I don't like Abstract Algebra. Math SHOULD not be abstract. Ever. What's so great about math is that it's not abstract! It's ABSOLUTE. It has numbers and symbols. Math is when you can represent a sentence entirely with symbols. Math is when you solve problems and figure out solutions. Math is PRACTICAL. Abstract Algebra is not practical! It is pointles and stupid and has way too many WORDS. When did math STOP being math? Why are our lives filled with proofs? Why can't we just do MATH? I miss numbers. I don't CARE if it's true for all cases. I don't want to find the contradiction. I don't want to show IFF it is a subgroup or a subset. I don't want to "Let x belong to a group." I do like the satisfaction of figuring out a proof on my OWN though --well, until I get my homework back and find I missed HALF my points for some stupid minute MISTAKE. What's worse, I always help others with their homework. So when I miss it THEY miss it. At least I'm getting to HELP people understand a little. What would I do if I wasn't getting to teach even a little? But when will I have time to LEARN it mself? When will I UNDERSTAND? How will I survive, really?
Editor's note: I received an A- for the semester in Abstract Algebra! Looking back on the semester, this was my favorite math class that I've taken in college. Funny how things change. =)
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those were my thoughts EXACTLY last fall!!!! Subsets, subgroups, I don't even want to remember what else was in that class, though I have to for my comprehensive exam in the spring. Our book even had "inspirational" quotes in it, about trying harder!! It was ridiculous!
Don't worry, you're not alone in this, April, Beth, Steve, maybe Matt, and I all share(d) your pain.
(PS those proofs were ridiculous, and I didn't even learn about proofs till a few weeks into the semester in Discrete)
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