posted September 20, 2015 03:16 AM            

Random substitution methods with no discernible strategy,
Long, complex problems that sound like an elegy.

I see the defeated looks in tutor's eyes,
And hear their carefully repressed sighs.

Break things apart, to make them fit.
When and why? I can't see the use of it.

Memorize formulas written in nightmare script,
They all look the same, like hieroglyphics on a crypt.

A normal-looking Integral, then out of the blue.
There are three unknown constants I have to worry about, too?

First there's one Integral, then there's five more.
Breaking it down is an impossible chore.

Part is Arcsin, and e is the rest,
How am I supposed to remember that on the test?

Wait, that's not all, before you are done,
Change the limits of the Integral, no that's not a bad pun.

I am impressed by your skill here, you're quite good at this.
If I didn't acknowledge that, I'd be quite remiss.

The minds of these men generate unfathomable solutions,
But I can't understand them, my mind's full of pollution.

The only thing I grasp is L'Hopital's rule,
But that's not Integration, so I feel like a fool.

I had the best teachers, and plenty of tools,
But there's no way to teach it, it follows no rules.

My only hope for success here, and it is quite remote,
Is a twenty-point curve, if I can reach the lifeboat.

It's like being in the ocean on a moonless, starless, winter night,
Paddling desperately as my body goes numb, driven blindly by fright.

posted September 20, 2015 07:09 PM            

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Originally posted by athenian200:
The minds of these men generate unfathomable solutions,
But I can't understand them, my mind's full of pollution.

. . . .
It's like being in the ocean on a moonless, starless, winter night,
Paddling desperately as my body goes numb, driven blindly by fright.

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You've got an Automatic A+ here, Athenian!