How is it possible to do 22 problems that require at least a page of work in an 90 min exam??? That's around about 4 mins for each problem. 15 problems were multiple choice so we couldn't get credit if we made a simple math error. Our teacher is also a dick for adding a None of The Above answer to the MC. Honestly, the whole class is a fucking struggle. I'm having a break down. :agony-consuming:
The class is a huge time sink, I hate it. It's mandatory to attend 2 hours of lab (essentially Ta's going over problems), 2 hrs of lecture from our teacher (who just goes over random problems), and watch 2-3 hrs of chapter videos +with questions per week, not including the homework and quizzes we have to do. Our teacher wastes our time with bullshit work and lecture videos that we could use to teach ourselves by doing problems from the textbook.
Honestly, there's way too much material to cover in one semester. I had to go back and relearn Cal 1 stuff that I learn over a year ago. I mean I had completely forgotten how to do integration and all the derivative rules, but he made us take a test on u-substitutions the first week of class.
The motherfucker required us to buy a $50 online book written by the math department which is only accessible through the department's online portal.
It doesn't help that my teacher is a prick. He will only respond to our emails if we send them in a special email format that he gave to us. He insists that we only refer to him as Dr. xxx because he want's recognition for his doctorate in mathematics. What kills me is that I know plenty of professors with doctorates that don't give a shit about title. Even the M.D. that I know personally don't ask to be called doctor unless they are in a formal or professional setting.
Honestly, there's only two types of mathematicians- the super serious, self absorbed types and the let's get high and do some integration problems types.
Calc 1: Here's a limit, here's a general form of 'slope', and here's an area.
Calc 2: Uhhhh, let's put the most obnoxious symbolic integrals, 8 different ways of integrating rotations/revolutions with slight distinctions, and everyones favorite 12 different ways of evaluating the convergence of a series in a course.
Calc 3: Calc 1, but in 3 dimensions.
I took a computer science class that was basically "Calc 2 but on computers", where we established the various benefits/hinderances of convergence series from a programmatic perspective. I enjoyed it substantially more than the original Calc 2.
Oh yeah, and when I went onto Numerical Analysis Calc 2 acutally started appearing sensible. But there is just so much stuff packed into a Calc 2 curriculum none of it can be explored beyond simple regurgitation.
Yes! That was the name of the class. Wish they'd just teach that class as a precursor to Calc 2 or... really, just anything but the way Calc 2 seems designed to deliberately beat you up as some kind of academic hazing ritual.