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i was just wondering because my parents started me out very early now I am just starting calculus and I am only 13
lafrench34 said:i was just wondering because my parents started me out very early now I am just starting calculus and I am only 13
lafrench34 said:i was just wondering because my parents started me out very early now I am just starting calculus and I am only 13
TMFKAN64 said:I would suggest you get in touch with your local child welfare office immediately. Studies have shown that young children can do irreparable damage to their tiny brains if they study calculus before they have matured enough to handle it.
and i came up with a truly wonderful proof of the Riemann Hypothesis when i was 4, but my brain was too tiny to hold it. so i forgot it.mattmns said:dood i have like tottally masterred all of caclulus like when i was 7 year old, i was smart kid in united states, so ur parentz r lik eteachin u slowl.y
No it doesn't; self-study is fun. And more effective too, I think. (certainly if you can get expert guidance occasionally)That sucks that you had to teach yourself everything.
Math is fun; does there need to be any other point? I remember (at 11, I think) being very excited to find out there was a world beyond trigonometry! It was so cool to find out about the Taylor series for the sine function!I truly can't understand the point. What is the use? It will be of no real use to you yet.
Why not do both?I think I'd worry more about being a kid and developing socially rather than learning advanced math.
This sort of confuses me too. So what if the other kids don't appreciate calculus? Surely he has other things in common with his peers -- maybe video games, cartoons, playground games, other classes...The only problem might be other kids might not appreciate or understand for such kids. It is sad that there is so much emphasis on social acceptance in this country.
Hurkyl said:Why not do both?
I've heard rumors to this effect -- I remember one girl in my linear algebra class that told me she had been in some other classes with smart high-schoolers, and they tended to be rather egotistical.I can't see why calculus and high-level math is interrupting social skills of person, is that just a stereotype: geek/jock division? My calculus class has the highest amount of talkable and socializing people than all others.
Beeza said:I think I'd worry more about being a kid and developing socially rather than learning advanced math.
Chipset said:I can't see why calculus and high-level math is interrupting social skills of person, is that just a stereotype: geek/jock division? My calculus class has the highest amount of talkable and socializing people than all others.
JasonRox said:I talk to girls a lot more comfortably that's for sure.
Hurkyl said:No it doesn't; self-study is fun. And more effective too, I think. (certainly if you can get expert guidance occasionally)