#and just because i don't understand math above algebra

[countrymusiclover]

9. Math Wizard (First Time)

Part 10

Texas Romance

@tyrionsprincess30

Sitting on Georgie's bed my algebra book in my lap I scream throwing my pencil at his closed door making him sit his book down. "Woah, what's gotten you all frustrated?" He asked as I brush my hair from my face throwing myself to lay on my back staring up at him. Georgie holds himself up by his elbow eyeing me then down to my math book.

"Normally I can understand math but this part is confusing as hell. I don't understand why it's so hard." I throw my hands up and then drop them down on the bed staring at the ceiling. Georgie turns my face so I'm looking at him with his curly hair falling in front of his face when he talked. "I know this'll sound crazy comin' from me. But why not ask Sheldon?"

Shifting in a up right position with my back on the pillows I shake my head at the idea. It wasn't that it was a good one. It's that he's not here. "He's away at college." The front door opened and I heard his father call out to their mother about dinner cutting me off.

Climbing off the bed Georgie followed me in the kitchen seeing him doing homework at the kitchen table. He doesn't look up until Georgie called out. "Sheldon, can you help with somethin'?" Sheldon looks up sitting his pencil down waiting for more. "With what exactly. I thought Y/n helps you with your homework now."

Georgie rolls his eyes but I nudged his shoulder and playing with my fingers. "Sheldon I - uh need your help with some math." Sheldon suddenly pulled a towel over his mouth backing into a corner. "You must have an illness if your stuck on math. Stay away." Shaking my head with a chuckle I bend down on my knee whispering to him. "Sheldon I'm not sick. I just don't understand the final part of this problem."

He moved his shirt down opening his book to the page I'm on as I sit down showing him where I was stuck. It took us a little while but I had to admit he is a genius like everyone says. "Thanks for the help, Sheldon. And I'll take you to the train store tomorrow like I promised." He smiled going back to his college homework with me heading back to Georgie's room opening the door and gasping at what I saw before me.

Georgie was sitting on his bed smiling as Christmas lights hung above on the ceiling. The lights were off except for the lamp on his nightstand and he hand my favorite chocolate too. "Georgie, what's all this?" I trailed off sitting my book on the floor walking up to him slowly. He gets to his feet taking my hands in his eyeing me. "Y/n, I understand if this is too fast but I - I think I love you and I wanna sleep with you." My cheeks imedently flushed red where I bend my head down stuttering out. "Georgie, I - uh I'm not - I've never."

"Look I understand if you turn me down. I know you're parents don't want somethin' bad to happen. I just - I want you to know that when you're ready I'm here." He rubbed the back of his neck about to just sit on the bed and open the chocolate until I grabbed the collar of his shirt crashing my lips onto his. He slowly kissed back until I broke it mumbling under my breath with a smile. "I love you too, Georgie...I'm just scared because I've...you'd be my first since I'm a virgin."

He blushed resting his hands on my face shaking a little in his breath. "Well if it helps I'm one too. And we can back out if you wanna, we don't have-" Wrapping my arms around his neck i weakly smiled leaning up on my toes kissing him. He kisses back wrapping his arms around my waist pulling me closer. "It's not that I don't want to - I'm just scared. But I won't be as long as I'm kissing the man I love." He smiled gently sitting me on the bed kissing me, I deepened the kiss tugging at his hair until we both broke the kiss slowly taking off our shirts and locking our lips together once more. Thankfully we locked the door as we mumbled I love you into the room.

Comments really appreciated ❤️

So I changed it where he sleeps with Y/n instead of Mandy.

Comment any ideas you have below please...I'm having writer's block on some stories :)

#texas romance #georgie cooper x reader #george cooper #montana jordan #missy cooper #young sheldon meemaw #georgie cooper #mary cooper #sheldon cooper #meemaw #teenage romance #high school best friend #young sheldon #the big bang theory #wattpad fanfiction #comments really appreciated

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I noticed mathy looking notes in your post earlier. I've just returned to school after a 10 year break and I've never been particularly good at math. I'm taking a remote double time math course over the summer semester that starts in a few weeks and I'm a bit nervous as I've never taken math remotely. Do you have any pro-tips? :)

Hello! Tbh I don't think I'm the best person to ask for tips related to math, considering I barely just pass all my math courses. But I haven't failed any so yes. Disclaimer: I don't really know what remote learning is, but I'll assume it's similar to either the online classes we took during covid, or pre-recorded classes which we can watch later on. So my tips will be considering these two scenarios.

First of all, I think it depends on what course you're taking. Is it a specific course, like linear algebra, geometry, calculus, or any of the sort. If it is, I'd advise you brush up on the basics of those once (i.e. trigonometry and stuff for geometry, limits and all for calculus etc). Although I am sure your teacher will definitely go over the basics, most of the times the difficulty in solving maths lies in not being able to understand the basics.

If your math course is a non-specific course, whenever they start a new topic, they'll probably provide some basic info. Same as above, always understand that first. A lot many times in maths, I have come to realize, you can solve a lot of questions by knowing just basics, and not formulae.

Second, Solve questions. This is something I myself don't do often (thus the barely passing marks) and karma has bit my ass a lot many times for this. Maths is a skill, and you can only hone it by doing as much problems as you can. Now, don't overwork yourself and stress over all questions, sometimes some just don't solve no matter what you try.

You don't need to do every question in your practice problem sets, just to the most varied one. That is, if two questions have a similar approach for an answer and you know how to get to the solution after doing one, don't do the other. You can save that time and brain space for a different question which has a slightly different approach. Warning: some questions look solvable but then you sometimes get stuck on it halfway, be careful while judging which questions you know and can skip.

Third, make notes. It seems basic enough but I don't just mean the lecture notes. Make a separate sheet of just formulae or theorems which you require. You can use that sheet when you're solving practice questions. As you keep solving, you'll realize after a while you wouldn't need that formulae sheet at all. And if your examinations allow cheat sheet, you've already made one!

Fourth, google. Don't know the question, google the entire question word for word. Don't know a concept, google it. Can use chatgpt? Use it. Be honest when you're practicing, but when you can't understand or solve a question, be honest and just google it. 8/10 times the answer (or related similar question's answer) will always be there.

On the same note, youtube has some really good teachers. I do not know what level course you're taking, but Khan Academy and Organic Chemistry Tutor's videos has helped me way into two years of college. You can try these channels, or you can try other ones you find and like, too!

Lastly, find past questions. This is an occupational disease (if you can call it that) which has been ingrained into me after high school and the ridiculous amount of college entrance exams I had to give. Also Asian. Definitely also because I'm Asian. Questions which come in the exam are barely anything which you use practical knowledge for. I have done many many projects with my friends and none of us have ever used maths in the way we use and write in exams. Exam taking is a skill (I am bad at it) and it measures how good you are at taking an exam than how good you are at the subject. Sadly they do in the end judge us based on scores, so past year's question papers is absolutely necessary! A lot of times the questions are similar (my quantum mechanics midsem was the exact same as the previous batch's only the values were different. Same question, same concept, same approach to solution.) This will definitely give you an upper hand at solving exam questions.

And that's it! That's all I can think of right now. But please remember, learning is unique to each individual. What works for me may not work for you. Always, tweak and twist and experiment on what works best for you, and go with that. Sometimes it's exhausting, and it's okay if you spend an entire day binging a show (definitely not speaking from experience, nope). Just know that the next day, you'll pick up your pen and continue on your journey with maths!

TL;DR: brush up on basics, practice questions, use google and youtube to it's fullest, get past year exam papers, take rests and don't feel guilty, it's alright sometimes.

With that being said, thank you for the ask! I hope your course goes amazing and you have a wonderful time with it!!!!!!

Happy learning!

#studyblr #study #studying #studyspo #studyinspo #tips #study tips #maths #mathematics #mathematics tips #study motivation #honestly the day i got this ask i was crying over how much i dislike maths ldskfdsklf #(and the one crying with me was a math major so) #ask #misa's undergrad journey

[bitchineering]

You don't know me... but let's work on that

Okay so like, I'm never active anymore. Really just gave up being active on tumblr because who the f is active here. Also I have a funny name now so it's fine- don't hate me for it.

Anyway, I thought, wow I really hate some stuff with teaching and no one having resources to free educational things so I thought to myself, why don't I just post items on here?!

Yea so that's what this is. You have classes you want to take, you don't have the ability to learn almost everything you ever wanted? Your teacher sucks ass? Well hopefully this helps makes everything better.

Mostly, all resources I know are about science and math (🫢wow surprised?!), and they can be tailored for whatever you need in long run. This became much longer than I thought it would be lol!

Topics Included:

Computer Science

Physics/Engineering

Math (HS Algebra and up)

Arts/Humanities

Computer Science

https://github.com/ossu/computer-science: this literally builds so much for coding and getting someone into programming. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it for some classes (I don't know how much it would help with AP Computer Science or Principles, but it has so much information, anyone really wanting to learn about code could get started with this.

https://www.freecodecamp.org/: another win website, I'd def say a little more chaotic (?). It depends how you want to learn you know. Love the web design bs, not really into it, but their tuts and videos were helpful enough for myself.

https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2023/: Another beauty, these lectures really give so much for programming. Classes are held where you can even attend without being a harvard student. Lectures are intense imo, as it is a lot of content all in your face but just love the guy.

https://www.youtube.com/@alexlorenlee: Java. If you need any help in starting Java, I love these videos. He got me through a horrible class in my uni. Love him fr fr.

https://www.youtube.com/@crr0ww: Learning about any sorta malware, educational resources to get started with understanding your network, overall, just a really smart and funny guy. Love his videos. Really good at explaining basic contents.

https://www.youtube.com/@ColinGalen: Recommend his learning videos and how to think almost like a chess grandmaster. My own cs professor talks about drawing out code and being able to actually write what is going on in code.

Physics/Engineering/Sciences?

(sorry, I'm not mechanical engineer 🙈)

Electrical Engineering: Youtuber Michel Van Biezen is AMAZING. Also, dude as a sick ass drip and I love the bow tie. His circuits and physics lectures are so entertaining and helpful to understand. I really really really loved his videos as they helped me pull my grades up. His explanations are top tear, I really feel like he's so good at this.

GaTech Coursera Circuits: There are two of these classes here.

DC Circuit Analysis: First course. Helps you learn almost everything you should have learned in Physics Two and if not, don't worry they explain it somewhat well. Videos are condensed and good enough for someone to watch. Just know they don't do calculations on screen, and those can be pretty lengthy to solve.

AC Circuit Analysis: Same as above, they don't have as many items for this course, but def know it is a good course and necessary for understanding more modern circuit applications.

Every engineer wants to be him -> Michael Reeves , if you've never heard of him, please. This man will make you want to recreate his robots. He's a genius. He's everything every engineer wishes they could be.

NileRed : Do you want to be a fake chemist because Ochem made you want to die?? Well actually I just took chem 1 and changed my major, but NileRed it literally so fun. His chem videos are so fun and cool.

Thought Emporium -> mad biology scientists? Love this guy too! He's trying to be Spider-man and I love him for that. I hope he recreates those spiderwebs, I've been watching it for so long. Love this dude.

Robotics Engineering: Done by a youtuber who love for the anime reps!!! This guy focuses more on VR/AR, but loves carrying the same vibes as Michael Reeves, a Russian youtuber I know, and just overall very fun.

Mechatronics: Things to know for going into the field of Mechatronics (basically this is Robotics, just the more machine side). They recommend having that backbone in the core classes.

Learning for Engineering Students: Love that someone who was an actual engineer made some sort of engineering studying help. Would totally recommend watching, along with some other youtubers,

Tamer Shaheen (Mechanical Engineer) notes and exam recitation guides

British Engineer Loved her video, really similar to my own method of doing repeated practice problems.

My own study method!!! Create a google docs with Three columns:

Topic -> Usually this is how I'd organize the question. I did docs like these for each class, so I instead would put this as some topic within my class OR I would organize it by assignment it correlated to. I.E. alternating circuits or homework

Question -> really self explanatory, make sure to give details, dates, who you think you should ask, etc etc. There are no dumb questions, I'd really recommended these for computer science and would totally give my notes out for that shit.

Answers -> another self explanatory category, however, would recommend doing something a lil different with this box. Don't overwrite explanations. Also, don't take explanations. Write your own understanding of the solution, and a link/cite/provide some evidence for you or someone to turn back to.

Math

Organic Chemistry Tutor: Just, this man is everything. He has so many videos not only for chemistry but for other classes. I put him in math mostly because I used him for calculus I and II.

Khan Academy : Tbh, I loved their calculus course material. I'm not the biggest fan of them overall with some other provided materials (Like their SAT prep, really is only effective for helping students take it online and grading fast, but I'm pretty sure I have another post explaining how I found online materials for that bs and got a passing grade).

3 Blue 1 Brown (Math/ Calculus) : I feel like everyone knows him, he's so good at visualizing concepts. Great but still very complex videos, please understand that before going in. You might not be able to understand everything on first try, but always draw them out.

Studying Pure Math : Once you finished calculus and would enjoy some rigorous applications/learn about higher levels of math, this youtuber has linked a multitude of resources for those mathematical desires lol.

Small ideas of what is mathematics but this is such a beautiful video in explaining how mathematics is built up from each other. I think it changes your idea of how to study math (however, he does say you shouldn't memorize this stuff, but in the next bullet point, I wanted to show how I studied for math which did involve memorizing methods).

Studying thing I learned from youtuber but had sorta done myself, just think showing off this youtuber who's in oxford is fun!!!!

(Okay so I didn't find it, but the youtuber I thought who said the idea was Lucy Wang, still linking channel for the woman in math!!!).

So, in class you should be writing down examples, writing questions to the side, and looking for a pattern. When you find this pattern, you can organize your notes and your test answers. So like when doing an optimization problem in calculus, you have to draw the system, set up equations, ask what are you solving for, and the show the methods you used to solve. I would also recommend this for any numerical questions (for me, this included circuits, physics, and other math classes I've taken for a long time).

Professor Leonard: This man saved my calculus III grade. I love him. Please, he has almost all calculus classes, I don't think he has finished Differential equations and possibly one of his algebra courses, but his information is just great. His method of teaching is also phenomenal. And in the last video of his multivariable calculus playlist, he had the best quote ever. His wife and him were expecting a child, and he stated (this is horribly paraphrased but this was all I was thinking during my own calc III final):

"I'm pregnant- wait no- my wife's pregnant... But damn, I bet you I'd look good pregnant."

Arts/Literature/Humanities

https://www.youtube.com/@Chommang: Beautiful art, really enjoyed drawing alongside. Implores you to find your own style, but helps with anatomy, reference drawing, I literally knew nothing about this bs. But I really enjoy the videos.

Puppet History : Okay. So I know what you'll say if you saw these videos. But really, just if you want to start with history, it's such a good introduction, such a fun cast, and the lore is also something that I really think makes characters funny, long lasting, god. It's just so good and well written for some youtube puppet fever dream.

Reading Analysis: Literally just came up on my rec on youtube. Really nice in explaining the actual analysis of the text.

Japanese: I used it for practicing listening to Japanese, mostly just me trying to recognized sounds and words. I'm still a beginner in Japanese, cannot actually hold conversations, but this has helped me listen to others better.

Geography Now!: Learning anything about countries/ needing to learn about countries relationships, just enjoy knowing much trivia. I'd recommend this for those items. Also like, learning about other countries are so much fun! I would def say, there are countries he doesn't examine as in depth, ie, India. But if you're just getting into geography boom, here you go.

Some other recommendations for history, look up on coursera, edx, I mostly learn alot of these topics on youtube with video essays. Ngl, your own political beliefs will heavily affect how you learn these topics. There's no way around this. I hope for the sake of whomever, just please, learn both sides actual arguments. And if debates ever turn to arguments/yelling matches, leave. You need to have a strong sense of self- and in the end, if the other person doesn't understand or want to, there's nothing you can do about it. You can keep thinking your own beliefs, or feel inclined to research the topic later. If anyone gives you shit for believe in something that turns out to be factually incorrect, accept how you were wrong, why you were wrong, and understand that being wrong is a path of knowledge. If someone else believes you are wrong, however, they can't factual cite this, that is just a disagreement over some topic.

A thing I've said to others, is that everyone interprets the bible differently. You interpret His messages in a way I can never understand. And I the same. Since I cannot tell you how to interpret the bible, you cannot tell me. Something I truly believe is everyone has their own connection with God (not saved to Christianity, I know this is from an idiot in the bible belt in the USA but we'll deal with that later), and that connection guides them through life.

So for building this mindset, some books/videos I'd recommend:

*Please know, these books may contain triggering/unpleasant topics that readers should look into before selecting a book to read.*

The Myth Of Sisyphus, Albert Camus

Everyone's favorite psychopath, No Longer Human Osamu Dazai

Capitalism Realism Mark Fisher

Ecrits Jacques Lacan

Make It Stick Science of Successful Learning

Absurdism: A video similar to topic above, less academia-y language.

Classics Worth Reading: love love love Emmie! Her videos are pretty fun and I really enjoyed her classics recommendation.

Small amount of topics to go look up, search what you love, stay away from what you don't like. In the end, help yourself become a well rounded person by building up those ideas.

If yall wanna add more, please please please! Education is something I'll never get enough of. I believe it should be free, nonpolitical, and inspiring for all. Everyone deserves education because it makes us smart, capable, and healthy individuals. It builds our future. Good luck in your educational future. Hopefully I have spur of the moment to post my small study ideas, or resources for studying, so that others can focus being more time efficient. Just remember, control f (windows <3) or command f (mac users) to find whatever you need.

#studying #engineering #chemistry #science #youtubers #educational youtube #educate yourself #youtube university #computer science #coding #electrical engineer #mechatronics #mechanical engineering #learning how to learn #small humanities section I'm sorry 😭 #idk what else to tag #sorry this sucks lol hopefully someone likes this

[awetistic-things]

I have a question, do you have answer and/or resources for me?

I am autistic, and I have great difficulty with math. I can barely multiply - 0, 1, 2, and 5 are the best I can reach, but 3 and 4, once multiplied against something above 5, is too challenging. Forget dividing, I can't do it at all, and every time I ask my father - who's really good at math, supposedly - for help, he explains it in ways that don't make any sense to me, and gets frustrated, which makes me get more frustrated because nobody ever understands that I'm trying my best. Up and down addition and subtraction are easy, but mental math can be painful once the third and fourth digits are reached.

I'm in highschool, where I'm expected to know this and a bunch more, but the best I can grasp is graphs and formulas, - though, I need time to clearly write down how to use formulas, otherwise I'll forget, but the teacher always moves too quickly and I get overwhelmed - nothing else will click.

I'm not diagnosed yet, though I am in the process of it. I've only found one teacher that would do things slow enough for me to process and write down, but creatively enough it still caught my attention. I've thought about asking for accomodations, particularly from my parents, but my mother believes I'll get over these issues with a little practice, despite the fact that I've clearly had these issues over the past year and both parents could not deal with it.

Is this possibly an autistic thing? Should I look at learning disorders? And any advice on how to ask for accomodations I don't have a diagnosis to need?

(I don't have childhood memories to fall back on as I can barely remember them, so that's also some trouble).

Apologies for the long ask - especially if it's confusing or just overall not something you can help with. I appreciate any advice or resource you can send our way! Thank you!

hi!

i did some research and the main thing that popped up was dyscalculia, which is a learning disorder that can cause extreme difficulties with math related topics

here’s the link to an article about it:

as for the autism and whether the two disorders are linked, the articles states this—

although there isn’t a super direct link, it wouldn’t be insanely uncommon for an autistic person to have dyscalculia. i suggest doing more research on the topic (both comorbidity between the two and dyscalculia in general)

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for the accommodations, i’m not sure what you could ask for specifically considering i doubt we live in the same place with the same things provided. but, talking to a guidance counselor or teacher (especially the one you talked about) could help give you an idea of what accommodations are possible with your specific situation (maybe if your school has a website, they could have some info on there as well)

there is another article i found on ways to help without specific accommodations from a school (although it would be helpful):

i’m not saying you have dyscalculia, but it does seem to heavily coincide with most of the things you’re going through, so i hope the articles help :) /gen

(its 1:58 am right now, so i hope i put all these words together right lol)

#dyscalculia #autism #autistic #actually autistic #asd #autism spectrum disorder #on the spectrum

[queerautism]

Oh, shit talking teachers? Allow me!

1 - in middle school I was being bullied, got annoyed and called the girl a bitch. She and her friends cornered me in the locker room and straight up tried to kill me. I got suspended over it because the teacher that got involved hated me, and the bully lied and said I called her a cunt and the n-word (I didn't know "cunt" at 13 and I don't use the n-word).

2 - same year, different teacher: a few days after I returned from suspension, I sprained my ankle badly and was on crutches. Now, most of my teachers understood that getting across campus was a challenge and I was likely to be a few minutes late to class. This asshole straight up LOCKED ME OUT OF THE CLASSROOM and marked me absent. Luckily I was somewhat friends with the principal, so when she found me crying in the nurse's office, she dealt with it.

3 - same teacher as above: he threatened to completely fail me on an important paper because I didn't write the intro paragraph first (I literally cannot write papers that way, it makes no sense to me, I write the whole paper and then the intro/conclusion). Again, had to get the principal involved.

4 - different teacher, earlier grade but still middle school: I suck at math. I can understand it with help, and I tested into a higher class than my peers in middle school, but I don't get algebra. The teacher made a cursory effort to assist me, then told me I was too dumb to get it and refused to help me at all. Then was surprised that I failed his class.

5 - high school: my French teacher decided to stop actually teaching us and just gave out packets. Don't know if you've ever tried learning a language when it's not spoken, but I don't recommend it. Turns out he was banging the German teacher on campus and was sneaking off during class to meet up.

6 - also high school: had an English teacher tell me I could pick pretty much any topic to write my senior paper on. I picked vampirism throughout history. She told me "I'll approve it, but I don't think you'll be able to get a good paper out of it". I got 89% on the final draft. Could've bumped it higher if I'd edited and resubmitted, but I was satisfied I'd proven my point.

Bonus good teacher: I had a teacher in primary school who wasn't my actual teacher (except briefly for the advanced reading class and an after school math class), but I knew him well. I was sent to his class a lot when I was young because I got into trouble a lot. He was always really nice to me, usually just let me read once I'd finished my assigned work. He also ran the school store on Fridays at lunch and he'd let me help out. But he always made a point to check in with me when I seemed upset, and he was just an amazing person. I miss him.

-Parker

Thank you for sharing

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Frank, what was your proof that S6 has no complex structure again?

(To be clear: this is all I know about these topics; I know very little about physics, and when I talk about "the mathematics of complex structures" I may be misunderstanding.)

The answer is pretty obvious, really, but it took me a while to put it together (because it's kind of complicated, I guess).

To be concrete, here's what I think I'm doing. (For now, I will just assume that all the vector spaces involved are complex.)

You can talk about two kinds of complex structures: a "holomorphic" structure and an "antiholomorphic" structure. Here is a nice summary of what these structures look like, I think.

If you have a complex structure, you can take the antiholomorphic derivative. This is a way of "raising and lowering indices" that is somewhat analogous to the usual way of raising and lowering indices, but can be defined in a totally general setting, which is why it is useful for things like Lie groups.

It is well known in math that the derivative in the direction of a tangent vector to a differentiable manifold is always an operator of the kind "raise by 1 index and lower by 1 index." If the manifold is the Riemann sphere, this is just the usual derivative.

If we have an "antiholomorphic" derivative, then it's clear that this operator will raise (and thus lower) indices 1 extra time (to make an antiholomorphic derivative). So, what kind of object does this produce?

The key insight is that you can, in principle, construct an antiholomorphic derivative of any complex structure.

Let me be clear about what I mean by this. The "complex structures" I mentioned above are a certain abstract notion that we can form on vector spaces (over C, in this case). Any vector space can be regarded as a complex space by specifying an endomorphism f. This is a map from the vector space to itself (in some ways like a Lie algebra), and the notion of complex structure means that there is a "holomorphic" derivative df: V -> V such that for any vector v in V we have f(v) = df(v). (Here the holomorphic derivative is an element of V^*.)

For example, any vector space over C will have a "complex structure" induced by specifying a complex number c, in the sense that setting f = c 1 maps any vector space to the space of complex-valued linear functionals on it. Then df(v) is the complex linear functional that is complex conjugation, etc.

Now, suppose that V is not a vector space over C. That is, suppose that we only know about this vector space because it comes with a complex structure induced by an endomorphism f. Is there an endomorphism f: V -> V? (The answer is that yes, there is.)

The answer is pretty easy to guess once you know the answer to a question that goes like this: "Is there an endomorphism G: W -> W? If so, is there an endomorphism G' from W^* -> W^*? And what about G'? And then G', …?"

The key insight is that there is an endomorphism G which "approximates" G': it maps each vector in W^* to its complex conjugate, with a small error term. The idea is that we can take the antianholomorphic derivative of any endomorphism (and thus raise and lower indices in a nonstandard way that I talked about earlier), and then the answer we wanted is given by some sort of linear approximation of G', which is just G'. So: there is an endomorphism inducing an antiholomorphic derivative that takes a nonlinear map from V^* to V^*.

A little thought will convince you that the same kind of construction works for any complex structure on any complex vector space V, whether V = C^n or something. (I don't know if this is easy at all, though.)

What does this mean for almost nowhere?

I said that there are two kinds of complex structures here: the "holomorphic" structure on C^n, and the one induced by S5. To understand the latter, take your favorite real vector space. I guess that you will choose the n-dimensional torus. I am sure there are lots of people who know this object pretty well. And I am sure that when you think about the complex structure you will picture something like the usual complex structure on a torus.

The above argument applies here, and I am sure that it pictures the holomorphic structure on a torus. This structure is, roughly, what you expect to be the real structure if a torus is a compact complex curve.

But the story is more subtle than this. For instance, there is a "non-trivial (complex analytic) vector bundle" over the torus called the bundle of harmonic 1-forms. (These are, roughly, differential 1-forms satisfying Laplace's equation. One can prove that there is a holomorphic structure on this bundle which is not the structure given by S5, because the bundle is not the canonical bundle).

So, one way or another, I think it must be true that S6 has more complex structure than a torus. To be more precise, I suspect that in some sense (aside from "it doesn't have a holomorphic structure induced from its canonical bundle") it has more antiholomorphic structure than a torus. (For instance, it may have nonzero antiholomorphic tensors.)

But now this is kind of a wild guess, and I'd be very interested to hear from someone who knows more than me about the structure of the "antiholomorphic" derivative on any complex vector space. So, what do you all think?

#yanklbonkl

[lonelyvomit]

I have many math problems not done that i should do because i don't understand shit and it's stressing me out so i don't want to even try now and mmmm. And it's very upsetting because usually I'm kind of good at math or at least get shit done but now it's just overwhelming me and making me feel stupid.

At least i have ice cream.

- monologue anon

I feel this tbh, I'm really bad at even trying anything I feel like confuses me 🥲🥲 ice cream does help a lot tho 😌🖤

no but like I definitely understand how hard it is to bring that expectation for yourself down if you're used to being good at something and suddenly it's not going as smoothly, but seriously - you're doing well enough when you try. that's it. if this specific subject or whatever confuses you it doesn't change the fact that you're still good at it in general.

for what it's worth, I'm good at math - I took "nerd math" in junior high aka math classes 2 years above our age group's normal math classes and I did alright in that class. guess what? cant for the fucking life of me convert units of measure. u know. the simple shit where you're supposed to just divide/multiply by 10 to get the next unit. I'll catch on to a mile long algebra expressions just fine but for the love of god don't ask me to convert decaliters into desiliters I will drink bleach to get out of having to do that because for some fucking reason I always get them wrong. doesn't mean I'm not still good at math. just don't leave me alone in the kitchen.

#asks

[ranger-kellyn]

Seeing “he/him lesbians are valid!!!!” And “if your not a lesbian don’t even THINK of calling yourself a dyke” from the same blog is uh. Wild

#anyways i dont know my specific orientation still #nor do i really understand my own gender either #but i’ll call myself a dyke if i fucking want to thanks #EDIT: ALSO #just so we're clear #i'm fine w he/him lesbians #like sure i don't really GET it #but i also dont understand any math above algebra #and just because i don't understand math above algebra #doesn't mean calculus doesn't/shouldn't exist

[shannendoherty-fans]

TV Guide, February 13, 1988

No Sassing Grandpa!

Our House's Shannen Doherty, 16, is concerned about her character's behaviour–and its impact on viewers.

By Helen Newton.

Shannen Doherty hunches over her high-school algebra textbook, reluctantly penciling problems in her least-favorite subject. Her teacher hovers over her. The two are alone in a small, dingy trailer that, despite a tacked-up poster and a forlorn bit of artwork, lloks nothing like school. This is the location classroom for NBC's Our House, whose three child stars (Shannen, 16, Chad Allen, 13, and Keri Houlihan, 12) are legally bound to squeeze three hours of daily lessons between scenes.

"It must be difficult," comments a visitor to the teacher, "going to school like this, all alone,no friends, no football games . . . ."

"Are you kidding?" interrupts the teacher. "They love it. What kid in his right mind wouldn't trade six hours in school day after day for this?" She gestures broadly at the controlledhubbub that fills the city park around her.

Just then an assistant director knocks on the door. "Time to get ready, hannen," he calls, and the actress, saved from solving for "x," bounces happily down the steps of the schoolroom, up the steps of her dressing room and into a costumer's impossibly conservative version of a punker's get-up.

Shannen's character, Kris Witherspoon, normally tends toward preppier attire–she does have her heart set on attending the Air Force Academy–but in this episode, she's trying to teach her crusty grandfather, Gus (played by Wilford Brimley), not to judge people ony by appearance. In Our House, one resident or another learns something uplifting every week.

"With our audience [young teens and families], I think we have a responsibility to set good examples," Shannen says earnestly. "There are drugs and so many other things that kids can get into trouble with that Ithink, if we can help, we should." But then good examples seem to come as naturally to Shannen as they do to Kris. Earlier this season, for example, she confronted a script that had Kris casually mentioning condoms. "It wasn't important to the plot. It was just a casual thing," says Shannen, her cheeks hinting at a blush. "I was uncomfortable with it and I thought Kris would be too, so I asked if they would take it out." They did. And Shannen tells of a scene in the episode being shot today that called for her to scream angrily at her grandfather. "I don't think Kris would sass her grandfather. She's let him know she was angry, but she'd be more respectful." Out came the sass.

Shannen doesn't believe in sassing her mother either, though she has ample opportunity: Rosa Doherty is with Shannen every day, all day, beginning with the hour's drive from their San Fernando Valley home. California law requires the presence of a parent or guardian until a child actor reaches 16, but Shannen, who will turn 17 in April, has asked her mother to stay on for at least another two years.

They're close, these two. "My mom's my friend," says Shannen unaffectedly, and you believe her. The two share a lot–beyond a mutual enthusiasm for Laura Ashley wallpaper, animals and their Baptist church, there's obviously their dedication to Shannen's career.

Rosa watches over Shannen carefully–what ordinary mother can confer with her child's teacher several times a day?–and she adamantly opposes allowing her daughter to work longer than the 10 1/2 hours required daily. But when Shannen is busy, Rosa finds plenty to occupy herself. Everyone on the set knows her: she joshes with the costumer, the hairdresser, the other children's mothers. She lays plans with Shannen's publicist and manager. And she readies Shannen's fan mail so Shannen can answe ir. ("A lot of kids ask me for advice," Shannen says. "Kris is so together that naturally she'd know what to do. Meanwhile, I look at the mail and think, 'Oh, no, what do I say?´")

But Shannen does know what to say–like the time two years ago at the beginning of ninth grade when she announced to her mother that she wanted to go to school like a regular kid. "It was the beginning of high school, and I wanted to get situated," she says. One semester was enough, however. "There are plenty of kids around work for me to be friends with," she says, when asked whether she misses the social experiences of high school. "There are Chad and Keri, and on the Lorimar lot there are the kids from Valerie's Family. And I met my boy friend"–she says this slihtly shyly, as if unaccustomed to the term–"on the set of Max Headroom." (Since then, Shannen has decided to attend school in her senior year. She plans to fit her TV work around her academic schedule.)

The next week, the next episode, the next location–this time 40 miles north of Los Angeles on the woodsy shores of a lake. It's lunch time; long tables are set up above the lake and Keri trails Shannen around and between them as they play with the two assistant directors' walkie-talkies. Shannen's handle in this game is "Sugarplum," a nickname some of the truckers who worked for her grandfather in Memphis called her when she was little. The assistant directors look benignly, almost paternally, on.

"We feel lucky," says Rosa. "This show is like family. The crew is great. And Wilford really cares about people." Although Brimley refused to talk about his young colleague, citing a dislike of publicity, Shannen and Rosa say the show's star is generous in other ways. They've been guests at his Utah ranch. Shannen, sharing Brimley's interest in horses, bought one from him two years ago, though she's since sold it back to him. "It was a quarter horse,and I'm more interested in Thorough-breds," she says. And Brimley takes a deep interest in the health of Shannen's father, Tom, who, like Brimley, is a diabetic.

The week before, at the city-park location, Tom had shown up, clearly almost as at home on the set as Rosa. "Everyone loves my dad," says Shannen. "He likes to cook, and sometimes he brings food for the crew."

Belying his hearty appearance now, Tom Doherty suffered a stroke in 1983. Although Tom says it was the best thing that ever happened to him because it forced him to slow down, Rosa says, "It was very hard on the famiy, but we got through it as a family. the children came to occupational theraphy with us so they could understand and support the process." Shannen adds, "I used to draw him a picture every day and hang them all around. It cheered him up. It was pretty scary, seeing him not able to do a child's sorting game." Now almost completely recovered, Tom says, "I have an easy job that allows me to do things like stop by the set occasionally and spend more time with our son, Sean." Sean, 20, is ambitious, too,but his area is politics. A conservative, he's actively involved in his local Youth Republicans group. In 1986, he was elected a GOP official in Los Angeles. "Our son needs attention, too," Tom says, 2and sometimes his mother doesn't have time."

Rosa's timefirst became a rare commodity when Shannen was 10 years old. Over her mother's initial objections, Shannen became active in a children's theater company, where she was spotted by an agent. He arranged an autition for the role of Drucilla Shannon in Father Murphy. "It was like fate, because I have this lucky doll named Drucilla and my name is Shannen and I was determined to work with Michael Landon [creator of Father Murphy]," Shannen recalls. Drucilla the doll went along on the audition, though she stayed in the car, and sure enough, Shannen got the part. She also won the continuing interest of Michael Landon, who cast her in Little House: A New Beginning and in an epiode of Highway to Heaven.

"I'd like to work with her again sometime if she's available," comments Landon. "She's got a good head on her shoulders. She's very conscientious and determined." Those qualities were, in fact, what drew him to her when Shannen was a 10-year-old. "Even then you could see that she treated this as a business. She really wanted the job for herself. It was not a case of a parent wanting a show-business career fora child, which is often the case. I'm very proud of her."

William Blinn, co-executive producer of Our House, echoes Landon's thoughts. "Shannen is like her character. She's a very dedicated kid." With the show now in its second season, Blinn hopes the work will continue to be there for her. Our House has the unenviable task of taking on CBS's warhorse 60 Minutes. "It's counter-programming to the max," says Blinn of his show's effort to attract a young audience. And so, while the ratings have not been spectacular (the highest so far this season was 14.5), Blinn says NBC is pleased to be a solid second in its time period.

Whether the show has a long run or not, Shannen intends to. Like Kris, she has goals in mind, and if co-star Deidre Hall (Shannen's TV mom, Jessie) is right, "she'll get anything she sets her mind on." With her manager and her mother, she's looking into various film and TV projects. "I plan to get into feature films and eventually to direct," Shannen says confidently.

A visitor asks her what sort of actress she sees herself becoming in the future–the next Ally Sheedy, perhaps, or Molly Ringwald?

"The next Shannen Doherty! I'm one of a kind," she declares boldly, then lapses into a self-conscious giggle. "Really," she says, more seriously, "the person I try to model myself on is Katharine Hepburn. She's really into her work."

But before stardom, there's college. A California university makes the most sense if she wants to work at the same time, Shannen says, but there's still something about the sound of Harvard, Princeton or Yale. . . .

"Really?" says her teacher later. "That's ambitious. She'd better get to work on that math."

#1988 #Shannen Doherty #1988 TV Guide #news #1988 article #TV Guide Feb13 1988 #gene trindl #1987 photoshots #1987 gene trindl #1980s #1988 acting career #Our House #1980s acting career #1980s article #1980s Shannen Doherty #1980s TV Guide #1988 Shannen Doherty #1980s quotes #1988 quotes #quotes #Rosa Doherty #Tom Doherty #Michael Landon

[crisolonellybell]

ALL PACK IN ABM TRACK! CHOOSE ABM!

Accountancy, Business and Management, this track has three specialization. These are the Accounting, Business, and Management. ACCOUNTING - the measurement, processing, and communication of financial information about economic entities. In other words, there is math here. But don't worry, you will only be using the four basic operations! No Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, or any other math subject you can think of. BUSINESS- an organization or enterprising entity engaged in commercial, industrial, or professional activities. This is one of the most popular courses. You will be able to learn how to run your own business and communicate with different types of people. MANAGEMENT- is the coordination of the activities of a business in order to achieve defined objectives. Your leadership skills are being developed in this specific area. You will also be practicing your communication skills here.

In my experience as an ABM Student, this track requires a lot of analyzation. You do not need to be a math enthusiast you just have to listen to the discussion and try to study it on your own. There are misconceptions about this track, many people say that you had to be very good in math but you know what? In accounting area you will just need two basic math operation the addition and subtraction. Subjects in the ABM will give you the tools you will need on your journey to success in the corporate world. Expect that you will be studying financial and management accounting alongside the legal, business, and organizational contexts that you will be encountering as enterprise. Four words to describe ABM strand; fun, exciting and mind opening.

Courses in college aligned to this track?

 Accountancy

 Management Accounting

 Banking and Finance

 Business Administration

 Marketing

 Entrepreneurship

 Human Resource Development Management

 Hospitality Management

 Tourism

Advantages of ABM strand?

Being an Accountancy and Business Management students is not easy. You will have a better understanding of all topics relating to business finance, economics and marketing. One of the key benefits of studying ABM is that it offers students the opportunity to undertake work placements and professional projects. Being an ABM student, you need to learn on how to manage your time, to have a long patience and to concentrate and focus on your studies. In ABM, you can explore more, you will learn more on how to manage your own business. You will have a knowledge on what business are you going to start with and how will you run your business. ABM is not just focusing on how will you manage your business, it also tackles about the payment that you are going to pay, the risks in managing business and on how for your business to be successful. Being ABM students is challenging because you will learn the reality of life in this world. Gaining money is one of the most goal of human. For us to live in this world, we need to gain profit, so as an ABM student you will learn the basics on how to gain profit at a young age. You will instantly boost your earning potential. As an ABM student you will immediately be equipped with skills and knowledge that will have an immediate impact on your existing business or business idea. You will be trained in practicing proper time management and develop many other skills that are going to be applicable for almost any career path that you choose to pursue. In terms of Communication Skills, you are going to learn how to communicate with different types of people. Running a business involves clear and concise communication. You will learn to adapt to the communication skills that are required for various business courses.

Learning I obtained in SHS ABM track?

As what I described the ABM strand above, the fun, exciting and mind opening is all based on my learning and experiences. I do not want anyone to be scared of taking this track. This track can teach you so many things about what the real world is like why do people care so much for investments, saving and etc. It is so fun in ABM, in this strand you’ll meet different people with different mindsets and different perceptions. Exciting in terms of knowing your purpose by learning all the subjects, difficult at first but when you slowly cope up with your lessons and you understand it one by one it will be just a simple task for you. Last but not the least is the mind opening, this track will help you find and understand what are your responsibilities as a human, family member, as a citizen and your responsibility to yourself. It will be clear to you that you can’t survive in the jungle of life if you don’t have any knowledge in managing your time and money. You will definitely understand the happiness of investing and saving.

[ben-b-jamin]

The first language I ever learned how to speak with Spanish then followed by English. I was in ESL for so long I don't think that was fair because my English is better than most people's but because obviously Spanish is my first language they just slapped me in there. Unfairly if I was to say anything about it. However I would like to say that after being subjected to all that and going above it I've learned four languages and my fourth language being Japanese which I'm getting better at. Chinese eating my third. English being my second. And Spanish being my first. There's something that people who only speak one language will never really understand and if I had to compare it to anything it would be like algebra to regular math. Algebra is subjective meaning although you can't create examples for it in real life it mostly lives in your mind. That's how I would explain knowing two different languages coming from two separate parts of the world. Because they grew so separately and apart from each other sometimes it's hard to communicate the ideas in one society versus another. This is very much still true for English languages which are Indo-European as to the contrary to what menu would call Asian languages but that is just a category to make things more simpler for the human mind. But the truth is that they just simply are what they are. And the fact is that they never had contact or at least not much contact while they were making their languages. And therefore to learn their language is a completely and entire new way of thinking. Another example I could give would be the metric system versus the decimal system. It is one thing to know it and another thing to implement it. And that's the difference between knowing that there's two languages and actually being able to speak it and communicate in it. - Benjamin Mendoza

[realtalk-tj]

Im a freshman who is at TJ for bio (i love it) but I don't like and am not very good at math cs tech. I've found TJ to be incredibly stressful so far and am not sure if it's worth staying here as I don't love it and APs at my base school or the IB program may be a better fit. I also don't have many friends here. Im not at a breaking point yet and I don't want to leave as its a big permanent change and I dont want to have to start again at a new school. But I feel like im missing out on life

Response from Firenze:

If you don’t like math, cs, and tech, you don’t have to do nearly as much of them after freshman year. Nothing is required past foundations of CS and Design and Tech, and depending on what math class you’re in now you may be able to take AB Calculus as a junior and then be done with math entirely. So it gets better on that front; I can tell you as someone who can’t stand tech myself. If I were you, I would think seriously about whether the many biology electives TJ offers are worth it to you. You could stick around fill your schedule as a junior and a senior with DNA science and neurobiology and all the rest of it.

I’m sorry that you don’t feel like you have many friends, and I’m not quite sure what advice to give you there. Switching to a new school would put you almost back at square one on the friends front, depending on how many base school friends you’ve kept in touch with. And here, if you join Biology Olympiad and Neuroscience Society (and even Ocean Bowl, if you’re a zoology fan, we spend a solid amount of time geeking out about sea urchins and are less hardcore than Biology Olympiad), you might have a better chance of meeting people with whom you share interests.

In the end, leaving TJ or not is your decision, and I wish you the best wherever you end up going.

Response From Fleur:

Hi there! TJ definitely throws freshmen into difficult classes, and it’s understandable that it can be frustrating to struggle in these classes. I just hope that all freshmen understand that just because you’re not getting As in a class at TJ, DOES NOT mean that you are bad at the subject, stupid, or cannot be successful in that field. It just means that you might be struggling in that one class for reasons other than the material being presented. Heck, you can drop out of high school and end up changing the world, people do that all the time. What I’m saying though, is that general high school classes are not as hard as TJ classes. My freshman year, we were using an AP biology textbook for the introductory biology class. Freshman would get 5s on the AP bio exam too. Back then people would tell me that my freshman bio class was as hard as a college class. Now in college, in a way freshman bioYOLOgy at TJ was HARDER than my college introductory biology class! Can you believe it?! I can’t. I had no freaking clue what I was doing back when I was 14. I had no idea how to study compared to now. I thought I was dumb because I wasn’t doing great in TJ math. I only got like 3 As on TJ math tests the entire time I was at the school. And it was always because teachers were lenient in grading or curved or something because it never felt legitimate. It turns out I’m good at math, I was just lacking the broad knowledge of algebra that TJ teachers never taught me but magically expected me to come up with for the test anyways. In summary, if you’re having a hard time in certain subjects at TJ, it’s perfectly reasonable and understandable. I mean, you’re like what? 14? I know the type of classes they’re throwing ya’ll into and it’s far above the level of classes that 14 years olds typically take and should be expected to do well in. Plus you’ve got 7 of them, you don’t have the time to really invest in being super proficient at all of them at once. You can come out of the TJ experience for the better because you learn how to rough it out and take impossible tests and be incredibly resilient and survive weed out classes, but it can suck while you’re in the school feeling like no matter what you do sometimes it’s never good enough. And honestly, that’s OK, there are better things in life to be perfect at than TJ classes. You don’t need to be perfect at TJ classes to be super successful or be a wonderful well-rounded caring person. You will be beyond prepared for college if you go to TJ for an extended period of time, even if you’re like me and your GPA isn’t pretty. When I walked into one of my college classes, my professor said “some of you may have heard this is a weed out class”. While most people would freak out hearing that statement, the first thought I had was “Bring it, I survived my first weed out class when I was 14 years old. I’ve had more than enough practice.” So yeah, I’d challenge your belief that you’re “not very good at CS, math, and tech classes”. I think you’re VERY good at those subjects and in the future probably would have the capacity to go get a degree in one of them (even though you might not want to haha).

Secondly, being super stressed is understandable. And not everyone loves TJ (with VERY good reason). Some people like it at first and then hate on it more over time. Some people have a love-hate relationship with it. Some people think it really screwed them up. Some people hate how it took away their childhood. And of course there are some of us who don’t need to sleep and happen to LOVE going to TJ and wouldn’t trade it for anything! It happens. If you don’t like going to TJ, I don’t blame you, and I think you have a good head on your shoulders for realizing that and thinking about what you can do about it. It’s not a good idea to go through life feeling so horribly stressed. Finding solutions is in your best interest :) You’re far from being the only person who feels that way and it truly might not be “worth it” to stay at TJ or as good of an experience as going to a typical high school where you have free time and lots of opportunity to make friends would be. And in terms of feeling like you’re missing out on your childhood  

Thirdly, I did say that TJ teaches resilience :P and that’s a great skill to have, but sometimes it’s OK (and smarter! and healthier!) to not wait until you reach some sort of breaking point to fix the problem. I get that some people want to stay at TJ so badly that they will avoid transferring until their dying breath, but dropping out of TJ IS NOT THE END. People who drop out of TJ often are having a horrible stressful no good very bad time at the school. So I kid you not, the day you are FREEEEEEEEE from every one of those obligations TJ gave you and you can BURN all your left over TJ papers and homework, truly can be the beginning of the rest of your life. Dropping out of TJ as a junior was the best decision I ever made. Yes, it can feel like a pretty big life changing decision to make to transfer schools, and it takes risk and guts and courage and confidence to make that decision, so I’m glad you feel like you’re taking your time and considering your options.  Making a pros/cons list isn’t a bad idea if you haven’t already ;) 

At the end of the day, you absolutely don’t have to go to TJ. And I don’t think you’re going to be denied opportunities in life because you left TJ. I don’t think transferring would have negative implications for you post-high school, and I say this just because some people think they won’t be able to get into the same college from another high school they would get into if they graduated from TJ. Personally, after having gone through the college admissions process at TJ and graduating from TJ, I think most people probably would have gotten into the same colleges if had they gone to another high school :)

HUGS good luck to you!

TL;DR I apologize for the long rant. It’s totally understandable to feel the way you do.

#biology #dropping out

[cancerbiophd]

I am seriously struggling in general physics. Non calculus based. I can't seem to grasp when to use certain formulas, and I go to office hours and tutoring and I feel I still don't know enough. What are some of your tips and tricks to retain information and learning how/when to use formulas

hi there!

so i’m quite terrible at anything related to math, including physics, so i definitely struggled through the classes, but i found a method of working with physics/formulas in general so lets see if it can work for you.

when given a word problem or scenario, i write down all the given variables, and then i write down the unknown variable that i need to solve, and from there it’s a matter of matching up what formula will work. 

for example: 

An object with a mass of 17.15 kg experiences a force of 10.99 N. What is the acceleration of the object?

Known variables:mass = 17.15 kgforce = 10.99 N

Unknown variable to solve:acceleration = ?

So now i go back to my list of formulas and look for ones that have mass, force, and acceleration. And f=ma pops out, and some algebra changes it to a=f/m so

a = 10.99 N/17.15 kg = 0.64 m/s/s

The tricky part about this process is if the question gives you more variables than necessary, or if you need more than one formula (for example, if figuring out acceleration was the first part of another larger problem set). 

in general the best way to learn solving problem sets is to just keep practicing until you recognize patterns in the questions and a method of solving the problems. don’t worry about memorizing formulas, because eventually after using them over and over you’ll naturally start to remember them. see if you can find practice problems online or if your professor has some. 

it also helps to learn the reason/history behind the formulas, so it’s much more than just letters and symbols. i’ve found that a full understanding of formulas (or any concept) really helps guide my problem solving. it also helps in understanding the units, like why the units N/kg would result in m/s/s in the above example.

drawing free body diagrams also helps, especially if you’re a visual learner (like me!) it also brings the “real world application” part out (like if i pretended the above question was regarding a plane or something). 

the internet also has a lot of helpful resources that gives you the option of having something taught in different styles (until one style clicks). ex. i found this website after a quick google search: Zona Land Education. youtube videos are also great. 

those are things that have worked for me. if anyone else has anything more to add, please do!! (and tagging @roundlittledog bc he’s a badass and super helpful physicist)

good luck anon!

#advice #physics #Anonymous