8:00 math class . . . .