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To: Wneighbor

Analytical Geometry... I don't remember if I had that. Don't think I did.

Sigh. Every time I think I've gotten away from math, I haven't. I probably have to take more math in grad school. My problem is, when I was younger - up until Calc 2 - math was like breathing. I read the text, I did the problems, I got them wrong because of decimal errors. Then suddenly it got hard, and I was too lazy to spend the eight hours a week I really needed to spend on math. Had I taken my last three math classes in any year except my junior year, I'd have done better; but 2001 was my worst academic year ever. Slacker city.

Then I started paying for my own classes and suddenly getting straight As again, like I had in community college. Funny how that works.


8,004 posted on 06/01/2004 6:52:40 AM PDT by JenB
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To: JenB

I think part of my challenge with that one class also was that all other math classes were always easy for me. Then, I wasn't "getting" that instructor and I wasn't used to actually having to *work* on it myself. I would be different about that now. All those classes for me were back in '77-'79. I didn't have my work ethic quite as developed then. As you said, paying yourself goes a long way toward changing life. :-)


8,009 posted on 06/01/2004 6:59:52 AM PDT by Wneighbor (OH! It's wedding-moot month!)
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