I had a calculus prof in college who had tests just like that. His tests were way above what he taught. In any class of 100, there are always a couple students who can do it no matter how hard it is. He'd say if they can do it, the rest of you should, too. The engineering students had to get by him before they could go on to their upper engineering courses. They were commonly having to take his class 2 or 3 times to get through it.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
I have an old math book that belonged to my great grandfather with an original copyright date from the 1700's. He was born in the 1850's. Most of the problems are practical word problems to solve real world scenarios. Many of them were farm and agriculture related such as how much seed or fertilizer you needed to buy for a certain amount of acreage. But it's definitely dated. One problem that stuck with me was to calculate how much it would cost you to hire painters to paint your house if you were paying each 10 cents/day to paint.
Most people don't really want the truth.
They just want constant reassurance that what they believe is the truth.
I had a calculus prof that would give us colors and abstract stuff, his exams sucked. My next calculus prof was a retired WPPSS engineer and every problem was a story problem, I really liked his exams.
One day I realized that the physicist we collaborated with viewed the world in differential equations. When I mentioned it he said "you don't?". No sir, for me math is a screwdriver and nothing more.
Was never good at math, I'll admit. Now when I help my daughter, or try to, I need to Google the question. When I see the answer, I can walk her through the question without telling her the answer. She's in 7th grade. I'm starting to understand this new math curriculum they teach.
I had a calculus prof in college who had tests just like that. His tests were way above what he taught. In any class of 100, there are always a couple students who can do it no matter how hard it is. He'd say if they can do it, the rest of you should, too. The engineering students had to get by him before they could go on to their upper engineering courses. They were commonly having to take his class 2 or 3 times to get through it.
My calc and biochem Professor were the same. A score of 55 general was considered a B on the curve
Hated our Math teacher & that made me hate Math, my Grandfather said can you Add Subtract multiply Divide, count your money?? I said yes Granddad said you don't need any more Math tell him to go to Hell and go to work, and that's what I did it worked for me. Rio7
