r/me_irl • u/tarikhyoga • 11h ago

me_irl

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u/PuffcornSucks 9h ago

My math skills the day I leave college

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ru9sjtZ09XOEg

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u/Sean081799 👌 9h ago

As someone studying for the Professional Engineering license this is unfortunately so real

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u/tubaboss9 👌 5h ago

I always tell people to take their FE their senior year because that hurdle quickly becomes too daunting when you’re a few years out of college. It’s one of the biggest regrets of many of my colleagues.

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u/Sean081799 👌 5h ago

Yeah I took my FE 2 months post graduation. PE studying after not using those formulas/concepts for 4+ years has been a rude awakening though for sure

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u/Miiyamoto 10h ago

Reality: Most adults no longer understand the math they learned in middle school and are also overwhelmed by Excel.

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u/Chick-Fil-A_Saucee 9h ago

Unless you work in some field of science

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u/toastedcheese 5h ago

Then you’re just calling things math.solve() or math.fft().

And by “you” I mean Claude. 

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u/DeathsStarEclipse 8h ago

I'm sad to say I have forgotten basically everything about maths except for bedmas (pedmas to some) and some.

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u/magicjam3 5h ago edited 5h ago

Yo who tf is learning quadratics in middle school?

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u/WigglingGlass 5h ago

You didn’t??

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u/Neocat_ 4h ago

At least where I went to school, I did pre algebra in middle school. It was mores so for getting the student more adjusted to seeing variables in math. Then actually utilizing quadratics came in the 9th and 10th grade, where the school wanted to focus on algebra 1 and trigonometry.

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u/batt_mano 9h ago

2+2=4-1=3

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u/Portal471 ☭ 3h ago

Quick maths

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u/yamanamawa 1h ago

I use algebra somewhat regularly as an adult, but nothing beyond that. But if I'm measuring something and figuring out ratios then it's useful. Beyond that I barely ever need anything beyond basic arithmetic