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Consider, on the other hand, the course outlines of departmental classes. required science and math courses' syllabi tend towards a straightforward format, rattling off requirements like items on a shopping list from hell. And chances are the writers of these bitter syllabi are not going to sugarcoat the courses, either. Chem 20's going to suck; it's going to suck hard; and there's nothing you can do about...
...fact, Abernathy took a class which consisted mainly of "a lot of boring math and difficult formulas," according to John S. Burkhart '95, and used stories and examples to make his points clear...
...crux of his argument is that the Mac moved computer users into the realm of metaphor. By making the internal workings of a machine as cozy as a living room, the Macintosh allowed people to feel at ease in cyberspace, that "ephemeral territory perched on the lip of math and firmament," as Levy describes it, or, more simply, "the place where my information lives...
...begin as a prospective Chemistry major and eventually switch to a concentration in the humanities. You take the Chemistry 10, Math 21a, Physics 11a schedule in your first semester, and then decide that it doesn't light your fire. In the second semester, you take courses geared to a Fine Arts concentration. So you've wasted three courses to get a Science A exemption in addition to your Fine Arts exemptions...
...more than two years later, my outlook has changed. I've been in too many sections where men shout out their answers and women hang back. I've talked to too many friends who were "token women" in high school activities, or who were discouraged from taking math and science. I've been told to "calm down" too many times when I've raised my voice slightly in justified anger or concern...