To: patton
See, that's the difference: I HATED all of my math courses because they were NOT "problem-solving" but rather theoretical.
And physics was little better: Again, not problem-oriented enough for my poor be-fuddled want-to-grab-the-part-and-see-it/make-it-work mentality.
(Not that you can exactly "see" neutrons too good.
14 posted on
09/25/2005 6:36:08 PM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
I loved the theoretical part - I hated the crank-turning.
So I switched to math.
Idiocy. I have worked my entire career as an engineer.
Oh, well, LOL.
15 posted on
09/25/2005 6:44:21 PM PDT by
patton
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
I disliked the math stuff as well. Physics was better. Statics was ok. Circuits & thermo killed me. Structures was cool, and water (clean&dirty) was better, but soils rocked! I loved making 18,000 psi floating concrete, rolling clay in my hands to find pl, ll, etc.
My prof was a jokester and in class defined N value, standard penetrastion resistance as 4 wine coolers.
16 posted on
09/25/2005 7:12:31 PM PDT by
Fierce Allegiance
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE; patton
"Not that you can exactly "see" neutrons too good." Be thankful you're not as near-sighted as I am.
38 posted on
09/26/2005 8:09:54 PM PDT by
NicknamedBob
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