On Friday, Apr 23, 2004, at 03:11 US/Pacific, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
>
>> How do you keep from forgetting things that you learned in school,
>> but don't use everyday?

I had a look at my old college physics textbook some time ago.  This
was a 4th semester "honors" physics class, reliant on LOTs of calculus.
  It was full of formulas containing symbols whose NAMES I barely
remember, much less how one would DO them anymore.  Fortunatey for me,
I've never had a reason to use that sort of math since I graduated
(although the vague understanding of vector multiplication by a set of
operators is occasionally useful.  I guess.)  Sigh.  None of them are
typable, anyway :-)

I guess the point is that sometime you have to decide which things you
learned are less important compared to the new things you're learning,
and you let them go.  Other things you remember by keeping in touch
with "the literature", whether that's new books, magazines, or online...

BillW

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