Topic: I Could Never be an Engineer...

[Alieo]

...but I wanted to when I re-started college last semester! Now, my dreams are all shattered. I was looking at engineering because I have SOOO many ideas on developing alternative sources of fuel such as, research into magnetics, influence of radioactive elements, water powered cars, flying cars... *SIGH* all that is out the window now and I am TOTALLY lost and don't know what I should do with my life. Here's the issue...

I am HORRIBLE at math. I can't pass it for the life of me. I'm in College Algebra for the THIRD... count it... one... two.. THREE... THIRD time! And that is the MAXIMUM number of tries you can take a course over here in Texas, or else you'll have to take it out of state. I cannot grasp the concept for the life of me, no matter how much tutoring, how much help, online videos I seek, I cannot grasp the concepts.

Now, here's the thing... I'm awful at math, and as I said, am currently THREE-PEATING College Algebra. However, I remember numbers like nobody's business. For example, I have 752 CDs/Playlists and I have them each titled with a nice design (if it's a custom burned CD/put together playlist) and numbered 1-752. If you gave me a number 1-752, I'd be able to tell you the title of that CD right off the bat! BTW, my Descent music collection is from 100-105! LOL! Another example, I can watch a movie and remember the numbers of the apartments or houses in that movie. For example, in the movie Gran Torino with Clint Eastwood, Clint's character was shot down outside of house #217... and I only saw that movie once in the theaters! I have a photographic memory of that number. But ask me to find the input and output function of f(x) when x = 4x^2 + SqRt(47) and I'll freeze. It doesn't work like that... DOES NOT COMPUTE!!!

So what the HECK can I get a degree in if I cannot even pass the required College Algebra course? The simplest ART degree here requires "BASIC" College Algebra (BASIC MY A**!!!) Is my life really over? I don't want to go to a trade school... been there done that! $10,000 later, none of those credits from that school were transferable to university so I have to start from scratch! I'm just feeling very vexed and hopeless right now. I have a test later on this afternoon, and I predict I will get at least an "8" on it! Well, I better get some sleep. Wish me luck! Sorry, just had to rant about this. Verrrrry frustrated right now...

[VANGUARD]

good luck. I don't know if it helps or hurts, but I suck at math too. I am okay with some of the basics, but, 2x+4y=something z, and 5y is the same as 45, or whatever, is something that only scares me. 

[Alieo]

@Vanguard... thanks man... yeah I totally bombed that test. Now the question is, are my grades salvageable to pass the course? And if I don't, am I seriously blocked from ALL degree plans?

[VANGUARD]

as much as I suck at math, i suck more at college talk. sorry. I have no idea how to help you in that field. I know that a 4.0 something is best, GPA or something.

[Canceler]

maybe your tutoring/teachers just really, really suck. i know algebra was bloody difficult to grasp and i just didn't get it when i was doing it the first time, and that was because it wasn't explained well. i had a really good math teacher in high school and was able to grasp it. maybe it would do you well to take a different course?

[NUMBERZero]

Go look at youtube videos. They help me more than my teacher. My algebra teaher REALLY SUCKS!!!!!

[Scyphi]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds math and algebra unfathomable.

[Alieo]

Alright... about to go to class... and find out my grade!!!

[-<WillyP>-]

ok, good luck my friend!

[Shroudeye]

Well, good luck...

[Alieo]

Okay... went to class and she did not grade the tests yet but said she will post them online. Let's find out what I made...

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...and the result is... NOT in yet... dang it. I'll check back on it tomorrow.

[Alieo]

74... passed!

[Kaiaatzl]

Congrats.

[Shroudeye]

Goood one!

See, there is a word my Uncle often tells: "One can shatter rocks, with a will-powered pee" (Creative... NO?)... Nice job there, Alieo!

[NUMBERZero]

lololol

Good job. That was a close one.