My love affair with TAU.
Apr. 6th, 2005 08:57 amI guess that back in university days, studying wasn't exactly my strongest suite. I had a double major - Math and Computer Sciences, and had real trouble understanding the former. The simple notion of proof by contradiction had puzzled me for semesters. I couldn't remember the complicated theorems of N-dimensional integration. Differential equations left me indifferent. All in all, I dragged my B.Sc. for 7 (!) years, instead of the allotted 3. After failing Calculus-3 three times, I took a private tutor, who hammered all the proofs into my tormented brain. I got a 72 in the final exam. Eventually I added up all the numbers, checked my course history against the curriculum (which had changed several times in the meantime) and came to the conclusion that I had it made. I called my faculty's head office and told them that I had completed all my academic duties, and wanted to come over to have it ascertained. They said "no problem, you can stop by any day between 11 and 12 and we'll sum it up". "And by the way", they added, "what's your name?". "Danny Dorfman", I said.
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