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Date of upload: Jan 16, 2024 ^^
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I failed my final 70/200. Last semester my dad passed away, I was barely in class and I was never even that strong in math. My professor let me retake the exam. I had less than a week to prepare and I just studied really hard a couple hours every day and I got a 170/200. Never limit yourself. You really can do it.
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I was very shy when I went to university...I felt inferior to everyone...I had a bad case of "imposter syndrome". The result was that I messed around and wasted time and failed all my classes. I just felt hopelessly out of my depth all the time, and felt I couldn't ask anyone for help because they'd think I was stupid...everyone else just seemed orders of magnitude cleverer than me.
As I've grown older, I've realised that my problem was "confidence", not "stupidity" (not helped by the fact that some of my peers deliberately undermined my confidence...something else I didn't realise at the time) and work ethic (or lack thereof).
I should have made more of myself, and I regret it now...
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At 56, I took my first math class since 1989; pre-calculus, which I finished this past December. Pre-calculus here is a semester course and I finished with a 94.15%. It was not easy. Like mentioned in the video here, it is "total immersion" in study. If you're going to work in computational matters, physics, etc., there is a mastery of the subject that goes far beyond just passing tests. Over break, it is devising a curriculum to stay up on logarithms, trigonometry, exponents - the basics - to stay sharp for calculus. Detailed and organized notes are absolutely critical. I would tab each class's notes and my study notes, so I could refer back. And, I would go to office hours for help working out those ratty little problems that seem impossible. It was kind of a kick; like, "Who's this old guy perusing the Math Department." Reading material prior to class is also essential to stay ahead of the curve and get the most out of what is being taught. You must have some idea of what is going to be taught before having it presented. When you get organized and prepared to this degree, you find that the subject matter is very distilled, and you see the connections. Epiphany: The student of calculus is forever a student of algebra and trigonometry. If I can do this after being away from undergraduate school for nearly 35 years, you can do it. I enjoy this channel. Thanks for making these videos.
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This quote literally hapenned to me, I had passed 4 months believing I was gonna fail ALL disciplines on school, but on the last 3 weeks, I made studying a priority and spent morning till night in the library, I know it wasn't a perfect efficient system as I even got sick because of it, but in less than 14 days of planning and executing I suddendly started to get almost perfect marks and ended up achieving something I once thought was impossible, I actually passed 😂🎉
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wow the timing of me finding this vid was perfect . I’ve been falling behind due to family complications and have been struggling with feelings of inadequacy. I went from being the top student (through sheer effort, exactly as described, doing multiple problems a day every day over and over etc) and always on top of my assignments, to barely absorbing the information and hurrying to get things turned in before their deadlines. i used to read my lab procedures well ahead of time to make a basic outline of my lab reports and now i can’t even manage to skim them before class. its only within the last couple of days that i’ve been able to go back to studying the way i used to, mostly, and I keep worrying that it won’t be enough to catch up. So I really appreciate hearing this
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Thanks for the encouragement. I’ve had many times in my life were I’ve been told that I was not capable of doing something. My algebra teacher in high school told me to avoid taking trigonometry/pre calculus which was the next level. So I followed his advice… however, math was one of the subjects that I enjoyed, and I wanted to prove him that I could do it, so I went to community college and pursued electrical engineering. I did struggle at first, but I learned that I need to grind and put in the hours to be successful. Now, I’m an electrical engineer making six figures salary.
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Man, I'm from Spain. I stopped studying math when I finished high school (some statistics during my grad). I never thought I would ever ever ever be interested in math again until I discovered your channel. It is great, I love your book recommendations, your tips and explanations. Keep making this good content. EDIT (Great advice, useful for any discipline thx)
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@kebogu6123
3 months ago
Your arms are more jacked than mine, therefore i believe you
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