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largosan
Sea Gull

Joined: Aug 23, 2011
Age: 17
Posts: 246
Location: Southern Michigan, United States

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:21 am Post subject:

I have generally done well with mathematics classes, but I'm taking algebra 2 this year, and really not quite getting it. It really doesn't help that that I'm too afraid of my classmates to ask questions in class, and too afraid of teacher to ask questions after school.

Circle989898
Phoenix
Phoenix

Joined: Oct 31, 2011
Posts: 1954

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:32 pm Post subject:

I like how math will never change and that it always has an answer for you and it never changes. From doing 1+1 to doing integrals of trig functions. You will always get the same answer. Also that it is always building and building.

jpr11011
Raven
Raven

Joined: Jan 07, 2012
Age: 19
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Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:34 pm Post subject:

I would be good at math if it weren't for a lack of precision. I do like its accuracy, but I have trouble with my own accuracy. _________________ ~ NLVD as a result of fetal hypoxia (so technically not an Aspie, but I have very, very similar characteristics) AQ 37 Severe inattentive ADD, responds well with Concerta Spectrum Kid Problems Tumblr: http://spectrumproblems.tumblr.com/

mr_squirrel
Raven
Raven

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Age: 10
Posts: 123

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:20 pm Post subject:

im good, i just don like it that much, just a bit, but i do well at it, even thou i find it difficult sometimes.

EBartleby
Tufted Titmouse

Joined: Jan 08, 2012
Age: 25
Posts: 39

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:37 pm Post subject:

I would LOVE to be good at maths, dammit! I mean, is there a language more rational, more unchanging and straightforward? I don't think so. But unfortunately, although I understand the meaning of the different numbers and signs, and I understand pretty well how they interact, looking at equations is like looking at nothing. I can feel the information in my brain travelling through pathways that go no where. Total darkness of the mind. Docs thought it might just be ADD making me unable to concentrate on numbers, but medication did nothing to help me. (It DID increase my ability to focus on most tasks, but I'm still math-illiterate. Meaning the problem is elsewhere.) It pisses me off, quite frankly. Would have loved to be an astrophysicist, or to work in a lab maybe, but it'll take a freaking good teacher for me to get there.

melmaclorelai
Tufted Titmouse

Joined: Dec 20, 2011
Posts: 48
Location: On a cloud.

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:42 am Post subject:

For the people who struggle with math - maybe dyscalculia is to blame, rather than AS. I haven't been diagnosed with dyscalculia by a psychology, but I definetly feel like it explains my lack of mathematical aptitude.

EBartleby
Tufted Titmouse

Joined: Jan 08, 2012
Age: 25
Posts: 39

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:52 am Post subject:

melmaclorelai wrote:

For the people who struggle with math - maybe dyscalculia is to blame, rather than AS. I haven't been diagnosed with dyscalculia by a psychology, but I definetly feel like it explains my lack of mathematical aptitude.

As much as I'd like to investigate that possibility, I don't think any mental professional where I live can diagnose conditions of that nature. I mean, they were already pretty clueless as to how to help me with AS so...

EDIT: for now, it seems you have sparked in me an episode of ''read everything on the subject'' that should last a couple hours. Hah Razz

Sweetleaf
Metalhead
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:32 pm Post subject:

I was fairly average at math until 5th grade, then things started getting too advanced and I didn't really get it...I don't know how the hell I managed to graduate from high school with the math skills of a 5th grader guess my reading/writing skills must have made up for it or something. But yeah I doubt I could pass a high school calculus course let alone......anything beyond remedial math in college. _________________ It's like alice in wonderland except, my names not alice and this is the real world not a dream.

androbot2084
Phoenix
Phoenix

Joined: Mar 24, 2011
Posts: 3230

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:35 pm Post subject:

Even if you flunk Calculus you can still know up to 50 percent of the material.

Lonermutant
Phoenix
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Joined: Dec 18, 2005
Posts: 1748
Location: Namsos, Norway

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:04 am Post subject:

If you struggle with math, don't even think about going to College.

Embroglio
Pileated woodpecker

Joined: Apr 27, 2011
Age: 24
Posts: 185

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:35 pm Post subject:

Lonermutant wrote:

If you struggle with math, don't even think about going to College.

So people who struggle with math but are otherwise highly intelligent don't deserve a college degree? I have an IQ of 128, I'm not very good at math. But I would be a waste if I worked food service and construction for the rest of my life. And in America these days without a college degree those are some of the few options available to you.