Trig has given me a deeply negative Pavlovian response every time I am around it. I cannot focus on it, or try to focus on it, without fear and hatred welling up and resulting in intense stress. Some call it math anxiety. I'd like to be an efficient math processing machine, but like an engine with no oil, stress brings everything to a grinding halt. It's somthing I'd like to identify and gain control of, but intense aversion comes naturally and I don't know how to turn it around and feel good about doing Trig.
Perhaps not all who study math feel "good" about it, but at least they can remain neutral enough not to care in a deeply negative way. Some can remain calm or neutral when dealing with math, and not build up any stress. I tend to rationalize and overanalyze everything to the point that nothing gets done. I need to find some stressless process of doing math. How do you handle the emotional side of it?
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Anonymous2006-01-22 12:16
>>1
Drink more water and consume 2 teaspoons of cod liver oil a day. Try to understand what you have to learn before revising and memorising it.
If this doesn't work it means you are a dumbass and your only hope is to shift trash for a living or grow dope.
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Anonymous2006-01-22 12:30
Math is emotionless. It doesn't change or anything. It will always be there. Also >>2.
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Anonymous2006-01-22 18:24
Architecture is emotionless, but I can still feel positive or negative about it.
I hated trig too (and analytic geometry) because it seemed so meaningless. The solution for me was to realise that there are only a finite amount of problems and patterns they can throw at you, and if you go through with care them it's highly likely that you'll complete the exams successfully.
This point is probably more subtle than I explained here, and you'll need to experience it yourself sometime.
Better diet and supplements to improve memory help as >>2 pointed out.
Moreover, realise that you will need trig if you want to do anything that involves math in the future.
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Anonymous2006-01-23 7:16
What emotion?
Trig, and the easy maths that follow it and precede it, are all strictly mechanical. Plug & chug fun, no thought involved. You should be asking yourself what's so hard about
(a) assigning *meaning* to numbers (which you've rarely if ever done before trig) and
(b) assigning simple replacement shorthand/names (sin, cos, etc) to simple mathematical ratios
You're probably abused @home. Either that, or your parents taught you math was too hard b/c they don't want you to do better than they did.
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Anonymous2006-01-25 13:38
you are stupid and inferior, become a dustman, never get married, die alone and do this all intentionally because you know you won't do any better
believe me, I'm saving you the trouble of being constantly rejected and run down by society
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Anonymous2006-01-25 15:40
>>9
Just because he dislikes trig? Boys you are curious. Take it easy..
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Anonymous2006-01-25 19:12
>>1
Trigonometry is easy. Get rid of emotions and find something you want to use it for in real life, not stupid book exercises. It's actually very easy to rationalise. Oh, use the old circle diagram, something like:
╭│╮
π ─┼─ 0
╰│╯
where the circle's radius is 1. Draw any point in the circle, then join it with the center, producing an angle against the 0—π axis (towards 0). The point's projections over the axis are cos(angle) (horizontal axis) and sin(angle) (vertical axis). You can and should understand everything starting from this. Find this diagram in a good book and read the explanation, it's better than mine.
>>13
Chances of posting again at exactly the same time 2 days later = 1 in 86400
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Anonymous2006-01-29 13:59
>>14
No, because you have to take into account the time he usually browses w4ch at
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Anonymous2006-01-29 14:00
>>14
Furthermore, that's seconds, and the board measures minutes, and he was off by one minute
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Anonymous2006-01-29 21:28
>>15
Posts are equally distributed and everyone responds to threads once a day, moot told me.
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Anonymous2006-01-29 21:47
If a person hates Philosophy they may understand the subject perfectly well, but think that learning it is a waste of time and become stubborn in learning simply by refusing to enjoy the subject. This can cause stress due to subconscious avoidance of the subject. The same can happen with any math subject.
You must love math. You must love it enough to fap over it instead of 4chan.
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Anonymous2006-02-01 15:00
So if you hate reading a book in English, and merely avoid the subject as much as possible, the solution would be to learn to love the book. But how do you learn to love a book full of Trig problems?
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Anonymous2006-02-07 18:08
I just think you need to grow up.
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Anonymous2006-02-07 18:35
Trig is easy; literature is hard.
In level of enjoyment:
Math > Mexican Studies > Engrish
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Anonymous2006-02-07 19:11
Please don't tell me mexican studies was number two on his list... That has to be a typo.
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Anonymous2006-02-07 20:20
Mexican studies are cool
Moot found a good use for them
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Anonymous2006-02-09 22:45
>>23
Mexican studies are cool
Dr. Moot found a good use for them*
fix'd
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Anonymous2006-02-10 6:35
>>24
Um, that should be Mx. Moot. You don't get the doctor title from Mexican studies.
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They do now. Liberals made it so, so that dumbasses can be doctors too. They also banned rubiks cubes and replaced them with 100% red rubiks cubes.