Freshman Memes

First year: "Ooh, pretty shapes!" Three weeks later: *confused Pikachu face as professor casually drops "vector fields are derivations on an associative algebra" like they're discussing the weather* That moment when you realize math isn't just fancy doodles but actually a language you don't speak yet. The academic equivalent of ordering a "small coffee" and receiving an existential crisis.

Behold the mathematical hierarchy in its natural habitat! Those who've conquered the eldritch realms of abstract algebra returning to basic linear algebra like mathematical royalty among peasants. It's the equivalent of a quantum physicist explaining how a light switch works with unnecessary gravitas. "Yes, young one, allow me to demonstrate how these matrices transform under this... elementary operation." *adjusts imaginary monocle while internally screaming in Galois Theory*

The classic math progression that breaks physics students! First day: "Physics freshman life, here I come!" with all the enthusiasm of someone who hasn't yet encountered a triple integral. Then reality hits—Linear Algebra has you wide-eyed at 2AM, Calculus transforms you into a pillow-clutching zombie, and by Differential Equations, you're staring into the void wondering if that coffee IV drip is medically approved. The mathematical gauntlet turns bright-eyed freshmen into sleep-deprived calculation machines faster than light travels through vacuum. Every physics major knows that confidence evaporates proportionally to the complexity of the math!