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YESYESYES.
I did some asking and discovered that for my math credits? I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE COLLEGE ALGEBRA. I can take Contemporary Mathematics!
I am so happy. The last couple of weeks in Intro to Algebra have been really rough, and I've been feeling panicky about attempting to work on the college level. Contemporary Math, though, sounds a lot easier, as well as having material that might actually be stuff I could use later. I am so relieved. I was under the impression that College Algebra was required for my degree, which is why I took Intro, but it's not. I'd be annoyed about spending a semester in a class I didn't need which doesn't qualify as credits toward graduation, but fuck it. It helped me get used to doing math again, and to paying attention and putting in the effort, which is not a thing I did so much in high school math. So that's all right.
Whew. Okay, I have to go format a paper now. Last day is Monday, then it's almost a month till next semester. Boo. "Winter break" is not a "break" for me, because it means I have to work full-time to pay my rent and the like. School is my break!
I did some asking and discovered that for my math credits? I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE COLLEGE ALGEBRA. I can take Contemporary Mathematics!
I am so happy. The last couple of weeks in Intro to Algebra have been really rough, and I've been feeling panicky about attempting to work on the college level. Contemporary Math, though, sounds a lot easier, as well as having material that might actually be stuff I could use later. I am so relieved. I was under the impression that College Algebra was required for my degree, which is why I took Intro, but it's not. I'd be annoyed about spending a semester in a class I didn't need which doesn't qualify as credits toward graduation, but fuck it. It helped me get used to doing math again, and to paying attention and putting in the effort, which is not a thing I did so much in high school math. So that's all right.
Whew. Okay, I have to go format a paper now. Last day is Monday, then it's almost a month till next semester. Boo. "Winter break" is not a "break" for me, because it means I have to work full-time to pay my rent and the like. School is my break!
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"This course is designed to survey and develop an appreciation for mathematical topics that are useful in our contemporary world such as critical thinking, logic, sets, number theory, algebra and formulas, financial management, measurement units and conversions, geometry, statistics and applied problem solving. It is intended for students not expecting to enroll in additional math classes and is designed to satisfy the general education requirement for mathematics."
So, basically, a little bit of this and a little bit of that, and probably not getting in depth enough on anything to break my brain. Much, much better than College Algebra.
It also says that Intro to Algebra is in fact a prerequisite for those who bombed the math section of the placement test (which, hi! That was me scoring in the forty-second percentile, thanks!), so cool.
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