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Why should you take AP Calculus? Well, because AP Addition and Subtraction would be too easy.
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- 00:04
Why Should I Take AP Calculus? a la Shmoop.
- 00:07
Tens of thousands of years ago, man discovered fire. [Cavemen gathered round campfire]
- 00:11
A few weeks later, he figured out how to make weapons.
- 00:14
And soon afterward…he developed calculus. [Caveman with paper of calculus]
- 00:17
Wait a minute. This just in…we are actually being informed that the BC in “BC Calculus”
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- 00:24
does not stand for “before Christ.”
- 00:28
Instead…it is just slightly more advanced stuff than what you would learn in AB calculus. [Lecture hall of students learning calculus]
- 00:33
Here at Shmoop, we feel that everyone should take calculus.
- 00:36
Yes…we admit it sounds scary, but calculus is going to be your new BFF… whether you like it or not. [BFF calculus appears beside a girl]
- 00:43
Just think of him as an exchange student who’s living with you.
- 00:46
You can barely understand a word he says at first…
- 00:49
…but he’s not going anywhere for a while, so you might as well learn his language.
- 00:52
In calculus, you will learn about functions…graphs…and limits.
- 00:57
Create dizzying polar graphs, and take derivatives. It won’t hurt.
- 01:03
Maybe you’ll even learn a few ultra-smooth pick-up lines while you’re at it. [Man holding calculus formula sign]
- 01:07
“What’s your sign?”
- 01:09
In calculus, you’ll be able to do things you never dreamt of before.
- 01:13
Like…figure out when to sell your stocks, and strike gold. [Man holding cash and piles of gold land on top of him]
- 01:17
Or launch your little brother into Earth’s orbit.
- 01:19
Well…maybe you have dreamt of that one…
- 01:21
The icing on your delicious lemon butternut calculus cake? [Man with a lemon calculus cake]
- 01:26
You’ll gain life skills that will stay with you forever…no matter how many times you shower.
- 01:31
You will learn to question accepted beliefs…
- 01:33
…and to flaunt your individuality.
- 01:36
In the end, you will emerge sharper and tougher than ever before… [Man graduating from college]
- 01:39
…ready to take on the world.
- 01:40
And, if not…at least you’ll have an endless supply of calculus puns to show off on your next date.
- 01:45
So quiet your qualms.
- 01:47
We’ll make sure you derive your way to a perfect five.
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