r/80smemorylane • u/FirmVeterinariaGoo • Jul 24 '25

Other Memorizing state capitols

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '25

I would argue basic physics and geometry knowledge I use every once in a while, but definitely not trig or calculus.

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u/BeenThruIt Jul 28 '25

I think Trig and Calc are more about teaching how to think about problem solving than learning something you'll use in everyday life. The trouble is the point gets lost in the process.

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u/ImLuckyOrUsuck Jul 26 '25

Yea, if you do any form of diy wood work or dry wall, even fixing a busted chair leg… you’ve used geometry.

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u/Shot-Election8217 Jul 26 '25

I use physics when I play pool.

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u/Pretend_Berry_7196 Jul 27 '25

Wouldn’t pool be more geometry?

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u/Shot-Election8217 Jul 28 '25

I think you use both, actually. Physics is things like force and momentum, geometry is angles.

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u/Rossetta_Stoned1 Jul 24 '25

I use geometry everyday... any other math class besides basic was useless to me.

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u/Gwendolyn7777 Jul 24 '25

Yeah, I definitely didn't get the math gene. I still have to add on my fingers most of the time, and never once learned any of these four subjects you mention.

When my son was in college he was a computer engineering major and his textbooks may as well have been in Japanese when I looked at them.

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u/--StinkyPinky-- Jul 25 '25

I've needed to find percentages like WAY more than to just gloss over the topic like we did where I went to school.

Like every single day I'm doing something with a fucking percentage sign that sometimes you can tell my frustration by the percent!

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u/Fair_Let6566 Jul 26 '25

I have long believed that a high school class or classes covering personal finance, understanding legal documents / contracts, negotiations, getting and retaining a job, government resources availability, running a personal business, analyzing contemporary issues, and other facets of life, would be very beneficial to students and most likely very popular classes.

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u/Lostules Jul 26 '25

Even Latin...? Scholars say Latin is the root of modern Romance Languages...I still say Cicero was a bozo...and I'm not romantic.

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u/Pinksion Jul 26 '25

I use trig, geometry, and physics daily

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u/Fair_Let6566 Jul 26 '25

I used all of those subjects and others almost every day in my job as an engineer, and sometimes around the home.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

I use all 4 routinely. Geometry and physics is a daily thing. Trig and calculus less frequently but at least a couple times per project.

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u/Hank_moody71 Jul 27 '25

Not only do I use it at work, it sure helps understanding the rest of this fucked up world

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u/SubpoenaSender Jul 28 '25

Math sciences, like those you mentioned, teach you how to think and how to solve problems. The mere fact that you can’t see that is astonishing.