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Old 06-27-2008, 07:36 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by goldtoe360 View Post
I think one of the main reasons people find math uninteresting is that they see no practical everyday application of it (algebra/trig yes, not so much calculus).
As a programmer math is of very much use to me. But the way we study math is what I find boring, as well as useless. I hate writing by hand and doing a thousand simple calculations over and over again. I wanted to study math through programming.
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