Week #11 was focused mostly on Chapter Four.
Chapter Four was not my friend.
I didn't necessarily find it incredibly difficult, more that it was just not my kind of math.
Do people have that? Their favorite kind of math? Is math really a wide enough field for its students to be picky about which types they find most enjoyable to do?
Anyway, Chapter Four was not my kind of math. I much prefer the derivatives which, looking back at my old blogs, I seemed to think were the most difficult thing in the world.
I know I've already digressed once, but I made an observation. There's nothing more ... what's the word? Cringey-gross-hindsight-tastic. There we go. That's it.
There's nothing more cringey-gross-hindsight-tastic than looking back at old quizzes from earlier in the year that you may not have done so hot on, and realizing that the material is the most basic, droll arithmetic that you could do in your sleep. After advancing more and more in the kind of math you are studying, the old material just sort of becomes a part of your vocabulary. And the same happens with the new stuff. The problem is, you have to deal with the fact that the old, easy stuff was once the new, hard stuff, and it's like looking at old school photos.
"Why did I think it was okay to wear that?"
"Why did I struggle so much with integrals that don't even use u substitution?"
Same thing.
Anyway, I much preferred Chapter 3, because frankly, algebra is more exciting. Also, I make my best effort to avoid graphs as much as possible. I avoid them like I'm allergic to axes. I don't know why, but they just make me uneasy. I most likely had a graph-related trauma as a child.
I blame slope-intercept form.
But as the week ends, I can feel the menacing breath of the exam on my neck.
AHHH.
Chapter Four was not my friend.
I didn't necessarily find it incredibly difficult, more that it was just not my kind of math.
Do people have that? Their favorite kind of math? Is math really a wide enough field for its students to be picky about which types they find most enjoyable to do?
Anyway, Chapter Four was not my kind of math. I much prefer the derivatives which, looking back at my old blogs, I seemed to think were the most difficult thing in the world.
I know I've already digressed once, but I made an observation. There's nothing more ... what's the word? Cringey-gross-hindsight-tastic. There we go. That's it.
There's nothing more cringey-gross-hindsight-tastic than looking back at old quizzes from earlier in the year that you may not have done so hot on, and realizing that the material is the most basic, droll arithmetic that you could do in your sleep. After advancing more and more in the kind of math you are studying, the old material just sort of becomes a part of your vocabulary. And the same happens with the new stuff. The problem is, you have to deal with the fact that the old, easy stuff was once the new, hard stuff, and it's like looking at old school photos.
"Why did I think it was okay to wear that?"
"Why did I struggle so much with integrals that don't even use u substitution?"
Same thing.
Anyway, I much preferred Chapter 3, because frankly, algebra is more exciting. Also, I make my best effort to avoid graphs as much as possible. I avoid them like I'm allergic to axes. I don't know why, but they just make me uneasy. I most likely had a graph-related trauma as a child.
I blame slope-intercept form.
But as the week ends, I can feel the menacing breath of the exam on my neck.
AHHH.