Math degree story please
By popular demand, I present you with the unfortunate story of how I went to college and accidentally got a math degree.
I was tricked
Engineering. Fucking mechanical engineering. That’s what I blame it on. Fucking engineering. Fuck. I was thinking about majoring in it. i could build cool mechanical shit and blow up things but on purpose. sounds good right? So freshman year, while everyone else is taking freshman art & english & intro classes, I start doing engineering prereq classes. Most of which are math. So. much. Fucking math.
Skip ahead 2 years and I’ve switched majors to computer science. Guess what also requires math prereqs?
Fucking computer science
No problem right? I wasted two years on math courses, Hundreds of hours in the math building, which smells like the 80s and mold. I’ve probably already taken the ones I need.
Nope. Fucking computer science. what the fuck.
More math. So much fucking math. I had nightmares where functions are chasing me across graphs. That sounds like I’m exaggerating. no. I have actually more than once fallen asleep in the library and had study-induced nightmares. also I was on a lot of cold meds.
Fast forward to my last semester. I’ve already taken all the fucking math prereqs, no more math for me. This is it. I’m finally done.
And thats when I find out: i’ve taken so many fucking math courses that i’ve literally completed the major. I have literally accidentally gotten a second degree in math.
But. One final Fuck You from mathematics. only certain courses can count towards more than one major. i’ve already using one math course to count towards computer science. I’m one course short.
And now I’m fucking angry. And tired. So tired. I stop fighting it. I drop my shoulders, bend my weary head. I give in to the inevitable. i blubber a little. Say goodbye to the semester i thought i was gonna mostly skip & sleep in. And I sign up for fucking math.
I’ve literally never related to a post more in my entire life. I am 1 class short of a math minor, but if you think MY TIRED MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ASS IS GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER MATH CLASS THINK AGAIN.
All my other classes are already math, I don’t need that negativity in my life. I used to love math too, that’s the sad part. Engineering is a trap, children. It’s full of sadness and more math than you could ever imagine…stay away.
i honestly didn’t think this post would be relatable but i’m glad.
to reiterate: Fuck Math, Fuck Engineering, Fucking Run.
“I don’t need that negativity in my life“