It's Harder When You Fail

[@83jbbentley]

“Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up.” Rocky Balboa

[@TheMathSorcerer]

love that!

[@mikloscsuvar6097]

And many life wasting losers do the same chasing dreams/delusions (instead of aims) on the same way. I.e 10+ year in physics study. I have seen 2 of them and heard about a 3rd one. So what makes the difference? When should one give up?

[@auroras9322]

i failed my second year of a maths degree, but i took it again i did well and now im more motivated than ever for year 3 💪🏻💪🏻

[@Nnn_k]

It’s going bad these days and i needed this , Thank you master

[@stretch8390]

Hang in there: the end is in sight and you can do this!

[@BbLazar]

I failed Calculus 2 as a Physics major, but decided to get back up and retake the class. I’m now a third year MechE PhD candidate. Don’t give up.

[@davidbanahene307]

I’m in my PhD and first year I worked so hard for Mathematical statistics but still got D+ which has really affected me. Your story motivates me I will not give up but still work harder and come back to take it

[@Albert-mg9ns]

Hi how are you doing nowadays? I'm over here struggling with calc1😅 as comp eng major

[@filipkosic3227]

Im studying economics, and there was a math exam in the first year which is one of the hardest exams in the entire university, I failed it twice after preparing for it for over 5 months. I waited and then tried again after 6 months and finally managed to do it, it was one of the best days of my life. Now im finishing my studies two semesters shy, and since than Ive never failed an exam again it made me really competent and every other exam seemed easy compared to that one, so never give up!

[@yzlfc95]

Surely a first year maths economics exam is not harder than actual maths exams at university and certainly won't be harder than the likes of quantum electrodynamics or even general relativity

[@filipkosic3227]

@@yzlfc95Of course its not

[@filipkosic3227]

@@yzlfc95 and if you need a little bit of context im from serbia studying in university of belgrade faculty of economics, the thing is it is a really serious exam that you basically have to do with trully mediocore prior knowledge to math and I must admit profesors that really dont care about how good you do. I am financed from the budget of my country to attend my school and I still am today in my final year, that being said you need to pass all the exams in a given year in order to be financed in that way, and its more profitable for the school if you are financing yourself. The point of my story was just that you shouldnt give up on your goals no matter the obsticales, and it is very much an 'actual exam' , obviously not quantum physics.

[@incizor1273]

I did economics as well and our first exam in microeconomics was atrocious. The teachers even said basically that ”usually about 30 % of students pass this class the first time.” and they were right. I passed it on my 3rd attempt. I helped a friend about 2 years later who had failed on it like 5+ times but then he passed. Then another friend of ours made, Idk how many attempts, but he never passed it in the end but changed which courses were in his degree instead. 😅

[@EinsteinAlbert-ii8pz]

NEVER GIVE UP

[@tijn0236]

Never what?

[@DonJaKobe]

akiramenaide!

[@andres7690]

💪

[@liammathpinky]

I am a math school teacher. But I would like to be such as you are. I really admire you, keep doing the good work.

[@AQBPlays]

I’m 38. Have an undergrad in health sciences and am not taking pre-reqs for radiation therapy. I have to take math 111, 112. A+P (confident on this!) And Physics 201,202, 203. I have no doubt many of you here could absolutely sail through these topics. For me though, this is my Everest. I too want a better life for me and my son! So if anyone has any words of wisdom and/or encouragement, I am all ears! Good luck to everybody on their underdog journey!

[@FiveTrackTape]

Around 600 people climb Mt. Everest every year, it can be done. You've done an undergrad and you're a dad, neither of those are easy. You can do Math 111 and 112. Of course math is, I think, a bit different than many other courses of study. It almost 100% builds on previous math you've learned. You can't skip ahead or leave parts out. If you look at the book or syllabus for Math 111 and it's scary, consider a lower level course to start with. Or perhaps study along with a KZbin playlist that covers what you want to learn, that may work just as well. Learn to learn, ask a zillion questions, do all the homework (or more until it's easy). Everest is climbed one step at a time.

[@AQBPlays]

@@FiveTrackTape Thank you so much, that's great advice. I think I will start with Math 095 - at least some of that feels familiar! One step at a time

[@m.williams6766]

I failed a course one time that cost me to lose my master's program, I had to change university and state it was really hard to get back on my feet but I did and I am in the process of finishing my new master's degree. always have hope for a better future that's what helped me

[@mj47_dreamer]

I think sometimes you do give your best, exhaust all your options and things JUST don't seem to work out, you're moving and you're going ahead but at a speed tending to zero and from there it is really tough to decide whether one should keep going or just give up because honestly sometimes giving up on something can lead you to something better. Never giving up is necessary but giving up is also needed. Rn, I'm going through a time where no matter how much I put in somehow life has every way to scrap the one out of my ten and screw it to zero but I choose to not give up for am here for my journey, for my passion to learn science not to just get a degree, a grade or somebody's appreciation. I'm done running for those things nearly all my life. It's time all that stops and I start living for doing what I always wanted to do. Radical Acceptance is my key! All the best to everybody, have a good life!

[@kevin-gg8ir]

I've purchased 3 of the books you've recommended and they've helped so much...I managed an A in Calculus 1.😁

[@bigafro7657]

which 3 books did you end up getting?

[@kevin-gg8ir]

@@bigafro7657 "Essential Calculus w/ applications" -Silverman "Essential Calculus Skills Practice Workbook" -McMullen "Calculus w/multiple Variables" -McMullen All excellent books!

[@cosmicpsyops4529]

I failed Chem and trig last semester and I'm taking them again this semester. I'd choose to learn from my failures over successes any day. An optimistic cognitive style has been shown to be more adaptive than a pessimistic one.

[@spacetimemalleable7718]

Your comment about Real Analysis hits home. Our class started with ~25-30 students and ended with less than 8. Back then there wasn't ANY proof writing classes offered as a prereq. It was 3-4 classes in Calc, Linear Alg for 1 semester and possibly ODE. We'd then get hit with baby Rudin: Sink or Swim. I believe most of the students who left got into CompSci and found it infinitely easier than Real Analysis. During the class a lot of students wondered, "Sheesh! Did we miss a prerequisite class or something?" Ages later, the Math Dept. started to offer a proof writing class as a prereq. A bit too late for those who left.

[@mibsaamahmed]

Im rlly glad i discovered you channel. I also was on verge of failing a maths test which left me broken i remember crying alot that night but then i pushed myself tirelessly and learned alot of math and imoroved and i got the highest grade in the finals :)

[@Real_LiamOBryan]

Great video, man! Hey, would this be a decent way to systematically relearn math in a comprehensive, rigorous way, working through the books in the order given with a's and b's studied together? 1a. How to Think Like a Mathematician - Houston 1b. Understanding Numbers in Elementary School Mathematics - Wu 2a. How to Prove It - Velleman 2b. Pre-Algebra - Wu 3a. How to Solve It - Polya 3b. Geometry I: Planimetry - Kiselev 4a. Book of Proof - Hammack 4b. Geometry II: Stereometry - Kiselev 5. Discrete Mathematics with Applications - Epp or Discrete Mathematics - Levin 6. Basics of Mathematics - Lang 7a. Algebra - Gelfand 7b. Geometry Revisited - Coxeter 8. Trigonometry - Gelfand 9. The Method of Coordinates - Gelfand 10. Functions and Graphs - Gelfand 11. Calculus - Spivak 12. Linear Algebra Done Right - Axler 13. Calculus on Manifolds - Spivak 14. Baby Rudin 15. Papa Rudin 16. Ordinary Differential Equations - Tenenbaum 17. Partial Differential Equations - Evans 18a. A First Course in Probability - Ross 18b. Introduction to Probability, Statistics, and Random Processes - Pishro-Nik 19. A Second Course in Probability - Ross 20. Topology - Munkres 21. Abstract Algebra - Dummit and Foote 22. Algebra - Lang

[@sophiaisabelle027]

Failing can be discouraging. I've been there multiple times, and it still pains to see how far you've gotten only to be let down by the results.

[@illumenoty36]

Thanks man. Being an international student and everything, its just so hard to articulate and share my feelings. And you are the only math youtuber who shares these things. Thanks a lot

[@giamantafederikaelias6446]

1:37 thanks for this speech I needed it.I fail big time my first year doing business economics at college because of your video I’m motivated to start working on my math I was 22 when that happened now I’m 32 .I’m learning allot about math because of your video what I know right now is not enough to make it .😅soo some times I feel like between a hard place .But the simple fact that you have video like start to finish math gives me hope that some day I will grasp/understand university an college mathematics.I was so happy when I saw you even discussed mayor classes I think this time around I might even have chance .Thank you

[@SuperKaBlooey]

My understanding of "toxic positivity" is that it refers to people who are dismissive of the strife of others, because they only want "positive" people in their life. I don't think of an extreme optimist as engaging in "toxic positivity."

[@hossammattar2386]

I needed this video so bad

[@TheMathSorcerer]

🩵

[@thomasr8185]

Thank you. Just started engineering, and I’m gonnaa keep going on no matter what.

[@onionlayersed]

I am not doing math, but I love math. Doing my undergraduate MBChB, medicine. And I failed my second year. Physiology did me bad. Then Human anatomy(Combination of histology, embryology and gross anatomy). I failed, got D+ in both. And I had 2 weeks to prepare for the exams. Deep down I thought I was going to fail again, which would now mean repeating the year(And lose my sponsorship). Anyone who was never there would think it was easy. When you see your friend only is writing Physiology, which was even the bulkier course, there's just so much to study. Think about this, you're dealing with cells at molecular level to see what really happens to explain the things you see with your eyes, saliva secretion, Digestion food, the nervous system, and it goes on. Questions were also tough I'd read a book and still fail to answer questions. Anatomy, don't get me started. There are some things I just never studied. And so within the two weeks, I prepared as hard as I can. And still, Physiology felt like I failed again. And then I made it. I don't know how, I made it. Most of my friends, even those with a single course failed, and lost their sponsorships. Maybe I was just Lucky, maybe. But to someone reading this, I know it hurts to fail, and those 2 weeks were the worst, to top it off my grandmother(Raissed by her) was in the hospital. She died right after I wrote the exams...💔 It was critical for me to focus on my studies, but somehow I just said "I'm ready to lose everything. But I'll just study as hard as I can and go write". Miraculously I passed both. Eish

[@Paul-fu5fi]

I read it, and happy it worked out for you. Hope you achieve your medical degree. I’ll be pursuing a mathematics degree, after pivoting from a finance undergrad last year.

[@devon9374]

Watching your videos made me realize what a lazy math student i was. I studied engineering at university and got by my math classes without much effort. Now i really want to go back and deep dive into pure math. Especially linear algebra and discrete math (which i never learned). But man, i got an A in linear algebra and i feel like i bearely understand it. I just know matrix theory and manipulation.

[@johntynan8161]

..i never passed a math test since i was 7.. i never learned my times tables, i would just draw pictures in my copies during lessons through all my school life. I would get anxiety fear/anger when math class started... i feel so ashamed 😞 and a lazy .

[@sabinadallmeyer]

This is a super helpful video. It was great to hear today. I am a high school math interventionist and I work with many students who have never passed a math state test. I am also struggling with my own failures and getting back up. I am enjoying your content!

[@iibrahxm]

dudes more a motivational speaker than an actual math teacher

[@billdicklechips]

he is an actual math professor

[@beamilz]

😂

[@TheMasterofMasters1]

"May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key."

[@timsjostrand9795]

Needed this today! been a rough math day, thank you!

[@PopularDiamondPieYolo]

Thank you a lot for ya words I'm not gonna give up no matter how hard it is

[@michaelmounts1269]

Really good program today---almost all people fail more than they succeed--and its key to be able to accept and keep moving forward. BTW---I agree the Rudy movie is very inspiring. The actual person its based on (Rudy Ruetigger) actually became employed by Notre Dame and was arrested and charged with Securities Fraud in 2011---the case was settled by a $382k fine and probation. He now is a motivational speaker and talks about recoving from the SEC charges as well as his better known story...lol Can't keep a good man down--so to speak

[@FloraJoannaK]

I'm trying to learn math, physics and STEM in general to be a better sci-fi writer. The entire field just runs diametrically opposed to how I think. But I am trying. There's also a small amount of dyscalculia, and a lacking working memory. But there's something about looking at a problem, and finding a novel and weird solution from the creative part of the brain. So satisfying getting decent results from completely improvised methods!

[@beancount811]

Have an exam tomorrow. I needed this, bro. Much thanks.💪💪💪

[@douglasstrother6584]

Expect to win some & lose some, have fortitude either way!

[@moisesmena3404]

The best people on the internet are in learning languages or math channels. ❤

[@sicko_the_ew]

One way through it is step into a role. Play the part of the Bruce Willis of Math. Die hard. That's what you do. If you don't believe that in real life, it's OK. This is your movie. In your movie you Die Hard. So look at that difficult thing, and tell yourself, first, "That's Impossible." It's your movie, so you can even tell yourself, "No mortal has ever ascended this wall of slippery ice before." And then remember that this is Exactly Your Kind of Thing. This is what you live for - not the easy stuff. You're someone who Does the Impossible, and what luck! You've found some more Impossibility to just attack like a zombie if need be. A wall to smash up against. And then do some attacking in ordinary real life. But even though you're now back in ordinary real life, do it heroically. That way if you don't succeed, you can still feel good about how obstinate you are. You're probably one of the most pig-headed mathematicians on Earth, even. ... So, hey, ... Why not give it just one more go again? For the sake of assaulting the Impossible. Because that's what you do. And say: Every now and again, I quite like Doing the Impossible. Because that's what I do. I'm stubborn. I'm pig-headed. And I kind of like being that way, TBH.

[@DejaKirk0331]

Thanks for movie info, I hope its good. Need something else besides bobby fisher. always helpful and motivating.

[@sufsanin1917]

You know the author of of the dover book 'Essential calculus with applications' Richard Silverman wrote another calculus book named 'Modern Calculus and Analytic Geometry' (also a dover book). It is said to be proof based and just as rigorous as Spivak, but unlike spivak it covers analytic geometry and more topics (almost 1200 pages)You should check it out! Also Daniel Vellerman author of 'How to Prove It' wrote a calculus book 'Calculus: A Rigorous First Course' which is rigorous but also readable. Both have solutions and answers to the odd numbers excersises.

[@welcometotheshow5247]

Enduring to learn will never trump learning to understand but it does have a place.

[@VGOO-c8y]

I fail in my The subjects of the second year, I feel that I am a failure but I will come back after I succeed with a degree of excellence

[@gaminikokawalage7124]

Thx i needed this. Mechanical Engineering semester 1 didnt go so well

[@seamusmoran4776]

Thank you so much. I am taking physics. I needed this

[@cesar.sandovalcolon]

(Time: 12:16am 10/10/23) I'm a Graduate Student of Linguistics and I remember when I was in science 11 years ago, and never understood factoring in College Algebra. I've always loved math, but still haven't sat down to really tackle it from the beginning. How were you able to pass Calculus without taking Pre-calculus and College Algebra?

[@byronwilliams7977]

I needed this. Thank you.

[@bikramkalsi1]

you have helped me a lot today as today was at a low point since a long time and your words are god like and meaningful, thank you dear

[@sowmindful1501]

You’ve got a lot of wisdom, but I’m curious to hear your wisdom on having to work with coworkers who do not pull their weight, and get upset when you ask them politely to do their responsibilities? Working at Starbucks has been the roughest it’s ever been, and I feel like the store I’m at has been taken over by horrible habits. Gossiping and standing around, when there’s plenty of work to be done, seems to be the biggest trend.

[@JayLao-u6q]

i love you man, i'm touched of your videos

[@abrevas]

If one is feeling the pain of failure and feels like giving up, listen to Theodore Roosevelt’s speech called - The Man in The Arena -

[@nightowl32]

Well said MS....Getting some gunz there my friend....Keep grinding

[@aspektx]

One of the hardest lessons we learn, especially in our culture, is you cannot do or be anything you want.

[@anniesizemore3344]

I saw an exercise in a college algebra book that required something to be proved. I can't remember if it was Blitzer's algebra book or the Sullivan Algebra & trigonometry book. It was something like prove angle abc is equal to angle xyz or something like that. I remember thinking that was something that required proof abilities. In the colleges around here, all we have to get a C to pass. Its great if everyone can get a A or B. But really, all we have to get is a C to pass the class. I think people should try to audit the classes before they have to take the class or take it as a non degree student before having to take the class to find out our weakness in the class. Shame calculus is required to get a diploma to teach even middle school. Sorry. I know people here love calculus. I do not love calculus. Its hard. I love working out the functions and limits in college algebra textbooks I have because their easy versions. I don't love working my way through a calculus book which I am doing anyway.

[@aditibhatt8487]

Thanks sir ❤

[@Tasnim-i9d]

I have trouble remembering things .I can't memorize how to solve problems. I feel that I rely with intuition and randomness in thinking . How I can be more systematic in studying math???? Please answer me 😶

[@jesussaquin6266]

Goddam i love your channel man!

[@mauriciorv228]

U just earned a subscriber!

[@timwe8044]

I am pessimistic and only give 50-75% in first exams so I know, if I fail with this little amount, I can succeed with 100-110% 😉

[@deltapi8859]

Ramanujan is such an odd story. He was brilliant to learn math from a book of findings, yet managed to make his own math. In the end he died, because of malnutrition. He blamed his mum towards the end of his illness, which is weird, since you can't ask of a person to uproot their life for the ambitions he had. For a brilliant mathematician like him it shouldn't have been so hard to ask for recipes or ask other indians of similar conviction to teach him how to eat. He was only doing math and neglected anything else. I think it's good to have aspirations, but if it means you have to bend backwards and neglect basic hygiene, health and a balanced life I think you should reflect about your limits (no pun intended). I think Ramanujan lacked a real friend, because the friends he did have only cared for his math. And even those were few during his lifetime.

[@niteman555]

Some university libraries offer access to springer titles to students and faculty.

[@tmann986]

This is my second time trying to pass diff eq 😊 I’m still trying!

[@utof]

im starting 3rd semester of cs math major for the 3rd time, I. will. make. it!

[@gasparrubies1865]

Thanks

[@phantasm3207]

What makes the movie "Rudy" even better is that it is based on a true story!

[@jonathanblaze5717]

is this a math video or motivational video? I've watched 3 of his videos so far and Like his messages.

[@MariadeLourdesAniesSanch-ze7hf]

yes

[@galaxygamer3591]

NEVER BACK DOWN NEVER WHAT

[@ericerpelding2348]

Math Sorcerer, may we ask what textbook you used when you took the Advanced Calculus course?

[@gerarddonovan4145]

The film "the water boy" inspired me to greatness

[@kokwahtan8577]

Life a mystery. You never know. Strenghtened your back bone and keep going. But importantly, admit your mistakes. Life is like bodybuilding. U wanna 6 pack. U train for years for it. Gotta keep going back to the gym. Mathematics is a dimension of its own. Its not studying history or literature. On that lady who change major. I hope she did not give up on maths on her own. Maths is like building muscle in your brain n.spirit.

[@romaman892002]

Well, you remind me of a math Jeff Bezos who goes to the gym xD Thanks for the inspiration Sir, I'm pursuing stochastic calculus right now and trying hard to learn.

[@ChronicMetamorphosis]

I was looking up Ramanujan's Notebooks. They are surprisingly expensive, but shouldn't his work be public domain since he died in 1920?

[@satyaprakash03133]

We fail because we don't give our 100%. This notion becomes contradictory when we feel like we gave our all or 100% and yet face failure. However, the truth is, it was never really our 100%. Only when we achieve our intended goal or the outcome we envisaged can we say we gave our 100% and completed the work, not before that.

[@hamdoon1158]

thank you mr math sorcerer

[@markcorrigan3930]

3:45

[@onionlayersed]

His arms are jacked

[@Fedor0272....]

Dear teacher do you understand theory string theory or quantum mechanics?

[@FatimaAlshoubaki-k6s]

Hi prof I depend on your videos to understand my classes please prof could you help me to have your videos about Elementary linear Algebra please

[@lancer.p1]

May I know where we can send you emails?

[@yurilsaps]

One million dollar baby… another movie for inspiration

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

I gailed to get into college becouse i failed the math part of the entersnce exam 😢

[@michaelencasa]

Have you been working out?

[@sugoikage4240]

One comment in one of his recent videos where he wears a sleeveless shirt said that he's intergrating some gains. And I can't agree more with that.

[@frenchfaiz3535]

i hope I get reincarnated as one of your math books bc of the way you lovingly sniff them after you pick them up.

[@royaljhay4552]

TMS is invited to the barbecue 🎉🖤

[@blckbldng]

toxic is a fun word. Then am I too positive ?

[@VikasKumar_iitb]

What's the definition of failure😅

[@prantikhuq578]

Love you , may Allah guide you

[@anthonyjones9868]

I'm a Marine underdog

[@Real-Name..Maqavoy]

No it aint.. Ppl just give-Up to soon.

[@MariadeLourdesAniesSanch-ze7hf]

I like freedom please

[@douglasstrother6584]

I like pizza: The Works w/anchovies!!

[@binaykumar8292]

Christopher Havens, a convicted murderer serving a twenty-five-year sentence, made a world-class discovery in mathematics; from his prison cell. Havens, who never finished high school, published his research in an international journal for advanced mathematics.

[@pedroivog.s.6870]

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