Recent content by Lord Satin

That's great advice from all of you. In fact, your words changed my point of view completely. Practice makes permanent... I never thought of it that way, and yet it is absolutely true. I'll never forget how to do linear equations, since we did so many in 8th grade. I'll never forget trig...

I'd like to believe that I do, but since the problems have become so 'trivial' (obviously they aren't, since I'm struggling with them), I confess to skipping my rewriting habits sometimes... Thanks for the tip! I'll be sure to check it out if you have a link!

That's how I do it, yes. I set a reference point that I have memorized. For example, I use the squares of numbers to help with the multiplication. If I were to solve 11*12 I'd do 12^4-12=144-12=132. With addition and subtraction, I've unconsciously developed a rather slow but functional system...

Yes, I believe I should see a doctor. Perhaps a brain tumor. But then again, I am an absolute hypochondriac, so it's probably just bad sleep. Anyway, I can do 8*7, only it takes me much longer than it should. I never learned to memorize it. And there rests my problem. I don't seem to have very...

Thanks. I really appreciate the answer. I suppose you're right... It's all in the practice. I've admitted this countless times before, but it's just so much easier to say I'm not mathematics material. But when I do that, I just feel even worse. So I suppose practicing problems every day is the...

Greetings. I've come with yet another issue which is causing me some distress. So I took everyone's advice and started self-teaching calculus (or at least I started trying... Limits are still confusing). However, my problem doesn't stem there. I decided to review my algebra before year 10...

Easier said than done. Calculus seems very complex, from what I can see. In any case, I looked at a few videos some time before, and yes. I can see now that calculus would be extremely useful for physics. It's obvious now that without calculus, I can't really solve many physics problems at all...

Oh... I just had a look at that thing with the (countably) infinitely small fragments of time... Apparently someone already came up with it before me. Super Tasks or something. I thought I had been the first. How naive of me. It seems that everything has been figured out already! What a shame!

I see. So the object didn't travel 9.82 meters in the first second? Right. Of course. That makes sense. That would be if it had a velocity of 9.82m/s. I don't know why I didn't realize that when I was solving the problem... But it's like I said, it wouldn't help me at all. Since I don't really...

Yeah... That went through my mind as well. Obviously objects don't just switch to another gear mid-flight. The change is gradual. But here's the problem. How am I supposed to measure it properly when you can just split every interval of time in half? Doesn't matter how small the interval is...

Oh thank goodness... I was afraid that my school didn't teach me necessary knowledge. I'm generally confused about the levels of material in physics/mathematics. It's different here than in the US and UK, so I thought I was missing something I needed. Thanks for the reply. Now I can rest easy...

[You don't need to read the whole thing, but I'd recommend doing so, because there are examples of my struggles somewhere in there, like specific problems.] Greetings as usual, It's me again. That hopeful physicist who somehow found himself at the wrong place with the wrong mind in the wrong...

You know, you all make a point I seem to forget about. Having fun. I'd say a part of the reason why I'm so good at trigonometry is the fact that I enjoy it. It's odd. People tell you about hard work and stress, but they seemingly forget about the significance of having fun while learning! Truly...

Suppose you have a point! Grit and determination plays a huge role in this journey! But still, it wouldn't hurt to have more abstract and logical thinking... Maybe I'm just not concentrated enough.

First of all, I just joined the forum! I might not be much of a contribution, but I can try! So, to the point! You see, I am in serious need of guidance here. I ran into something of a brick wall. I'll be in my first year of high school next year (engineering-focused, it was my second choice...