Imaginary Numbers…?

A few days ago we had a our math mid-term ..As usual first thing in the morning…so we take the exam it went OK …anyway…

A few lessons after the exam we have a math lesson…So here it goes…

The teacher starts talking about some radical -20….Of course being a regular calculator user…I am wondering “What is that lady talking about?” And she goes on…I have a headache so I can’t concentrate properly, but she is still talking about radical (square root) of negative numbers…So I take out my calculator and try Square root of -4 and all it says is syntax error…But the teacher is talking about radical negative numbers….So I look at the board still wondering….So I just sit and listen since she always has a lot to say about math…Then someone says something like “there isn’t a solution to that, miss” then the teacher says “EXACTLY!!! Because these are Imaginary Numbers” ………………….????

Imaginary numbers …Oh Allah please help me understand why we are studying imaginary numbers…

After the lesson is over and the teacher leaves…I’m still wondering what the teacher was talking about..I get the concept and all but ….why do we need to study imaginary numbers…

The only logical answer that came to me is that someone had this AMAZING imagination…..numbers that don’t exist….and now someone elses amazing imagination thought it looked suitable in our Algebra 2 math book…

Am I right?…..I hope not….

Now here’s for the new part I’ll start adding to my blog posts…

A daily Haadith or Ayah that inspired me….Maybe even an excerpt from a  book or a saying by a famous sheikh…

“Whoever cheated are not from amongst us (Muslims)”.

It is true ..So watch out ….especially those people taking exams these days…

2 comments December 12, 2009

I Can’t Wait……

Where I go to school it is forbidden to chew gum in class..I don’t know if it’s the same in the States, but here it is FORBIDDEN.

That means when you enter certain classes the first thing the teacher will tell you is…”Spit the gum”

If you are found chewing in class you have to get up and spit it.

The worst part about that is when you have a nice, new tasty piece of gum in your mouth only to walk into class and there it goes right down into the trash can ….

Sigh…..What a waste…

I know that some people chew their gum impolitely but why can’t the POLITE people chew their gum ..?

It might also be cultural matter, I’ve noticed that chewing gum (and licking lollipops in that case) is a very bad thing to do among Arabs especially..(at least thats what I’ve noticed)

It’s sad how some people have to suffer from other people’s problems..but thats how the world works..

I can’t wait till the day where students can chew their gum without being harassed…

( I mean almost every word in this post no matter how funny or strange it may be ..except the last sentence )

1 comment November 25, 2009