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2016-01-29T14:45:54.000Z
Math time with Ryan! And also kvetching about classes teaching logic THAT AREN'T FUCKING LOGICAL
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2016-01-29T14:46:25.000Z
okay, so, this class is liberal arts math so maybe I'm just being pedantic, but
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2016-01-29T14:47:05.000Z
You get this math problem that goes "10 people are ordering food for a party. 5 want pizza and 8 want wings. How many want both?"
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2016-01-29T14:47:20.000Z
That's all it specifies.
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2016-01-29T14:48:30.000Z
The prof wants you to solve it with a specific formula, which gives you 3.
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2016-01-29T14:48:43.000Z
And I did that and it scans so yay for mathematics.
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2016-01-29T14:50:43.000Z
but you know, since I have been around people before (and I know math doesn't account for irrational shit in this particular level but WHATEVER)
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2016-01-29T14:50:47.000Z
... I think hah if it were that easy, so much of life would have been not wasted on trying to decide food
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2016-01-29T14:50:58.000Z
... wait a second-
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2016-01-29T14:51:34.000Z
SO then I plug in all the numbers on a diagram and LO AND BEHOLD YOU GET ANOTHER FUCKING POSSIBLE ANSWER
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2016-01-29T14:52:07.000Z
I go up to her and ask if this should be one number or a set of numbers
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2016-01-29T14:52:20.000Z
She says she just wants both
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2016-01-29T14:52:34.000Z
Wants the number of people who want both*
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2016-01-29T14:52:44.000Z
And I say, okay, but there are multiple answers.
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2016-01-29T14:53:09.000Z
She repeats the same thing, so I say, yes, and there is more than one solution that works.
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2016-01-29T14:53:26.000Z
And the prof looks at this problem and goes through a whole set of faces
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2016-01-29T14:54:11.000Z
And then says that she just wanted us to use a specific formula (which I had written out before and that was he first answer)
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2016-01-29T14:54:42.000Z
I just.
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2016-01-29T14:55:18.000Z
What is the point of a class that bills itself as dealing with mathematical logic if the way the tests are structured are not logical.
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2016-01-29T14:55:36.000Z
If you want us to use a specific formula, THEN FUCKING SAY SO
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2016-01-29T14:56:07.000Z
OH AND THE OTHER THING
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2016-01-29T14:56:58.000Z
the way it's worded is exactly the same to how our hw questions are, and those usually include a set of those who DO NOT fall into set a (pizza above) or set b (wings)
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2016-01-29T14:57:27.000Z
which is why, when you allow for that same option (some people want food but not pizza or wings), you get multiple answers.
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2016-01-29T14:58:39.000Z
knowing my reactions, this is just a minor error
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2016-01-29T14:58:46.000Z
Or some problem in the writing of the test
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2016-01-29T14:59:13.000Z
or just me overreacted because this fucking week is awful and I hate everything
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2016-01-29T14:59:22.000Z
/end math rant
one moon wizard
2016-01-29T17:26:35.000Z
...you need a formula for that?
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2016-01-29T17:37:10.000Z
APPARENTLY
kate
2016-01-30T00:16:26.000Z
i am sorry about your prof.
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