Message from @Gaius Mucius Scaevola
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@Warren H hmm, how exactly is the question phrased? Do you have a screenshot?
Oh you need to enter something for B as well, any other point on the line will do. (They say enter two points because two points determine a straight line). You can enter any other point from the line, for example (1, 1.8)
Ohhh okay. That seemed to have worked. Is this the case whenever there is a straight line?
@Warren H yep!
This program drives me nuts
I just got another answer wrong for writing it in decimal numbers but it was counted as wrong because the answer was in fractions. Did the math calculation, and the fractions converted into the decimal coordinates that I entered.
Do you have a screenshot? I wonder if there's something specific in their question phrasing that indicates they want fractions instead of decimals.
It did not. It just said "Find the y-intercept and x-intercept of the following linear equation."
That's so weird, so for the y-intercept, they rejected 7.5 as the y-intercept? That's so weird because *they* give you the equation in decimal!
oh woops sorry that was the next problem
the one they flagged wrong was the coordinate points -4.8 and -0.375
they said those were incorrect and that the right answer was -24/5 and -3/8 which are the exact same numbers
@Warren H do you get points off for that? might want to bring it up with your professor in that case
Yes I did. I will for sure. If this was on a test and graded in that way I would have gotten the problem wrong
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Does anyone have any protips or suggestions on how to cultivate a better habit of doing homework/getting schoolwork done outside of class? All through normal school I was in the category of kids who didn't need to study and could get through homework during school hours without much difficulty, but now that I'm in college my grades are suffering because I don't have the habit/mindset of doing homework/studying outside of class. Anybody have experience with overcoming this?
@Gaius Mucius Scaevola Wake up early. 5:30-6. Go for a run. Then block 1-2 hours for homework. If it isn't done first thing, there won't be motivation left at the end of the day.
wake up, go for a run/exercise, breakfast, homework
I'm not really a classroom/lecture learner, I learn by doing which is why i went to trade school
all the lab/trade classes I do much better at
it's the classes with lectures and homework i struggle in
has anyone read "Nations and Nationalism" by Ernest Gellner
Why?
gotta do a book review on it
ive read a good amount but i dont have time to finish and was struggling to figure out what i should write
How about a defense or refutation of the main idea. Which, I believe, is something along the lines of 'nationalism is a bureaucratically enforced method of creating a homogeneous population through state or industry created organizations.'
Nationalism, as being in opposition to localism or tribalism.
Well, not exactly in opposition. As the 'group' becomes a larger entity, it becomes more difficult to maintain a truly homogeneous culture. Ergo, it becomes important for state-created organizations to synthesize naturally-formed local cultures to form a 'baseline median.'
It's like how 'Germany' is really a combination of more local groups from Prussia, Swabia, Bavaria, ect.
gotcha, yeah the main things in the paper are supposed to be identifying the main argument/s and evaluating its persuasiveness
i was having some trouble narrowing down what the actual main argument was
"nationalism is an inescapable consequence of modernity" i think is some of it
idk whether to write about that or maybe include his definition of nationalism as wellmaybe
Yes. That's exactly right. But it must be noted that he defines nationalism as to mean the combination of local groups to form a median. You should include both points because they support each other.
Because by 'modernity' he means the breakup of agricultural society in favor of industrialization.
One is just the outflow of the other.
okay nice that helps clear it up thank you!