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@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ I did math for the first time when I was 29 years old. This isn't a self-depreca
So how is it that someone who studied Computer Science in college was able to graduate without having previously done any math? Computer Science is a lot of math, right? My entire schooling, all the way through high school, I never thought that math was my strong suit. And if you've read my introductory sentence, you can probably deduce that I'm not getting rich as a mathematician any time soon. As far as I had a plan to go to college (and you could hardly call it that), the plan was to study English. I wasn't a good writer and I didn't know what it meant to study English or have a profession in it. What I did know was that I heard people studied English in college, and in high school I was able to exert a minimal amount of effort in English courses without failing. English was a safe bet for a soon-to-be Halo addict. So needless to say, I didn't trouble myself with a lot of math in high school. My senior year of high school I took a course called **Business Math**. Business Math was a real doozy of a course. And somewhere between the end of high school and the beginning of college, the "plan" changed and I decided to study computer science since I was already making money doing computer stuff.
Now let me tell you a few things about Business Math. Not a single soul has ever been saved from a Freshman year Computer Science 101 culling by Business Math. Business Math hasn't gotten a single Computer Science student through Discrete Math, Calculus, _pre_ Calculus, or even pre-Calculus for Business Majors (sorry, biz folks). Business Math couldn't possible do that because it's a truly garbage course; unparalleled in its uselessness. But the other reason is that Business Math is not even a mathematics course. But neither are Discrete, CS 101, Calc, or Pre-calc. Huh? Sure, these classes all teach about numbers, functions, and how to fiddle with formulas, but none of them teach any mathematics. No, mathematics courses hardly exist. I'd love to take one as an adult, if you're aware of any.
Now let me tell you a few things about Business Math. Business Math has never saved a single soul from a Freshman year Computer Science 101 culling. Those things are butal; I think we lost 50% of the class by the end of the semester. Business Math also hasn't gotten a single computer science student through Discrete Math, Calculus, _pre_ Calculus, or even pre-Calculus for Business Majors (sorry, biz folks). Business Math couldn't possible do that because it's a truly garbage course; unparalleled in its uselessness. But the other reason is that Business Math is not even a mathematics course. But neither are Discrete, CS 101, Calc, or Pre-calc. Huh? Sure, these classes all teach about numbers, functions, and how to fiddle with formulas, but none of them teach any mathematics. No, mathematics courses hardly exist. I'd love to take one as an adult, if you're aware of any.
I have an idea for how to rename a few math courses: