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CosmicKitten
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I have been studying physics and math on my own for ever a year now, and I am not sure about when I am ready to move on to something higher. How do you know when you 'get' something?
Is it when you can look at all of the problems and figure out instantly how to do them just intuitively, without even looking up the formulas or even bringing them up into memory? I have gotten to that point with some problems.
In particular, lately I have been reviewing material (ODE's) I had studied cursorily almost a year ago, and although I don't remember everything explicitly, as I work on it and briefly read through solved problems it pops back into my head even fresher than when I was first studying it. Does that mean I don't need review?
Is it supposed to be challenging just to understand the concepts? Because that is never an issue with me if I pay attention and it's a well-written text.
I've also been studying electromagnetics out of Schaum's, and I like the way they have shown me how to set integrals up with the differentials and vector notation and everything. That was not only not shown in my last electromagnetics class but not required to know, I think? It was a comm. college class and very poorly taught and boring...
Is it when you can look at all of the problems and figure out instantly how to do them just intuitively, without even looking up the formulas or even bringing them up into memory? I have gotten to that point with some problems.
In particular, lately I have been reviewing material (ODE's) I had studied cursorily almost a year ago, and although I don't remember everything explicitly, as I work on it and briefly read through solved problems it pops back into my head even fresher than when I was first studying it. Does that mean I don't need review?
Is it supposed to be challenging just to understand the concepts? Because that is never an issue with me if I pay attention and it's a well-written text.
I've also been studying electromagnetics out of Schaum's, and I like the way they have shown me how to set integrals up with the differentials and vector notation and everything. That was not only not shown in my last electromagnetics class but not required to know, I think? It was a comm. college class and very poorly taught and boring...