I graduated before this new math came in and I still can’t do algebra.
How many would admit the following:
” I graduated before this new Whole Word Reading came in and I still can't read”!
Hm?...How many would admit to the above? None? Why is it that people are not the least bit embarrassed about a mathematics deficiency?
Same here I couldn’t do an algebra equation in the past and I have a degree. I finally decided to do something about it and at age 53 I’m taking elementary algebra at my local community college. We are almost finished for the semester, a few classes and the final and that’s it.
My class started with 28 students all ages. We are down to 12 and I know that 3 maybe 4 will fail unless they get scores in the 90s on the final. My best guess is 7 will complete the class with a passing grade.
The instructor is “old school” we are not allowed to use calculators at all. He will say, and this is true that we are doing high school level work and that he wants us to understand fully what we are doing.
For me, I’m a self professed “math retard” but I’m happy to say that I’m in solid B territory and expecting to move on to intermediate algebra in the summer session then college algebra in the fall. I don’t blame anyone but myself for my lack of math skills and I intend to learn this subject at all costs.
“I graduated before this new math came in and I still can’t do algebra.”
Do you....buy groceries, pay a mortgage, use a car? If so, you are most definitely using algebra.