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Re:An Interactive Guide to the Fourier Transform by Nickersf on Thursday November 26, 2015 @10:27PM (#10635699)
I agree that this lesson helps to drive a more applicable idea into the mind. As for the comment regarding university math courses I have experienced the same. Could the abandonment of teaching real understanding come from the fact that university students are increasingly being treated as customers rather than pupils?
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Re:An Interactive Guide to the Fourier Transform by someguydave on Thursday November 26, 2015 @11:12PM (#10635811)
My impression is that the student isn't a customer or a pupil - he or she is a conduit by which government tuition subsidy is added to the school's budget.
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Re:An Interactive Guide to the Fourier Transform by JupiterMoon on Friday November 27, 2015 @06:25AM (#10636843)
Opps downvoted and then realised I shouldn't have. Sorry.
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