Comments on: Can we move on to “Math and Literature,” please?

By: lisa

lisa — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:41:23 +0000

Anna, I’m not saying Math is useless. I’m just saying “Mathmatical Theory” is just as useful as a brain hemmorage for me. It’s basic Algebra and Business Math thrown together, and since I’ve done both classes, I really don’t want to do it again. And as to why it’s an upper division math class, I have no idea.

And I already knew all the Math I was going to need in the real world when I graduated High School. After all, I had been through the Algebras and Geometry. And what I didn’t (don’t) know will probably not ever apply to whatever job I work, and if it does, there are calculators and computers to solve them for me. Never mind the little sister, who can solve any math problem you can throw at her.

After all, six years out of HS so far, and never once have I been asked to factor a polynomial.

By: anna

anna — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:15:12 +0000

at Reed our math was satisfied by languages- thing is if you’re good at languages, you’re usually good at some forms of math. I think we clump all math together, but in reality, you can be good at some and suck at others. It’s also hard to determine what I sucked at since there were so many factors distracting me at any given time. Ah. Yeah but your math & lit class is flawed: you really do need to know math in the real world, it’s sad but true.

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:24:35 +0000

Hahaha! /me makes fun of you !!!

At GWU, our math requirement (we only had to take 1 class) was satisfied by logic, which was actually part of the Philosophy department. We learned about fallacies all that other good, logical stuff. Damn, that “math” rocked.

< /mean teasing >I <3 you, Lisa!

By: lisa

lisa — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:48:09 +0000

Jordan: I feel you in the not wanting to finish a major because you hate what it takes to get there. I’d have loved to be a forensic scientist, but aside from the math, I was never going to get through a biology disection without puking.

But, it’s good to know that I’m not the only one who thinks “Math and Literature” is a good idea. And I don’t know why it can’t cover the math requirement. I can take a literature class to cover an Art requirement, a Foreign Language requirement, and History requirement.

The only think I’ll probably ever agree with Emerson on: English is the only subject worth studying (if you’re an English major )

By: Jordan T. Cox

Jordan T. Cox — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:41:50 +0000

I share your hatred of math. I was a computer science major in a previous life; but gave up on it because of the copious amounts of required math. Now, I’m sorry – but the computer is /there to do the math for you/. I digress.

Our university offers just what you hoped for, “Cultural Math” that explores (without math, just in terms of descriptions) the historical differences and interesting points of different mathematical concepts throughout time. An interesting concept, but not used for any major here that I know of.