Homework ... math question?

Aah, thats like the Cambridge equivolent of Oxford Brooks, right?

Im quite proud that I'm a D-student and I got the answer right before anyone else. Ha!
 
Well Christopher any university that can spot the quicksilver mind & sharp insight behind Fry's 'fooling' sounds good enough to me. What's your major? I would guess it's something to do with computers, but I would never presume to assume that (If that made sense to anyone but me :o )

I'm afraid I was far too busy having fun (first time away from home & I was always such an annoyingly "good girl" beforehand) to do particularly well at varsity. & I used to p*ss my tutors off no end by asking questions & arguing points (especially in my philosophy & psyc papers... I always was an opinionated little... chatterbox)
I will say though, & I'm very proud of this, after I graduated with my psyc degree I trained in crisis counselling & I got chucked out halfway through the course... the reason... given to me personally by the co director... I kept raising issues & asking questions the instructor couldn't answer :D he he.

It's not being "slow" by the way, it's training. Too much time studying & not enough time playing computer games tut tut!!!;) Studying rots the brain & encourages a tight focus & narrowed perspective when looking at a problem (computer games have now been proved to stimulate neural development & develop strategic & holistic thinking, amoung other things). You & I both looked at the question & saw a math problem (although I was too lazy to try & work it out). It wasn't until tomesega made me stop & step back to look at the "whole picture" that I saw the answer.

I'm afraid I can't speak for you tomesega, but, Ashley naturally thinks spatially & visually. It is one of the reasons why he did so badly in a school system that is oriented primarily towards verbal thought patterns, despite the fact that he is, beyond question, one of the most intelligent people I have ever met. It is also the main reason why he is such a gifted mechanic. When he looks at something he automatically sees it as a working system rather than individual parts. And as such, can often see what is wrong as soon as he looks at &/or listens to the engine.
He knew the answer before I had even finished reading the question because he saw it as a picture & the farmer trotting off to the grocer each day was just part of the picture.
But if you give him a book he won't read it. Reading for him is a very slow & difficult task, & he can only write by printing in capitals. He just doesn't think that way.

Related Trivia:
Approximately 1/3rd of people are visio-spatial thinkers. Not all have the same difficulties with reading & writing of course, & many have a tendency to gravitate towards the computer industry, as well as the arts (creative writing, dancing & gymnastics as well as the more obvious visual arts), and fields such as mechanics where 3 dimensional visualisation abilities are a natural advantage.
Did they teach me that in psyc? No I had to hunt it down for myself while learning about my son's dyslexia.

And Christopher... despite all my rabbiting on I really am interested in what your plans for at varsity, I just got caught up in a subject that has personal meaning for me, sorry :o
 
You assume wrong :)

I would hate to be sat in front of a computer all day for a career - theres more to life than that. I will be taking a BA Hons in Public Services - which is pretty much Forensic Science and sociology, firearms, explosives and all that kind of stuff :)

Contrary to popular belief, i'm not one of them computer geeks whos life revolves around PC...well it does to a certain extent...but shh... i want to be a police officer and help make my area better, do my bit - something not boring ;)

Your subject sounded extremely interesting - i like deep stuff like psycology and stuff like that... it makes you think :)
 
Stephen Fry-
" Some of the most ineffably stupid people I've ever met went to Cambridge University"

I love that. There are masses of people, predominantly dizzy girls from upper middle class backgrounds, who get ridiculous amounts of A's and A pluses and end up heading to cambridge. They don't reward 'intelligence', they reward a certain frame of mind. Personally I'm mainly going to uni to have as much drink, drugs, sex and general fun as possible.

My cousin is going to Cambridge, but I'm quietly confident I could argue and out-wit her pretty consistantly.
 
muckshifter said:
Farmer Doug sells his newly laid eggs to a local grocer.

If the farmer has 5 hens laying 6 eggs per day, 9 hens laying 4 eggs per day, and 10 hens laying 2 eggs per day, how many eggs would he have after 14 days ...

... if 3 of the 4-per-day hens were eaten by 2 foxes after 5 days, and 4 of the 6-per-day hens ran away after 4 days, but 3 of them were caught by the farmer's wife after 2 days, and 8 of the 2-per-day hens stopped laying after 3 days but started again after 1 day, and 3 of the 6-per-day hens produced 2 extra eggs per day for 4 of the 14 days, and 1 extra eggs per day for 7 of the 14 days, with 4 new 2-per-day hens added after 6 days to replace the 3 4-per-day hens that were eaten by the 2 foxes?


I have the answer here waiting to post ... ;)
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I know what farmer Doug has! One very confused :confused: cockerel??:D :D :D :D
 
I think he means people that go to the real Cambridge think they are all "that"... Where as APU students are generally more down to earth and nicer ;)
 
i have have used my immense brainpower to churn out the correct answer.

it is twelfty-four-and-a-half

:)
 
i know people like that, great at taking exams and working stuff out but haven't got the slightest clue about the 'real' world
 
christopherpostill said:
You assume wrong :)

I would hate to be sat in front of a computer all day for a career - theres more to life than that. I will be taking a BA Hons in Public Services - which is pretty much Forensic Science and sociology, firearms, explosives and all that kind of stuff :)

Contrary to popular belief, i'm not one of them computer geeks whos life revolves around PC...well it does to a certain extent...but shh... i want to be a police officer and help make my area better, do my bit - something not boring ;)

Your subject sounded extremely interesting - i like deep stuff like psycology and stuff like that... it makes you think :)
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Yes, sorry, :o I remember you saying something about this a while ago now. Just took a while for my brain to catch up with my mouth.
Have you ever read the book "Mostly Murder" By Sir Sydney Smith? (He also wrote the "Text-book of Forensic Medicine" although I expect that is way out of date now) But this book is a recount of some of the more interesting & bizarre cases he encountered in his career.
You'd probably have to go to a library for it, he died in 1969 & the last reissue of this book that I know of was in 1984, but it is absolutely fascinating, I can't count the number of times I have read it :).
 
I'll have a look out for that! Thanks C ;)

I'll see if college library have it, if not i'll go to the local library (if i can find my card!!!)

:)
 
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