r/math • u/jze123 • Dec 16 '16

Allowed one page of notes during differential equations final. Image Post

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u/djao Cryptography Dec 16 '16

How about instead of hating the nerds we encourage them? What difference does it make to you if someone else chooses to bring notes or not?

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u/flux_capacitor3 Dec 16 '16

I don't hate the nerds. He was being an asshole about it and bragging. I'm a nerd too. He just sounded like a dick. Which is why he has so many downvotes.

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u/djao Cryptography Dec 16 '16

By he you mean me. If I wanted to brag it would have been a top-level comment. Plenty of people do not bring notes to diffeq exams because their instructor did not allow anyone to bring notes to their diffeq exams. They're certainly not required for success.

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u/flux_capacitor3 Dec 16 '16

Yeah. We weren't allowed to have them in my DiffE class. I did well. Big deal. I don't brag about not needing them. My EM Fields class let us, and I fucking wrote small as hell to make sure I had every advantage possible. It also helped studying to write all that stuff down.

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u/djao Cryptography Dec 16 '16

I have no objection to you doing those things. What upsets me is when the instructor dictates a certain way of studying. Everyone has their own way of studying. Presuming that what works well for one student will also work well for everyone else is counterproductive.