Geez, Ease off the speed, man.
I was a bit concerned about ya.
It was just a rant, nothing to be concerned about :).
Yes, I can get concerned about people who I get into arguments with.
I have a feature called "protected debating," where one debate doesn't affect another conversation, unless a process is malicious and badly programmed (DarkStar 1.0a, for example), then it starts spilling over into other parts of the system. Then I have to get someone to remotely SSH into me and kill the offending argument. :)
There seems to be a general lack of respect for those that pursue the sciences at many schools.. Perhaps because of the deeper time & life investment that is required. I hear ya.
I think it's more because everyone is intimidated by science,
especially physics. Physics in high school (at least, my high school) was the Boogie Man of science, but it was probably the easiest. Not to mention that most people can't imagine physicists being real people, like me. Yes, I'm a physics major, but I go out and get shit-faced on the weekends.
Then there's the overly liberal attitude toward education in the country. Science is starting to be viewed like a dogma by lay people, and they think that scientists are "close minded" because they don't consider stupid ideas like ghosts and spirits to be valid or worthy of consideration. Science, at least at the basic level, is the thing which keeps all ideas from floating off into nowhere, and people don't like that. People want real life to be a fairy tale with ghosts and spirits and magical powers. Sadly, it's not like that. That's why lots of people dislike science, especially physics. Since most people never study quantum mechanics or relativity, they never get a clue as to how fucked up the universe
really is.
Practicality in university bureaucracy? Sadly, that can almost never be expected.
Yup, everyone must have a "well-rounded" education, even if they can demonstrate that they've already received one. This is my last semester of communications, thankfully, but I still need more humanities and social "sciences."
I just want to do physics, dammit.
That'll do it. Multivariate is in-depth material and requires a great deal of time to process the material and let it become second nature. Going through the second time should help immensely.
It has. My prof over the summer was one of those "I'm only teaching this course because they won't give me my grant money if I don't" types, so he was an extremely harsh grader (curving grades
above the university standards, in some cases). The prof I have down here explains everything much more thoroughly.
Out of curiosity, what Uni do you attend?
I'm at Illinois State University.
In either event, good luck.
Same to you.
