I'm taking College Algebra right now and quite frankly it's kicking my ass. I aced Statistics last semester, I just "got it", it came pretty naturally to the way I think and I actually enjoyed the class. Algebra I just don't get. I don't know what it is, but it's all going in one ear and out the other. Functions, graphing equations, linear equations, quadratic expressions, all of it...it just seems like straight up nonsense to me. None of it is clicking...at all. It's funny because everyone told me that Statistics was a nightmare, and this was coming from Calculus students, but I didn't really find it hard at all. I even destroyed the final project which a lot of people struggled with. My brain just won't process Algebra and I don't know why. From the very first chapter I just didn't get it. I look at a function and because it makes no logical sense to me I have to "memorize" all the variables and what everything means instead of actually understanding the concepts, which is why I just can't keep up with it. Like, I'll look at how you can create a simple function from a real life idea and I'll understand where they got it from, but I would have never come up with that formula on my own. Algebra seems to just completely work against my Ne because I'm thinking too much about it, like I'm thinking so deep into it because I just can't understand it and it bothers me. It's probably a lot more simple than I'm making it out to be in my head, but whatever it is I can't think that way.
My Professor told me it's probably because it's been 9 years since I've been in high school, and I forgot everything. She's probably right because I don't know what the hell she's even talking about when she writes on the board.
Which one is harder for you personally? Also, do you guys know of any good youtube channels or something online that explains it in like the most basic common sense type of way? I feel like once it clicks I'm gonna have this huge "OOOOOOH" moment, but for right now I'm completely lost in the dark.
My Professor told me it's probably because it's been 9 years since I've been in high school, and I forgot everything. She's probably right because I don't know what the hell she's even talking about when she writes on the board.
Which one is harder for you personally? Also, do you guys know of any good youtube channels or something online that explains it in like the most basic common sense type of way? I feel like once it clicks I'm gonna have this huge "OOOOOOH" moment, but for right now I'm completely lost in the dark.