Non-aversion to mental exercises

Today, I have IO. After class, I met someone who took MME with me last semester. The followings are what we say to kill time waiting the lift get down to ground floor.

"The lecture is so difficult, I would rather do a thousand matix algebra than work out the flow of this." (She is a Stat. Major.)

"Er...... But the model just presented is only an elementary monopoly model, you should have a taste of it in your micro analysis." (She minor econ.)

"You know how much the prof. covered last year, not even half of the topics listed in outline."

"Oops, thank god you have such a nice prof."

To me, it is surely harder to do a thousand matix algebra, but what make me feel ill about is her attitude. I am the type of person who will try whatever means to avoid mechanical stuff. I wonder if anyone would be happy to turn oneself into a computer-like machine. Reasoning, and creativity should be the most beautiful function of our mind. However, I met one think opposite today, no wonder WC put such line under prerequisites in the course outline, as what is used as the title of this post.