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The States: Where We Wish Texas Would Secede Already

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St. Clown said:
Is this an example of “Tell me you attended a university that wouldn’t accept me without saying the words?”
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No, seriously. I didn't think they taught it. I thought it was a requirement to get into college. To at least have algebra I/II by 12th grade. I thought colleges stuck with calc, linear algebra, and stats.
 
St. Clown said:
Back in 95, SCSU had me take a meth placement test during freshman orientation. If you passed it with X percent (I forget the exact number), you either had to take math 130 and then math 131, or you skipped right to math 131. 130 was basically high school algebra, called remedial algebra by the school, and then 131 was was college algebra, which was basically my AAT class from high school, but lighter on the trig than my high school course. All students had to take an algebra class, passing 131 was needed to take a calculus course or any other higher level math course.

I unofficially tutored a number of Math 130 students who lived in my dorm, and a couple other friends made, when they learned I tested into 131. Same goes for the basic physics and chemistry courses.
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Meth placement test at SCSU? Did you have to run from meth zombies?
 
Well, Kansas is suddenly making me feel better about Alaska’s failing education system. My 8th grade daughter is considering taking a summer school algebra class because it’s required for the 9th grade science class her science teacher wants to place her in. I always felt a bit dumb having only taken Algebra II in HS.

I’m pretty sure a year of Algebra I is still a required credit for graduation in Alaska.
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
SOHCAHTOA

gosh I thought I was a failure for barely passing AP calc in high school. Then I found statistics and felt smart again
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If you stay in statistics long enough, you can feel stupid again.

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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Stats 101 is easy. Applied stats where you actually have to build out statistical models for real-world scenarios is usually harder.
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Stats is like this:
  • Basic stats / business stats (what commoners think of as stats): any moderately intelligent 6th grader can do this, beloved as a gut course
  • Advanced applied stats /stats for PhD research (what graduate school students, doctors, scientists, and engineers think of as stats): a legitimate college level course like (and requiring) advanced calculus, not easy but not particularly difficult, just requires focus and perhaps top 10% intelligence
  • PhD level pure mathematics stats (what mathematicians think of as stats, i.e., what stats people talk to each other about at pure mathematics conferences): one of the most difficult mathematics topics, as insane as work in analysis, topology, number theory -- stuff that breaks the brains of all but about 5000 humans living at any given time; requires no life outside math
 
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Handyman said:
Holes Hall (or whatever) always did smell weird ;^);)
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Not just Holes - it was originally W. W. Holes, the name changed either shortly after I left or while I was there (it’s grown fuzzy these days). Its twin dorm was Stearns, but was originally going to be named after some lady with the surname Cochs, but then they switched it to honor the county.

The jokes were plentiful.
 
The Midwest in a single drive:
"Don't rape your daughter"
"Stop doing meth"
"Next gas station 116 miles"
"Burma Shave"




(*Yes, I stole from one of the top replys to modify it for this.)
 
Also, aren't these the same people who claim "better to be in the belly of a whore than let the precious seed be spilled?" or some made up scripture nonsense?
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Weird. This link refuses to open in twitter. Only in Safari.

weirder yet. No twitter link from uscho opens to the app. Links from other sites, apps, etc work fine

tried clearing uscho data and everything. Odd.
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Maybe stop giving Tim Apple your money ;^)

(Works fine on my Samsung)
 
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