Terror Threat Level: Yellow
“Math anxiety: an intense lifelong fear of two trains approaching each other at speeds of 60 and 80 MPH.” — Rick Bayan
This is one of the formulas we “learned” last night in stats class:
Are you f-ing kidding me?! What the hell am I supposed to do with that nonsense?!
There may be some of you reading that look at this formula and laugh, as I would if I saw 1 + 1 = 2 (if so, please contact me, I need help with my homework).
But I’m not laughing. That formula and the others we learned last night appear to me to be in a foreign language. Ok, well technically they are partially, due to the usage of Greek letters. Who the hell decided that was a good idea?! And why hasn’t that been modified for us boneheaded psych majors with no interest in this crap whatsoever? (Me). I can’t be the only one who finds this baffling and completely uninteresting in the history of psych majors. Greek letters? Seriously? I thought the only people who still used Greek letters were frat boys so that their little drinking clubs sounded more like official organizations.
Perhaps I can find a frat boy to tutor me in this foreign language class…maybe even a young Greek frat boy….hmmmm.
I have no idea how I’m going to pass this class. Can someone who knows what they’re doing please figure out the probability of me passing and let me know?
Thanks for stopping by!
dare I say it’s all greek to me? don’t sweat too much, you’re not learning another language, just a few symbols that are meant to be a shorthand but are all too often used as n insider only jargon, reckon you need a statistician who can use words (i.e. symbols you know already) to demystify it all, good luck and don’t despair
LOL – I almost used that as the title but thought it was too cliche. I absolutely do need a translator!
statistics nearly did me in – good luck, sweetie
karen
Ugh this made my gag reflex act up.
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UGH! I used to be able to do pre-calculus but my left brain has turned to mush over the years. This looks awful to me. I’m waiting to get my MSW until my energy level comes back–I’m still exhausted from raising my kids. (and from people-pleasing, rescuing, oh and a narcissistic mother) And perimenopause doesn’t help. But you can do it! You are younger than me and you seem to be a whiz multi-tasker. I’ll wait to see how it goes for you…then I’ll think about signing up for stats. …or I’ll stay in my comfy creative right brain.:) The way you write is witty and fun–a pleasure to read! Elaine
Thanks Elaine. I wish I was as convinced that I can pass this class as you are! I have to hit the books this weekend. UGH is right.