What do you do when you get stuck on a question? Apart from feel sad about being a low IQ brainlet.
It's so demoralising to be stuck on the intro chapter questions
>>8494005
>Read question again
>Look back through chapter
>Take a stab at an idea
>If it succeeds beat one out in celebration
>If not look back over my working, correct the inevitable mistakes
>If that solves the problem go beat one out in celebration.
>Otherwise Google the book and look for an errata
>If that solves the problem, go beat one out in celebration
>If not, Google the question/part of the question/assumption see what comes up
>If that solves the problem, beat one out in celebration.
>Otherwise go to bed and cry
>beat one out in and go to sleep
>Start again in the morning
I'm being more serious than you might think.
>>8494288
>what do you do when you get stuck on a problem?
>beat one out
>100% effective
Kek
>>8494288
this
also realize that being a brainlet means nothing, succeed in spite of it.
>>8494288
This might work for some of the problems.
>Break it down to small chunks.
>See which part you know.
>Find the exact part where you lack the understanding
>Pinpoint that shit.
>Write it down and think hard.
>If problem is solved, beat one out in celebration
>If not then you didn't study it well enough
>go back and read more about it.
>if problem is solved, beat one out and relax.
>if it isn't, you should have paid more attention in class.
>Now search online or beg fellow student.
Goodluck
>>8494288
Realise that I.Q is almost never the problem.
The average I.Q for grads in any field doesn't go beyond 130.