Summer Class experiences??

[Freedom]

I should clarify it is one course! That's the name of it.

I don't know EXACTLY how much trig it is, I think it is more algebra based if anything.

LOL, I have never had the opportunity to ask this to a math major without coming off as rude, but HOW can you major in that? I'd probably be in college for the rest of my life trying to pass everything. My GPA would be below a 2.0.

Thanks for clarifying, I did think it was 2 different classes.

Ha haa, Oh my no, not rude. It's just the way we are 'wired,' I guess. I adore math, the fact that there is ONE answer, and only 1, the way I can move around in space and always know where I'm at, the rules are always clear (none of this "i before e EXCEPT") I was in accelerated math classes from the 5th grade, and took 2 college level course in high school (off campus!) I focused on linear algebra, and I specialized in 13 dimensional space, and the things I could develop and imagine were fascinating! Oh 11 dimensional space was nice - you have to work in a prime number dimension, or else everything collapses -- but 13 was SO intriguing to me! I love having a puzzle to solve.

This also tied in with my love of philosophy, which I was 2 courses short of minoring. Mathematicians almost universally agree God is the 4 th dimension, so the fact that beings exist in a collapsible dimension was another fascination for me.

String theory and quarks were just coming out, and became part of the course plan about 3 years after I graduated. I have spent time reading up on it myself over the years, to keep fresh and up to date.

Oh, and I graduated cum laude, as a member of Pi Mu Epsilon, the Mathematician's Honor Society! I let my membership lapse about 6 years ago, as Dad's health issues took over more and more of my life.

Like many people, I do have some things I have trouble with. Do NOT ask me about percents! I know, 3rd grade stuff, but I just can not get my mind around percentages, lol. I have to translate it all to fractions, do the work, solve the problem and then translate BACK to percentages. Otherwise, my calculations are way off. For critical stuff, I actually ask another mathematician to review and verify my translations! As you can imagine, this makes grocery shopping a challenge!

[smokey the elder]

With math, I found the easiest way for me to learn the more advanced courses needed for chemistry was with a teacher that explained the applications for a given type of math. It's harder to see real-world applications for algebra, at first, but it and trig both use coordinate systems. Trig explains how your GPS figures out where you are and where to go, for example!