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Originally Posted by john walker's workshop
I got an A in 9th grade algebra, never used it again. It was just like figuring out a puzzle, mostly common sense.
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I wasn't good at math. Algebra and trigonometry came hard for me. I never felt like I knew what I was doing. The first year of calculus in college I had to memorize every concept just to get through. I passed the course without any real understanding.
Then I took my first physics class and everything fell into place. Suddenly it all made sense. It was like playing a film of a building demolition double time and in reverse. In senior year I was a Calculus 1 tutor for some kids.
The U policy was that you had to take Calculus before you would understand physics, but it was the opposite for me. Intelligence isn't the same for everyone.