Trig sucks: A rant

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Turns out that today I find out that I have a test on Vectors (Chapter 8 in the Trig book) tomorrow. Then about 5 minutes after my teacher informed us about our test, she gives back the quiz that we took yesterday. I got a 33 on that quiz. Usually I never fail quizzes but vectors are a pain in the arse. Currently my grade stands at an 85 in my class but after tomorrow, no matter how much I study tonight and tomorrow I'm still going to fail that test and now I'm even having serious doubts that I'll even pass Trig 2nd semester. This is the first time that I've been on the verge of failing a class and unless some kind of miracle happens I'm probably going to fail the class. In my county our final exams are worth 20% of our grade (they go up to 25% next year which is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of because why should one ****ing test be worth that much of your grade?) and as of right now I dont even remember what we did today in class let alone all semester. This is a new thing for me, on the verge of failing of a class, and I'm having some serious doubts in myself right now and I dont know how to get out of this. I'll keep this thread updated tomorrow on how my test goes but as of right now I'm 99.9% sure I'm going to fail it :(
 
Eh, I have a similar situation, but not quite as painful... I was barely holding on to an A in Honors Algebra II (got an A the first trimester), then on the last test we took I got a D on it, dropping my grade almost 10% (darn probability!). Hopefully, I'll do well on the trig tests (the last two tests of the year, plus the final, which is worth 25% of my grade)... So, I feel for ya. Try to hold out there. :)
 
"Whether you say you can, or say you can't, you're right." Henry Ford.

Don't put yourself down, if you keep saying that you'll fail, you probably will, but if you keep positive and say that you will pass, you just might do..
 
Yeah, good luck Matt. Remember the exam rules:
1. Keep Calm
2. Read the question.
3. No, really, read the question.
4. Keep Calm.
5. Read the instructions (to make sure you answer the right set of questions).
6. Keep Calm.
7. Read the Question.

If you don't know the answer to one question, move on to another. Don't worry about not knowing the answer, because then your head will fill with worry, pushing out all the knowledge. Do the best you can.

Good luck, we're rooting for you!
 
I'm on the brink of an A, which is a 92.5% upward in my Algebra 2 Honors class. It sucks though because my teacher knows I'm smart and he keeps on calling me to answer the questions. Then, when I answer it, he dissects *spelling?* it and explains what I could of done and what I did wrong :mad:

Dang, your finals are worth a lot! Ours are worth 15% of our grade!

Doode, is Triginometry really that hard? :scared: :Paranoid:
 
Originally posted by GilesGuthrie
Yeah, good luck Matt. Remember the exam rules:
1. Keep Calm
2. Read the question.
3. No, really, read the question.
4. Keep Calm.
5. Read the instructions (to make sure you answer the right set of questions).
6. Keep Calm.
7. Read the Question.

If you don't know the answer to one question, move on to another. Don't worry about not knowing the answer, because then your head will fill with worry, pushing out all the knowledge. Do the best you can.

Good luck, we're rooting for you!
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a.k.a. Strategies to take the SAT's :P
 
Here's my theory, study and know as much as you can.

Take the test, expecting to fail. You know you're going to fail, so start studying for your next test.

If you fail this, you knew it ahead of time, and you're a step ahead for the next test.

If you pass this test, you get the bonus plan, and are still a step ahead of the next test.

Or as I've said before "Always have a back-up plan"

Giles has it pretty close to the truth. Keep calm, and good luck.

AO
 
Good luck mate, you should pass it easily, just don't put yourself down! :)
 
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The time it took to type that should have been spent studying.
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You can study mathematics all you want, but the thing is: if you don't get it, you don't get. And you'll probably never get it.
 
Originally posted by sn00pie
You can study mathematics all you want, but the thing is: if you don't get it, you don't get. And you'll probably never get it.
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Ain't that the truth.

I am one of those people who didn't, don't and will never understand mathematics. No matter how long i studied, it wouldn't make any sense to me.
 
I understand stuff uptil about 9th year here in Australia...I don't get much else, and i don't think i'm ever going to use something like Trigonometry (which i have no clue what it's about seeing as we prolly only learn it in year 10) in my lifetime.
 
The test went well, least I hope. All the crap felt pretty easy but there are many places to make careless errors which sucks.

Speaking of the SAT, I gotta take that on Saturday and hopefully this time I'll do better than a 1000:P
 
Yesterday my teacher gave back our tests, I only missed 8 questions out of 28. She then told us that we could go back and correct our wrong answers for credit so I dont know how I did on the corrections.
 
Eh, I have a similar situation, but not quite as painful... I was barely holding on to an A in Honors Algebra II (got an A the first trimester), then on the last test we took I got a D on it, dropping my grade almost 10% (darn probability!). Hopefully, I'll do well on the trig tests (the last two tests of the year, plus the final, which is worth 25% of my grade)... So, I feel for ya. Try to hold out there.
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I have the EXACT same problem in Algebra I honors. IT makes me so mad because I've never made a D in my life. I feel really dumb because i know i can do a lot better. In all my other classes i have an A or high B. My only hope is the final Exam (BUM BUM BUM!!!). I'm afraid of what my parents will say, SO i really know exactly what you're feeling, just on a lower level.
 
Well, I'm on the verge of failing Alegebra II second semester because we have no homework right now but we have quizzes twice a week worth 72 points a piece(roughly). Do the math, but that means my grade will drop down really far. This is because I'm not understanding what we are doing in class right now and also I learn by actually doing something not having only about two examples to help me understand and then have to be tested over it the next day.
 
SohCahToa

Or I remember it as Single OverHead Cam Automatic Heater Tachless Overdrive Automobile , all of which is the 323. :D

I'm in Geometry right now. Boreing. Some stuff is easy, other stuff is not worth the effort. I am cruising through with a 67% or so...
 
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SohCahToa

Or I remember it as Single OverHead Cam Automatic Heater Tachless Overdrive Automobile , all of which is the 323. :D

I'm in Geometry right now. Boreing. Some stuff is easy, other stuff is not worth the effort. I am cruising through with a 67% or so...
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lol now I can remember it :)
 
Originally posted by MazKid
SohCahToa
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Jeezes, when you get to trig, you really can't rely on things like that... ;) And don't even get me started on special angles in radian form... those are horrible to try and memorize! (And that's probably just a very small insignificant tip of the iceberg) :banghead:


Anyway, I just took my Chapter 13 Trig test today, and found it fairly easy, so let's hope that brings my grade up. :) (Raptor65, where're you at right now?)
 
Yeah, I never had any trouble with trig or geometry, because they related to real things. They where much easier for me to understand. Algebra I was never interested in, and calculus was and is beyond me - at least the way it was taught to me, which focused on rote memorization of a bazillion formulas. It took me 5 semesters to scrape out a pair of Ds in what should have been two semesters worth of calc, all because the tests were based so much on memorization.

When I got to structural engineering, however, which relies heavily on calculus, I got almost straight As because 1) again, it was related to something real, and 2) I could look up the formulas in the damn book just like any reasonable person would if they were suddenly called on to perform emergency calculus for some reason.

When the focus is on understanding rather than memorization, learning is so much easier.

PS - Oscar Had... A Headache... Over Algebra = sin cos tan.
 
(Raptor65, where're you at right now?)
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What? do you mean where i'm located or what's my grade? Well i live in Greenville, S.C and my grade is about a 75D but i took a quiz today with 10 ques. I,hopefully, got at least a 90 B because there was 1 word problem i couldn't do. I double checked the rest so I really really hope i made a 90. I will jump up and down if i did.
 
Actually, I meant what chapter/section you're on. ;)

I'm rather ecstatic right now, since I got my test back today with a nice 105% on it. :) Like Duke, Geometry (and at least the beginnings of my new venture into trig) make so much sense to me... it's all so logical. On the other hand, stuff like probability, polynomials... doesn't really register with me very well.
 
OHHHHH!! O.K! I'm on Chapter seven, Problem Solving Using Linear Equations,Special types of linear systems, Solving of Linear inequalities, and (last and certainly least) Exploring data:Linear Programming. Basically solving equations and inequalities in y=mx+b form and graphing them. LOTS of fun! I'm going to Six Flags tomorrow for math and science day (any one else going, speak soon). At least a little break from math but i still have to do a little work while i'm there.
 
Oh!, only chapter 7? Are you guys going to get through the entire book by the end of the school year? We did linear programming the first semester... ;)

(BTW, my school is only a couple miles away from Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, CA).
 

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