nerding out (nûrd-ĭng-out)
slang term
1) The act of transforming oneself into a nerd.
2) Studying vigourously until the death.
3) Doing calculus as a pastime. (Note: equivalent to solving word/numerical/geometrical puzzles)
Term coined by Uncle Johnny Lim
Unfortunately, I learned that it isn't as easy and fun as it sounds. It takes so much time, patience, brainpower, and dedication to do it. I just came back from my Physics help session, and I've learned that I really need good algeo and calc skills to do physics. No, not just plugging in numbers into equations anymore.
I think the Secondary School system should seriously revise the curriculum. I can't believe how unprepared people can be (myself included) for university, especially "brand name" ones like Waterloo.
I really shouldn't be surprised from this educational ambush, especially when I've been told millions of times that 1) university is very quick-paced with less time, and 2) engineering is a very heavy field of study. Unfortunately, even after many reminders, I wasn't ready for the rush. Oh well, I'll learn by nerding out more. Thanks Uncle Johnny!! I feel honoured to be a Waterloo student now. =)
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
nerding out
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oh man, you're starting to freak me out! I'm not quite scared of waterloo engineering!
replying to your comment about math in kin... i dont think it's a good idea for me to have more knowledge. it won't be more knowledge for me actually. it'll just be a bunch of flying numbers and then my mark will drop without any sort of gain from that situation. math sucks for me. *shrugs*
anyhow, i really like the definition of nerding out. "studying vigourously until death." <-- haha, so extreme. if someone did that, my first reaction would be "what an idiot" not "what a nerd". hehe...
whoaa.. the words are scrambling up on the way in to my head. i thought i read "doing calculus past your bedtime" (probably skimming here XD). i was about to say that i'm a nerd if that's the case but i read it wrong. booo. my quest to "nerd out" has failed quite miserably T__T bleh.
hehe, brand name school. that's funny 8)
hey cool! it's the first time 2 ppl published comments at the same time in the history of blogging! for me...
hehehe 8D
whoa..jon the wong has a blog? o_o cool. Everyone has blogs now a day and abandoned msn space. haha. Anyhow, it seems like you're having a tough time at waterloo with physics. =S And you think our school board should change the cirriculum of physics? EWWWW...no...I struggled so much in physics last year. hahaha. I'm actually pretty scared for gr. 12 physics next semester. So how's waterloo? Are you living in residence? Anyways have fun, and party hard!!...I mean study harddd. ;)
nerdy nerdy ;) Waterloo will convert you to nerd-dom...
lol...nerding out eh? ^^
no more time for DDR? exercise? FRESH AIR?
haha..
dont die in school =P
I read that as "even after many remainders"
Yes, gotta love doing long division of polynomials.
ooo long division of polynomials!~ they're so fun!
8D
no love for synthetic division -_-
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