Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!ihlpg!jeand From: jeand@ihlpg.UUCP (AMBAR) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Why take CALC (Blech!): a question Message-ID: <738@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 11:04:12 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpg.738 Posted: Tue Jul 2 11:04:12 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 08:12:14 EDT References: <199@rruxo.UUCP> <511@ttidcc.UUCP> <734@ihlpg.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 19 > I have the same gripe. It really galls me! I got a BA in computer science > instead of a BS because of the calculus. Now, I'm finding that 1) I can't get > anywhere in my job without it and 2) I can't go on to graduate school without > it. I don't know of ANYONE in the areas inwhich I want to work that EVER use > anything more than algebra (if even that). The justification I have been > given by several people (including professors) is that even though I won't > ever need calc., simply being able to do it shows a certain sophistication of > mind that is hard to detect any other way. I'm not sure that I agree with > that, but I suppose that, for now, I must accept it. I guess I look on it as > paying my membership dues. > Sarah E. Dugan Does this discussion belong in net.singles? Then again, who cares? AMBAR "You shouldn't let people drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance."