How did I learn Calculus?🤔 w/ Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson on Learning Calculus #ndt #physics #calculus #education #short

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[maximeprometheas]

"I'm loving me some Calculus."
"S**t..."
Now _that_ is a conversation you don't often overhear at a party...

[darrenhepperle]

The most awesome thing to me about calculus is that it's a bunch of shortcuts. Instead of a page or more of working algebraic calculations, you have 2 or 3 lines of clculating calculus functions to get the same answer to the same original problem.

[idiocy.]

I’m not doing well in calc right now but I’ve taken time to get help early in the semester. This is actually really encouraging to keep going with it.

[Fireatank]

I Concur ... flunked High school Calculus ... screwed up plans fof university, so had to go to summer school ... sucked ... started to work my way through the problems, every day, lived with family friends who had no TV ... best thing ever.
Got through calculus and went to university.
40 years ago and I still have no TV. 😳😲🤯🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠

[Dakshmayla]

When ever I start something new I remind my self everything is hard until you start it. Nothing's hard it's just new to you

[johnmeye]

I too fell in love with calculus, it is so cool

[KantzKy]

"There's not even an equal sign" is so on point

[pettytoni]

In college (a night school program), I ended up in a calculus study group who's members were all math-challenged. Regrettably, the professor had no patience and was openly distainful. We hired a tutor who taught AP Calc to bright high schoolers. He was terrific. We recommended him to replace the college professor. He was thrilled to have the steady part-time work, as he and his wife were expecting twins.

[robn]

There is the notation mountain everyone has to climb. Alot not all mathematical ideas once unpacked are not too difficult.

[ilicktrains]

Maths is either completely trivial, or completely impossible when you see it, there is no inbetween

[KennethParone]

It's either you hate or fear things you don't understand

[jimdevilbiss]

I’m definitely with you. Our high school did not have calculus. They had pre-Cal, which wasn’t really that. Went to college yeah whole bunch of things that finally made sense. Jump forward many years and I was teaching Cal three where you get to apply all the lines to lots of real life situations.

[amountainneverseemstohavet]

I minored in Mathematics in undergrad. I learned to love that progression from being a blank slate... to the week that the new concepts 'click' with a Big 'Ahaaa' Moment ! That Moment always felt Amazing ! ( But you have to be able to be 'completely lost' & struggle for a few weeks... Then, everytime "It Clicks !" with an "Ohhh !!!" Lollll

[BushidoXX]

I'm convinced that all school is, all it REALLY is, is a place where young people learn how to build confidence by doing things they didn't think they could.

[Stranger]

I wish I could solve calculus like you.

[mikefetterman]

I was the opposite. In 9th grade, I was a business class student who was thrown into algebra due to scheduling conflicts. I started strong, but within 3 months, I couldn't pass a test to save my life. DAILY, I would spend a study hall with the teacher, my younger sister was in the same class and tutored me plus i took Algebra help class every week. I passed Algebra with a 19%. The teacher said "you tried harder than anyone I have seen to understand it. It is my failing as a teacher that you didn't learn it. " She let me pass due to effort.

[reginalddunn]

I felt the same way with my Spanish I text book in high school. I married a lady from Spain after writing letters for 4 years to her in Spanish.

[keithkasnik]

Calculus is amazing and powerful. It's not easy to learn, but once you do there's no stopping to potential

[komlatselougou]

That's inspirational. I need this now. I've started bootstrap and react, and I have felt lost. But little by little I understand them. Thanks

[brothergrimm]

Unlike Mr Tyson calculus was my roadblock in school. Algebra, geometry and trigonometry were no issue but calculus was the point that my brain just went "NOPE".