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I plan to go back to school next fall, so I have a little ovet fourteen months to master all seven subjects. I won't need two full months for algebra 1; cracking open the first chapter, it's all stuff like "here's what a plus sign means" and "variables look like letters, but they really stand for numbers!"
It won't hurt to brush up on factorization, but I think I can bang this one out in a week or two. All the better, because calculus kicked my ass in high school and it's not gonna be any easier now that I'm my own teacher. I passed it once (by the skin of my teeth), but have forgotten almost everything about it in the last decade, so I'll need the extra time to really get it down pat. I have to be able to derive and integrate in my sleep if I'm to stand half a chance at earning an astrophysics major. Astronomy would be slightly easier, but not by much, so I may as well go for gusto. The very first class astrophysics requires is calc 2, so I can't enroll until I'm 100% sure I know calc 1 forwards and backwards. Physics too, but physics and calc feel like two sides of the same coin, so I'll try to work on them at the same time (again, I managed to pull it off once, I'm sure I can do it again).
Chances are these Dummies books will be insufficient for me to grok all this math in one year, so I'll end up buying more textbooks, workbooks, study guides, SAT and AP prep, etc. I had plenty of cram sessions in my first go around at college, but nothing quite like this. This will be a herculean undertaking compared to the easy-A humanities program I coasted through originally. I had no motivation back then, no drive, no goal for "the real world" upon graduating. I went to college because it was expected of me, and I was told I needed it to get a good job. What I wasn't told is that not all majors are created equal; there's not a lot you can do with an English degree besides, well, teaching English. I just hope 14 months is enough time, because I would really prefer not to take another year off; 2024 is the ten year anniversary of when I started college the first time, so it would mean so much more to me if I started again that August rather than put it off until 2025.
I guess it doesn't matter in the end. If I'm not ready, I'm not ready. I can't force myself to start an extremely advanced program before I've mastered the pre-reqs. If I need to start later, so be it. As long as I'm consistently working towards my goal, it shouldn't matter how long it takes.
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aodhnerd · 20 days
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n0odl3s · 2 months
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my reaction after realizing no matter how hard I try in math I'll always fail
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er-cryptid · 3 months
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switchy-punk · 3 months
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Who the fuck decided e was a mf number
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wackogeniusjr · 1 year
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my math teacher needs to stop laughing at me bro
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quiltedchicken · 7 months
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Wierd shit the guys in my algebra class say:
A: I can easily beat your dad
Lg: nuh uh I can beat your dad
A: nahhh ***** I'll beat your dad to a pulp
Lc: bitch I hope yall beat my dad he left me 15 years ago
(I barely had the strength to hold myself together after that they didn't know I was listening)
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Someone: “OMG you’re autistic!? You must be good at math right?”
Me: Um woah? Stereotypical much? (yes)
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popcornstudies · 1 year
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Honestly, I'll probably fail my test tomorrow, but at least I'm trying hard. I was so behind and I managed to self study the whole math unit even though my teacher's resources are just bad.
Wish me luck!
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All the textbooks I ordered last week were delivered today, so I can start my year-long refresher course as soon as I get off work. My plan is to reapply for college next fall. Instead of going to grad school, I want to earn a second undergrad degree, a BS in astrophysics. I need to go back over all the math I've forgotten since high school. I'm pretty sure I have algebra 1 and geometry down pat, but I got both of those just to be on the safe side. The real work will be relearning algebra 2, trig, pre-calc, and calc 1. For reasons too complicated to explain here, I took calculus before trigonometry, so I knew next to nothing going in and spent my senior year of high school playing catchup in the same class as the valedictorian and the gifted kids. I passed my AP calc exam by the skin of my teeth and promptly forgot everything because I was burned out. If I could do it then, I can do it now. It'll all come back to me in bits and pieces as I work through the courses (in order this time).
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slaystakocivh · 1 year
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100 days of productivity
Day 1/100
Took a test (Earth Science and Algebra II) (passed both)
Drew human faces
Studied anatomy
Studied shading
Practiced (Music Practiced: Tout Gai , Alma del Core, and Lass From the Low Countree)
Music currently listening to: Day Walker by CORPSE
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(Not my drawing from Pinterest, I used them as references)
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math-journal · 3 days
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Quadratic Formula
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er-cryptid · 1 month
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Factoring Expressions Ex. 4
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addison-io · 9 days
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This calculator is great for my students; my students use it in my calculus class. It's great because they don't have to buy the TI-89, which is still about $150. Many of my student families can't afford them. It's a CAS calculator, similar to the TI-89, and has all the same functions and almost the same layout. It works great on the school's Chromebooks. It also works on iPads and phones, so my students can use it at home with their phones for homework. Algebra Calculator
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I love algebra, numbers suck
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frogwithastrawberry · 1 month
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I frequently think about my high school math teacher; a six foot five ex cop who talked about how horrible the job was and would also assign 100- question homework due in two days.
But specifically I think about that one time we tricked him into showing us photos he had and he told us this
"You know anyone who says babies are cute? They're a liar. Babies are not cute." He then pulled up a photo of his son when he was two hours old and proceeded to talk about his ugly he was
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