Quadratic equations and other useful stuff

27 Sep 2005

Quote by freckledbird

Physics --- nothing bloody useless subject....

You use physics just by being on Earth. Gravity and all that. Everyone uses physics.
i wonder which lessons cheesed isaac newton off at school, presuming there was no physics lessons around when he was a kid dunno

27 Sep 2005

Quote by johneboy
i wonder which lessons cheesed isaac newton off at school, presuming there was no physics lessons around when he was a kid

probably those banghead

alchemy lessons.

27 Sep 2005

Quote by Vicky_uk
Logarithms
never used em since :shock:

You use them every day vicky hun, you will find that a large portion of the coding for this site is..... yes you got it, logarithms lol

27 Sep 2005

Quote by Vicky_uk
Logarithms
never used em since :shock:

You use them every day vicky hun, you will find that a large portion of the coding for this site is..... yes you got it, logarithms lol

27 Sep 2005

I use quadratic equations from time to time at work. Along with most of the linear algebra they shoved into my head at university (I've even come across a use for eigenvalues - never saw that coming). And bits of calculus. And each year it gets worse.
God, that's sad. If you meet me, just pretend I'm unemployed, OK?

27 Sep 2005

dont mention latin, i know 'canis et in atrium' or something like that means the dog is in the hall.
other than that.......3 years of my school life wasted. lol

27 Sep 2005

I not really sure if I've ever used a quadratic equation (of infact very sure what one is). I was top in my class for maths which shows either I've got a very short memory or went to a very crap school.
I was in remedial Latin which meant I was also in remedial PE (who knows the wonders of school timetabling). In my school remedial PE was trampolining alternated with Scottish Country Dancing both of which have proved to be useful to me later life. rolleyes

Unlike the Latin.

28 Sep 2005

I can make really crap ties with initials embroided on them, now there's a skill I've never needed. rolleyes

Jas
XXX

28 Sep 2005

Quote by Jas-Tim
I can make really crap ties with initials embroided on them, now there's a skill I've never needed.
Jas
XXX

But now you've got my next birthday present sorted wink

28 Sep 2005

I found an old examination paper and did a thread about it early this year:
http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewtopicpage/33022/40.html
I've just now been back to look at at it and was surprised how much I enjoyed reading it again.
I can honestly say that I can think of nothing that I was taught turned out to be wasted. If I could change anything it would be that I would have like to have learned more languages.
I know I might be very wrong but I think education of forty or fifty years ago was designed to make us think. I mean, we're still producing doctors and dentists and lawyers but I think our education system is failing lots of our kids.
Mollie