Why do mathematicians...

Why exactly do mathematicians just post 'oh yeah, S2 was bad...M9 was good...Z11 was really hard...I failed C1' in GENERAL exam threads (ie not just maths ones), as if everyone is just going to know that they're talking about Maths?

The only way I found out was by inferring it from people's signatures.

I doubt people would have a clue what I was on about if I said: 'Yeah, I'm resitting module 5' or 'I failed writing in registers'. I know TSR has a good number of mathmos, but isn't it a little bit, well, arrogant...just to assume everyone knows what you're talking about? Maths is literally the only subject people do this for

It may refer to general threads but so what?!

You go onto a thread and it asks, oh, wasn't S9 really hard today? You think hmmm.....well I didn't take that today. Don't really know what it is so it's not relevant to me. Oh wel....and carry on browsing the other interesting threads found on TSR.

There are things more worthy of your contempt.

I agree. Which is why I don't do it. I know maths modules have unique names, but why would someone who doesn't study Maths have a clue what people were on about if they started jabbering on about M2, or C4 or whatever?

Well if you don't know what they mean, you can assume it's not for you.

Some people might not know what all the English Lit or Politics modules mean either.

It may refer to general threads but so what?!

You go onto a thread and it asks, oh, wasn't S9 really hard today? You think hmmm.....well I didn't take that today. Don't really know what it is so it's not relevant to me. Oh wel....and carry on browsing the other interesting threads found on TSR.

There are things more worthy of your contempt.

Yes, but students of those subjects are more likely to say 'Politics module 1', which is more descriptive than 'C1'. At least I have an idea what subject they're talking about.

And I don't just care about my own subjects. If someone says 'I've failed Geography', I don't just think 'I don't care, I don't study it - it's not relevant to me'.

But if someone says 'I need to get an A in S9' I'd like to know what exam that is. Out of pure interest. Do people that post these things only want maths students to understand them? And even now that I do know it's a maths module...I don't even know if it's further maths or just maths. After all, further maths is harder, no?

So obviously there are some circumstances when it doesn't matter, and other times when it wouldn't hurt to just write 'maths'. It's only 5 letters. I can do it for my subjects, and they all have more letters in them than that

No, but a general exam discussion thread. If it was titled "How did C1 go?", you'd automatically know that you weren't taking C1 so it wouldn't be of any interest to you.

Perhaps I feel differently because I knew what they were. If I was confused by it too I might agree.

the F in modules like FP1, FP2 stands for Further surprisingy enough. the applied modules : S-, M- and D- can count for either.
And obviously the higher the number the harder the module

Yeah I know, I wouldn't go on one of those threads.

I think pretty much everyone who has posted on here apart from me is a maths student. Obviously you're going to feel differently as a maths student. But the whole point is whether non-mathematicians understand you in non-maths threads.

Anyway, I didn't really expect to get much agreeance, although I expected a few more more to understand where I'm coming from Meh.

I'm not actually a maths student, haha. I do understand what you mean though, I think I just picked it up along the way so am used to it now.

Yeah I know, I wouldn't go on one of those threads.

I think pretty much everyone who has posted on here apart from me is a maths student. Obviously you're going to feel differently as a maths student. But the whole point is whether non-mathematicians understand you in non-maths threads.

Anyway, I didn't really expect to get much agreeance, although I expected a few more more to understand where I'm coming from Meh. I can see this thread is going nowhere...I just wanted to know if anyone felt the same.

This thread is pathetic.

I've had a rethink. I can see where you're coming from, in a way. I think your mistake was to call it arrogance. You'd probably get a lot more sympathy if you didn't insult people. As far as I can tell, it's unlikely you'll know much about any module you don't do, whether it be maths or otherwise. I don't know whether you're a Chemistry student, but lets imagine you're not - How much sense would 'OCR Chemistry Chains & Rings' make to you? Without knowledge of the subject, it's very unlikely you'll realise that the module title refers to organic chemistry. Chains & Rings sounds more like a study in the poor fashion sense of certain people. See where I'm coming from? Module names are hardly enlightening, and it doesn't take long to learn that when people omit the subject name, they're generally talking about maths. I don't think it should really be a big issue.