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brandondtran

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Registered: 2014-02-09

Posts: 1

I'm old but I love this site!

Hi Guys,

My name is Brandon and I am currently in school studying computer science.

I was a very lazy and poor math student in high school.  I guess the main reason was because I was never shown how cool and relevant math is (especially in technology and computers)!

In college now, I've learned to really appreciate math.  It's amazing how often I come to mathisfun to learn the basic foundational stuff on which my advanced math and computing courses are built upon.

I hope to learn much more from this site and its members.

Brandon

bobbym

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From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: I'm old but I love this site!

Hi brandondtran;

Welcome to the forum.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

ShivamS

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Registered: 2011-02-07

Posts: 3,648

Re: I'm old but I love this site!

It's great that you have been able to encounter the great parts of math (one can argue they are all great, but a person does get bored when he has to solve 100 system of linear equations at school, which is what makes people dislike math).

Welcome, brandondtran!

Jai Ganesh

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Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 48,413

Re: I'm old but I love this site!

Hi brandondtran,

Welcome to the forum!

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

anonimnystefy

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From: Harlan's World

Registered: 2011-05-23

Posts: 16,049

Re: I'm old but I love this site!

Hi brandontran

Welcome to the forum!

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“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

Bob

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Registered: 2010-06-20

Posts: 10,621

Re: I'm old but I love this site!

hi Brandon

Welcome to the forum. 

btw.  You don't sound very old, if you're still in college.  I finally escaped from school 4 years ago.  (But as a teacher!) 

Some of us here really are old. 

Bob

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Children are not defined by school ...........The Fonz
You cannot teach a man anything;  you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you!  …………….Bob

anonimnystefy

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From: Harlan's World

Registered: 2011-05-23

Posts: 16,049

Re: I'm old but I love this site!

Some of us here really are old. 

I don't remember anyone being really old here.

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“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.