john smith wrote:
Peter Dohm wrote:
I never understood Calculus I until I took Calculus II.
I would have gained far more useful knowledge if they had
allowed my
to
skip Calc II and Calc III and just take Calc I three times.

Calc was NASTY. But that @##$%^&* Matrix Algebra was WORSE.

Calc I was easier than Theory of Caclulus (graduate level course that
involved proofs of the theory of limits)

In my day we had to solve non-linear differential equations while walking
from home uphill to class in a snowstorm. And then solve systems of
nonlinear second order differential equations while walking uphill from
class to home in a sandstorm! Those M. C. Escher topology landscapes were
tough on our three-year-old legs.

;-)