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blake307:
--- Quote from: satty on April 17, 2012, 04:10:43 am ---Oh man, that must suck...did you need that class for a requirement?
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I don't know. But I am assuming that I do which is why I am taking it right now.
satty:
--- Quote from: blake307 on April 17, 2012, 04:13:43 am ---I don't know. But I am assuming that I do which is why I am taking it right now.
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Well, think of it this way: You know what you need to work on.
Assuming that you can still get a C:
Study more and/or find ways to remember things. I don't know if there's free tutoring services where you are, but using those would help. And do a whole lot of practice problems.
Also, remember that Yukiho would be cheering for you all the way.
altuixde:
--- Quote from: blake307 on April 17, 2012, 03:49:26 am ---Very upset right now to the point where I was crying. I did a lot worse than I thought on my midterm exam for Calculus and from the looks of it I don't have much of a chance to pass this class with a C. Now I am starting to have thoughts of withdrawing with a W right now.
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Calculus is one of those courses where you either know everything or you know nothing. I failed calculus the first time I took it. Eventually I passed it by making sure there wasn't a single concept in the book that I didn't understand. If there are any gaps in your knowledge then it's impossible to learn the material that builds on it. Practice problems are great. There were some problems in my textbook that were really cleverly designed to teach you things; I wish I had kept track of which ones were the gems. The biggest difficulty, though, is that in higher education there's often not enough time learn things thoroughly. I wish I could help you out, but it's been many years since I've used calculus, so it would probably take weeks for me to understand my own notes again.
Cael K.:
I remember one of my Calculus finals. I was like, "Hmm, I can't possibly study everything in this little time, so I'll just make sure I know everything up to the last quiz we had."
Question, like... 2 (a). Find the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of this matrix. I'm actually embarrassed to say I didn't know that at the time (if memory serves, they're really easy to do), but hey, it was taught in the last two weeks, so I really passed it up. Next question...
(b) Using the answer you got in (a), solve...
(c) Using the answer you got in (b), solve...
(d) Using the answer you got in (c), solve...
...
(i) Finally, solve this, using the answer you got in (h).
... Okay, 30 to 40% of the final right here. What did I need to increase my letter grade? 90 some odd? What did I need to not drop? Like, 25?
Ha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHA...
But in all seriousness, most my experience in math comes from finding meaning in numbers, taking a concept and understanding it in numbers, and daisy-chaining ideas until you get to what you want to find out. First step is to understand what the numbers mean, and why you should use one equation instead of another. Unfortunately, some people don't really tell you what they mean, or what they could be used for, and that just means a lot of people just think they're solving for x. I know that's kinda genero advice, but hey... that's really what math is supposed to drill into you, I think. It's not really about the integrals so much as it is problem solving.
Me personally, drop or not, all I'd be able to think of at this point would be my sweet, sweet revenge on this subject one day. It will be delicious, like gulping a cup of condensed milk. Also, the above taught me what happens when you hinge your bets like that.
TheTanStar:
Calculus reminds me of my Chemistry courses right now -- One mistake usually results in a snowball effect leading to losing at least 10% of the total grade on that test/exam. I didn't do too badly when I took Calculus, but that was because I took AP and only the last third of the course was new material, resulting in me slacking for the entire course. I still don't know how I didn't just completely fail that course at the end.
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