yr7 math

[FireHead]

if you are still in school, don't listen to the guys that tell you "you will never use that stuff anyway". you have no idea what you will get into in the future in your work environment. some people don't ever use it, others will need it. i didn't go on to college, just college prep in high school. algebra 1, 2, 3, - geometry 1,2 - pre calc, calculus - physics - not to mention biology 1,2 - chemistry 1,2, and so on. anyway, i'm in a position now, as a fabrication department supervisor, that my math skills have paid off. not bragging or anything, but i have forgotten more than some people have ever learned, at least it seems that way with most of the guys who work for me, lol. i don't remember how to do a lot of things, (been out of school for 15 yrs) but when i sit down with an engineer to discuss a process or figure something out, i remember enough to not be totally lost. i remember having speech classes, that i thought were completely worthless and i'd never have to give speeches or presentations. wrong again. i couldn't tell you how many employee meetings i've had to lead, or meetings with upper management or peers that you have to more or less give a little presentation to justify your actions or future plans or ideas.

 

if you're in a position to get a well rounded education, do it. and use it, or you will not retain it and you'll one day regret not putting the effort into it when you had a chance to.

 

wow, did i just say all of that. re reading it makes me feel old!! :yelrotflmao:

 

I agree 100% :thumbsup:

[LiftdT4R]

if you are still in school, don't listen to the guys that tell you "you will never use that stuff anyway". you have no idea what you will get into in the future in your work environment. some people don't ever use it, others will need it.

 

Wow, I don't know what school you went to or what kind of job you have, but I would say upwards of 90% of the shit I learned in High School, and 60% of what I learned in college I never used, it was complete and utter bullshit, just a filler.

 

Granted I took away a good amount of stuff that was extremely helpful, they really make you take some bullshit classes, that have nothing to dow ith anything.

[MILO]

Wow, I don't know what school you went to or what kind of job you have, but I would say upwards of 90% of the shit I learned in High School, and 60% of what I learned in college I never used, it was complete and utter bullshit, just a filler.

 

Granted I took away a good amount of stuff that was extremely helpful, they really make you take some bullshit classes, that have nothing to dow ith anything.

 

i agree with you in a way, that's why i didn't go to college. i didn't know exactly what i wanted to do, and i didn't want to go through more bs classes that i didn't really give a shit about. i never understood how critiquing a sonnet or certain type of literature was of any real benefit to me. or how knowing a rediculous amount of details in history would change my life. but i'll admit that math related classes, grammar related classes, and health related classes (since i'm a first responder now also) has paid off in ways that i never imagined they would. but yeah, there was a ton of totally worthless bs also, at least considering how my life and career turned out and what i actually use now. but on the other hand, if i had gone to college and learned about a lot more things and more in depth, i may be in a totally different position right now.

 

my wife went for electrical / mechanical engineering, which had me interested in mechanical engineering, but i don't see why she needed some of the bs classes that she had to take that had absolutely nothing to do with engineering. that's exactly the kind of thing that turned me off from college.

[FireHead]

i agree with you in a way, that's why i didn't go to college. i didn't know exactly what i wanted to do, and i didn't want to go through more bs classes that i didn't really give a shit about. i never understood how critiquing a sonnet or certain type of literature was of any real benefit to me. or how knowing a rediculous amount of details in history would change my life. but i'll admit that math related classes, grammar related classes, and health related classes (since i'm a first responder now also) has paid off in ways that i never imagined they would. but yeah, there was a ton of totally worthless bs also, at least considering how my life and career turned out and what i actually use now. but on the other hand, if i had gone to college and learned about a lot more things and more in depth, i may be in a totally different position right now.

 

my wife went for electrical / mechanical engineering, which had me interested in mechanical engineering, but i don't see why she needed some of the bs classes that she had to take that had absolutely nothing to do with engineering. that's exactly the kind of thing that turned me off from college.

 

I have a minor with my BS degree in asian art history. At the time I nonly did that because most of the classes would count as general university requirements and it didn't take more than an extra class or to get the minor. While I have never done anything remotely professional with tha part of my degree, it has actually benefitted me on several occaisions when I have had to come with something to talk about with Japanese guests my company brings to town. :geek: