Why Are Basic Math Skills Lacking in Aspiring University Students?

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Nay, thou hast erred. sin(a slightly chilly day) ≈ -sin(boiling hot) implies that boiling hot is a small(ish) negative radian value and a slightly chilly day is the absolute value thereof. Which reeks of sorcery.

I have no idea what that is, but that is just ... Lord Anoobis, if you can turn a math problem into sorcery ... then I really need to know what math you've learned.

Of course, my caffeine overdose has not kicked in yet so I may wrong.

Nah, the problem's probably correct. I punched the problem into a ye olden vintage calculator and it gave me a laughing wizard as a the answer.

 

[OrangeDog]

Sometimes I think much faster than I write, and my information generation, transfer,and recording waves become out of phase. My calc professor told me (in a japanse sensai accent) "You are like my old computer, It crash, I did not know why. I work on it. It running too fast, Justlike you! It overheat and crash. You must slloowww down so you don't crash!"

 

[Lord Anoobis]

I have no idea what that is, but that is just ... Lord Anoobis, if you can turn a math problem into sorcery ... then I really need to know what math you've learned.

Such knowledge may not be passed to muggles.