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]]> Comment on Computer Science Education and its Dependence on Math: From the Perspective of CS Professors by A CS Major http://ocirs.com/2011/03/11/computer-science-education-and-math/comment-page-1/#comment-135 A CS Major Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:06:41 +0000 http://ocirs.com/?p=208#comment-135 It amazes me how many people constantly try to rope computer science in with mathematics, we get it you don't like change but stop discriminating against students who have a hard time with math, that doesn't mean that they won't make good programmers or computer scientists. I've been told by countless (aging, grey haired, old men) professors that I can't do it because I couldn't do the calculations in my head. Well I now have a year of specialization in cyber security which includes reverse engineering of malware. I've written large scale projects, I've worked with startups building their products, how is it that I can't do it then? And the most math I have used is some basic math from discrete mathematics. The biggest mistake we make as a society is not giving children the hope they need to get out and learn something they are interested in and then we bitch and moan when there are no students interested in math, because all the "old school" crack pots have to open up their mouths which should remain shut and pollute the thought process of kids who might actually be interested in programming and mathematics. Mathematics builds on the foundations of computers but it's not the only field that is required for learning Computer Science. We are not solving math problems every day, and we are surely not doing math problems in our head. Math is but a tool that is used for modeling problems and analyzing complexity WHEN IT IS REQUIRED. It's clear that some people who responded to this post are stuck in the slide-rule era and wouldn't let women program let alone students who had difficulties with math. Try writing some software that actually solves a problem not some abstract thought experiment or some abstract notion of theoretical computer science and you'll quickly see that math plays the smallest role in the entire development process. But I've also taken plenty of theory courses and not used a single line of code in any problems I have written software for. Computer Science is about solving problems that exist using software. It's not about sticking one's nose up because one can solve calculus problems in one's head and the rest of us can't. And it's for sure not about writing the most advanced code possible. Just because you can sling 5,000 function calls together and not repeat yourself does not make you a terrific programmer. So why don't the slide-rule people let us innovators create software that might actually do some good for society and make the internet a place not filled with child predators, spammers, and the rest of societies effluence and stick to those theory books in their dark, damp little holes and 56K dial up modems! It amazes me how many people constantly try to rope computer science in with mathematics, we get it you don’t like change but stop discriminating against students who have a hard time with math, that doesn’t mean that they won’t make good programmers or computer scientists. I’ve been told by countless (aging, grey haired, old men) professors that I can’t do it because I couldn’t do the calculations in my head. Well I now have a year of specialization in cyber security which includes reverse engineering of malware. I’ve written large scale projects, I’ve worked with startups building their products, how is it that I can’t do it then? And the most math I have used is some basic math from discrete mathematics.

The biggest mistake we make as a society is not giving children the hope they need to get out and learn something they are interested in and then we bitch and moan when there are no students interested in math, because all the “old school” crack pots have to open up their mouths which should remain shut and pollute the thought process of kids who might actually be interested in programming and mathematics. Mathematics builds on the foundations of computers but it’s not the only field that is required for learning Computer Science. We are not solving math problems every day, and we are surely not doing math problems in our head. Math is but a tool that is used for modeling problems and analyzing complexity WHEN IT IS REQUIRED.

It’s clear that some people who responded to this post are stuck in the slide-rule era and wouldn’t let women program let alone students who had difficulties with math. Try writing some software that actually solves a problem not some abstract thought experiment or some abstract notion of theoretical computer science and you’ll quickly see that math plays the smallest role in the entire development process. But I’ve also taken plenty of theory courses and not used a single line of code in any problems I have written software for.

Computer Science is about solving problems that exist using software. It’s not about sticking one’s nose up because one can solve calculus problems in one’s head and the rest of us can’t. And it’s for sure not about writing the most advanced code possible. Just because you can sling 5,000 function calls together and not repeat yourself does not make you a terrific programmer.

So why don’t the slide-rule people let us innovators create software that might actually do some good for society and make the internet a place not filled with child predators, spammers, and the rest of societies effluence and stick to those theory books in their dark, damp little holes and 56K dial up modems!

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]]> Comment on An Analysis of Obama’s Tax Proposals by Paul Bass http://ocirs.com/2009/01/19/an-analysis-of-obamas-tax-proposals/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Paul Bass Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:08:01 +0000 http://ocirs.com/?p=136#comment-133 Hello Mr. Chen. I'm a reporter with the New Haven Independent. I'm doing a story about a guy who took 8 AP tests and scored 4 or above. I found an old article stating you had done that through your junior year and then had four more waiting in your senior year. How many AP tests did you end up taking, and getting 4s or 5s? I just want to have the record straight in the article. Thanks! Hello Mr. Chen. I’m a reporter with the New Haven Independent. I’m doing a story about a guy who took 8 AP tests and scored 4 or above. I found an old article stating you had done that through your junior year and then had four more waiting in your senior year. How many AP tests did you end up taking, and getting 4s or 5s? I just want to have the record straight in the article. Thanks!

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