Posted by alexandra_k on February 8, 2014, at 16:52:21
In reply to Re: oops, i did it again, posted by alexandra_k on February 8, 2014, at 16:43:41
i need a few more weeks still to calm down.
given the lack of professionalism... and... a few things that happened... basically stuff where i am like 'didn't we just go through that' when the conversation really wasn't that hard...
it is better that i don't do the program.
i will figure out alternatives. there is a chemistry course that is basically equivalent (though i suppose it runs through stuff 2x as fast). and there is comparative animal biology which they reccommend as a sub. there is conceptual physics. mostly... it is just the math... getting that to a high enough level.
the math tutor gave me two (of 5) chapters for the first math for science course. one chapter / workbook every two weeks, apparently. i wonder... if i work through them myself... well... i wonder if i can get the other ones out of her, too, and work through them myself.
if the tutor was a uni professor (you know, a proper academic) i wouldn't have this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach about broaching that...
the ones i have seem manageable. proportion / percentage and algebra. but the proof is of course in the pudding... she agreed it isn't about doing most of it... it is about really getting ALL of it... and it is still a big jump from there to proper first year uni maths...
sigh.
honestly... i think maths is one of those things that i'm better off doing shoved away in my room in my own time. where it is much quieter than libraries etc. where i can work at my own pace. i simply don't see how you can try and do such things with other people about (unless it is under test conditions). group instruction is... typically not where you need it to be. individual instruction is... when you are that close to me / pressuring me to 'get it' then my brain switches off and i can't even hear you properly.
i need to do this stuff at home. then make sure i do lots of practice tests in lecture theaters to mimic test conditions.
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