back to school
And unlike Rodney, I need to do well. And I'm scared.
I am taking a class at a college, for like a grade and stuff. If you're keeping score at home, I am now 35. For a while now, I've been thinking about going back, because I'm interested and because my work has a generous reimbursement program. (Well, provided I get B or above, which is the scary part.)
I haven't been in a classroom since 1999. It is a "maths" class as the kids call it these days. It's not Teacher Lady math, it's like math for dummies. Intro to Discrete Mathematics.
I will eventually decide if I want to try to get a masters in computer information systems. That's a long way away since I undergrad-ed in MIS, which was computers for dummies (going into businessy things). So I have a bunch of pre-reqs, the first of which is the intro math course.
I have to go now. I just got the book (where were for-real used textbooks when I was in school? 30 bucks instead of 125) nd I need to commit it to memory before the 27th.
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posted by roger at 2:41 PM
7 Comments:
I completely sympathize. My first semester back, I had to drop a class because I was having to do so much review of the prerequisite classes I had taken 10 years before.
I suggest if you need help with your course check out Math Central's Quandaries & Queries . They have a database of already answered questions. If they don't have answer to your question, they will answer it within a couple days.
11:21 PM
Yes! Thanks! Ace in the hole!
What about Khan Academy? Have you looked at any of those videos? Do you think they're any good? (Or the exercises?)
4:02 PM
Wow, good for you!!!! I took math for dummies once. Got a 52%. You will do much better.
Also, Discrete Math makes me think that it isn't into PDAs.
6:50 PM
I'd be a little cautious about Khan Academy. Myself and other teachers have found several errors in their videos. I'll see if I can come up with some other websites that might help.
7:08 PM
That's no good! I had heard that you have to watch with some of the exercises, but you have to get the videos right!
9:29 AM
May-B: Yes, discrete math is a gentle lover.
9:29 AM
Khan Academy Videos - do they Work?
1:15 PM
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