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Nov. 2nd, 2007 11:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
per_soloToday, we have a substitute teacher for Algebra. The normal teacher made a comment that the next 2 chapters that we are going over today are a much harder concept for most.
Between last night, and today, I've gotten both of the chapters homework done.
Not JUST done, but it's clicking.
I'm ALMOST at a point of being frightened. Math, at least that I remember, never, ever came easy. And yet I've got the girl next to me (who is struggling) marvelling that I'm able to do so much of the math in my head. Hence the comment from my teacher about pattern recognition.
Today's chapters? "Multiplying and Simplifying Rational Expressions" and "Division and Reciprocals"
I dreaded, absolutely dreaded, having to take this class. And I'm doing great in it. Yes, part of that is tooting my own horn, but ya know what? I'll accept that in this case. Every right to be proud. I remember thinking, and messaging, that after I did great on that first test, that it would just get insanely harder..and now, yeah, it's gotten tougher, but I'm actually grokking all of this.
No, it doesn't mean I look forward to the next algebra class I have to take..but, I'll take this moment of being happy that I'm doing well in a class that scared me.
I mentioned the other day that I think I aced the last test..unfortunately, will have no idea if that's true or not til Monday..but still...
Tonight, ASL observation...Semi-final game, if I recall. That will be interesting, too.
Between last night, and today, I've gotten both of the chapters homework done.
Not JUST done, but it's clicking.
I'm ALMOST at a point of being frightened. Math, at least that I remember, never, ever came easy. And yet I've got the girl next to me (who is struggling) marvelling that I'm able to do so much of the math in my head. Hence the comment from my teacher about pattern recognition.
Today's chapters? "Multiplying and Simplifying Rational Expressions" and "Division and Reciprocals"
I dreaded, absolutely dreaded, having to take this class. And I'm doing great in it. Yes, part of that is tooting my own horn, but ya know what? I'll accept that in this case. Every right to be proud. I remember thinking, and messaging, that after I did great on that first test, that it would just get insanely harder..and now, yeah, it's gotten tougher, but I'm actually grokking all of this.
No, it doesn't mean I look forward to the next algebra class I have to take..but, I'll take this moment of being happy that I'm doing well in a class that scared me.
I mentioned the other day that I think I aced the last test..unfortunately, will have no idea if that's true or not til Monday..but still...
Tonight, ASL observation...Semi-final game, if I recall. That will be interesting, too.
