Algebra is a waste of time. Outside of schools, I don't know anyone who has used it, or anyone who is using it, and I hate anyone who tried to use it.
This is a joke, yes? Even if it is, I'm gonna rant, because I don't wanna do my calculus homework. Fair Warning: This is kinda long, really OT and probably boring. Then again, I'm sure the rules on going off-topic can be tweaked a little during the strike.
Engineers use algebra. Every day. Try modeling an electric network or a control system without the use of algebra. The computer you're sitting at right now could not have been built without knowledge of algebra and would not be running without the concept of algebra. The roof over your head is stable because the architects who designed it made suitable algebraic calculations. Imagine if your doctor couldn't read your charts, or the swing set at your local park fell on some kid because the guy who designed it didn't have a firm grasp on trigonometry. In fact, now that I think about it,
everybody uses algebra every day, consciously or not. Say you've made plans to meet your friend at a specific time and location. Whether it seems like it or not, you're doing algebra in your head when taking into account the distance, the weather, the traffic, etc in order to estimate when it's appropriate to leave the house in order to get there on time. Sure, it can be irritating to have to learn how to graph functions when you're never going to apply it, but how would they develop scientists and engineers if they don't promote algebra at an early age? They do the same thing with every other subject: force it on little kids so they can figure out what they are good at. For example, I hated English class, and I think that classic literature is a lot less practical than math, but I still had to read and analyze Hamlet like the people who went on to major in language arts, so I think it's fair that everyone has to learn some basic algebra. (Once I was at the supermarket when the power went out, and the cashier didn't know how to calculate the tax without the register. She kinda stared at the calculator in her hands and went, "uh...". It was pretty embarrassing.)
Phew, I'm done. I'm sorry if that sounded overly defensive, but eh, I had the time. Might as well promote some love for math. But hey, I'm the hypocrite, since I complain about calculus all the time.
I strongly believe that it's in everybody's best interest if I just leave the smut to somebody else.
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Jodie - Now I remember why I opted out of any bio-related major, heh. Though I always did love genetics.
Anyway, on to discussion about the show. This is what I think will happen next episode:
- Horatio is sent through the flames of hell, stoned, thrown into a crocodile pit and shot at, but he gets out unscathed, just in time to save a six-year-old from the clutches of his evil stepmother, who was trying to eat him. The boy, not Horatio. Oh yeah, and he takes off his sunglasses. Horatio, not the boy.
- Ryan gets into a drunken stupor and steals Horatio's sunglasses, which gets him fired. Again. Subsequent episodes post-strike will see him working as a stripper. (He's buffed up!)
- Natalia will literally shoot herself in the foot while at the gun range. Then she bitches at her shooting coach, thus shooting herself in the foot figuratively. Only when she starts laughing at the irony of the situation will she wake up and realize that it had been a dream. Too bad. I mean, yay, Natalia.
- Valera explodes the lab, swearing that she had heard Speed's voice telling her to do so. Why? Because Speed's poor spirit could not go to rest knowing that the show has turned as shitty as it has.
- Finally, Calleigh pushes Eric against the wall and has her way with him, which will have been cut from the episode due to sexual content, but we will all have read about it in Jessica's fic.
