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!sed408 From: sed408@ihlpg.UUCP (s. dugan) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Why take CALC (Blech!) Message-ID: <734@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 10:03:59 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpg.734 Posted: Tue Jul 2 10:03:59 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 07:53:02 EDT References: <199@rruxo.UUCP> <511@ttidcc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 38 > 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??? > > In article <5110@ttidcc.UUCP> Mike writes: > ...discussion about not having to use calculus once on the job, even though > it was required to get the degree/job ... > > Given the above, what is the justification for forcing _everyone_ to study > calculus? 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 "One Day At A Time" ########################################################################### # AT&T Bell Labs IH 1D-408 The Forest (home) # # Naperville-Wheaton Rd. 1353 Crab Apple Court Apt. 101 # # Naperville, Illinois 60566 Naperville, Illinois 60540 # # (312) 979 - 5545 (312) 355 - 0445 # ###########################################################################