I'm in precalc honors and the workload is insane. I do my best to complete all the homework and I study for tests and pay attention. I just want to know what I'm doing wrong and how I can fix it.
2007-01-05 09:50:43 · 7 answers · asked by maybeso 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
There are two ways to go about it. The first would be to start with the fundamentals and make sure you have a strong understanding of them. Most of the more complex stuff was derived from the simple stuff (though sometimes that was backwards). Think about it this way, if you can't drive a car you aren't going to be able to handle driving a big rig.
The second way would be to work on things that are above what you are currently doing. The more advanced mathematics will rely on the simpler principles and help to reinforce them. Using that same analogy as earlier, if you can drive a big rig, odds are you can handle a car as well.
You will often find you don't really understand what (or why) you are doing something until you've moved far beyond it. You'll be working on something and suddenly it will all click. It takes time (we are talking months and years, not weeks) for things to really make sense. What you are looking at is a very tiny piece of a very giant field and in all truth, its not supposed to make perfect sense to you at this point.
The answer you may not want to hear is that math (or perhaps calculus specifically) may simply not be your strong suit. If this is the only field with which you are having a problem, then I wouldn't worry about it too much. My best advice for you right now is to relax; if you are in precalc honors then I'm guessing you are still in high school, you will have more than enough time to stress over all this stuff later, for now, just enjoy being young.
2007-01-05 10:31:27 · answer #1 · answered by Walter B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine then assume you already know how to do the last one? Haha. Math is a lot of hard work and patience and things like that. And then it IS honors precalc. Some teachers have unreasonable expectations when they conduct an honors section. Some students shouldn't be in an honors section. Pace yourself through the work. And give yourself rewards, like after 1/2 an hour of homework .... then a reward, a piece of chocolate, some exercise, a video game for ten minutes, whatever. Study in groups, it is fun, you make friends, and you can help each other.
2007-01-05 10:12:28 · answer #2 · answered by a_math_guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From your comments, I gather that your heart is not there! In other words, you may try to do your best but not because you want/like to but because you have to or because you are trying to prove something to someone. And that's what I see you're doing wrong!
Here is some food for thought:
QUOTES BY PYTHAGORAS:
Number rules the universe.
Quoted in D MacHale, Comic Sections (Dublin 1993)
Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons.
Iamblichus
Every man has been made by God in order to acquire knowledge and contemplate.
Geometry is knowledge of the eternally existent.
Number is the within of all things.
There is geometry in the humming of the strings.
Time is the soul of this world.
Quoted in Des MacHale, Wisdom (London, 2002).
2007-01-05 10:04:13 · answer #3 · answered by Nikolas S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-05 10:31:08 · answer #5 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Instead of doing a million math problems, you could do a few tough "math team level" precalculus problems to see if you really understand the concepts.
Mathematics is about understanding not memorization of formulas.
2007-01-05 10:03:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, thats the work it takes
2007-01-05 09:52:54 · answer #7 · answered by hsparsal 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋