OT: Math...not so bad!

I was plesantly suprised by my math class and the fact that it all came rushing back to me!  The professor is a really nice, mild mannered middle aged woman with a family, so she gets where the majorit of students at Metro State are coming from.  That and she devotes 45 min before and 30 min at the beginning of class just to answer questions from the previous week's homework.  If tonight was any indication of how I will do in the class I am not too worried!  Whew!  The one class I was sweating and now I am not quiet so scared!

I'm glad to hear this class is one less stress for you!

Nicole, I will be attending Metro State come January and am very excited. What's your intended major? I'm going for the Professional Writing track in the Writing B.A. major. A TON of my credits from Anoka-Ramsey transferred, so I should be graduated within two years or so!

Maybe I'll see you around campus

Tangled - I teach there - you might need my class if you are a communication major :)

 

Linda 

 

Nicole,

Yay for you......One less worry, right? Math was always my worst subject.....I'm glad you are comfortable with your teacher & math lessons......She sounds like a good teacher, devoting 45 min. before to answer questions, thats awesome.......

Kelly

I finally decided to nip it in the bud and get those last gen eds out of the way, so I'm finally attacking my math requirements, too.  Didn't do well enough on testing to be able to just do my one college math, so I'm in Exploring Functions.  I was very fearful of how this class was going to go.  I struggle with math.  But, like you, I was pleasantly surpirsed, and I even enjoyed the first class!  I've got Eleonore Balbach, on Wed nights at Midway campus, and I think she is awesome.  One of her first questions was, "Who here hates math?"  And after about 3/4 of the class raised their hands, she went on to say that even though she loves math, she understands where we are coming from, and why we hate it.  That somewhere down the road a bad instructor likely got hold of us and soured our perspective by not teaching us.  Which is soo true in my case!  She started us out with review and walked us through things step by step, and yeah, I was surprised at how much I did remember from the past.  I'm actually kind of looking forward to this class.  I'm not scared of it anymore.

Christi~I too am in Exploring Functions, I didn't do so great on the placement test either!  I have Rikki Wagstrom on Thursday nights at the St. Paul Campus.  Is your class a part of the test pilot or are you still using a text book?  If you are in the test pilot class as well perhaps we could get together and study sometime!  I am glad to hear that Metro State has a couple of good instructors, it makes me less afraid of the other math course I will need to graduate.  Good luck to you I am sure you are going to do great! 

Nope, not part of the test pilot.  What's that all about the?  The test program?  Is it online or something?  No text-books?  You are going to do great, also!  It really helps to feel like your instructor really does hold your success as their best interest.  That's what I love about Metro State.  Well, that and the fact that I don't feel like I'm back in high school because most of the other students are not unlike me.  I did not enjoy my time at ARCC. 
Anywho!  Best of luck to you!

The test pilot course uses the text that the Math Deptat Metro State has written and is still trying to fine tune.  We are given handouts at the beginning of each class that have 3 parts, an introduction to the concepts we are learning that week, homeowrk and the 1/2 the answers to the homework.  From what my professor explained it is suppossed to be more "real world" applicable and is based on the theme of environmental sustainablilty so that all of the story problems and such are things that you could really see in the everyday life.  I have to agree with you about the professors at Metro State it isnice to know that they really do care about you and your education.  One of the biggest reasons I chose Metro State was because it is considered a non-traditional school since the majority of their students are not the typical just out of high school teenagers.  It is nice to feel like you belong somewhere.

Nicole...I am so happy for you...that is great news!!

ROCK ON!!!!

Hugs, connie d