Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site peora.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!petsd!peora!jer From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Why take CALC (Blech!) Message-ID: <1229@peora.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 10:21:15 EDT Article-I.D.: peora.1229 Posted: Wed Jul 3 10:21:15 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Jul-85 05:48:35 EDT References: <199@rruxo.UUCP> <511@ttidcc.UUCP> <734@ihlpg.UUCP> Organization: Perkin-Elmer SDC, Orlando, Fl. Lines: 23 Sarah Dugan writes: > 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. Ma'am, I find #1 kind of hard to believe, unless it is the result of #2. However, I can understand #2, since in graduate school you must take courses like Queueing Theory, Performance Evaluation, Systems Simulation, etc., all of which require the calculus... I suspect Numerical Analysis does too, but that's one course I avoided, being a logician. Recall, I originally said that I thought the calculus should be taught DIFFERENTLY, not not taught. It really is fairly interesting if taught right. -- Shyy-Anzr: J. Eric Roskos UUCP: ..!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!peora!jer US Mail: MS 795; Perkin-Elmer SDC; 2486 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32809-7642 "Cvpgherf unatvat va n unyyjnl ba gur sentzragf bs n fbat"