then, draw a more different integral. [more whining!]

[godream]

So what's interfering with my ability to do my math problem set is not so much a lack of understanding of the important concepts as a lack of ability to integrate my way out of a paper bag. I'm not quite sure what integrating my way out of a paper bag would entail, but I'm pretty sure I couldn't do it. Uhoh. Better go see math tutors soon, I guess, maybe -- but even that seems like not quite the right solution, since I'm more or less happy with the ideas, it's just the execution that eludes me...

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Hi, again.

[cassandraia.livejournal.com]

I'm back again, randomly commenting. I thought I'd check out your lj, 'cause I know you're at MIT, and as I am a hopeful, I better find out what I've (potentially) landed myself into THIS time. I feel your pain of calculus. I'm taking multivar at Haaahvud, and I know it's no comparison to your course, but I have been confronted lately with a powerful inability to integrate. How embarassing, especially because I just learned it two months ago. Hope it goes well!

Re: Hi, again.

[godream.livejournal.com]

I'm actually also experiencing the joy of multivariable at the moment (or, uh, procrastinating on the joy) -- I was really hoping the crippling case of senioritis I had last year during calc class wouldn't come back and kick me, but no such luck.

Hey, you applied early? Good for you! My whining is totally not a fair representation of this place, though, so don't let me scare you. ;) MIT is awesome in all sorts of ways. So good luck with admissions (though I doubt you'll need it). :D

[jessiehl.livejournal.com]

Heh. I have the same problem. Not with integrating specifically, but with converting conceptual understanding into actual execution.