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From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos)
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Subject: Re: Intelligence
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Date: Thu, 20-Jun-85 11:14:22 EDT
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>Much of my academic energy over the past decade has been spent in finding
>ways to progress academically without having to study calculus.  My mind
>simply shuts off and refuses to deal with it.

However, this might itself be an indication of "intelligence".  A major
problem with teaching of the calculus is that it is taught differently, in
most colleges, from higher mathematics; this is especially true of the
integral calculus.  It is taught by memorization, the same as Organic
Chemistry.  I have seen several computer scientists have trouble with the
introductory calculus courses as a result of this, and some even become
disillusioned with mathematics as a result.  Later, if they are fortunate,
they find that most mathematics is nothing like the calculus...
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