Spivak's Calculus

[minestrone]

Well you did and look what a misfit you turned out to be.

I have a degree in maths.

EDIT: and mechanical engineering

[sasguru]

I have a degree in maths.

EDIT: and mechanical engineering

I didn't talk about your qualifications. I said you were a misfit

[ThomasSoerensen]

I really enjoyed "The Black Swan" - did anyone else read it?

yup - very good book.

Do you know if "Fooled by randomness" is much the same or much other stuff?

[NotAllThere]

When you are 14 you should be out trying to get a stinky finger, not doing calculus on the school holidays.

It's a parent's job to tell you to pull your finger out of your arse...

[minestrone]

This is the School I am going to send my children to..

An alternative school in southern Scotland which was closed more than a decade ago after being criticised by education inspectors is set to reopen.

Kilquhanity House near Castle Douglas has been given the go-ahead to become a day school for 15 pupils.

Former pupil Andrew Pyle is to be the school's new head teacher.

He said the children would be offered a creative and flexible education where they could choose what to study and homework and exams would be optional.

Kilquhanity was founded in 1940 by John Aitkenhead to provide an alternative to ordinary schools.

He felt they delivered an education which was too authoritarian and too utilitarian.

At Kilquhanity youngsters were expected to fill their time but could opt to play the piano all day or explore the woods.

Rules were decided by a weekly council meeting in which the youngest child had the same voting rights as the head teacher.

Many youngsters went on to become gifted artists, designers or writers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...nd/7958863.stm

I truly hated school, I hated university, I hate sitting in dull offices chasing down bugs created by half wit permie developers.

[EternalOptimist]

I opted for 'stinky finger' in the third year of seniors, it was an easy choice for me. The other options were 'soggy biscuit' and 'teabgging teachers'.

Also glad I avoided 'gorillas in the mist' with the English lit teacher.

[scotspine]

Kilquhanity House- my mum used to teach there. it had quite a reputation back in the day [a good-ish one].

[sasguru]

This is the School I am going to send my children to..



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...nd/7958863.stm

I truly hated school, I hated university, I hate sitting in dull offices chasing down bugs created by half wit permie developers.

I wonder how may kids from that school went on to really accomplish something. I would guess most of them grew up into self-indulgent hippies.

[minestrone]

I wonder how may kids from that school went on to really accomplish something. I would guess most of them grew up into self-indulgent hippies.

Maybe but I spent 6 years at uni doing calculus when probably about .001% of the workforce actually uses it on a day to day basis. I certainly have never used it since leaving university and when you think that I was first introduced to the concept at school when I was 11 then we should ask ourselves is their any point to teaching it?

How much money was spent teaching me to be an expert in something over 14 years that I would never use?

[Bagpuss]

This is the School I am going to send my children to..



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...nd/7958863.stm

I truly hated school, I hated university, I hate sitting in dull offices chasing down bugs created by half wit permie developers.

My university years were the best of my life, how could you not enjoy that time?