Just finished taking a math test for school. It was a practice quiz really, just to get my "feet wet" and to get reintroduced to basic algebraic math. I bombed it! I haven't had to do that kind of math since junior high...that was...hmmm...15 years ago at least! Bring on the Trig, that's the stuff I remember and have used most recently! Heck, I think my Algebra II skills are even better! Holy cow, haven't felt this "dumb" in a long while! I mean, I was really sitting at the computer scratching my head.
It looked familiar to me. It looked like something I knew how to do once. But how exactly it went, I don't remember. I got my score and they encouragingly give you a study guide on topics that need work. I also omitted about six answers because in all honesty, had no idea where to even begin! Am I smarter than a 5th grader? Probably not. Am I smarter than the average college graduate, you best be believin' I am! Strange sensation to be so confused by what you know is a fairly basic algebraic expression. It might take a day or so, but it will all come back to me once I do it through a time or two.
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To self: if you can't do basic math, how will you teach it to school aged children? oh yeah, thanks for the pep talk!
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You can do it!
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