dont miss a class for calc, if u fall behind it will be extremely difficult to catch up.

It will be easy enough in the beginning, but later on it will definitely get tougher.

If you are the genius type that can just cram before the day of the test, I doubt you would be posting this, don't listen to those that told you to take it easy.

CommanderFluffy

Taiwan1059 Posts

July 28 2008 06:38 GMT

#23

Calc's not a big deal dont worry about it.
I took ap calc B/C in high school and i was called the backpack kid cuz i never took my backpack off in that class. Still passed.

Just go to class and you'll be fine.

riotjune

United States3394 Posts

July 28 2008 06:43 GMT

#24

AP Physics B was hard and the teacher was an ass. He was so fed up with the class getting low scores on his tests that he spends most of his time talking about how worthless and inept we were instead of teaching. I was enslaved to do problems in his office during lunch. There I saw a student ask this guy for a letter of recommendation. He must've been a super nerd or something.

I had to hire a tutor to help me out with the problems and even this guy was like wtf, it's too difficult
-.-;;

The next year the physics teacher left the school. He must've blown his last fuse with the class that, in his eyes, was even worse than before =P

I hated physics ever since.

First semester calculus was fun. Second semester was painful...If you ask me, Calculus II is more like English than math. All this proving stuff with words...

BottleAbuser

Korea (South)1888 Posts

July 28 2008 06:47 GMT

#25

Physics is fun if you think of it in terms of how to describe a scenario in which you are killing your physics teacher with various weapons.

hixhix

1156 Posts

July 28 2008 06:57 GMT

#26

calc is the easiest shit, no need to attend the class, all you need is to spend 1 day reading the text book before the final and get 100% ez.

KwarK

United States43166 Posts

July 28 2008 07:28 GMT

#27

Calculus is always scary and always gets harder. But when you're doing the hard stuff at the end of the year and you look back at the stuff you found really difficult at the start of the year you're like "wtf, that's easy lol". Basically you'll get the hang of it, but it is hard work.

IzzyCraft

United States4487 Posts

July 28 2008 07:55 GMT

#28

On July 28 2008 14:01 decafchicken wrote:
wtf why would you take anything remotely difficult senior year? My hardest class was like Individual Reading.

If you can do Physics you can do calc
TT i Took AP STAT, AP USH, AP BIO, AP ENGLISH, AP GOV, AP MacroEcon my senior year.

thou i took so many ap test i bleed ap
statics
physics b/c
calc b/c
bio
chem
Comp sci a/b
Macro econ
US history
us gov
english lit
psychology

all though high school

i took harder classes cuz i was able to pull worse grades and get good standing in schools
heh 3.1 accepted to UC with shitload of useless credit

intrigue

Washington, D.C9934 Posts

July 28 2008 08:04 GMT

#29

calculus is easy
each idea builds upon the others, so i guess if you fall behind early you're kind of fucked. even if you find it hard at the beginning, by the time the class is ending you'll realize how intuitive and basic it all is. it's fun because you are introduced to many concepts you will never forget and will definitely be able to apply everywhere.

auto.

Canada35 Posts

July 28 2008 10:44 GMT

#30

relax calc is easier than advanced functions, if u can get an 80 in mhf then ull prolly pull a high 80 in mcv

auto.

Canada35 Posts

July 28 2008 10:44 GMT

#31

unless u suck at math, then get ready for the most depressing year of your life

Ludrik

Australia523 Posts

July 28 2008 11:20 GMT

#32

My advice would be to stop taking everything so seriously. Honestly if you put all this pressure on yourself you will do worse. Calculus, like any other branch of mathematics, can be ridiculously easy or ridiculously hard depending on how you think about it. Some people just can't understand math concepts mostly because their brains aren't wired the right way and they weren't exposed to it enough as a child. At the end of the day though if you put enough work in you will be able to do the problems (even if you don't understand the concepts behind them). So don't stress out about it. Either it'll come easily or it won't. You say you've done well at maths in the past. If that's the case then it shouldn't be too much difficulty. As long as your teacher isn't a fuckwit you'll be fine.

Slaughter

United States20254 Posts

July 28 2008 13:35 GMT

#33

They have ap psychology? wow my school only offered ap bio/english/art/chemistry -_- and as to your question its basically all about how you learn and your aptitude in math. My buddy is a math wiz and has taken the highest level calc and he never had any trouble but me I never have patience with math so I never took calc and no higher math besides higher end statistics (social science major ftw). Like people have said just keep up with the class and you should be fine unless you get a teacher that doesn't know how to teach. In fact I would say almost all high school level classes are passable by almost anyone if they just put the work in.

Kletus

Canada580 Posts

July 28 2008 14:46 GMT

#34

h approaches 0.

You have now passed 3/4 of Calculus.

itzme_petey

United States1400 Posts

July 28 2008 17:36 GMT

#35

derivatives and intergrals aren't that hard. as long as you put in the work then you will be fine. im not great at math but got A's on both courses in college.

ps. your intructor is just trying to weed out students in that course by putting up equations on the chalk board. fuck him. god damned whore.