You know how, when you’ve got homework, and the due date suddenly shows up, you can’t help but think how time flies when you have lots of homework to do?
Time flies when you do homework.
But time also flies when you’re having fun.
Therefore, doing homework = having fun.
(Ok, so I was supposed to be doing a linear algebra assignment on vector spaces, but I ended up with the above proof instead. And two lolcat drawings, one of Linyer agelbra kitt-eh not being amused, and another of a kitty telling me “I’m in ur homework, fuxxoring your vector spaces”.)
What if you just make your homework fun? I once wrote a 12 page term paper on the criminalogical theories present in an episode of The Tick!. Got an A.
calculus: my internal algorithm for studying calculus is inversely proportional to how badly i need to study calculus, and is described by the equation M(x) = [1/(x^G)(y^u)], where M(x) is my motivation as a function of x (how badly it is that i need to study), G is how many points are at stake, and y^u is a constant representing the number of potentially interesting videos on youtube.
chemistry: it is impossible for me to study chemistry, because i am a positive entity, and my chemistry book is a positive entity, and our like electrical charges repel each other according to coulomb’s force equation. as i dont yet understand the strong nuclear force, i am unable to use it to overcome this repulsion.
physics: once i am inside my apartment, i become a body upon which the net forces acting upon me is zero. gravity is counteracted by the normal force, and the force exerted on my by my physics book is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction, and thus cancelled by, the force exerted upon me by the internet/the book i am reading/my bed. it is therefore impossible for me to approach my physics book, because it is on my desk, i am on the couch, and newton’s first law says i cannot change my velocity unless acted upon by a nonzero force.
so basically, i am screwed, but at least now i can explain my lack of motivation in purely scientific terms.
Have you tried working with vector spaces? They are a type of space that, by definition, suck the fun right out of everything occurring within a square mile of anyone trying to comprehend vector spaces. A bit of a circular definition, but it is supported by lots of hard evidence!
My cegep required students to complete a “comprehensive” project/paper using concepts from a couple of classes you had taken, so my best friend wrote her paper on various psychological and sociological aspects of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” (the movie). She got a pretty good grade, IIRC. I think she must have watched that movie every day for about a month, though! She still loves it!