Math Support Group
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Math Support Group
I have a confession to make - I used to like math. I'm sorry. However, that phase of my life ended around grade 6, when the math started getting harder. Since then, I have grown to hate it. When I finished high school, after taking two math classes a year for all three of my high school years, I was glad that my math days were done. I headed happily off to Bible college and didn't take any math or science classes. Life was good.
Then the inevitable happened. I need two pure and applied sciences classes for my degree, so this semester I had to take a math class. I am currently struggling through Vector Geometry and Linear Algebra. The first half of the class was better than I thought it would be, but right now I'm having a hard time. I was really hoping for at least a B, which is already below what I usually expect in a class. However, some of the stuff that we're learning just doesn't seem to make sense!
This thread can be a safe place for those of us who do not excel at math or enjoy the subject to express out anger, frustration, and concerns. If nothing else, I now feel a bit better, since I've had the chance to rant! Thanks for sharing my pain, my fellow ToO members.
Then the inevitable happened. I need two pure and applied sciences classes for my degree, so this semester I had to take a math class. I am currently struggling through Vector Geometry and Linear Algebra. The first half of the class was better than I thought it would be, but right now I'm having a hard time. I was really hoping for at least a B, which is already below what I usually expect in a class. However, some of the stuff that we're learning just doesn't seem to make sense!
This thread can be a safe place for those of us who do not excel at math or enjoy the subject to express out anger, frustration, and concerns. If nothing else, I now feel a bit better, since I've had the chance to rant! Thanks for sharing my pain, my fellow ToO members.
- mr. mellow
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- One I Froggy
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I got lost after eighth grade. I took math through algebra 2 in 11th grade (and that teacher was no help at all. If it wasn't for my friend helping me in that class I would've failed for sure) and was happy my requirements were met. I signed up for physics, happy to be taking sceince again.
And then I showed up for class, and it's basically more math -_-;
So there's my story. Luckily for me my college doesn't require math, which is why I'm not planning on transferring.
-Jonathan
And then I showed up for class, and it's basically more math -_-;
So there's my story. Luckily for me my college doesn't require math, which is why I'm not planning on transferring.
-Jonathan
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I used to be good at math too until it got hard. Last year I did Algebra one......i was homeschooled and it was a nightmare. now i have mental shutdowns when i try to do algebra. I am in geometry this year and it is so much easier than algebra for me. I have over a 100 average in that class!! i dread going into algebra 2.......
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It was about grade 4 that we discovered that math and I would never be friends
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That's exactly the boat I found myself in. It was nice completing Algebra 2 in grade 8 but math only gets harder after that and you need something to give you high school credits. Being good in math doesn't = affection for it. Certain problems are fun for me but a lot of stuff like geometry is just plain awful.Anne wrote:I love math! Actually, I don't. I'll admit that I'm good at math, but that doesn't mean that I love math. All my time is taken up with math homework it seems (Leaving me less time for here). The problem with math is that it requires so much practice and time.