Hardest subject

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<p>The hardest subject is anything having to do with math. The more math, the harder it is. The less math, the easier.</p>

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<p>False, physics is much harder than math could ever hope to be.</p>

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<p>it's totally subjective.</p>

<p>but i think physics is actually easier because there is practicality of it, and can be visualized in everyday life.</p>

<p>i can't understand caluclus say, becuase i am unable to visualize anyythinnng.</p>

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<p>I wouldn't say any subject is hard. But, it all depends on your background and understanding of a topic. </p>

<p>For me I have a horrible math background and I went into engineering which, was a mistake. </p>

<p>You might be confusing hard with frustrating.</p>

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<p>Yeah, it's extremely subjective. I can translate Latin passages my friends (in Latin) can only gawk at while I can get totally lost in my Pre-Calc class while they think it's a piece of cake.</p>

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<p>I think each class is hard in it's own way. If you don't understand something in the beginning of math or science, your lost for the rest of the class. I don't like english because there isn't ONE specific way to do things--it requires creativity. History can be hard because there is so much memorization and there really isn't a way to practice it or visualize it. It seriously depends on the student and the teacher.</p>

<p>So far my hardest was Chemistry because I didn't really know how to study for it, and when I found out how, I was too low to bring my grade up to my standards.</p>

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<p>It depends on what your mind does best. I despise rote memorization, and my Spanish grades easily reflected that. On the other hand, I think in mathematical terms so I easily excel in math classes. So if you like memorization some things will be better for you, if you think in terms of math then math should be easy. One cannot conclude that any subject is harder than any other except in personal cases.</p>

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<p>I say physics. I tried more in my physics class that all my other classes combined. And I'm a math major.</p>

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<p>Don't know how much physics you've taken, but advanced physics is certainly not much more practical or easier to visualize than advanced math. Maybe if we're talking intro mech vs. intro calc your point is correct, but it swiftly becomes a useless distinction as you get more in depth.</p>

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<p>Advanced Basketweaving.</p>

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<p>Advanced underwater basketweaving</p>

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<p>Quantum mechanical advanced underwater basketweaving</p>

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<p>Physics doesn't get hard until grad school. Up until then, it's pretty easy if you're good at math and manipulating equations.</p>

<p>Even in upper-level courses, physics still retains a kind of vague intuition/visualization that doesn't exist in most math courses. It's not necessary, but can help you follow what's happening.</p>

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<p>For me calc is alright, Physics is WT#BEEP#, and Computer Science is easy. Some of my friends would go insane just looking at my programming code</p>

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It depends on what your mind does best. I despise rote memorization, and my Spanish grades easily reflected that. On the other hand, I think in mathematical terms so I easily excel in math classes. So if you like memorization some things will be better for you, if you think in terms of math then math should be easy. One cannot conclude that any subject is harder than any other except in personal cases.

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<p>Why do people say that math requires no memorization......you have to remember how to do everything. It actually requires a lot of memorization. It's the driving current of its hardness, that a question can ask you to "do this" when "this" could be literally ten different things.</p>

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<p>Bagpipe performance. </p>

<p>It's always relative to one's strengths and weaknesses. Some of the smartest people I know couldn't understand very basic concepts in my own field.</p>

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In math, you remember the formulas and how to do them with each practice problem. It's not like you have to sit down and remember that "this" goes with "this" and means "this" and caused "this" which is named.....type of stuff. You can also usually get away with knowing a few of the formulas/ways whereas in spanish you have many words and tenses of those words to remember.</p>

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<p>Spanish was like this in my high school. In college, you have to actually know how to speak Spanish, so memorization doesn't cut it.</p>

<p>Maybe my memory just sucks, but remembering thirty different formulas is hard to me.</p>

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<p>Yes, math requires memorization, except that most formulas derive from concepts. That's what the constant refrain of "you can't just memorize formulas for this class" comes from - the best way to know what you're doing is to understand the concepts behind the formulas, and then memorization will be unnecessary. Memorization is always a poor second to understanding, which is probably why you have difficulty.</p>

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<p>Still, it's 90% memorization.</p>