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On-line math courses are known for skipping a lot of stuff.
It does seem as though that school did not properly test and/or place you in a proper math course (i.e., based on your current skills and knowlege).
If you're pursuing a future college degree that requires only the state-mandated minimum for math & science, then you'll probably be okay just skating by at your current, private high-school.
If you plan to pursue a degree in the natural sciences, then you may want to rethink your on-line plans.
On-line math courses are good for experienced students who are very disciplined and able to become both the teacher and the student simultaneously.
On-line math courses are not good for students who have forgotten their high-school math or students who do not have the extra time to figure out how to become the teacher, too.
Also, you should contact the school about resources for face-to-face tutoring, if you plan on taking more math courses. I think that you have a lot of catching up to do, and it may not be a wise investment of your time to learn math by tutors on a bulletin board if such tutoring takes hours.
Also, if you have community-college options in your area, their tuition may be on par with your on-line math courses. From my experiences with on-line math courses, I think that you get much better instruction attending a community college campus for your math requirements.
I guessed that your course is on-line because this very exercise was posted here a few weeks ago by somebody who is located several hundred miles from your general location. (We tried to help them, but they gave up and never returned.) Hence, I figured you were not both attending the same brick-and-mortar classroom.
I wish you good fortune. Cheers. :cool:
It does seem as though that school did not properly test and/or place you in a proper math course (i.e., based on your current skills and knowlege).
If you're pursuing a future college degree that requires only the state-mandated minimum for math & science, then you'll probably be okay just skating by at your current, private high-school.
If you plan to pursue a degree in the natural sciences, then you may want to rethink your on-line plans.
On-line math courses are good for experienced students who are very disciplined and able to become both the teacher and the student simultaneously.
On-line math courses are not good for students who have forgotten their high-school math or students who do not have the extra time to figure out how to become the teacher, too.
Also, you should contact the school about resources for face-to-face tutoring, if you plan on taking more math courses. I think that you have a lot of catching up to do, and it may not be a wise investment of your time to learn math by tutors on a bulletin board if such tutoring takes hours.
Also, if you have community-college options in your area, their tuition may be on par with your on-line math courses. From my experiences with on-line math courses, I think that you get much better instruction attending a community college campus for your math requirements.
I guessed that your course is on-line because this very exercise was posted here a few weeks ago by somebody who is located several hundred miles from your general location. (We tried to help them, but they gave up and never returned.) Hence, I figured you were not both attending the same brick-and-mortar classroom.
I wish you good fortune. Cheers. :cool:
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