Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!timeinc!phri!pesnta!amd!amdcad!amdimage!prls!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Intelligence Message-ID: <511@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 15:41:27 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.511 Posted: Fri Jun 28 15:41:27 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 06:19:26 EDT References: <456@ttidcc.UUCP> <457@ttidcc.UUCP> <1586@hao.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 22 In article <199@rruxo.UUCP> vch@rruxo.UUCP (V. Hatem) writes: >What kills me is, after keeping up a very respectable average (even with the >c's in calc [3 times in a row]), I was turned down by more than one school >when I decided to continue my education! My GPA was well above the 3.5 needed, >but alas, MY CALC GRADES WERE'NT HIGH ENOUGH!!!! > >Any others out there plagued by such things??? I'm wondering how many calculus lovers out there have jobs where they're required to _use_ calculus. My math education includes algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and fairly advanced statistics. In over 5 years of programming both business and scientific applications I've needed the trigonometry once (and could have got by without it). Beyond that I've never needed more than the simplest, most basic principles of algebra to get my work done. Most of the people I know who've been required to study calculus for their degrees tell me they've _never used it since college_. Given the above, what is the justification for forcing _everyone_ to study calculus? -- Polymath