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Slaying the beast known as college math and how things have changed for the better

I recently completed the final math course I have to ever take which is “statistics”. It was an absolute nightmare. If you read some of my previous posts, you’d know just how much I absolutely loathe mandatory math...
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The Journey to reinvention of my professional profile to improve your personal circumstances.

Good day GAG Community. Recently I decided that I need to make a change in the Quality Personal life as well as my retirement plan, thought to myself that to reach my goals I would have to change my professional profile...
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English class is boring to me!!

So, at my age I have decided to go back to college to further my education and career. In that I have to retake subjects that I do not want too. Such as English. Our semesters are only 8 weeks and to be considered...
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Is it selfish to be rich, retired at a young age and chose to be single for life?

This sure is quite long for a question and I've exceeded the characters limitation in this. So I'm just gonna turn this into a "myTake question" I've heard it's more expensive to be single. Also married couple makes...
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How to Make the Best out of any Given Day!

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -- Winston S. Churchill A person's life is like a giant mosaic; a combination of thousands of tiles of different colors and...
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Computer illiteracy is no longer acceptable in the workplace.

Unless you are committed to a life of manual labor, you should read this and heed my words. I'm shocked and a bit appalled at the lack in basic computer skills among my own generation (gen-x), but more-so at generations...
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My second job experience and why I won't be going back to it.

As a lot of you know during covid-19,a lot of resturaunts closed down and went to delivery or takeout only. My job was closed till May 4th. During that period the steakhouse where I was at was takeaway only. Business was...
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I might not work anymore

It feels so weird. When I finished highschool I was in the top 5% of students in the country. Here when you finish the highest level of highschool you can go to any university and you don't even have to take a test...
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One small truth about me majoring Computer Science Faculty. It's not what you think it is at first.

In the university where I study in (currently graduating still - Bachelors of Science) there was one day, where all students had to attend in order for the commission people to qualify the university with passes as one of...
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How many "f" do you count in this sentence?

FINISHED FILES ARE RE- SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF- IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS. Most people find three. In fact, there are six! A well-awake seven-year-old boy or a professional proofreader will...
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How to teach math effectively: 8 tips for math professors to improve their student success rates

Math, an academic subject that is both fascinating yet frustrating at the same time. The world runs on math, everything humans have achieved in science and technology has at least some elements of math in it from basic...
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Getting to a place where you actually want to work.

We all move through life at our own pace. We don't realize it, but age 10 kicks off a transformative decade that sets the tone for the 20's. During this decade huge amounts of transformations occur, and somewhere mixed in...
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There are only two things that motivate working and participation in society!

I've been thinking for the past 4 years on what to do and why. And by that I mean, what to do long term. In our modern culture the expectation from the people who live around you is that you will dedicate your life to...
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Standardised testing/exams in schools should be scrapped or reevaluated!

IMHO the time has come for a total reevaluation of tests/exam systems in schools.The archaic idea that standardised tests and exams measure anything but a persons ability to remember some details is not only harmful to...
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On Women In The Workplace

It is very often that when I visit the "flirting " or "dating" section of this fine and prestigious website , I will see many G@Gers , most of them young and male , ask what amounts to the following question: Should I...
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Women should not be paid as much as men. Change my mind.

Getting straight to the point, man do quite a lot more for women that women do for man. We take you out on dates which we pay for. We take you on trips and we pay for these as well. We buy you nice things like jewelry,...
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High Schools Are Banning Yoga Pants

After outcry from students and parents last year, the Kenosha School District agreed to let girls wear leggings. But the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claims that the ban is still being enforced, resulting in one...
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Should I write again after 14 years?

When I graduated from High School, I knew what my dream-real job was. Writing Children's books. I did three writing classes. One from Writer's Digest. The others from Institute of Children's Literature. It was hard....
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What Is The Biggest Threat To The Continued Success And Leadership Position Of America Today?

I've long argued that the most pernicious (and least exposed) threat to the continued leadership position of America in the world is that our school system has been taken over by socialists. They teach children that...
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Math rant, my unfiltered opinion on Mathematics as mandatory college courses

I started my college career back in late 2015. I felt so lost at first, I only took one class per semester and I didn’t expect my college days to last very long. But once I got use to college, I realized that college...
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