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Solution #7708
Good attempt, math9maniac!
Dear ganesh,
Thanks for sharing your solution. I think the answer can be 1536 if each of the remaining 6 spent 4 more than the average. Since, the question didn't indicate anything about each, I worked it as the combined 6/. The question stated "13 of them spent $79 each on their dinner and the rest spent $4 more than the average expenditure of all the 19." The 'each' clause was only stated for the 13, but 'the rest [6 pf them] spent $4 more than the ...
I would love your feedback on this. Many thanks
for 4720, the answer is 130 numbers
Hello George,Y
I appreciate your input and words of advice. You and bob bundy have helped and motivated to own my education and stand up for myself. I only wish I didn't expect too much, and that from beginning, someone would have told me that college is so much different from high school. There are so much I wish I had known earlier.
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Hi Bob,
Being clever or learned doesn't necessarily make you good at teaching others.
Oh yes! Certainly, knowledge based teaching is different from professional teaching. I do wish the lecturers here are made to take teaching license exams and not just appointed because they have a PhD. I have learnt more from 1 hour of tutorials from a TA than 2 hours by a lecturer. I admire and appreciate the TAs who show much commitment and dedication to our success and are passionate teachers. Of course, some people just know how to combine both: brilliance and excellent teaching.
In your position I would try to find a good text (or nowadays something on-line) that would allow me to get the practice needed.
Thanks for the tip. And then I'll seek help from other students where I have difficulty. Not living on campus makes it difficult for me to join study groups too. Most students here like to "waste" the day and study at night instead; but I have to go home. This semester, I had a group of girls with whom I met each week to solve questions - assignments by our Prof and past questions too - and that course/subject seems to be the only exam that I have hope of scoring a very high grade in.
I don't know if there are mechanisms in place to feed back to the Uni authorities about poor teaching practices. Maybe you can at least improve things for the next students.
Actually there are, and I do the evaluation every semester, even when it wasn't compulsory before. The question is whether they use the responses at all. I learned they only use a sample because we're many; I don't know the truth or falsehood in that rumour though.
That's why I say I ended up having to teach myself quite a lot, and I think my understanding was probably better for it. Certainly it made me a better teacher because I had a much clearer understanding of why my pupils might find something difficult and I could use the things I had tried (to help myself) to then help others achieve the same understanding.
If you are planning to become a teacher yourself one day this experience (even the negative bits) will make you better. At the least you are learning what not to do.
You bet these experiences have opened my eyes to a world I didn't know of before as I didn't struggle in middle school and high school; they were private schools. I certainly want to help my future students to not find study tough as it already is not so pleasant to do; I don't want a student to ever give up because of their teacher that was me. I want to be one of those that they'll remember later in life, as I fondly remember my teachers from pre-university days.
You can always post here for help. Maybe someone will be able to help.
Thank you so much for the support. Support groups definitely help too. I am most grateful. I look forward to teaching Math someday soon when I complete undergrad. Also, a friend recently motivated me when she said how she's learning to stop complaining and cope with the system as it is. She doesn't know her words affected me too, and next year, my last semester, I'll take things into my own hands. I'll own my education as I can't wait for them to change before things get better for me.
Sincerely,
math9maniac
PS: Did you see an email I sent you, Bob?
Hello Bob,
It's good to hear from you and I appreciate your responses. Thanks for your time.
I was often helping others who had your problem
I am sorry I don't understand this part.
Assignments are essential as they force you to confront what you're supposed to know and find out if you do
I totally agree with you. I love assignments, honestly. They're the best way I've learned most of what I know (from uninteresting subjects) and the best way I am able to retain information. The problem is, rather unfortunately, I can count the number of assignments we're given if any at all. I had hopes and expectations when I was coming to. It's like there was no orientation; you just find out things for yourself. I have just been disappointed at how things are here.
And for my finals I did lots of past paper practice …
Please, what finals are you referring to here, Bob? University or high school? At your university, do you write the "finals" per semester, yearly or at the end of the four-year period?
Past questions helped me to excel in junior and senior high school exams. No doubt the power of past questions or working as many practice papers as possible.
They set them every week and our tutor marked and went over them in a group session. That kept them 'on their toes' too because the hw was on every topic and the tutor was a specialist.
That's the thing, what I said somewhat earlier. The Teaching Assistants don't exist, don't come to class if they exist, don't mind you if you go to the department to see them personally; and the few exercises that we do are never marked or returned. It beats my brain how they expect excellent students.
I hope I can make a difference when I become a teacher someday.
Hello friends,
I really appreciate the advice of any and all who will respond to this topic or thread.
How do you go through college when you somehow lose interest in your course? I don't hate the course but I'm losing interest and so I'm not motivated to pick its books to study. Part of the reason is how the material is presented by the lecturers and how the faculty treats us their students compared to how my other department(s) treat us students.
Also, I'd like to know: Can college students succeed without assignments? In colleges and universities in the USA for example, or other countries (wherever you come from please, dear respondent), how often do college students receive assignments? Do lecturers there (where you come from or are) have a way to increase student performance? Finally, what will you say about tutorials?
Dear you reading this: If you are or have been through higher education, know that I appreciate whatever response you share.
Many thanks.
math9maniac
Hi George Y
Thanks for the insight. Pleased to make your acquaintance online too.
Regards
Hello,
May I know the difference between standard deviation and standard error?
Many thanks
Thanks Bob. I'm most grateful.
Wow, thanks Bob. I don't want to stop learning Math either but Economics has put me on hold now.
Hello,
Please does MIF have teaching and learning materials and resources for Statistics as a subject on its own, though a subset of Math? For instance, topics around regressions, etc. and for Econometrics.
Otherwise, could someone kindly recommend a website for me? Also, who knows of an Economics discussion forum very similar to MIFF (I know none can beat MIFF yet: my fav since I discovered it).
And finally, I have a question: Do people stop learning Math?
This is an interesting which answer I await fervently. I attempted but couldn't solve. I can't wait to know the principle involved.
Thank you so much Bob. I appreciate this. Awesome!
Hello Administrators and Members,
I would love a MIFF or other link which directs to simple notes on calculus, especially differential calculus, as well as, as many exercises on them. I need to sharpen my skills for Economics. Many thanks in advance.
math9maniac