This evening has been well spent revising mathematical stuff.
Squares, cubes, roots and notations - courtesy of open learn.
I must say I am finally getting over being so doubtful and feeling much more confident.
It may take some study time away from the week, but If it helps, I'm definitely sticking to it.
I think I may just about be OK during this first year.
Maybe!
Found myself with a few extra hours study today so I tackled that iCMA51 again.
STILL floating in mid 80 % range. God damn it.
Looks like it is scientific notation that is letting me down. So frustrating.
Will I ever learn - need to find a way to get this stuff cemented before things get harder and harder and harder.
Pre-course beginnings I was a dab hand at it - but now I just cant seem to get it right. Is it possibly that introduction to engineering notation throwing me out?
Didn't cover that on the open learn course - I'm sure of it.
All i know that for now I am struggling a little through this particular section of the maths, but trying to stay positive and working my way through the help materials.
Please, brain start absorbing things!!!!
It's LOCKDOWN here in Wales again. Roads quiet, nowhere to go. Perfect time to study - MATHS - Arghhhh! Why?
What on earth made me take a math heavy course. We are only just getting started.
Stuff I should know, stuff I should have covered in school - GCSE stuff. why am I finding it so difficult to rack around in my brain for those little clues that helped me get through those my exams?
Even looking at GCSE/A level revision books is making me think - there was no way I knew how to do all this to sit an exam.
Oh yeah - it was over 20 years ago and I have had 2 kids since then. Brain mushed!!
Evenings are getting harder to concentrate and I find I don't have enough time in a day to revise.
Something has to change - revamp of that study plan.
Although, I do have a maths tutorial on Wednesday - hoping for some lightbulb moments there or it will be 1:1 tutor call for me.
Despite somehow getting 86% in the iCMA so far - I was too heavily reliant on the books with me.
TARGET: iCMA51 = minimum 90% with less use of the books.
I have just over 2 weeks to get myself up to speed and I'm a week ahead of schedule. (Hope to get week 6 out of the way this week as well) then that will give me some good groundings before I return to work - if kids will ever leave me to get a few hours peace during the best time of the day to study.
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