JARRED: For the past three years I have been plugging away at my college education. Semester after semester I check off requirements that enable me to earn a degree that still seems so far in the distance. Nevertheless, progress is being made.
There is one course, I'm very sad to say, that I have not made as much progress in. Math, like for a lot of people, has always been a daunting subject for me. The anxiety that I experience when I even think about it is tremendous. I remember spending hours on homework in high school trying to figure out the answer to a problem, and never being able to do it quite right. Needless to say, it was very frustrating and frankly didn't make me want to pursue any higher education in the course.
But, the time has long since come to where it is the only general education class I have left. I am actually a good way into my major, but have been avoiding this one particular class like it was the bubonic plague. So, my better half and I decided that this summer was the time to finally get it over with and be done for good.
Due to the horrible rumors and bad reputation that UVU's math department has, I decided to earn my math credit online through a small community college in Kansas. There is a tutoring business here in Orem that will work with you, and make sure you understand the material. So far it has been great because there is only five other students in the course. A lot of them have been avoiding math to the point where it is the only class they need for their bachelors degree.
The class is going pretty good so far. I do not have as much anxiety as I used to have. But, I have learned that math is still the most time consuming subject that I have taken thus far. Math has always been a gigantic mountain right in the middle of my college path. But, thanks to the help and encouragement of my lovely wife, I am finally scaling it and slowly but surely making my way to the top. Thanks Becky! I love you!
3 comments:
Oh, I can so relate. I am the Queen of Algebra. Not that I'm good at it, but that I've taken it SO many times. I took it twice in high school and then twice in college. I still don't understand any of it.
Try being a major math idiot and growing up in a family full of math, computer, statistics, engineering and science majors! They all LOVE math!
For Family Home Evening we used to sit in a circle and call out numbers (oh, excuse me, whole integers) in order, but you had to say "beep" when you came to a prime number. Oh how I hated that game.
In the words of Jack Black, "Get off your ath, let's do some math."
Remember, I'm just a yell away if you need any support, or if you just want to know how to make the calculator do all the work.
Hey, I realize we're not the best at updating either, but come on!!! How's life?
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