Wednesday, March 31, 2010

I Think I Can

I always thought I would hate college.... Guess What?! I was right! I don't hate all of college, just the writing papers and actually having to study. My freshman year has kicked my booty. Between University Physics, History Paper, English Essays, and Calculus I-II I am surprised I haven't lost my mind completely. I am glad I am in college, don't get me wrong, I am just wondering why it is so hard. Seriously, everyone should have to go to college before they start yelling that it was the decision you made to go so you should have to deal with it instead of complaining. Oh well, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can is what is getting me through.... I WILL make it! Maybe this blog will be my pep talk to myself when I think I can't! Enough for now... Have to study for Calculus II quiz...

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

What I Don't Understand

1. Why five pages of a boring topic are required to be written in history.
2. Why majors that aren't hisory have to take history.
3. Why I can't concentrate on writing papers.
4. Why hot dogs come in 10 and buns in 8.
5. Why we need to find the area under the curve on a graph.
6. Why college is needed to teach; I'm pretty sure my great aunt was perfectly fine teaching without it.
7. Why you must have internet service with Verizon's Blackberry.
8. Why gas cost so much.
9. Why anything cost so much.
10. Why I am doing this.... oh well... just wanted my frustrations to be heard... :) Thanks!

Monday, March 15, 2010

Origin of "Know Your Limits"

This past November, I had the opportunity to attend the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference in Nashville. My future mother-in-law also attended this conference. While we were there I purchased a shirt that had an amazing saying printed on the front.

Limits were by far my favorite thing in Calculus I. My love for Calculus began because of an amazing teacher, Leslie Spicer!
This is a limit by substitution, so you plug in the infinity where the x is in the problem. So in turn, one divided by infinity equals as close to zero as you can get! I was soo excited when I saw this t-shirt! One day I hope to add some more math t-shirts to my collection which has another one already.


With this shirt, the imaginary number i is telling the pi symbol to be rational since it is an irrational number, and pi is telling the imaginary number to get real! (I know, like I said, Math Geek!)

Another favorite I hope to get is this:


Anyways, this is all the nerd I have tonight!

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