Comments on: Math & Romance 101*

By: Hellion

Hellion — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:14:04 +0000

Quantam, I imagine if Mel Gibson or Johnny Depp had been teaching my math classes in high school and college, I would have automatically been more interested in it. I at least would have listened the whole time. Or most of the time…more than I did. (Admittedly if JD was teaching my class, I’d probably be writing our names on my notebook and drawing hearts as he taught me about differential equations.)

By: Hellion

Hellion — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:11:51 +0000

Janga, I can’t blame you. There is a lot of quantitative research classes (okay, at least 2-3 courses) and a statistics course needed for a Ph.D. I can’t imagine doing it. I don’t want to imagine doing it. UGH. And all my English Education students (and a lot of the Reading ones too) come into the office, utter basketcases. You passed it though…and it’s done with. *LOL*

By: terrio

terrio — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:48:34 +0000

Oh, allergic to math. That’s a good one, Janga.

I’m allergic to Science. And thank my lucky stars I never have to take it again!

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:14:15 +0000

My head hurts.

I have to agree with Janga, though. You’re one creative pirate!

By: Janga

Janga — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:04:43 +0000

I’m late today, which is just as well since I hate math. The last time I liked it was when I learned to count to a hundred. When I took Research Statistics in grad school, I almost caused my professor to have a breakdown. She was almost in tears when she returned my final project because even though it was “well-written” and I had the “correct answers,” what I had dome was “mathmatically impossible.” LOL!

But the blog is brilliant, Hellion. I can appreciate your creativity even if I am allergic to math.

By: Quantum

Quantum — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:51:50 +0000

*g*

Thanks for the scotch Cap’n. You all had me laughing away….I love sin’s hexagons and Amanda struggling with moments!

I am a bit surprised at the lack of mathematical brilliance here though. I remember that I found maths a bit boring at school, except when applied to physics. At University though I discovered group theory … the maths of symmetry….and my interest flared. This was big magic and there was also a very attractive lady physicist who was interested in the group properties of sub-atomic particles. She showed no interest in me though but definitely inspired my interest in symmetry!

Ah, time for another scotch before bed. Now Hellion, don’t transform anything that I wouldn’t transform…..Cheers!

By: Hellion

Hellion — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:27:08 +0000

Sin, I don’t think you work so much in triangles as hexagons…and I love you for it! We babes should get all the men!

Lisa, I vote for Ranger too. *LOL*

By: Hellion

Hellion — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:25:59 +0000

Amanda, I survived my Physics class the same way. Actually I got a better understanding of algebra from my physics class. Not because I understood the word problems, but because we just plugged in numbers a lot.

And I’m not sure what the technical term is for the door problem, but suddenly I have Capt Jack in my head saying, “It’s a matter of leverage.”

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:12:57 +0000

*deer in the headlight look*

I need a tutor to answer the question. I suck at math and hate every kind. I vote for love triangles and a hero that has a mysterious backstory:)

By: terrio

terrio — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:22:07 +0000

Amanda - I’m lucky in that I have the same professor for this class I had for my math class last summer. To say this man makes things easy is an understatement. The majority of my classmates had a very hard time which meant we barely got through half of what was on the agenda. I actually hope this time around I have classmates that can move a little quicker so it’s not so boring this time around.