how's school Options

[brooklyneast05]

most of us have started back to school now. how's the new year going so far? do you like your classes? do you hate your classes? are you poor as f*ck because you had to buy all those books? are you already swamped with homework? ect ect let's talk

[Gigi]

I took Philosophy and kind of liked it. But the majority of the students would complain about it while we were waiting for class to start. We had to write papers instead of taking tests, but we had a test for our exam. Even though I got A's on my papers, I wouldn't be able to tell you a damned thing about what I wrote about lol

I'm taking my math online this year. I couldn't find a class time that fit into my schedule and since I'm incredibly behind in math (and haaaaaate math) I want to get it over with.

I think I would like the more abstract parts of Philosophy more than the logical. The one I took was all extremely common-sense knowledge and very very tedious. Kind of like watered-down math, actually. But I think I would've hated being evaluated on my Philosophy papers! And as much as I disliked phil last year, I'm taking another form of the subject again this year, but not online. Hopefully the professor is good enough to pique my interest.

omgaw! How dare you insult math! >:@ Haha if you didn't know, math = all time favourite subject. I just can't take it anymore cus I'm scared of taking courses full of obnoxious douchebags (all the math majors I've met are complete d-bags, yes).

Teesa - ilu! Although I feel better, the part you quoted is still how I feel. UGH. Really don't see this being a good year.

[mipadi]

omgaw! How dare you insult math! >:@ Haha if you didn't know, math = all time favourite subject. I just can't take it anymore cus I'm scared of taking courses full of obnoxious douchebags (all the math majors I've met are complete d-bags, yes).

That's cool, maybe you can help me out with something. I'm looking to brush up on my mathematics (particularly upper-level algebra and set theory), but I'm having trouble finding material. Textbooks are expensive and not that much fun to read, but Wikipedia's math articles lack clarity. (Wikipedia's math and science articles usually have the same problem: they're written by PhDs, for PhDs.) Can you recommend an interesting and concise book (or books) about mathematics -- sort of like Feynman's writing, but for math instead of physics?