Tuesday was a work period. Of course, I gave thought a lot about why I'm in this course. For one thing, I need it for university; also, I want to understand mathematics, and this is the most hardcore course that the school offers in that subject. ;)
It's a real hurdle for me to learn a topic like this: you are given a method for carrying out and solving a problem. But, you don't understand the "why" part. I have to accept the fact that I need to take a "leap of faith" and bite the bullet in order to learn this, but in the case of mathematics, it isn't too hard to explain the why part.
Why radians instead of degrees? Well, degrees is a system based on an arbitrary constant, so we need something a little more precise. Why the number base 10? Well, we evolved to have 10 fingers, and we very well could use a system based in two (binary), 8 (octal) or 16 (hexadecimal), but that doesn't matter too much.
Eh, I don't know why I'm getting so philosophical about the subject; I should be focusing on the subject matter, but math can be a really dry subject or it can be really damn interesting if we are given the "meat" along with the basic material.
Yes, that's my biggest problem: I'm thinking too much about the wrong things. I don't know. I'm kinda like a fish whose at the bottom of a boat, flopping, slapping, struggling to get back into the water. How am I going to get back into the lake? I guess I'll have to struggle through the material.
And another thing: I have to teach this to myself. Mr. Max is providing the material for me (pay attention during the lectures!); I have to take the material and teach it to myself. That's why there's so much homework I guess. . . .
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