Stuff you wish they taught in school

[mrt144]

So you want to ensure that the next generation will be delusional.

No, just annoyingly self righteous and smug.

 

[Patroklos]

Ok, Mr. balliatic missiles

That's obviously the fault of one of you math types screwing up the Ipad auto correct

 

[Zelig]

Well, yeah, but I more meant for careers that aren't specifically based on high-level math. Basically, to get into college and to work in most careers.

I know I only need it to get through school

Calling trig "high-level math" is like calling spelling "high-level literature".

 

[Theov]

If you make an OP like this, at least give some credit to Cracked.com
http://www.cracked.com/article_1861...nt-things-they-didnt-teach-you-in-school.html

 

[ParadigmShifter]

How to roll a joint.

How to tell poisonous mushrooms from magic ones.

 

[Patroklos]

Have you done either of those things, you looked awfully young in you recent pic.

 

[Quackers]

Moar MATHS

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Have you done either of those things, you looked awfully young in you recent pic.

Me? I'm 40 and look like Jesus.

 

[Skwink]

Basic Training and Rifle skills. Pistol skills also need to be taught, as people think it's cool to hold them sideways.

 

[Truronian]

Well, yeah, but I more meant for careers that aren't specifically based on high-level math. Basically, to get into college and to work in most careers.

I know I only need it to get through school

How tall is your house?

...

Trig is widely used in practical and scientific careers. Farmers, carpenters, lumberjacks, builders, architects, geographers, astronomers, miners, fishermen and navigators; these are all careers that use trig.

You would need trig to be able to measure the height of you house.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Or a tape measure...

 

[Ajidica]

Do this instead of trig, trig is freakin' useless

(Waits for Paradigmshifter to tear me apart, remember not everyone is in a Math related career.)

Basic trig is easy, even the more advanced stuff isn't that hard if you can remember the formulas.

Derivatives are a pain though, and I'm not looking forward to integrals.

(Side question P-Shifter, what are Integrals used for? I don't see how adding more information to an equation is at all useful.)

 

[amadeus]

So you want to ensure that the next generation will be delusional.

I think it's time for Advice Krugman!

Spoiler :

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Integrate Newton's equations of motion twice to work out the position you will be in after applying a force (which is proportional to acceleration).

Also, solving differential equations (such as springs).

Finding areas/volumes of things.

 

[CELTICEMPIRE]

Math is hell, this is the first year I got an a in it.

Anyway, people need more education on religions.

 

[Truronian]

Or a tape measure...

Only if you are a very tall man in a very small house.

Basic trig is easy, even the more advanced stuff isn't that hard if you can remember the formulas.

Derivatives are a pain though, and I'm not looking forward to integrals.

(Side question P-Shifter, what are Integrals used for? I don't see how adding more information to an equation is at all useful.)

What do you mean by 'adding more information'?

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Presumably he is referring to needing to use boundary conditions to find an exact solution?

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Oh, and once you know that e^i*theta = cos theta + i sin theta, you don't need to remember trig formulae at all

 

[Ajidica]

Integrate Newton's equations of motion twice to work out the position you will be in after applying a force (which is proportional to acceleration).

Also, solving differential equations (such as springs).

Finding areas/volumes of things.

So essentialy the same things I did in physics, but made more complicated?

 

[mrt144]

Calling trig "high-level math" is like calling spelling "high-level literature".

Except, the pervasive education of trig at the level it is now is a relatively recent thing.