Lessons of 1A

The various and sundry lessons instilled in me by my first term

1. University is nothing like what Asher Roth describes. At least not for me.
2. You mean we actually have to put in work for classes...what's work?
3. Prime numbers do not exist in fields.
4. Divisibility is meaningless in fields.
5. Sleeping in the Comfy is not uncommon. But the name is somewhat misleading. Sleeping on those chairs is many things, comfortable not being one of them.
6. Programming in C gets really annoying, really fast.
7. Textbooks are not always essential, but they do help.
8. The behemoth that is math is built on few pillars, which we have to trust are actually there.
9. Wearing a suit to an exam isn't just stylish, it has the added bonus of dating the exam into letting you get a good mark.
10. Drinking before noon makes you feel really classy.
11. Nobody cares if you aren't in class.
12. Nobody cares if you don't hand in your assignments. That is, until you fail, then you'll care a lot.
13. Better superstitious than sorry.
14. Failure is not an option. Oh wait, this isn't high school, yes it is.
15. A "reasonable" amount of sleep is redefined.
16. When all else fails, throw the problem at Maple and see what happens.
17. Laziness can be a virtue.
18. To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
19. Infinite loops don't blow up in your face until you try to run them.
20. When inspiration fails, make a list.

-- theNewGuy --