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[QUOTE="Choppy, post: 6473792, member: 127425"] While not everything in life is going to be fun, I suppose there's a point in making the effort to try and enjoy the less fun elements as much as you can. If you're the kind of person who finds problems more interesting when you can connect them with a real world application, then at the risk of stating the obvious, it's worth spending some time when you review your material to make those real world connections yourself. Spend some time reading beyond what's assigned and look for how these concepts are applied, or more importantly, how you can apply them in scenarios that interest you. Something else to keep in mind too is that the point of a lot of mathematical exercises is to develop skill. Remember there's a difference between knowledge and skill. I can explain to you how an internal combustion engine works, but I still gladly take my car to a mechanic when it needs any work beyond some very basic stuff. I could still do the work, but for me to change brake pads, for example, would take me a very long time compared to a mechanic because the mechanic is much more skilled than I am. In math you develop those skills through practice solving lots of problems. [/QUOTE]
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