Can you like Algebra AND Geometry?

Hey, I barely recognized you!!! Not sure what it is yet, I'll have to take a closer look... I had a couple teachers like that too. They thought they were such great teachers that there was no way you couldn't understand what they were trying to teach you. We all learn differently and a good teacher will try to teach with that in mind.

You mean to tell me you cant see my avatar?? Wonder how come? I can, easily. lol I had up a different avatar once and someone else asked me what it was, they said it was too little too see. Hmmm I see it just fine. I wonder if its the screen resolution or monitor size? Anyway, yeah I didnt care for it, and I had to learn a bit different from the other students. Bay xx

I made it bigger, so let me know if you can tell now Dawn. Id really like an avatar that everyone can see. I REALLY like this one too, its more funny than the bloody typing guy. LOL Bay xx

I breezed through the Algebras, but just did not get the Geometry. There was NO WAY I was going to try to tackle Trig....

Well, from what I remember, high school had just a few distractions... And it was FREE... so I think it would be much easier to blow off some studying... But in college, someones actually paying for it - me in my case - so you have a vested interest in trying to actually do a bit better. That's just how I felt about my studies, even though school stuff came pretty easy to me.

I know that it had nothing to do with High School being free and college being paid for. I spent HOURS with tutors and helpers in High School. My parents shelled out some big money, and I was well aware of that. I just COULDN'T get it! I could get the right answers, but I couldn't tell you how I was getting there. I think that was actually the big problem. In High School the teachers would mark points off for not showing each step. I would sometimes skip steps but still come up with the right answer in the end. Yet, because of that I would only get half the points awarded to me. I'm thinking (though I can't remember) that the college Algebra teacher only cared about the right answer. I'm a pretty black and white person, and there is just TOO much grey area in Algebra. Geometry was tough, I think, because I already had set my mind that I hated math.

Hmm... That's pretty wild... I do remember the whole "showing your work thing" and my son even got mad at a college professor because he got a bad grade on a test because of that. My son got all the answers right but showed VERY little work, and it probably looked like doodling. But it made sense to him and he got the right answer. I have to have it all mapped out to get the big picture. I still love math though!

You are so right - it is MUCH easier to understand if you can actually see how it's applied in every-day life.

Ugh, just the sound of conic theory makes me cringe! I just didn't get it... But give me letters and tell me to add them - I was all over that one!

I think you're right - everyone's brain is built a bit differently.

I have always liked math too, but for some reason Geometry just really stumped me.

That's cool that you're good at both! I just remember doing so well in math until I took Geometry. It just really lost me. I found that most of my Geometry classmates did great with Geometry, but horrible with Algebra.

Whew! Never got as far as Calculus and Trig. Dummy me figured I had all my credits, so why take more classes???