NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/sci/math/14616

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From: [e-mail] (Carolyn Allen)
Newsgroups: sci.math,misc.education
Subject: Re: Is Math Hard?
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Date: Sun, 08 Nov 92 22:39:23 EST
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>     (P. S. I'm not complaining... I like Michigan State.  I am,
> however, rather jaded from the years of school for which I have nothing
> useful to show.  Also, while I haven't done disastrously, my grades
> here don't reflect my ability well because my high school did NOTHING
> to teach me the study skills I would need here, so I am trying to
> teach myself, as usual.)

...excuse me, but what class is supposed to teach you study skills? I
thought every kid knows how to learn, some better than others, but if a
child learns to talk, walk and potty in the right place, that child has
study skills.  Applying them in complex ways is up to the motivation of
the individual and you are sitting on a pitty pot, my young man.

>     In the U. S., how much money you have to play with is one
> BIG factor in determining what you can do.

...In the U.S. (and elsewhere), how much determination you have is one
BIG factor in what you do with the money you have.

Necessity is the mother of invention...no one said that money inspires
creativity, self-discipline or intelligence. You're facing necessity, so
count your blessings and cut the jealousy. You have been given a
background that can motivate you to great heights if you appreciate it
for the kick in the behind it is.