Ahhh what the hell...

I almost forgot this website existed. It's been so long since I've looked at it. I'd like to expand upon Dave's post about college experience. Seems logical since I go to college too, lol.

So yeah, I go to Purdue University for anyone here that doesn't know. The only person I think wouldn't know is John, so John, I go to Purdue. There you go.

But Dave was saying that the level of freedom doesn't really change when you go to college. That depends greatly on the life you lived before you came here. In spite of all of that, freedom is definitely increased a lot from high school to college. However, most of your freedom resides in your freedom to fail. So now failure is an option. But hey, you like options don't you? Basically, you get the freedom to not show up to class, not do assignments, and not do all of those things. You can work where you want if you can get the job, you can buy what you want as long as its not alcohol or a house... basically stuff like that.

However, with that freedom, there's consequences. I can tell you right now that I've never even thought about indulging into those freedoms you get with classes because (A) attendance is part of your grade, and (B) you tend to learn things in class. It would be kinda dumb not to go.

Unfortunately for Dave, much of the college material is just like what he was learning in high school. I have to say, though, that Purdue's curriculum is much more thorough and efficient than it was in high school. I learn at the pace that I was intended to learn. I learn what I need to learn. I apply what I learn very quickly. In physics, we're learning physics, not making waffles. We've learned about how nuclear energy works and about special relativity.

In engineering, we write MATLAB codes averaging 70 lines that solve complex modeling problems like the safety of bungee jumping. In calc, we're doing the kinds of limits that you would find on the MATHWORLD encyclopedia (they're extra credit problems, but its pretty cool anyway). Then there's english... basically effective writing skills. Which is a useful class actually. I mean, all of my classes help me in some way to gain the knowledge I need for my major. Even just the skills I've learned from using MATLAB allow me to solve very complicated problems with relative ease.

BTW, MATLAB is a software called Matrix Laboratory, and it basically is just that. What it allows you to do is store a bunch of numbers into matrices and perform multiple calculations on lots of different numbers all at once. You can also create plots, run looping functions, and graph in 3 dimensions. One of my better programs can find a launch angle for a trajectory by performing multiple shots and using a convergence method to find the angle that will hit the desired target.

I've also been a member of the Purdue Cycling Club and I have to say that that's some good stuff right there. Nothing quite like biking 10 miles in the woods. It's gotten me to the point where my reaction to flipping over the handle bars is "not again."
Purdue Cycling ----- "Because no one else wanted to be hardcore"

Hope you're all enjoying yourselves... where ever you are. See ya later.