Derivatives and Integrals: What are you?

Can you believe it? I had just gotten back from my trip, and I already had to go back to classes.

After passing math and physics with 7.60 and 8.50 respectively — and upgrading my math score to 7/10 on the improvement exam — I signed up for a mechanical physics course at Tesla. It’s like a summer course. It started on February 18th. By the time I’m writing this post, two weeks have passed since it began. The schedule is an hour and a half on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

So far, so good. Although I only understand half of what the teacher explains, haha. I need to spend some time taking it all in. During the first week, I felt like I did when I was studying for the entrance exam — completely ignorant. Yet, I actually enjoy struggling; it keeps me curious and alive.

Mechanical physics is considered one of the most challenging subjects in the first semester, along with calculus. So, this course will help me prepare in advance.

By the way, I’m not alone at Tesla. My friend Pablo also signed up after taking my recommendation. He got exempted from physics in the pre (a win or a punishment?), so he wanted to take a physics course anyway — and there I was, quickly sending him the information about it.

Derivatives, integrals, trigonometry… I really need to step up my game and practice. I’ve found videos on YouTube from 8 to 15 years ago! They’ve been incredibly helpful, though.

Thankfully, physics doesn’t evolve as quickly as languages do.