I just passed my first calculus test lubdoods;

[snoorkel]

so since I have given up on 'going to college' I am teaching myself higher math (good luck rite lol), because it actually interests me and I'd feel bad if I missed out on it.

It has been slow going so far because although I was good at pre-calc in high school, that was almost 3 years ago, so I barely remembered how to do even basic algebraic manipulations.

I found some online pre-calc/algebra reviews and tackled my calculus textbook's first chapter on finding differentials, and after a couple tries got 9/10 of the 'test' questions at the end correct. 

itt autodidactism 

[PLEASEHELP1991]

lol elementary mathematics
so are you using spivak or apostol

[snoorkel]

lol elementary mathematics
so are you using spivak or apostol

I have apostol now (like it so far) and strang on the way, I'll be working through them simultaneously so as to review certain topics in one book after covering them earlier in the other. For all the praise spivak gets I don't think I will start with his books, they're pretty dry and extremely proof-heavy (not bad but I am focusing on learning application right now not proofs). his series on differential geometry and calculus on manifolds will definitely be ones I pickup, though, when I come to that.

[Nyerp]

that's not a test

[snoorkel]

that's not a test

it's a 'test'

[silvertone]

life is a joke.

[snoorkel]

life is a joke.

but math is no joke

[silvertone]

but math is no joke

math is an abstraction.

[snoorkel]

math is an abstraction.

language is equally an abstraction

[YPrrrr]

Well congrats, learning is great no matter the method

[silvertone]

Don't they teach calculus to 4th graders in Europe? Because that is a really good idea.

[Mando Pandango]

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. FOR REAL.

but calculus sucks and i hate it

[bluaki]

but calculus sucks and i hate it

I actually like calculus

[spoiler]It's even something I might do on my free time [/spoiler]

[Mando Pandango]

god blu

god

I have nothing against you but we would never be friends in real life.

[bluaki]

I'm sure a lot of people feel the same way

so I'm alone