Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

A friend sent me links to these two great YouTube videos

• Calculus in 20 Minutes, Part 1
• Calculus in 20 Minutes, Part 2

(I wanted to embed the videos, but for some reason the owner of the videos disabled that option.)

I really liked watching these. I was surprised at how many calculus I didn’t forget; while I forgot some memorizable facts (like the derivative of ln(x)), I did remember most of the concepts.

I also had a few moments during the conceptual discussion where things “clicked” in my head (also known as a “Aha!” moment). Unfortunately now that I’m not in school and not learning new conceptual stuff full-time, these moments occur a lot less often than I’d like.

Forget working for Detroit or Wall Street, I need a job where someone pays me to sit around and learn new stuff. Perhaps I should consider becoming, as Professor Richards says, a “gradual student”. :-)