Something new today…no miracles, I promise.

Math is my toughest subject. I mean, I’m good at math if there isn’t a time limit or any pressure. If I can sit down and figure it out (even in my unconventional ways), I will usually get the math right. I don’t follow school-taught methods of doing so. I can’t figure out percentages by dividing and multiplying fractions. I have to do it in my own way.

That being said, I’m taking my final class to get my associate’s degree. It’s taken me 10 long years to get this far and I’ll be lucky if I get my bachelor’s before I’m 40. (Ok, that last sentence was a random throw-in and has nothing to do with anything else, really, but I wrote it and am leaving it.) My final class is math. I’ve taken College Algebra no less than 5 times and can’t keep up. So, this time, I decided to take an equivalent, Concepts in College Algebra.

It’s a pretty amazing class. This class puts math into real, conceptual problems that need to be solved…like figuring out the electoral college (do you ever wonder how that’s done? It’s actually quite complicated and not all that fair), silent bidding, dividing up an estate for inheritance, etc. It makes math REAL.

So, I’m taking this class online, which is even more difficult because I don’t get to ask questions in class as the instructor does things on the board. It was the only class that would fit into my schedule, though.

And…I’m getting an A. I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am about getting this A. Classroom math is so incredibly difficult for me and I’m getting an A. It’s a low A but it’s an A.

Now if I can just hold on to this until the end of the semester. I may graduate before I turn 37.

Heh.