Is your life now as you thought it would be when you were younger

[Joust Williams]

So you major in "calculous"? That is awesome

[Fe 26]

So you major in "calculous"? That is awesome

No, computer Engineering and soon to be Electrical Engineering. I'm about to take my forth and final class of "calculous"

[Joust Williams]

What a waste of time. They don't even have computers or electricity in Mississippi

[Fe 26]

heh, you're such an ass.

[Omni]

Doesn't linear algebra require some calc prereqs, though? Eh, I guess maybe not intro.

[kedawa]

The first linear algebra course I took in university didn't require any calculus, and it really covered a lot of ground.

[Diff-chan]

I took two linear algebra classes, I dont think any calculus was involved.

No, you're uneducated, stupid, and talking out your ass. Calculous is the math of change. There is a reason why anyone who uses math in the real world has to take some form of calc in college.

If they are teaching him opimization, but are not teaching him some calc, then they are shorting him some useful tools.

You're actually wrong here.

And you know what, Calculus isn't the be-all end-all. Most of my math classes used very little to no Calculus.

[Fe 26]

You're actually wrong here.

i'm wrong in thinking that he needs to cover some calc to have a complete education in optimising things? Crap.

[Diff-chan]

i'm wrong in thinking that he needs to cover some calc to have a complete education in optimising things? Crap.

He'll learn more optimizations in Calculus class. The class he took had plenty of problems and theory without Calculus. If it was so fucking important to know calculus before you do any optimization it would've been a prerequisite. Stop being an ass.

[Fe 26]

He'll learn more optimizations in Calculus class. The class he took had plenty of problems and theory without Calculus. If it was so fucking important to know calculus before you do any optimization it would've been a prerequisite. Stop being an ass.

importantce doesn't have a lot to do with the order in which people learn things. People learn things in the order that they can handle it. He doesn't know calc yet, so they aren't going to include it in the class. The same can be said basic college physics classes.

I wasn't trying to be an ass to him, I was just saying that he wasn't getting the entire story (which might explain why the class is hard for him). I told burky that it was bullshit so he wouldn't feel so bad about not doing well. I was however being an ass to Joust who was argueing with me about linear algebra teaching all there was to know about the subject. It's a big subject that isn't covered by just one or two types of math.