Math nerds of Twitter, how can I get more interested / engaged in learning calculus? Reading about the broader ideas behind it has helped, but even if I just drill problem sets, it doesn't feel like I understand what in the world is happening as I complete them.
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can you say more about what the problem sets are like and what it feels like to complete them?
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Still early in my intro Calc class, so it's all finding limits, justifying limits, finding derivatives. I suppose completing them feels like running down lists of rules/laws, hoping I picked the applicable ones and simplified thoroughly enough
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there is sort of a "learning your times tables" feel to some of the early stuff that is maybe unavoidable. do they feel hard or just kind of pointless?
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Right now it’s just tough, but I wouldn’t say pointless. A lot of the other responses I’ve gotten state that it’ll just feel more meaningful as I go further into the subject, so I’m holding out for that
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