Things You Learned In School That You Don't Need To Know Now That You've Got A Job
09.08.2004
Yesterday it was back to school for the kiddies out there. For myself, the days of school have passed. No more fresh notebooks and buying over--priced textbooks that I never had time to really read. No more 50-page photocopied class packets for $35. Nope, I've moved on. When you're in school there always was that feeling of, "will I ever use this in the real world?" (and not the MTV version, mind you. Time for the truth, the truth kiddies. Biology- have I ever had to dissect a frog in day-to-day activities at work? Nope. I guess there's that pesky thing called mold causing damage these days, but I'm still not sure if biology class really helped me understand it more. Chemistry- I'm sure if you're a budding terrorist then, you probably want to slap me silly for dissing the mysteries of chemical X. Okay, there's that galvanized nail thing on copper flashing that I can mention. I guess the chems are a good thing to know. English- Their our clearly people who feel you telling them English is important, is none of you're business. ;) For those people there's always plenty of good jobs. Math- When you fail to understand math, you ask questions like "How long is the TV show 60 minutes on for?". Also if you couldn't count then you wouldn't know if they were pulling a fast one on you with Three's Company. Okay, they were pulling a fast one on you. Personal Finance- I think the less you know about monkey the happier you can be. Example: I know I don't have enough and that doesn't make me happy. See? Sex Education- I guess these days it helps the youths understand which porn sites are more correct, when the kids are surfing the net at the library. No really Mrs. Librarian, I was clicking on the site for the Whitehouse. Really! History- If you fail to study the past, you are doomed to repeat it. Kind of like ordering a 99-cent McDonalds sandwich and thinking it's going to taste good. Doh! PE-No one listens to the gym teacher about the health benefits on physical activity. Nope, they just know they need to walk down to Subway and order up a Veggie-Delight! That's it for today’s lesson. Pop quiz tomorrow morning!
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KGA said:
Jesse Thompson said:
Contrary to anonOmouse here, I always failed Calculus, and it is now holding back my computer science. I know just enough Calc to know what that a particular end-all scheduling algorythmn is possible.. for instance I know a Newtonian Root Finder will wickedly fast find the X-intercepts of a logorythmic polynomial.. but how do you do one? :P
Tom said:
Haha! The Computer Science = Calculus scam is one of the silliest things in the world! It's like requiring Sanskrit for a degree in Business. It's all because Math Departments have jurisdiction over CS and they want their kickback. Of course, programming != Computer Science, because college is not supposed to be practica. Practical stuff is for *cough* Trade Schools *cough*.
I graduated with a computer science degree. They required that I take 2 years of calculus. In 20 years of programming success I never used more than algebra. I suppose the exercise in futility was useful. Causes one to develop a certain kind of patience.