Posted by Racer on July 16, 2006, at 0:43:03
In reply to Re: I don't know if I can keep up!, posted by Jost on July 15, 2006, at 20:00:41
> Sure is lonely.
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> Algebra? Yikes, I hardly remember that.
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> Esp. graphing! I have this vague, vague, vague memory... about x and y... and... but gee.....And the basic x and y is easy, because I used to use that a lot in working -- between teaching computer classes in HTML and Photoshop, and doing actual computer work, I used Cartesian coordinates all the time. But graphing is a whole 'nother animal.
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> So tell me something about it. I used to love math, actually-- although now I can hardly do simple arithmetic. What book are you using?I'm not sure of the book, actually, and don't have it in me tonight to go get it and check. It's a combined elementary and intermediate algebra book, though, and is probably a pretty good one. Part of my problem -- and that of others in the class -- is that i just finished an elementary algebra class with a fellow who has to be one of the very worst instructors you can imagine. This lecturer we have now, though, is a hoot. Very funny, and a very good teacher.
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> And what did you get your awfully low and useless 98% on??? :)Just for the record, I think I actually said I didn't do as well as I would have liked to do...
That was Human Development. BIG mistake to take it, actually. We're just about at the point of giving up on having children, it's looking as though it just ain't gonna be able to happen. Between that, the fertility drugs, and some stuff happening in other areas of my life, I couldn't read the book without crying. Reading about early childhood, and realizing that I'll never be a parent to a child, AND remembering my own childhood -- well, let's just say it kinda felt as though I should just give up on life, because I was set up to fail from the start. Made it kinda hard to do well, and I struggled a lot.
And all that feels like excuses to me. I should have done better, and I didn't.
(Sorry if that sounds short -- I'm just tired and weepy. I really do appreciate your encouragement.)
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