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Algebra

Algebra

by Adam on August 31, 2010 at 12:00 am
Chapter: comics
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  1. Lucretiel
    Lucretiel
    August 30, 2010, 6:09 pm | # | Reply

    Harsh

  2. Mandy
    Mandy
    August 30, 2010, 6:18 pm | # | Reply

    My god, it's like you're describing my college education. Actually, just today my fluids professor said "You won't be using many numerical values in this class. It'll all be memorizing those lovely equations." and ten minutes later went on to give an example about industry that pointed out that memorizing equations is pointless.

  3. cybergeek
    cybergeek
    August 30, 2010, 6:40 pm | # | Reply

    …I think I love you.

    Just sayin'.

  4. Ms.notme
    Ms.notme
    August 30, 2010, 6:41 pm | # | Reply

    Math Rocks!

  5. Haz
    Haz
    August 30, 2010, 7:01 pm | # | Reply

    aaahahahaa…as an architect, i barely used any algebra in my designs~!!!

  6. Æther
    Æther
    August 30, 2010, 7:32 pm | # | Reply

    yay a fellow QC fan mandy! Also whats better is forcing ppl to learn calculus….

    • Mandy
      Mandy
      August 31, 2010, 4:53 am | # | Reply

      Haha, good to hear I'm not the only one who likes both of these comics! Although today's QC has me worried!!

      • Æther
        Æther
        August 31, 2010, 6:26 am | # | Reply

        i think it will all blow over.

        • Anna
          Anna
          August 31, 2010, 11:59 am | # | Reply

          I dunno, Dora seemed serious. It's good we have Bug to lighten things up.

          • Æther
            Æther
            August 31, 2010, 8:53 pm | #

            OMG another one ^_^

          • Ern
            Ern
            September 1, 2010, 5:27 am | #

            i feel bad for marten. his girl doesnt like toto and now hes kicked out of the bedroom

          • Freakazoid
            Freakazoid
            September 5, 2010, 9:04 pm | #

            QC needs more indie references and fewer butt-jokes! At least, that's my opinion..

  7. MufinMcFlufin
    MufinMcFlufin
    August 30, 2010, 7:44 pm | # | Reply

    What a horrible world indeed.

    I would be out of a job as a tutor!

  8. Idol Revolver
    Idol Revolver
    August 30, 2010, 8:24 pm | # | Reply

    What's wrong with algebra? It's one of the easiest subjects to learn! It's simple, intuitive, and logical. It can be very useful in a variety of disciplines, not just architecture. You have a problem? Express it as an equation and a computer can solve it! I may be slightly biased, as I am a nerd, but nowhere near the extent that you are! You should really be posting comics poking fun at Art and P.E.

    • MisterTrilby
      MisterTrilby
      August 31, 2010, 3:55 am | # | Reply

      Dude, this strip is done AS A JOKE. I'm a nerd too, and I hate algebra, because it is useless in the fields i intend to go into. What disciplines crossed your mind as needing algebra? Anyway, again, the strip is a JOKE.

    • Kelsey
      Kelsey
      August 31, 2010, 1:23 pm | # | Reply

      Why would he post a comic making fun of art? He's an ARTIST.

  9. Blindy
    Blindy
    August 30, 2010, 9:38 pm | # | Reply

    You know, I actually use algebra, geometry and calculus in my work 🙁

    • LizzieBug
      LizzieBug
      August 31, 2010, 5:59 pm | # | Reply

      are you a math teacher?

  10. Cal
    Cal
    August 31, 2010, 12:46 am | # | Reply

    I actually use it in my daily life!

    I'd better go to a doctor and figure out what the hell is wrong with me!

    but yeah, fuck equations.

  11. Goeber
    Goeber
    August 31, 2010, 12:47 am | # | Reply

    I can relate to the third panel. 🙂

  12. Henry
    Henry
    August 31, 2010, 1:33 am | # | Reply

    I can't believe you're actually trashing math education. The last thing we need is less of it. Plus, algebra is pretty fun.

  13. PJ Grogan
    PJ Grogan
    August 31, 2010, 1:38 am | # | Reply

    My 7th grader is already doing algebraic equations. I have to go on the internet to find how to do some of the things she asks about. It's been a long time for me since I've done this stuff.

  14. Hubcaps
    Hubcaps
    August 31, 2010, 2:10 am | # | Reply

    When I went back to school I'd come home late after class and help my son with algebra homework – it was helaaard on both of us

    • Erin
      Erin
      August 31, 2010, 5:59 am | # | Reply

      What about helping your daughter??? Oh wait – I was the smart one… 😉 Also – dang some of these people are really ripping on today's comic eh?! Seriously?? It's a comic people… Have a sense of humor! Geesh…

  15. Todd
    Todd
    August 31, 2010, 2:27 am | # | Reply

    Oh, man, I hate algebra; I don't think I ever really understood it. Thank you for reassuring me that I'm not stupid for not grasping it.

  16. Jared
    Jared
    August 31, 2010, 2:39 am | # | Reply

    panel 2! math education aside, I really would enjoy knowing a damn thing about engines so i wasn't at the mercy of mechanics.

  17. ThorbjÃ&cedil
    ThorbjÃ&cedil
    August 31, 2010, 3:00 am | # | Reply

    Okay, you're officially my hero now. 🙂

  18. Sheena
    Sheena
    August 31, 2010, 3:21 am | # | Reply

    I love math but I love Bug more. Math < Bug. ;op

  19. ThorbjÃ&cedil
    ThorbjÃ&cedil
    August 31, 2010, 3:21 am | # | Reply

    ..And may I add that I'm amazed at how good the expressions are on those monochrome, squarefaced bugs of yours? Algebra is nothing compared to bugs!

  20. Tim
    Tim
    August 31, 2010, 3:36 am | # | Reply

    I could live with equations being rammed into students heads as long as everything else they were learning was actually about educating students and not for some test at the end of the year. Upload then download and then forget.

  21. SteamSaint
    SteamSaint
    August 31, 2010, 3:52 am | # | Reply

    Why i can't tell you how often i use algebra in my every day life… Oh wait, yes i can. NOT AT ALL.

    Now, a class teaching us how to get used to bitter disappointment, THAT wold have been helpful!

  22. MathNinja
    MathNinja
    August 31, 2010, 4:11 am | # | Reply

    It's not about the algebra…it's about teaching kids reasoning skills and how to problem solve. I've never needed to build a tool box out of sheet metal, or know who wrote Ethan Frome, or remember what exactly the Treaty of Versailles said either. It's less about the content and more about the skills one acquires and practices while learning the content.

    With that said, I really enjoy reading your comic each day! I <3 Bug!

  23. Mynts
    Mynts
    August 31, 2010, 4:17 am | # | Reply

    There is nothing better then this comic… Ever…

  24. Anon
    Anon
    August 31, 2010, 4:55 am | # | Reply

    Algebra is actually quite useful in day to day life. Have a math problem with finances? Setup an equation and solve for x!

  25. Laura
    Laura
    August 31, 2010, 4:58 am | # | Reply

    I know math is supposed to be all about logic and teaching us quicker ways to determine a solution, but why don't they just SAY that? Why don't they do actual examples?

    Well, my school does anyway. And I love it.

  26. paul
    paul
    August 31, 2010, 5:04 am | # | Reply

    its not the material the schools are forcing the kids to learn, its how to learn the material. kids nowadays need to be able to adapt very quickly and work in teams frequently. schools use the material as a tool to teach students these abilities.

  27. CLX
    CLX
    August 31, 2010, 5:49 am | # | Reply

    The eternal battle between Man and Algebra.

  28. Trumpeteer
    Trumpeteer
    August 31, 2010, 6:07 am | # | Reply

    I enjoyed the comic, it expressed ideas I'm sure every single person has thought of before at least once in their life while doing math or any other school work.

  29. A
    A
    August 31, 2010, 6:28 am | # | Reply

    Third panel… it's funny 'cause it's true

  30. sweetbird
    sweetbird
    August 31, 2010, 6:49 am | # | Reply

    Algebra makes me want to punch baby seals. Thank you for this comic.

  31. Jep
    Jep
    August 31, 2010, 7:06 am | # | Reply

    Really, algebra isn't that bad, you just need patience. Also, if that kid was going to be an architect, he would need to know geometry. Don't think that I disliked today's strip though.

  32. Nahga
    Nahga
    August 31, 2010, 8:36 am | # | Reply

    I remember back in the day when teaching life skills was the parent's job.

  33. Darkdragonfiend
    Darkdragonfiend
    August 31, 2010, 9:38 am | # | Reply

    I've been bringing this up to my friends a lot recently. Its like you read my mind. You're f*cking awesome

  34. SarasRiot
    SarasRiot
    August 31, 2010, 10:40 am | # | Reply

    i was AMAZING at math. . . then they threw the alphabet in

  35. Hannah
    Hannah
    August 31, 2010, 2:40 pm | # | Reply

    Dear Adam,

    The more of your comics I comment on, the more I find that it takes me longer to scroll to the bottom to find the comment box.

    Congratulations on becoming a popular kid! =)

    Thanks for the daily laughs,

    Hannah

  36. Rob
    Rob
    September 1, 2010, 8:11 am | # | Reply

    The whole academic-crap thing annoys me. I'm good at academic stuff, but I don't like it; and when I was growing up in England, there was a system for other kids, where from 14 (though they still had to study SOME math and whatnot) they could go out to do things like farming and woodwork to train, then at sixteen they'd mostly leave school and go on into apprenticeships.

    Now, they want to (or are, or have? I'm not sure) raise the school-leaving age from sixteen to eighteen, because they have some perception of academic standards being the world's benchmark — so we'll end up with a bunch of farmers, carpenters and plumbers who're worse at their jobs, and in exchange, they STILL won't be able to do math. So how in the hell does THAT help anyone? Gah…

  37. AGuy
    AGuy
    September 1, 2010, 10:24 am | # | Reply

    I like that in the world without Algebra Kid Bug's dad is cool Bug, but in evil world with algebra his dad is evil Nerd Bug. Panel 3 was hilarious.

  38. India
    India
    September 1, 2010, 11:19 am | # | Reply

    omigosh so true. I still wish to this day that math class was, "how to better keep track of finances and not drown in debt when you grow up" instead of exponential effing equations.

    • applecor
      applecor
      September 2, 2010, 9:07 pm | # | Reply

      Aww… but without the exponential equations we wouldn't be able to tell just how screwed we are by our debt! 🙂

  39. taj
    taj
    September 6, 2010, 2:20 am | # | Reply

    Freaking awesome.

  40. FirewolfX-7
    FirewolfX-7
    September 14, 2010, 4:24 am | # | Reply

    Well math is still useful just think of it as a basis of solving problems with utter precision when thinking of a new way to defend your self from zombie attack! How else could you engineer a portable linear cannon when you start running out of shot gun shells? Ab-lib the whole design? Good luck on its reliability if it even works at all! MUAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!

    • Adam
      Adam
      September 14, 2010, 4:27 am | # | Reply

      Once I run out of shot gun shells I would then switch to the chainsaw which is attached to my other hand.

      • FirewolfX-7
        FirewolfX-7
        September 16, 2010, 4:43 am | # | Reply

        … or that…

      • FirewolfX-7
        FirewolfX-7
        September 21, 2010, 7:20 am | # | Reply

        Oh well, at least you need a bunch of this stuff in video game programming for either algorithm analyzing and doing pretty much anything that involves the graphics engine at all. Heck you need math in general for programming at all.

  41. A Donut
    A Donut
    December 1, 2010, 6:54 pm | # | Reply

    Not as useless as English class. All that happens there is writing a ton of essays about subjects you don't care about and being told your SUBJECTIVE analisys of something is incorrect because the teacher disagrees.

  42. lunar_phenomenon
    lunar_phenomenon
    December 2, 2010, 5:25 pm | # | Reply

    I’ve decided you’re my best friend now. I am terrible at math, simply wretched, but great at things like history and English. And yet, colleges don’t like to accept you if you’re not all around perfect. Never mind that I’ll never use polynomials or quadratics after college; if I’m not good at them I fail at life apparently.

  43. Woden
    Woden
    December 21, 2010, 10:12 pm | # | Reply

    Coming to the discussion late here to point out <a> by Conrad Wolfram (hopefully I didn't screw up that HTML), which is all about how bass-ackwards our current method of teaching math is, and is germane to the discussion here.

    • Woden
      Woden
      December 21, 2010, 10:13 pm | # | Reply

      Yup, totally screwed up the HTML. Alright, we're doin' it raw! A TED Talk by Conrad Wolfram: http://www.ted.com/talks/conrad_wolfram_teaching_…

  44. Parker
    Parker
    December 29, 2010, 7:05 am | # | Reply

    Algebra is a very basic field of math. Any field that uses math AT ALL will require algebra. I use algebra, geometry and calculus all the time in game design, and I'm sure mechanical engineers and such couldn't do their job without it.

    • Hierro
      Hierro
      January 25, 2011, 7:41 pm | # | Reply

      I just want to say, as a Mechanical Engineering student who is about to graduate, that I wouldn't be able to do even half the things I'm doing now were it not for Algebra.

      The other half is thanks to Wikipedia <.<

  45. NeonF1sh
    NeonF1sh
    January 23, 2011, 1:24 pm | # | Reply

    You have completely nailed my 4th period math class. Well done!

  46. Someone
    Someone
    January 26, 2011, 12:32 am | # | Reply

    Algebra is useful, Art isn't.

    • artistgirl19
      artistgirl19
      January 31, 2011, 8:18 pm | # | Reply

      Hey now… if it weren't for art, you wouldn't be reading the Bug comic strip. Comics take art skills you know!

    • GuesssWho
      GuesssWho
      February 11, 2011, 12:14 pm | # | Reply

      Sorry, you seem to have switched your words around. Art is, algebra isn't. At least for, oh, everyone I've ever known?

  47. lawndartcatcher
    lawndartcatcher
    January 31, 2011, 7:00 am | # | Reply

    I used calculus the other day. I was making a video. I spent the rest of the day looking over my shoulder, waiting for the moment someone was going to ask me to diagram a sentence. Or write something in cursive.

  48. artistgirl19
    artistgirl19
    January 31, 2011, 8:16 pm | # | Reply

    Yes! Fianally found something that sums up my thoughts on algebra! I hate algebra witha passion, and just cause im bad at algebra doesnt mean im bad at other things, im great at english, history, and art. So I was a bit annoyed to see some people say art is the real usless subject. Man, i knew the math nerds would stick up for algebra! Oh well, it just about whatever suits your inclination.

  49. Jesse
    Jesse
    March 7, 2011, 3:49 pm | # | Reply

    I asked my parents for help in math when I was in grade 8, they attempted to help me…..and then at school my teacher told me I should have asked my parents to help me if I did not understand the work…….

    From then on I just figured it out for myself. 🙂

  50. BugFan
    BugFan
    March 23, 2011, 3:51 pm | # | Reply

    Greatest comic strip EVER!!!!!!!!!

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