[NVDave]

Algebra is not “advanced math.”

[SaraJohnson]

For some students and teachers the limit is elementary level math.

[SpaceBar]

Algebra is not “advanced math.”

Dr. Israel Herstein would disagree but I digress. There are really two distinct tiers of what people call algebra. There is the method of symbolic substitution in what would otherwise just be arithmetic, and amounts to almost a rote memorization of a collection of "tricks" of manipulation to isolate the sought quantity. But there is another variety which focuses on abstract structure that is independent of the pedestrian notion of numerical value. The latter is what is taught at the college level for math majors, and is one of the most beautiful disciplines of pure analysis that exists.

[LookingUp]

I failed Algebra in 8th grade. Had to take it again as a senior. something clicked and i got all A’s.