Posted by alexandra_k on May 24, 2014, at 21:01:24
In reply to Re: fear, posted by alexandra_k on May 24, 2014, at 20:54:32
and i need to wait for my new toy to arrive and i'm... balking. until then. which is a cutting off my nose kinda thing to do...
uh...
i can practice writing the equation we are supposed to use from memory. i can practice putting the numbers from the question into the right places with the right units. i can identify the units of the answer.
but most of my calculated answers will be wrong wrong wrong.
and so while i can probably learn what Q being greater than K means... i can't tell you whether Q is greater than K in this particular case. so I can't tell you what happened / what needs to be done in this particular case.
i suspect i can pick up quite a lot of marks just for... putting down what i do know.
basically...
everything that can be done without a calculator...
without a calculator that can take the equation copied in it... that produces for me the right answer.
because i haven't done years and years of math to learn to use my particularly (old fashioned cheap) calculator. or (actually more the situation) i didn't know there was any such thing as different calculators with anything like natural or textbook display... nobody suggested that maybe i get something like that...
why not?
i don't understand people sometimes. people will smirk a little and tell me how to enter the little numbers in on my particular calculator... but they won't just say 'oh, hey, why don't you just get natural display??'
?
at least i figured this out in time for the exam.
me and oscar. high school equivalancy. here we come. f*ck yeah.
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