Comments on: Outsourcing your algebra homework http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/01/11/outsourcing_you/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MD http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/01/11/outsourcing_you/comment-page-1/#comment-2971 MD Wed, 12 Jan 2005 23:19:38 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=922#comment-2971 <p>Rolling pin-schmolling pin!</p> <p>Try having a math prof as a dad. So on top of all that Indiany math pressure, there was math teacher math pressure. I got as far as linear algebra before I realized that God did not intend me to do math. Whatever the 'rents said.</p> Rolling pin-schmolling pin!

Try having a math prof as a dad. So on top of all that Indiany math pressure, there was math teacher math pressure. I got as far as linear algebra before I realized that God did not intend me to do math. Whatever the ‘rents said.

]]> By: Mike http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/01/11/outsourcing_you/comment-page-1/#comment-2970 Mike Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:20:01 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=922#comment-2970 <p>I still have the marks from trying to learn my multiplication tables. I was in a coma when it came to trig.</p> I still have the marks from trying to learn my multiplication tables. I was in a coma when it came to trig.

]]> By: Word http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/01/11/outsourcing_you/comment-page-1/#comment-2969 Word Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:25:15 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=922#comment-2969 <p>The interesting part of this is going to be the cultural difference in the teaching. The way I remember being taught was to keep accumulating "page views" in my mind and then have an epiphany one day about how it all fits together. That came much later in life and so for some time after learning about atoms, I used to think that it was that segment between the lines on the back of your hand that you could see if you looked up close...:-) Weird idea...I dont know where I got it from...</p> <p>At times it felt that what was being taught had no connection to the outside world..that all these were secret incantations you had to learn to get a free pass out of school...</p> <p>Now I am older, I appreciate all that was stuffed into me....But I wonder if that style has changed and if it hasnt, how well would that jell with the New age requirements on not stressing your brain too much...:-)</p> The interesting part of this is going to be the cultural difference in the teaching. The way I remember being taught was to keep accumulating “page views” in my mind and then have an epiphany one day about how it all fits together. That came much later in life and so for some time after learning about atoms, I used to think that it was that segment between the lines on the back of your hand that you could see if you looked up close…:-) Weird idea…I dont know where I got it from…

At times it felt that what was being taught had no connection to the outside world..that all these were secret incantations you had to learn to get a free pass out of school…

Now I am older, I appreciate all that was stuffed into me….But I wonder if that style has changed and if it hasnt, how well would that jell with the New age requirements on not stressing your brain too much…:-)

]]> By: Sluggo http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/01/11/outsourcing_you/comment-page-1/#comment-2968 Sluggo Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:44:25 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=922#comment-2968 <blockquote> "With Roman Catholic clergy in short supply in the United States, Indian priests are picking up some of their work, saying Mass for special intentions, in a sacred if unusual version of outsourcing," The New York Times reported...<b>No other Indian state receives more intentions from overseas than Kerala, where the Masses are conducted in Malayalam</b>. </blockquote> <p><a href="http://sify.com/news/othernews/fullstory.php?id=13498514">http://sify.com/news/othernews/fullstory.php?id=13498514</a></p> “With Roman Catholic clergy in short supply in the United States, Indian priests are picking up some of their work, saying Mass for special intentions, in a sacred if unusual version of outsourcing,” The New York Times reported…No other Indian state receives more intentions from overseas than Kerala, where the Masses are conducted in Malayalam.

http://sify.com/news/othernews/fullstory.php?id=13498514

]]> By: deepa http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/01/11/outsourcing_you/comment-page-1/#comment-2967 deepa Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:13:32 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=922#comment-2967 <p><i>Indian parents teach math with a rolling pin in one hand to smack you</i></p> <p>For me, it was disappointment/guilt used as rolling pin. Very, <b>very</b> effective.</p> <p>-D</p> Indian parents teach math with a rolling pin in one hand to smack you

For me, it was disappointment/guilt used as rolling pin. Very, very effective.

-D

]]> By: Anand http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/01/11/outsourcing_you/comment-page-1/#comment-2966 Anand Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:02:58 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=922#comment-2966 <p>Many undergrad students google the keywords and get answers to their assignments from someone's webpage. This perhaps is better than that!</p> Many undergrad students google the keywords and get answers to their assignments from someone’s webpage. This perhaps is better than that!

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