Comments by "Lee Darkguardian" (@darkguardian1314) on "The Math Sorcerer" channel.

ADVICE: Don't waste time on stuff you already know but focus on the stuff you don't understand and need to know for advance courses.
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The Big Fat Notebooks series… They should be given to every elementary school kid in the country. They are the “For Dummies” series for today’s generation. On that thought, I wonder where the Math Sorcerer stands on “For Dummies” and “Complete Idiot” math books as a starting point...
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I think I had the worst math teacher in the world in the 1970s. My teacher Ms Benn##t was my 4th Grade teacher and she was new to our school. Her teaching was abusive and she would have everyone write in the chalkboard in front of everyone long division problems and would berate those not doing well. For me she was so frustrated that she snapped a few times and physically grabbed my face as she screamed at me. At the time, I was an abused child at home and later in life having Asperger’s. Turns out the next year I was actually great at math and calculus. Working in tech and the Marines piloting microwave and satellite comm shots. But in my 60s, I can forgive but I’ll never forget the year of hell I went through in the 4th Grade. Don’t rely on teachers but in yourself to learn the basics. Teachers can help but they can also hurt.
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7:18 The purple ink stencil type is unmistakable. Mimeograph typeset... I can still smell it when I was in school in the 1970s. All the kids smelled it and it had to be bad for us. This was how we got test copies back then without an expensive copier machine. Someone typed it up on carbon paper. Some of the symbols and mistakes had to be marked out or hand-drawn. 😆 Prince died in 2018. My guess is his collection was sold off as whole. He has a research grant in his honor.
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3:40 I had only one teacher from Hell in 1973. She was yelling and physically abusive to me in front of the entire 4th grade class which was the norm of the time. I got enough of that at home as a Black student. Once I was in 5 the grade I flourish with A's and B's. Turned out later she had personal issues. The amount of effort to get over depression and undiagnosed Asperger's ( unheard of then) before the internet was enormous.
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I'm familar with the Schaum series since the 1970s. They are classics but as you can tell from the first page in the chapter it's not a very inviting read for current generations just wanting to learn the subject. It reads like a legal document. Very dry bland reading... I think it's the presentation and format...IDK. That was how it was back then...The Paper Chase....Kingsfield...😆 I would recommend the series someone only after they've learn the subject from another source as a challenge. Don't want to scare them away from the whole subject .
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My problem is working 12 hour shifts 3 to 4 times a week including holidays and alternative weekends. Very challenging...
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0:52 I always found it annoying that the author/publisher would begin a new sentence at the end of a line with a single word like “The” before going to the next line making for awkward reading. Here you can see line 4 and 5 ends with the start of a new sentence. What space are they saving especially with those large margins… Looks like a cut and paste job…😂 New sentence, next line.
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Sounds like peer pressure or parental pressure. So called Child Prodigies can usually be traced to Tiger parents pushing their kids.
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Safe journey...👍
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Electrical...my field. I thought Mechanical and Material Engineering was the hardest.😂 Grass greener on the other side.😂
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Book is expensive and out of print. You can't even find a pdf or eBook of it other than a preview. What a shame... Learning Electrical Engineering isn't that hard. The confusing part is the two competing carrier theorys between electron and conventional hole theory. In my day, techicians were taught electron current theory while enginerers were taught conventional postive hole theory. Currently hole theory is strongly recommended for anyone starting out in electroncis. We have Ben Franklin to thank for guessing wrong. By the time it was found that electrons moved in the opposite direction there were too many people and books out to change so it was decided to continue this line of thinking since there's on polarity differences. Electron flow is what's actually happening. One of the few science facts ignored in applications...
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Well, once you get a degree you can do contract temp work for experience. If they really like you, they’ll give you an offer and hire you in. It’s how I get 90% of my jobs. Many employers here put out job offers but are not really serious about hiring anyone. Some are doing it to cover for their PPP loans to maintain certain headcounts when people leave. Others are unicorn listings. They make the requirements so out there no one will bother applying like knowing COBOL or FoxPro along with Solidworjs with five years exp for entry level position.😂 I’m in my 60s and as a technician, I had employers giving me tasks meant for engineers. Another engineer would verify it was done correctly. I have military experience a big plus and decades in the industry. It comes down to HR and the people doing the hiring. Some companies I worked for actively discourage efforts for a degree. This can includes negative coworkers. If you want a fair shot at a job, you should look at a Japanese managed company like Sony or Kyocera. Many of their top execs started out as production workers and worked their way through school gaining experience as they go. Also, beware that when you get a job, it will be the mundane tedious stuff no one wants to do. Don’t think you’ll start out designing a whole system like Tony Stark. 😂 Likely, it will be something like testing various screws or reliability testing for cost savings. Get good with Word, Excel and Power Point. Once testing is done, you have to report results and may include giving a presentation at a meeting or to customers. This is usually done under a deadline. Good luck to you. Don’t let people steer you off of your goal. Now, which engineer do you want to be. Material, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineers are in demand.
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