I’ve always like algebra. Geometry never really was my favorite, but I liked Algebra. So I actually enjoyed the daily math grind in a way. But I also discovered that I was not called to any career where I did math 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. After to much math my brain became mush. And my 15 year old neighbor told me I didn’t look so good. Thanks, buddy.
During this little algebra intermission, I took and passed Macroeconomics!!! Thank you, Lord!!!
But I kept working at it, and, long story short, I didn’t make it. I made it exactly half way before the deadline rolled around. It took me 25 hours to get halfway through the course. So I slowed back down.
Because now I’m in limbo with ALEKs Math.
- If you DON’T work on the math, it will bump you down in the program and you lose all the work you’ve done.
- If you work too fast and finish, you don’t get accreditation. The credits are not like CLEP credits that last for 30 years, these only last 2-3 days. If ALEKS isn’t accredited in that time, no credit.
I told a friend that I feel like Dash in the last scene of Incredibles by Pixar, when he’s running in the race and his parents are cheering him on. They are yelling at him to speed up, but not to fast. Pull back, but not that much. “Make it second, but a close second”. That’s kind of what doing College Algebra is like right now.
After reading this…. I started thinking that, that little guy really does look like you….. 😉
Very funny, Shiloh!!! 😉