Is BF getting a free pass on that horrific picture? WTF is that all about? I really didn't need to start my day out that way...

I had a prof that once gave an exam that had the simple instruction of complete all blanks and each blank is worth the same mark. One blank was name! You wouldn't believe how many missed it. Of course the actual Q's were real mofo's.

Sorry, but many (not all) many kids today are dumb!

RV.

I'm amazed how waving the banner of "grades" and "test scores" encourages students to waste their time with college, parents their money, and taxpayers their property taxes.

The point of going to college (high school, pre-school, med-school, etc.) is to acquire a college-level education, not a college degree.

[sarcasm] How did DaVinci, Lincoln, Bohr, and others get sooooo smart without intense schooling??? [/sarcasm]

Thought question:
An 'A' in geometry should be indicative of the highest geometry knowledge, but is it if that 'A' came from answering a history question? Who's getting scammed here? The student for being patted on the head for being able (or unable in this case) to use Google? The parents for being told their child has the knowledge to advance further in their education? The school system because a teacher is literally giving away grades instead of education? Or the driver in the tunnel that gets squashed because some concrete fell based on crummy engineering calculations?

ps: holy crap, mathematician is spelled wrong!

No offense intended, but isn't there a function for that in Excel? Or maybe a couple buttons on a decent business calculator?

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"I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong." -- Richard Feynman

Must be a liberal arts college!

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"If you ain't first, you're last." Reese Bobby Talladega Nights

"No offense intended, but isn't there a function for that in Excel? Or maybe a couple buttons on a decent business calculator? "

The term whole lofe annuity brings in mortality and puts it in another realm than interest alone. I could write a spreadsheet to do it, but it would not be easy. It would be very difficult and time consuming. They would not let me use it on an actuarial exam.

The joint whole life adds more difficulty as that uses joint mortality. The increasing payment adds yet more difficulty.

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--BikeSnobNYC

I am ashamed to admit that I understood what you wrote. Got to love us actuaries!

Jen, ASA, EA

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http://jenuineimexperience.blogspot.com/

"I am ashamed to admit that I understood what you wrote. Got to love us actuaries! "

I didn't even want to get into the part about the benefit reserve, which is what I actually want calculated.

Tim, Peon, Sitting for Exan M

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"Remember: a bicycle is an elegant and efficient tool designed for seeking out and defeating people who aren't as good as you."

--BikeSnobNYC

It's even somewhat insulting to ask this question to a 'mathematician'...non insulting questions would be...are there an infinite number of twin primes, or are you sure the proof of nakamura conjecture is correct, is first order logic decidable?

but why m?? please...

Interestingly enough, I can't ever remember a clerk having a problem figuring out that if the total is $5.03 and I give them a $10 and 3 pennies I want a $5 back. I do this all the time without any problems.



Ed

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LLLEEEEEEEEEEEERRRROOOYYY JEEENNNNNKKKIIINNNNNS!!!

U Maine at Orono.

I've decided I'd like to be a college professor. The schedule I have right now is pretty nice (I'm a student, but the professors must have something similar only with a little less free time), access to a nice pool, good food in the Union... fall and winter and spring breaks...

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If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

First, I should say that the above item wasn't my writing; it was one of those jokes we all get that fill up our email inboxes. But, I have this experience with cashiers all the time. You must be organized enough to give them the change before they've punched the amounts into the cash register, because my observation is that many are lost if they have to calculate it out themselves. I suppose it's not so bad when it's clear cut, like I give them $10.05 for a $5.05 bill, but when it's something like $5.05 and I give them $10.25, they are often (not always) hopelessly confused. I like to think they have just become too dependent on the machine doing the calculations, but could figure it out if they weren't "on the spot."

What I still can't figure out is: what is slope doing in a geometry class? Shouldn't it be discussed in algebra?

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I've decided I'd like to be a college professor. The schedule I have right now is pretty nice (I'm a student, but the professors must have something similar only with a little less free time), access to a nice pool, good food in the Union... fall and winter and spring breaks...[/reply]

a *little* less free time? um, ok. everyone wants something for nothing.

"While he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and cried. Why do I tell you this? "

So you had to make the girl cry ?
shame on you for knowing math !!

dirt ;-)

y = m(x) + b !!!! y = m(x) + b !!!! Sorry, knowledge fart, happens every now and then. Too much education, I guess.

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Durango, CO 81301
Averow@bresnan.net

"even in high school..."

The dumbing down of American education.

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Take everything I say with a grain of salt. I know nothing.