• Inky@lemmy.ca
    41·
    2 years ago

    This post confuses me. Why would code be simpler than the math notation? Both involve symbolic abstraction of basically the same complexity

  • _number8_@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    i hate that we all got so frightened about math. it’s genuinely fun to learn how it works when you’re not being forced to in a school setting, which was just a fucking nightmare for no reason. i had this former navy DI lady teacher in gifted kid algebra [so already a year ahead] yell at me for asking questions; she wasn’t going to ‘hold my hand’ thru the homework, which was quite literally her fucking job

    • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 years ago

      Idk man I’ve been doing my Cal 3 and 4 this semester and fuck me it’s hard. Yeah sure it’s cool sometimes but wrapping my head around it and often trying to think about things geometrically hurts. I sat there for a full hour trying to figure out why I couldn’t picture the equation I was trying to take a triple integral of only to realize it’s 4 dimensional and I almost cried

    • electrogamerman@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Im sorry you had awful teachers, but not all of them are bad. I had amazing teachers that were very worried for the students to learn. In contrast I had very shitty classmates that just didn’t care and would blame the teachers for their laziness.

    • passably9@lemmy.world
      01·
      2 years ago

      Fear fear fear. The same old, actually hollow from the inside, villian that bugs me everywhere

  • funkyb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Yea that’s not explained better than a math teach. They just swapped notation common in math, for notation common in one specific programming language. it’s only easier for the audience who happens to be familiar with programming in general, and that language in particular.

  • Easton89@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 days ago

    I’ve definitely experienced that too sometimes a random video or post just clicks way better than a classroom explanation. But to be fair, many teachers have so much on their plate beyond just teaching. In Mexico, tools like MI Portal Fone are actually helping ease that load by giving teachers quick access to their pay stubs, CURP, RFC, and tax info without having to go through tons of paperwork or office visits. When systems like that handle the boring admin stuff, teachers can focus more on connecting with students and maybe even explain math like those viral internet folks.

  • nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    2 years ago

    The hard part of math isn’t understanding esoteric symbols it’s the theory behind it and it’s application. Number theory will mindbreak almost all people.

  • Foresight@lemmy.mlBanned
    02·
    2 years ago

    The education system creates scarcity of knowledge to increase the profit of investment and spending, everything complex can be broken down into simple forms.