I Broke My Computer Over Calculus

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  • Опубліковано 1 жов 2020
  • EDIT: Idk why I have to say this every time I have something that even remotely resembles an opinion, but yes I know this isn't the best way to study calculus - I had 3 months and 4 other placement tests to study for, though, so what else was I supposed to do? I'm not going to fight Newton or Leibnitz or Fubini bc of my placement test disaster, so pleeeeeeease stop defending the honor of Calculus in the comments.
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  • @PsiensGate
    @PsiensGate 3 роки тому +15933

    Oh you know math?
    Name every number.

    • @dysondyson9524
      @dysondyson9524 3 роки тому +841

      X € (-∞, ∞)

    • @gramfero
      @gramfero 3 роки тому +145

      [0;∞)

    • @dysondyson9524
      @dysondyson9524 3 роки тому +364

      Yuri savel Thats every positive number and zero

    • @gramfero
      @gramfero 3 роки тому +400

      @@dysondyson9524 (-∞;0]

    • @gramfero
      @gramfero 3 роки тому +162

      @@TempestKrimps in other words -∞=-∞

  • @name4601
    @name4601 3 роки тому +11014

    This man got a 5 on 12 AP test and is making stick figure animations on UA-cam...

    • @storytimewithjeff
      @storytimewithjeff  3 роки тому +4394

      We live in a society

    • @Altoclarinets
      @Altoclarinets 3 роки тому +1952

      got a 5 on 12 AP tests but got told by his high school counselor that there were schools that were out of his reach... lolwut

    • @bolognatious1684
      @bolognatious1684 3 роки тому +449

      Bro I could not even survive 12 AP classes

    • @piercesutton5967
      @piercesutton5967 3 роки тому +527

      I used to be an AP student until college board fucked me over so hard during the pandemic. I put so much time into AP classes and to find that all that time would be judged by how well I would do on a 45 minute test was pretty disappointing (I got 3s and 4s). From then on, I have never and will never touch college board, not even with a 10 foot pole.

    • @chesenuggetmachinima
      @chesenuggetmachinima 3 роки тому +67

      @@piercesutton5967 Exactly. EXACTLY

  • @pizzahuthonoka
    @pizzahuthonoka 3 роки тому +3474

    Harvard and Yale: Yeah we'll take your AP credits.
    Some random Private College with six figure tuition: _Sorry but we don't do that here._

  • @asparagusoffice
    @asparagusoffice 2 місяці тому +66

    >that large of an HDD in 2019/2020
    >not disabling startup programs on a build like that
    >paying for online Adobe
    this man got 12 perfect AP credits

  • @ekt2656
    @ekt2656 3 роки тому +7310

    This ACTUALLY can’t be real. This is my worst nightmare in a whole video.

    • @storytimewithjeff
      @storytimewithjeff  3 роки тому +1205

      I wish it wasn’t

    • @matthewkwok8645
      @matthewkwok8645 3 роки тому +110

      Storytime With Jeff F

    • @manaspradhan8041
      @manaspradhan8041 3 роки тому +51

      Damn, I am having a complete opposite experience. Coordinate had me absolutely fucking bored since I never really liked geometry in the first place. Calculus is the only reason I've started loving maths again lmao

    • @inventor121
      @inventor121 3 роки тому +127

      I mean at least you didn't get hit by a truck. Or lose a 20,000 dollar scholarship because of mishandled medical records and anti vaxxers.
      I had to redo my entire freshman year (and fail it again) after I lost a month's worth of memory and woke up paralyzed the day before finals. The neurologist said that nothing was wrong (oh yeah, then tell me why I can't fucking move!). This was after going through the IB program, graduating a year early, and getting my credits refused. I had to go back home and recover, build myself a robotic exoskeleton with one hand just to go to physiotherapy, and then I took that semester again only to get hit by a truck on the way to finals. Then I had to recover again!
      At this point I literally go into severe depression and spend the next 18 months in intense physiotherapy only to find out that the uni wouldn't accept me because I had gotten a semester of Fs (due to getting hit by a truck) and so I went to a polytech once I had something that could handle a pencil that wasn't my teeth. I graduated the polytech and I try to go for my degree again.
      But lo and behold the Japanese Death God struck again. And then halfway through the year I have to go home and recover AGAIN. At least this time I was so filled with rage like some intelligence based barbarian that I wrote all my finals despite suffering from extreme vertigo while the letters were swirling. This time though I missed out on 1 lab, and so I didn't make the qualification for lab hours. And then 2020 happened.
      I can handle redoing courses. But having to redo them 5 times is a bit much.

    • @Doctor_Drew
      @Doctor_Drew 3 роки тому +1

      Honestly

  • @dr.woozie7500
    @dr.woozie7500 3 роки тому +5400

    I got through AP Calc only knowing the formulas and rules. If you asked me to explain any of the concepts I'm brain dead.

    • @storytimewithjeff
      @storytimewithjeff  3 роки тому +781

      Doge

    • @alvarominor1312
      @alvarominor1312 3 роки тому +361

      I am the opposite. Lol. I get the concept but I can’t remember the formulas to save my life

    • @joshinthesauce4636
      @joshinthesauce4636 3 роки тому +102

      Swaroop Handral I got a C+ in Calc BC and managed to cheese a 5 on the AP Test because it was pretty much the same as the practice FRQs my teacher gave out

    • @viv1593
      @viv1593 3 роки тому +18

      Swaroop Handral like how thou ?? Show me your ways. I try so hard in class and I can never get a five on anything

    • @tomimated1638
      @tomimated1638 3 роки тому +90

      In Australia the rules and formulas are written down on a booklet to take in the test because why the fuck does a mathematician need to waste their time doing the same job as a piece of shaved tree and some wet pigment.

  • @carbon98
    @carbon98 5 місяців тому +121

    Startup apps, a laptop with a slow HDD, relying on bad software, frustration at the content of tests, frustration at the system of management, overestimating your ability such that you move past hard things before you understand them. this is like a dystopian test from a kid's nightmare.

  • @draco5429
    @draco5429 3 роки тому +623

    This man sounds like the most angriest yet most intellectual person.

  • @MM-ed7xz
    @MM-ed7xz 3 роки тому +6271

    Jeff: does pHySiCs. Also Jeff: hates CaLCuLuS. Truly an enigma.

    • @Jane_8319
      @Jane_8319 3 роки тому +282

      I’m the opposite. I love calculus and hate physics.

    • @anuvette
      @anuvette 3 роки тому +39

      @@Jane_8319 hell yeah

    • @SamuraSan7204
      @SamuraSan7204 3 роки тому +196

      yeah well im an idiot and cant do either

    • @ashedaces
      @ashedaces 3 роки тому +19

      @@Jane_8319 same dude

    • @Jane_8319
      @Jane_8319 3 роки тому +91

      @@ashedaces @Anu yeah. The way I see it, physics is one big calculus word problem. And I don’t like word problems.

  • @perfect_rain9611
    @perfect_rain9611 3 роки тому +2873

    jesus, can you imagine doing calculus with Chinese characters...

    • @jacobharris5894
      @jacobharris5894 3 роки тому +100

      Yeah no thanks lol.

    • @nevanmasterson46
      @nevanmasterson46 3 роки тому +840

      "differentiate y with respect to 萬"

    • @generalgrievous3731
      @generalgrievous3731 3 роки тому +221

      @@nevanmasterson46 You realize that symbol means ten thousand

    • @Trinexx42
      @Trinexx42 3 роки тому +217

      Deadass, I used to use Japanese characters in physics when I couldn't think of an appropriate Latin or Greek character.

    • @arcsaber1127
      @arcsaber1127 3 роки тому +108

      @@pointlessangle2149 The whole world does it with English characters, including non native English speakers, so yes nothing special about China there

  • @elgatito00
    @elgatito00 3 роки тому +104

    Open up 3blue1brown and thy eyes shall be opened.
    I SWEAR

  • @Earthdemon1
    @Earthdemon1 28 днів тому +9

    This whole series is making me feel super inadequate lol. You've got all these accolades and AP classes under your belt, and I failed high school (non-AP) algebra 2 twice in a row, and college algebra at a community college like 4 times. And now I'm going into calc 1 for the first time, and this is giving me nightmares in advance. We're both STEM majors, but our careers have been so different, haha

  • @pilentus
    @pilentus 3 роки тому +2610

    I see this as I do my calculus work

    • @masterlaughter4924
      @masterlaughter4924 3 роки тому +49

      I see this and get sad about all the calculus work i have to do ):

    • @pilentus
      @pilentus 3 роки тому +24

      @@masterlaughter4924 oh shit, get cracking on it.

    • @pilentus
      @pilentus 3 роки тому +18

      No benefit to procrastination

    • @masterlaughter4924
      @masterlaughter4924 3 роки тому +10

      Trooper Pilot I don’t know whats been wrong with me lately i have no energy to do anything....

    • @pilentus
      @pilentus 3 роки тому +20

      @@masterlaughter4924 I've had that same experience. I found a good way to get motivated is by setting milestones in your work and rewarding yourself when you reach those milestones.

  • @flibbernodgets7018
    @flibbernodgets7018 3 роки тому +3327

    I was gonna tell a cheerful story about how, despite everything, I can't bring myself to hate calculus because I met my wife in a calculus class, but it just seems inappropriate now. Listening to this story was like watching a guy get rammed in the nuts by a mountain goat.

    • @spinyslasher6586
      @spinyslasher6586 3 роки тому +367

      Bro you met your wife in calc class? Bro the only people I see in calculus are depressed dudes with serious stress issues and back pain from being hunched over on a desk for days.

    • @Monscuro
      @Monscuro 3 роки тому +105

      @@spinyslasher6586 That’s probably me

    • @omnitroph1501
      @omnitroph1501 3 роки тому +32

      @@spinyslasher6586 Yep, that is the composition of calculus classes.

    • @spinyslasher6586
      @spinyslasher6586 3 роки тому +52

      @@omnitroph1501 not just calculus, pretty much any course inside a physics major's course list will have that composition. Out of the 20 students in my batch, only 2 are female.

    • @HilbertXVI
      @HilbertXVI 3 роки тому +25

      @@spinyslasher6586 Oh boy, you should see the classes math majors take

  • @WWIIprofessor
    @WWIIprofessor Рік тому +62

    Jeff can figure out the most creative and numerous ways to insult people/things. And I absolutely love it!

    • @nanamacapagal8342
      @nanamacapagal8342 11 місяців тому +1

      More ways than mathematicians can use many names on the same object and many objects on the same letter combined, that's for sure

  • @jeffreykenyon7718
    @jeffreykenyon7718 9 місяців тому +26

    Odd that being named Jeff and doing an exorbitant amount of AP’s just to get nothing out of it is a reoccurring issue 😂

  • @kiannahill6803
    @kiannahill6803 3 роки тому +2849

    *jeffs counselor calling him brainded*
    *jeff having all 5's on all his AP tests*
    me: what tf kind of school was Jeff tryna go to?

    • @zbdfhg
      @zbdfhg 3 роки тому +383

      The college of Winterhold

    • @boomperson818
      @boomperson818 3 роки тому +23

      dude yeah like wtf

    • @joshinthesauce4636
      @joshinthesauce4636 3 роки тому +42

      docasdf The Greybeards College

    • @jadegrace1312
      @jadegrace1312 3 роки тому +169

      Trust me, AP scores have very little to go with how likely you are to get into top schools. The scores are capped at 5, so they don't actually tell you much cause you get a wide range of people getting 5s.

    • @gordonexperience4859
      @gordonexperience4859 3 роки тому +54

      Probably any high ranking American school. AP credits don’t really take you to many schools and there are several that just won’t take them

  • @DrTrefor
    @DrTrefor 3 роки тому +1030

    Math Prof here who teaches calculus....first this sucks! I'm really hoping you were able to contact the school and explain what happens and get some leniency. Anyways, what should we do with the notation problem? For myself, I always try to focus on the big picture, the geometric intuition and foundational concepts in my videos. That's what is important, and what I hope my students will take away. I'd be pretty bummed if someone went through my course and their main complaints focused on things like the notational confusion and technical distinctions like connected vs simply-connected. It's true, they are a sort of silly thing that is part of the math canon like how 'they're', and 'their', and 'there' are part of the English language and this annoying thing everyone has to memorize, but I never want it to be close to the main point. And one of the challenges is a lot of things are the way they are because......that is the way they are historically done, and then for me as a prof even if I wanted to try and come up with better notation, I'd then be frustrating my students as I'd be using different notation from their textbooks! No winning this battle, sadly:D

    • @storytimewithjeff
      @storytimewithjeff  3 роки тому +379

      Hey! Thanks for the comment - this definitely was just about the worst way I could’ve possibly learned calc, but given the timeframe it was just about the only thing I could do. Funnily enough I’m going back through everything right now to get a more complete understanding and it’s really interesting. It’s amazing that the mathematical relationships u find in Greens or stokes exist. Sorry if it came across as me wanting to swing with Leibnitz I just need my add revenue lol

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG Рік тому +25

      Have you ever read Lockhart's Lament? It's short (only a couple of pages), and free online. And it might help to get your head around a lot of what's wrong with maths teaching.

    • @soulsofwar8985
      @soulsofwar8985 Рік тому +7

      @@storytimewithjeff Glad you seemed to enjoy the calculus journey your third time around. It can get technically confusing and there is some memorization, but once you really step back and see all the relationships and how everything connects to each other it is really cool! Definitely why I am a math major, there is so much connectedness and beauty in all of it (but since I am not sure if I want a Ph.D. and also want to be employable out of college, also a cs major. Loooove programming and CS, but do wish I could focus completely on math)

    • @sutekaa
      @sutekaa Рік тому +15

      @@storytimewithjeffyeah lol math is fun as hell if u take it slow and understand the concepts and the way theyre connected. drilling shit into ur brain is never fun and that shouldnt be the way we learn stuff.

    • @Matt-st1rl
      @Matt-st1rl 3 місяці тому +1

      3 years late but what is the best way to learn calcus from scratch?

  • @vadiks20032
    @vadiks20032 Рік тому +27

    i like storytime with jeff. he's so relatable. i'm so tired of seeing people just make some cool ass shit in 10 minutes of a video, making me feel like something super complex is actually easy as hell. and here's storytime with jeff. barely surviving life of learning, telling us about his problems, telling us about his knowledge

  • @thehighpriestess2139
    @thehighpriestess2139 3 роки тому +44

    As a math major in college, I can safely say calculus was the most asinine first hurdle to get over

  • @people_of_pez2532
    @people_of_pez2532 3 роки тому +1118

    Me in my 9th grade:
    I like your funny words magic man

    • @gam3rmom3nt3
      @gam3rmom3nt3 3 роки тому +28

      I'm taking 9th grade math to, what the fuck

    • @corbin4360
      @corbin4360 3 роки тому +12

      I can't believe im gonna have to go through this shit someone kill me please

    • @quack3891
      @quack3891 3 роки тому +41

      @@corbin4360 a lot of the stuff he's talking about is like sophomore of college undergrad or somethin on a normal route. He's like, 3 grades ahead or some crazy shit

    • @snorlax9409
      @snorlax9409 3 роки тому +19

      @@corbin4360 enjoy it while you can. But, most people don’t reach this math level though, really dependent on the major.

    • @MCatwar
      @MCatwar 3 роки тому +10

      @@quack3891 trust me. it makes great sense and don’t worry, it’s actually not too terrible. if your mind is wired that way, it’s a fun af subject

  • @Elias_Barbieri
    @Elias_Barbieri 3 роки тому +930

    As a college freshman, seeing people like this who put the amount of work equivalent to that of a child in cambodia working for 50 cents a day and getting the same outcome as i got who put in as much work in high school as a mcdonalds employee, makes me feel bad for how lucky i got it, despite the fact they put 10 times the work i put

    • @souna889
      @souna889 3 роки тому +25

      good, feel bad.

    • @donehorse7262
      @donehorse7262 3 роки тому +103

      This whole school year all I have been doing is playing rocket league and somehow I'm passing with 90+ in all my classes lmao

    • @mlgmikebike6207
      @mlgmikebike6207 3 роки тому +14

      Who said 50 cents more like one Zimbabwean dollar

    • @avramcs
      @avramcs Рік тому +37

      @@souna889

    • @chocolateaddictedartist5924
      @chocolateaddictedartist5924 11 місяців тому +1

      @@donehorse7262 Bruh do you get some random smart person's brain and download all it's information???

  • @triggereddoge1847
    @triggereddoge1847 3 роки тому +36

    Me: finally done with algebra
    Calculus at the corner: *hey.*

    • @oscarstaszky1960
      @oscarstaszky1960 3 роки тому +6

      Differential Equations: *stares from the infinitesmal abyss lurking below*

    • @y3inc
      @y3inc 3 роки тому +1

      Taylor series: 👁👄👁

    • @triggereddoge1847
      @triggereddoge1847 3 роки тому +1

      @@oscarstaszky1960 *Oh no*

    • @nerd5865
      @nerd5865 Місяць тому

      Me: finally done with calculus
      abstract algebra: hey

    • @Enderia2
      @Enderia2 28 днів тому

      trig and geometry: *friendly wave and a fake smile*

  • @kingarth0r
    @kingarth0r 2 роки тому +21

    I heavily disagree with the point made about mathematicians, variables, and definitions. First off there is no reason to be upset about a lack of diversity in symbols because 1. There are a lot more ideas than letters 2. There is a lot of diversity in math symbols the higher you go (like you have your letters but then you have 3 different fonts (blackboard for important sets, caligra for sets of sets or just a set of abstract things, frak for anything lie algebra related, and scr if you're feeling fancy)as well as greek letters (upper and lowercase) but you also have 15 symbols for certain types of relations most of the time math is done with words and logic and calculations or only put in when necessary. 3. As long as symbols that have different meanings are used in different contexts you should be fine. And again with the thing about how many types of "domains" you have is really just slight alterations and additions to a standard definition of a domain. Open domain is still a domain just with the added stipulation it is an open set. A lot of these terms like open, closed, bounded, smooth, ect... appear in higher math so perhaps they're just trying to get you to get used to the idea that a blob in space can be interesting and can represent a lot of different ideas. While I do agree that most of this isn't necessary for an intro multivariable calculus course for people who probably aren't interested in doing theorhetical math, I do see what the book is trying to do (you were probably using stewarts calculus which is standard for both math and non math majors).

    • @godofmath1039
      @godofmath1039 6 місяців тому

      Well, he's just upset about it because he's stupid

  • @NoorquackerInd
    @NoorquackerInd 3 роки тому +581

    >5 on 12 AP tests
    >Messes up on series
    >Gets forced into low tier college
    I feel better

    • @tyler89557
      @tyler89557 3 роки тому +32

      @Swaroop Handral I felt the same with physics. The exam blue balled me and didn't let me submit (didn't even give me a popup saying it TRIED to submit)
      The questions I got were easy, since I had just finished studying for the exam. I carried every lab, I had the highest test scores (multiple choice and free response)
      And then I go for the make up, and then I get questions about springs and oscillation (which by the way I had to self study for because COVID nuked us right at the start of the unit, and the entire district was in anarchy trying to figure out how distance learning worked... I didn't have access to the textbook because my school doesn't actually have any to give either)
      And I ended up getting a 3. for the class I was most confident in.
      You have no idea how much I screamed in frustration when the exam didn't submit, and when I saw my resulting test score in July.

    • @OsirusIrdia
      @OsirusIrdia 3 роки тому +4

      Swaroop Handral The online tests were abysmal I do concur, but please don’t call that girl who go a 4 dumb; she (from the context) wasn’t as well knowledged in biology as you but that doesn’t make her dumb. I’m just happy I got high enough scores on those online tests that my college gave max allowed credit for it, like if I got a 3 as opposed to a 4/5 on cal bc I would only get credit for cal 1 and couldn’t start multivariable

    • @kevin28115
      @kevin28115 3 роки тому +3

      @Swaroop Handral I nearly failed AP bio cause I just didn't care and got a 5 on the test. My teacher just gave up lol.

    • @mattat3847
      @mattat3847 3 роки тому +4

      A lot of people think that AP exams actually matter. Most of the time they don’t. I got 38 credit hours from my AP classes, but only 12 of them actually help me progress in my major. You really only need to AP classes for those directly related to your major.

    • @omnitroph1501
      @omnitroph1501 3 роки тому +15

      And this is why I hate the school system. One mistake and you're just gone. You have to stress CONSTANTLY and sweat EVERYTHING or you'll end up STARVING ON THE STREETS.

  • @cochi8028
    @cochi8028 3 роки тому +539

    I calculated the rate at which the comments will be increasingly more about how they failed calculus over time in hours

    • @mostlysure1077
      @mostlysure1077 3 роки тому +10

      What's the rate?

    • @Sueshe
      @Sueshe 3 роки тому +2

      @@mostlysure1077 Week 4ish

    • @akashchoudhary8162
      @akashchoudhary8162 3 роки тому +3

      @@mostlysure1077 42

    • @penus7639
      @penus7639 3 роки тому +3

      @@mostlysure1077 its an exponential decay rate for sure, unless advertised this less people will come across this video, if once advertised I expect a quadratic function, if advertised twice a quartic one unless youtube decides to put this in our feeds one random day years after or more people this video comes up as the first when failing calculus comes up

    • @GRBtutorials
      @GRBtutorials 3 роки тому

      @@mostlysure1077 It's the derivative of the function. You're welcome.

  • @johnsaleh4
    @johnsaleh4 Рік тому +7

    This is a good example of why I always tell people they don't need 10 apps to launch on startup and to just launch them yourself when you need them, you never know when you need to boot up in a rush

  • @Atoll-ok1zm
    @Atoll-ok1zm Місяць тому +5

    See, this is why I stopped doing math the second I finished calc 3. Computer engineers don't need math, what we need to do is spend all day looking at dozens of several thousand page data sheets, cry, attempt to write one line of code, realize you're using the wrong register value, check the data sheet, realize you forgot to enable the enable for the interrupt enable enable mask's interrupt enable mask, and cry some more.

  • @lumps17
    @lumps17 3 роки тому +537

    Glad to know that the hatred of calculus to the point of blind rage is a uniting principle of calculus students.

    • @Zewytroo
      @Zewytroo Рік тому +22

      It is literally a test of mental strength on a paper

    • @That_One_Guy...
      @That_One_Guy... 8 місяців тому

      Not for me lol

    • @That_One_Guy...
      @That_One_Guy... 8 місяців тому +3

      Calculus ? More like Calculation Stimulus.

    • @I-io8ee
      @I-io8ee 5 місяців тому +2

      @@That_One_Guy... 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

  • @isaacheuwinkel2592
    @isaacheuwinkel2592 3 роки тому +305

    I love how he has premieres for him raging

  • @YYCUrban
    @YYCUrban 10 місяців тому +12

    This makes me feel a whole lot better knowing I passed both calc 1 and 2 with a professor who didn't speak English and just pointed at the board like a curious child who didn't even know what the answer was himself. Don't know how, but I did it and I don't think I learned anything remotely Important

  • @hennie5307
    @hennie5307 9 місяців тому +9

    This is giving me second hand rage, can relate.

  • @Thorbrine
    @Thorbrine 3 роки тому +861

    wow the person who wrote one million lines of code is being murdered by calculus
    yes this is indeed my favored anime

    • @NoorquackerInd
      @NoorquackerInd 3 роки тому +4

      hush I'm being murdered right now too

    • @beanbug2209
      @beanbug2209 3 роки тому +3

      @@NoorquackerInd wait wat

  • @electroflame6188
    @electroflame6188 3 роки тому +307

    Moral of the story: SSD's are worth it

    • @linuxnoodle8682
      @linuxnoodle8682 3 роки тому +11

      Like cmon they're even cheaper than hard drives

    • @gam3rmom3nt3
      @gam3rmom3nt3 3 роки тому +18

      @@linuxnoodle8682 no

    • @karimmoop9560
      @karimmoop9560 3 роки тому +6

      How much did Samsung pay you for that shit.
      The real moral is that windows sucks donkey balls, and you should switch to junix if you have enough brain points to not play video games.

    • @reshzy3807
      @reshzy3807 3 роки тому +1

      @@linuxnoodle8682 I think its the opposite

    • @frostbite5081
      @frostbite5081 3 роки тому +1

      @@karimmoop9560 I searched up junix and the first thing i see is a fil. actor

  • @kirstenhowell07
    @kirstenhowell07 8 місяців тому +4

    this video made me vividly anxious. thanks jeff, love what you do

  • @matthewdowling6549
    @matthewdowling6549 Рік тому +19

    Almost failed regular Calc in HS. A bunch of my friends were in AP Calc, and they said it was one of the hardest things they have ever done.
    I feel for you, man

  • @72nodes85
    @72nodes85 3 роки тому +274

    There’s a special kind of chaos that comes with your thumbnails

  • @wombatpandaa9774
    @wombatpandaa9774 3 роки тому +116

    And this is why I religiously turn every startup program off. Even Spotify, who keeps turning itself back on.

    • @karimmoop9560
      @karimmoop9560 3 роки тому +1

      this is why you must switch to junix,
      a 2gb ram 1.3 ghz 2003 dell optiplex will outpace a windows with 12 gb of ram and 4.2 ghz

    • @wombatpandaa9774
      @wombatpandaa9774 3 роки тому +5

      @@karimmoop9560 maybe after I'm out of school. For now, I need to stick to Windows because in my computer programming program, we use a lot of programs dependent on Windows and I don't feel like trying to beat Wine into submission every time a new semester rolls around. XD But I definitely plan on giving some Unix/Linux distros a real try eventually.

    • @theterribleanimator1793
      @theterribleanimator1793 3 роки тому

      @@wombatpandaa9774 can you compile from terminal? If so youd just need vscode or vim.

    • @wombatpandaa9774
      @wombatpandaa9774 3 роки тому +1

      @@theterribleanimator1793 yeah, but it's not just vscode that I need, each class has its own programs and the professors just assume you have Windows. They don't even allow students with Apple computers to take some classes because the professors just don't want to deal with it.

    • @theterribleanimator1793
      @theterribleanimator1793 3 роки тому

      @@wombatpandaa9774 what the fuck kind of programming classes are these?
      What are you guys studying anyways? android development or something that requires an IDE the size of Jupiter or something.

  • @ernststravoblofeld
    @ernststravoblofeld Рік тому +10

    I am SO with you on the variable thing. Half the job of a software engineer is keeping variable names straight, so when I need to do some serious math, I open a book full of single letter variable names, with no way of separating out namespaces. Math notation hasn't advanced one step since Leibniz.

    • @cyancyborg1477
      @cyancyborg1477 Місяць тому +4

      My partner is a software engineer, and he always tells me that if he left a variable as just "x" or "T," he'd get fired on the spot. Still hates the way math courses are taught for this reason.

    • @CoalOres
      @CoalOres 14 днів тому

      @@cyancyborg1477 Real. You can always tell when the code you're reading was written by a mathematician (you can't understand any of it).

  • @acceptableconvo
    @acceptableconvo Рік тому +5

    Your problems with the actual administration of the test aside, if you're struggling to take a placement test then you probably do actually need to retake the classes. This sounds more like an ego problem than anything else. If you're in a major that requires multivariable calculus (i.e. anything that needs community college calculus 3 or 4 level for transfer students) then you're going into a science major and actually need to know how to do that material, not just pass a single AP exam and call it good. A placement test isn't going to kick you out of the school or anything. It just determines what your skill level is and what class you should be taking when you go into college. If you want to study the material on your own and test out of it, that's your own business, not a fault of the school's system. In fact, seeing that you took the AP and passed and yet still struggled with the placement test, this is probably a really good argument in favor of the placement test if anything.

  • @user-bo1fg6tw5e
    @user-bo1fg6tw5e 3 роки тому +102

    Holy fuck that's an impressive AP transcript, I'd be pissed as hell if none of that transfered... you'd be over a year ahead at my college

    • @mehmeh1999
      @mehmeh1999 Рік тому +6

      It's common for no ap classes to transfer. I had half of mine not transfer.

  • @puddingninja
    @puddingninja 3 роки тому +210

    When I did my 3 rounds of calculus I used んwith an arrow over it for to represent the normal vector や with no arrow as a generic vector て as the tangent vector as some exsamples. It's almost like kana was designed for math.

    • @lebro4401
      @lebro4401 3 роки тому +58

      Math was meant to be anime

    • @bobjoe8966
      @bobjoe8966 2 роки тому +1

      what

    • @21pandas71
      @21pandas71 Рік тому +14

      i once used smiley faces as variables on my physics test

    • @That_One_Guy...
      @That_One_Guy... 8 місяців тому

      Math professor be like : heresy, you will be burned at the stake

    • @godofmath1039
      @godofmath1039 6 місяців тому

      What on earth is a "generic vector?" Are you stupid?

  • @SkiingBiologyGod
    @SkiingBiologyGod 3 роки тому +7

    4:36 - I'm so *stoked* to learn more about that theorem ;)

    • @oscarstaszky1960
      @oscarstaszky1960 2 роки тому

      ngl Stoke's Theorem is pretty much one of the "Titanic" Math Theorems that has graced moden maths today. My Eletromagnetism class definitely would not have made absolute sense at all if it wasn't for that theorem

  • @Flavor190
    @Flavor190 3 роки тому +156

    If only you used anki which is like the guy quizlet’s ex wife left him for

  • @savannahwalton3287
    @savannahwalton3287 3 роки тому +341

    Jeff: puts effort and time into this video even though he's in college
    Subscribers: #canceljeff, 1 dislike before the video premiers, a bunch of random numbers in the live chat

  • @DaxSudo
    @DaxSudo Місяць тому +4

    Me a software engineer and intellectual: Sounds like a skill issue if u didnt just build ur own Quizlet

    • @stevenlynch3456
      @stevenlynch3456 Місяць тому +1

      I was about to respond "Did you watch the video where he did try to make his own Quizlet but couldn't find any useful symbols?", but then I realized you meant "*program* your own Quizlet company"

  • @m4rt_
    @m4rt_ Рік тому +2

    In programming "n" is often used as a replacement of "num" or "number", aka any number. For example in big O notation: O(n)
    and any question talking about a number input will use "n" or "num"

  • @fissilepear7805
    @fissilepear7805 3 роки тому +148

    The amount of anxiety I got from this video is insane. I would break down if I was in that situation 100%

  • @fluidapple9091
    @fluidapple9091 3 роки тому +190

    Now that I’m an engineering student, the easy part is plugging the calculus into matlab. The hard part is determining conditions to find the equations to use 🙄

    • @fluidapple9091
      @fluidapple9091 3 роки тому +5

      @@flyerton99 hahaha that’s funny dude

    • @a.b3203
      @a.b3203 10 місяців тому +1

      @@fluidapple9091what field of engineering? Looking to become an industrial engineer (less math heavy) or a chemical engineer (very math heavy)

    • @fluidapple9091
      @fluidapple9091 10 місяців тому

      @@a.b3203 aerospace/aeronautical. I just graduated finally. I've got a patch of gray hairs to prove it haha.

    • @Daniel-li6gu
      @Daniel-li6gu 8 місяців тому +1

      @@a.b3203im in chem eng as someone who doesn’t particularly like math, and jesus christ what the fuck am i doing here

    • @unafrutabienputa573
      @unafrutabienputa573 8 місяців тому

      ​@@Daniel-li6guhang in there

  • @J-Rat871
    @J-Rat871 Рік тому +3

    Looking at the example equations you've shown in this video makes me feel like I'm going to have a panic attack because I cannot even begin to rap my head around what any of that means and I'm already a senior in high school

    • @mehmeh1999
      @mehmeh1999 Рік тому +2

      You got about 3 years to get it lol.

  • @pussymcstanky
    @pussymcstanky Рік тому +2

    I have been studying mathematics for the last three years, and I am still going. While watching the video, I slowly started to get (more) depressed, because I was pretty much having a small PTSD episode.
    Non the less, an awesome video!

  • @brackkusamaz4015
    @brackkusamaz4015 3 роки тому +88

    You know im taking calculus 1 online with 1 30 minute live session a week and no other resources other than google, while still having to learn a unit week with only 2 grades per unit( a quiz and a test) and honestly I am contemplating blowing my brains out. This video just made me realize that It never gets better.

    • @snickthegreat
      @snickthegreat 3 роки тому +5

      Same I’m im precalc and I feel you

    • @penus7639
      @penus7639 3 роки тому +7

      The better you master fundamentals and understand the concept, the easier it becomes, some concepts in calculus can be annoying but rewarding to learn don't give up on any of the concepts because if you do, you probably won't pAss the class. Good luck

    • @cameronhoffman1001
      @cameronhoffman1001 3 роки тому +3

      I feel you man. I just finished up my semester taking Calc II as an asynchronous class. My instructor thought 20 minutes of weekly material was enough for us. Needless to say there was a lot of googling and UA-cam for more help on how to figure things out, especially because the videos we got just were copies of the examples from the book.

    • @racool911
      @racool911 Рік тому +2

      Did you try Khan Academy. I learned all of calc 1 in a week by just watching all their videos and doing their problems

    • @anname7373
      @anname7373 Рік тому +1

      It's not worth it. Calc gets easier once you get past the fundamentals.

  • @rudypIays
    @rudypIays 3 роки тому +236

    Got a 50/100 on my first Calculus test. Love this for me 😌

    • @storytimewithjeff
      @storytimewithjeff  3 роки тому +79

      We’re all in this together 🎵

    • @rubylillies867
      @rubylillies867 Рік тому +9

      Sucks even more when you gotta take 3 semesters of calculus

    • @thereareantsbehindyoureyes7529
      @thereareantsbehindyoureyes7529 Рік тому +3

      @@rubylillies867 up to calc 2 and linear algebra for me ☹️

    • @dontreadmyusername6787
      @dontreadmyusername6787 Рік тому

      @@thereareantsbehindyoureyes7529 both are pretty easy though but MVC and differential equations can get a bit hectic

    • @walterwhite210
      @walterwhite210 Рік тому

      @@dontreadmyusername6787 yeah and stupid Laplace as well

  • @Jan-oe7yn
    @Jan-oe7yn Рік тому +2

    As someone who's college also didn't accept any of my AP test scores, watching this physically hurt me. Thankfully my placement test story had a happier ending. 92% baby!

  • @kingbri
    @kingbri 3 роки тому +6

    This actually happened to me as well. I didn't get 12 5s, but my program forces everyone to start at the beginning. So I have to take calculus again along with all the classes I got dual enrollment credits for. Free As but learning calculus again is so mind-numbing.

  • @TheFuri0uswc
    @TheFuri0uswc 3 роки тому +68

    Quizlet even tried to copy Kahoot but unlike Kahoot you are shackled by the idiocy of your teammates. I'm a history buff there are several Quizlet lives I would have won if teammates we'rent awful.

  • @radilime
    @radilime 3 роки тому +100

    this entire video could be renamed
    "completely family friendly ways to express .2% of your seething rage"

  • @midnite8297
    @midnite8297 Рік тому +4

    This is why I didn’t take any AP classes. I did take some but they required way more work and were more difficult. Furthermore, some of my teachers lacked plans to get us ready for the AP exams because they thought everyone just wanted the class for their class ranking. I knew I was staying where I lived so all I took was dual enrollment and I ended my high school senior year with an Associates Degree in Biology. At least all my basics were covered and I got two years ahead from my peers.

  • @vari1535
    @vari1535 3 роки тому +2

    Idk how to even feel anymore, this seems like the most painful thing ever after wasting both AP class time and online class time

  • @connordennhardt9306
    @connordennhardt9306 3 роки тому +88

    This is representing my entire university experience currently, just an absolute dumpster fire the way they're handling it and the way they expect their students to

  • @0oreaper135
    @0oreaper135 3 роки тому +42

    Me: Get a 2 on an AP exam
    Jeff: 5 on all twelve exams

  • @Shoyren
    @Shoyren Рік тому +3

    Holy heck this sounds so much like something that could’ve easily happened to me when I was doing my undergrad if I hadn’t chosen my school specifically for its policy of accepting every AP score I submitted in at least some way.

  • @ergenio100
    @ergenio100 10 місяців тому +3

    This story made me laugh so hard, and it's because I relate to it so much. Something takes over computers when it comes to time based tasks istg

    • @geirtwo
      @geirtwo 10 місяців тому

      It's real and it's corrupting the education system.

  • @myannguyen
    @myannguyen 3 роки тому +107

    Hey, I'll leave this video on loop so at least you can get the ad rev.

  • @reevesmorison5292
    @reevesmorison5292 3 роки тому +86

    I’m doing precal and this is what I see and have to look forward too?

    • @nautilume7114
      @nautilume7114 3 роки тому +22

      Yup, lol. It’s a dimension shifting brainfrick in my opinion. Although I’m innately bad at calc, my take on it is there’s a lot of looking at numbers in different ways, like how the sin, cos, and tan graphs relate to the unit circle. A lot of ins and outs but you might be good at it

    • @niko6248
      @niko6248 3 роки тому +30

      Reeves Morison As long as you a eat your trig identities and derivative rules, you’ll grow up big and strong.

    • @eligoldman9200
      @eligoldman9200 3 роки тому +18

      Just wait until you have to do series. My advice as someone is way beyond all of calc now is be on top of the most advance shit in precal, be really good at factoring polynomials, log and trig rules and pay attention because it’s also conceptually difficult especially if you never took a calc class. This and symbolab is your friend.

    • @spinyslasher6586
      @spinyslasher6586 3 роки тому +2

      depends. It wasn't that hard for me, but I guess that's because I actually got competent people teaching me.

    • @spinyslasher6586
      @spinyslasher6586 3 роки тому +10

      @@eligoldman9200 Symbolab saved me so many times. That and wolfram.

  • @hippopotamus3025
    @hippopotamus3025 10 місяців тому +2

    why ppl in the comments shocked that getting good grades on tests meant to simulate college freshman level courses didn't get someone into their dream college

  • @OliverPascual-bj5uk
    @OliverPascual-bj5uk Місяць тому +4

    sounds like a skills issue...

  • @floyd7820
    @floyd7820 3 роки тому +28

    THIS is why I never took an AP class. I saved my time and money and took free Community College classes and got a college GPA and units that every university accepts.

    • @sierraskye913
      @sierraskye913 3 роки тому +4

      It all depends on what college you plan to go to. Mine accepts almost all AP and CLEP credits but very very few transfer credits, even from community colleges

  • @woomynation
    @woomynation 3 роки тому +83

    Started precal this year, I'm in for a whole world of pain

    • @sure8087
      @sure8087 3 роки тому +14

      pre-cal wasn't to bad now that I'm in normal calculus. best of luck to you though!

    • @eligoldman9200
      @eligoldman9200 3 роки тому +16

      Precal is so just advanced algebra you already know most of the concepts like a function and the different equation types. Calc is not only difficult to do but it’s also hard to understand what you are doing. Basically calculus is a way to take an equation and find an equation that maps the slope at any point along a curved line as slope on non straight lines is ever changing. Then you have to learn how to undo that and then you have to learn how do and undo it in 3 demotions.

    • @yaltschuler
      @yaltschuler 3 роки тому +1

      I'm in calc, I took precalc last year and as long as you don't have a shitty teacher and can watch Khan Academy, you'll be fine.

    • @masterlaughter4924
      @masterlaughter4924 3 роки тому +6

      Precalc was fun.... calc is ok so far but im retarded and always fuck up on my tests..... I understand everything its just I literally always fuck up lmaoooo

    • @supercraft2
      @supercraft2 3 роки тому

      Aha, aha, aha. Yes. Yes you are. Kill me now.

  • @DaNintendude
    @DaNintendude 3 роки тому +1

    I took College level Pre-calc my Senior Year of High School and I loved it. The coolest, most interesting math class I've ever taken.
    Got to College last fall, took Calculus, and dropped it within 2 days.
    I am not required to take Calculus but I decided to just in case I switch majors later on.
    There were only fully online classes available, which sucks but what do you do in that scenario?
    Started my homework for the first week expecting it to take like 2-3 hours.
    I spent 2 or 3 hours on the first few problems alone... and I had like 20 to do.
    It was easy work, but incredibly time consuming. There was no answer key, so there was no way to know if I was right. We also had to show our work WAY more than what is actually needed, and if we took any concepts from the short lecture the professor posted, we had to CITE where we got it from, and when, in a very complex way.
    The syllabus said that we needed to prepare for at least 12 hours of math per week.
    I love math but I don't think I'll EVER reach a level where I'm okay with spending 12 hours a week doing long math problems. And I know that I will NEVER switch to a major that requires Calculus, because I won't be able to handle it.
    I didn't even learn anything hard yet, and I was already sick and tired of math and wanted to die.
    So yeah, I dropped it and took an "Intro to Packaging" course instead and it was super fun. Got to learn about how cardboard is made.

  • @thesagapov
    @thesagapov 15 днів тому

    The notation overlap is genuinely one of the most frustrating things about taking a few math classes at the same time

  • @michellegoodman8722
    @michellegoodman8722 3 роки тому +47

    this is a fate I would not wish upon even my worst enemies, except college bord

    • @gamalielmartinez2238
      @gamalielmartinez2238 Рік тому

      Fuck those guys they annulled my ap credits because of some shit when COVID hit

  • @LemonyFresh2000
    @LemonyFresh2000 3 роки тому +35

    1pm... right in the middle of my class.... why is this even a thing?

  • @alexj.denton7453
    @alexj.denton7453 Рік тому +2

    That's tough buddy i hope you're doing better

  • @Helsinki40268
    @Helsinki40268 Рік тому +1

    Having almost taken calculus this semester of my senior and my valedictorian friend stressed has never made me feel like I dodged a bullet. I barely learned anything from my previous math classes.

  • @rfqa4116
    @rfqa4116 3 роки тому +39

    Me: *dies over having to take physics and math subject tests*
    This man: *literally gets the highscore in 12 different APs*
    Sir youre insane

  • @aaronhim6414
    @aaronhim6414 3 роки тому +52

    I would've broken every thing in my room if this happened to me

    • @viv1593
      @viv1593 3 роки тому +2

      I would have just screamed

    • @the_americangamer4296
      @the_americangamer4296 Рік тому +1

      The amount of times I've nearly done that over stuff not nearly as bad is frightening

  • @minerfinger6814
    @minerfinger6814 Місяць тому

    I am watching this 3 years later but man I hope your good luck reach the skies. Cause that was some real bad luck.

  • @daveman7043
    @daveman7043 Місяць тому

    Actually had a mental breakdown after not passing my testing out test. You are strong.

  • @terran9264
    @terran9264 3 роки тому +64

    4:20 literally translates to "learn Mao Zedong Thought" in case y'all didnt know

    • @axelnils
      @axelnils 3 роки тому +3

      It’s an old chinese communist party propaganda slogan

  • @eligoldman9200
    @eligoldman9200 3 роки тому +106

    One word: symbolab

    • @konradw360
      @konradw360 3 роки тому +4

      No, photomath

    • @eligoldman9200
      @eligoldman9200 3 роки тому +23

      Konrad W photo math is bullshit if you actually want to learn.

    • @dysondyson9524
      @dysondyson9524 3 роки тому +23

      Konrad W Photomath breaks at higher level math

    • @lampshade7189
      @lampshade7189 3 роки тому +21

      No fuck photo math, all my homies love Symbolab. It explains how to do the equations and shit too. Without an account! A lifesaver for sure

    • @NoorquackerInd
      @NoorquackerInd 3 роки тому +2

      @@lampshade7189 Can we pair it with a TI-Nspire CX CAS? There's an emulator and it's pushing me through Calc 3

  • @laradimello5791
    @laradimello5791 3 роки тому

    I finished Calculus 1, 2, 3 AND Complex Analysis, and your video made all my bad memories come back thanks :)

  • @mcwifi7821
    @mcwifi7821 Рік тому

    2 years ago my ap chemistry teacher had a required chemistry jump course over the summer and I ended up not passing the class either because we had to complete new unit assignments, labs, and tests each week, so the “wasting your summer” bit hit me hard

  • @runtav_guz8564
    @runtav_guz8564 3 роки тому +25

    WIAT, this was a trick to teach me Calculus

  • @Ak-6969
    @Ak-6969 3 роки тому +315

    Wait Calculus sucks?
    Everyone: *Always has been*

    • @dannybee6473
      @dannybee6473 3 роки тому +3

      Why does this never get old.

    • @enzoqueijao
      @enzoqueijao 3 роки тому +7

      Calculus always be suck

    • @mastershooter64
      @mastershooter64 3 роки тому +16

      calculus is actually pretty awesome, partial differential equations are super awesome!

    • @misumi6312
      @misumi6312 3 роки тому +2

      Whole world is built on it, so like, uhh, yeah, I guess.

    • @imsentinelprime9279
      @imsentinelprime9279 3 роки тому

      @@misumi6312 no its not you dont need to know what y=mx+b is when buying groceries now would you

  • @GRBtutorials
    @GRBtutorials 3 роки тому +2

    9:28 And that's why I love Preview on macOS. It lets you do most things you'd want to do on a PDF, but it's preinstalled for free, none of that expensive subscription BS

  • @dapoggle
    @dapoggle 3 роки тому +3

    deadass every placement test is like that, and if they're like my college, they'll make you take 5 different ones without resources required to take the tests multiple times just for one class 👍

  • @joemowed5611
    @joemowed5611 3 роки тому +28

    bruh u gonna make me wait 14hrs for motivation I need now to finish this 11:59pm calc HW

  • @eeriewaffle3938
    @eeriewaffle3938 3 роки тому +71

    Bruh, u got twelve 5's on your AP exams? You can basically go anywhere........ Why u big brain in school but small brain when listening to college counselor

    • @OrigamiMaster06
      @OrigamiMaster06 3 роки тому +3

      He applied for early decision which means he's legally obligated to go there if he gets in. That's why his counselor said it's a brain dead idea. He was accepted to whatever school he applied early decision to so he has to go there.

  • @RhapsodyHC
    @RhapsodyHC 3 роки тому +2

    I feel this! I wasted $90 on a Computer Science Exam, got a 3 and got no credit for it. Now I must take the placement test to take the class in college. It's honestly a lie how they say AP Tests will save you money, when in some cases it will waste your money because the college doesn't accept it.

  • @comma_thingy
    @comma_thingy Рік тому +4

    I know I'm late but as someone finishing my 4th year of Uni maths, the anger at some things (from 2:20 to 3:57) feels misplaced. Some of the descriptors I've never even heard of (though they sound somewhat self-explanatory) and the rest come up a lot in multiple parts of maths (also like open/non-open really?) and then the complaint that n represents multiple things; the 5 cases given are really just an integer or a normal vector (add an arrow or underline to make it clear it's a vector if you want). Some of the other things might be American style idk; I've never even written the nth Taylor polynomial with it's own symbol (maybe a few times but I'd probably just add a subscript to the original function's symbol) and period is often an n, m (if an integer/integer multiple of pi I suppose) or maybe just any symbol really. Like we only have a finite realistic (like seriously most other writing systems involve some unwieldy symbols) and adding squiggles can only get you so far, especially if you want to avoid confusion.

  • @kryptgmd
    @kryptgmd 3 роки тому +47

    You got all 5s on your AP tests and your counselor doesn’t think you’re smart enough to go to the colleges you want?

    • @axelnils
      @axelnils 3 роки тому +23

      Silly you, grades don’t matter in applying for good colleges, only your parents’ incomes do. Maybe his counselor noticed he wasn’t wearing designer clothes.

    • @cek0792
      @cek0792 3 роки тому +6

      @@axelnils and your race, if you're black or hispanic. you're going to enjoy a good ride

    • @squidwardtentacles7144
      @squidwardtentacles7144 3 роки тому +6

      @@cek0792 that's only cuz they want you to be a poster child to show that they have "diversity"😒

    • @Jackie-rs6yc
      @Jackie-rs6yc 3 роки тому +2

      @@cek0792 As a Chinese person, I am really looking forward to having a lot lesser chance of getting into a good college.

    • @user-_o
      @user-_o Рік тому

      @@Jackie-rs6yc same I’m Chinese too so it’s going to be great trying to get into a good college

  • @ChalkyMuffin969
    @ChalkyMuffin969 3 роки тому +11

    My absolute deepest condolences to you, this sounds worst than any nightmare my brain could ever come up with

  • @okdarius
    @okdarius Рік тому +4

    11:11 This part had me rolling

  • @brain_cell
    @brain_cell Рік тому +12

    Skill issue

  • @ewill3435
    @ewill3435 3 роки тому +8

    The pain one feels when every technological device in 5 mile radius around them craps out is incomparable to anything else on this mortal coil

  • @InfinityMW2
    @InfinityMW2 3 роки тому +7

    *Screws up on Series and Sequences*
    "Just like the simulations"

  • @jennacummins9058
    @jennacummins9058 3 роки тому +1

    This actually gave me horror flashbacks to taking an advanced differential equations/linear algebra exam through a proctor system that wasn't working when covid happened and pushed everything online. I believe you, and I feel for you

  • @joepike1972
    @joepike1972 14 днів тому

    That was pure horror, with a vague hint of commedy some how suggested.

  • @yondabigman4668
    @yondabigman4668 3 роки тому +9

    I don't which one is worse. AP exams during lockdown or A level predictions