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LadyinOrange

LadyinOrange

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I didn't intend to get up till 6:30, but I woke up at 4:37. Nervous excitement, I guess. I dread having to sit through a day of inservice training. :bad:
 
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(milohimself @ Aug 3 said:
Back to work for me too... Just got a job at Enterprise Rent-a-Car. 36 hours a week.
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Do you get a company car? :naughty:
 
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Not really. Mostly I just clean cars, but sometimes I go pick customers up and set them up with an agent. I get to use one of the rentals on the lot for that. Eight bucks an hour at 36 hours a week. I'll be making around $1,000 a month after taxes.
 
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Gotta win that bread, right? Going back to school though. I have to go to Portland Community College for a while, my High School screwed up my transcripts. But, I took the placement tests today. I scored 98/99 in reading and 97/99 in writing. You'd be proud of me, LIO. :D Math... Not so much. But, you can only expect so much when you haven't taken a math class in like three years.
 
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(milohimself @ Aug 3 said:
Gotta win that bread, right? Going back to school though. I have to go to Portland Community College for a while, my High School screwed up my transcripts. But, I took the placement tests today. I scored 98/99 in reading and 97/99 in writing. You'd be proud of me, LIO. :D Math... Not so much. But, you can only expect so much when you haven't taken a math class in like three years.
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I made EXCELLENT scores on the ACT in everything BUT math. The test administrator thought I must have gotten on the wrong line with my answers, but I just didn't know how to do it. My poor college math teachers had to start from scratch with me. Bless their hearts.
 
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(milohimself @ Aug 3 said:
Gotta win that bread, right? Going back to school though. I have to go to Portland Community College for a while, my High School screwed up my transcripts. But, I took the placement tests today. I scored 98/99 in reading and 97/99 in writing. You'd be proud of me, LIO. :D Math... Not so much. But, you can only expect so much when you haven't taken a math class in like three years.
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Hey man, I used to teach high school math. What do you need to know? We could do a little VN/PJ tutoring.

I had to learn all my higher level (Calculus and up) in college because Chester County did not have those then.
 
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Thanks for the offer, I'm good. Math is actually my strong subject, when I've been studying it. It's mandatory for all students here to take all four years of math, but once you've passed Algebra II or completed three years of math in high school, you've met your graduation requirements. And I passed Algebra II my freshman year. :lol:
 
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I'm not really sure who uses advanced math to make a living outside the academic world? I have friends who are successful professional engineers and CPAs who all claim they rarely if ever resort to using it. Just curious.
 
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That's what I've heard too. Except for professional mathematicians, teachers of the subject, and a select few types of engineers, most all types of advanced mathematics are not used in the work force. My major is going to be Automotive Service Technology. I might stick around CC to finish it, I like working with cars. Might have to take some serious math, though.
 
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Yes. It seems to me that math classes are used as a way to weed out potential candidates for medical school and certain MBA programs. I suppose that it is a difficult thing to master so maybe it is testing your ability to study and learn a complicated subject area?
 
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Many people use Calculus daily and don't realize it.

If you are calculating your gas mileage, you're really just integrating your fuel consumption over the distance you've traveled... Calculus!!!
 
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(rwemyss @ Aug 3 said:
Many people use Calculus daily and don't realize it.

If you are calculating your gas mileage, you're really just integrating your fuel consumption over the distance you've traveled... Calculus!!!
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How about basic division?
 
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(VolunteerHillbilly @ Aug 3 said:
Yes. It seems to me that math classes are used as a way to weed out potential candidates for medical school and certain MBA programs. I suppose that it is a difficult thing to master so maybe it is testing your ability to study and learn a complicated subject area?
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The point is, the ability to use math shows that you are an abstract thinker capable of problem solving. I design aircraft structure and I rarely ever find the need to integrate or do a differential equation. I can if I have to, though.
 
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Maybe. At the high school level, math classes have been reduced to learning the formula long enough to pass the test, then forgetting it and moving on.
 
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(milohimself @ Aug 3 said:
Maybe. At the high school level, math classes have been reduced to learning the formula long enough to pass the test, then forgetting it and moving on.
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Not if you had a good teacher...like me :biggrin2:
 
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(milohimself @ Aug 3 said:
How about basic division?
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You could think of it that way... although the problem actually IS far more complicated. Your mileage is not a constant... it is constantly changing. While at the end you can take the amount of gas used, and divide it into the miles traveled, that is an average... which I could also express in terms of calculus.

I find it important to understand calculus... it is far more helpful than you people give it credit for.
 
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