Particular Day

When we got our tests back, I was kind of nervous due to the fact that I didn't do so well the last test. However, I felt like I had done a much better job.  Anyway, when I got the test back I saw that I had actually gotten a fairly good grade!!! Sure there were a couple mistakes but I was happy because I feel like I can get back on track and boost up my grade before the tri is over.  Also, I think it was the same day (maybe I'm wrong) but we learned how to group quadratics and I really like this new concept because it's fairly easy and really fun to do! I'm kinda excited to learn about the long division with polynomials because it looks challenging and fun.

im trynna stay with ya

This past week had gone pretty smooth. I wasnt there on Friday and your sent out a message about watching a video so I know that when I come back I'm going to be super confused. Well, this big project that we are doing is making me suprr nervous. Idk everything is going too fast for me. I just wish there were 8 days a week (5 school days and 3 weekend days). Alot is being thrown around in all my classes and it sucks cause no one likes to be behind! Maybe im taking on too much? Ugh I just hope things fall into place.

Progress

I am, for the most part, understanding everything learned in this new unit. I understand factoring, solving, grouping polynomials, etc. I am nervous about the long division of this unit that's coming up but feel as if I look over notes enough, I'll hopefully know how to do it

Week 9

Although the function basic and quadratic units didn't really click with me, this factoring polynomials unit is really starting to make sense. Greatest common factor is incredibly useful.

week 9

This week was very easy going for me. I picked up on everything well but still think I need more practice. I particularly enjoyed the Halloween scary stories that were told.

This week in class I didn't really understand the factoring until the end of the week then I kinda started to understand it's still confusing

Week 9

The stuff we learned at the beginning of the week is still a little rough. I tried working on it while I was gone but comming back from missing 3 days is terrifying and I'm going to need a lot of help! 

Week 9, option 1

Well actually my muddiest point came from today's video.  I can understand the whole long division thing rather well.  It seems very simple, the only problem I am seeing is the whole starting value.  From the video I have no idea how you got that number.  It was not really explained, it just appeared and you said you did some sort of formula.  I will probably be able to understand it so long as you go over it on Monday.  Again I understand how to do the long division, but I don't know how you found the x=0.  Do I just plug it into my calculator? Is there some sort of formula?  I just could not see where you got the x intercept variable.   

Blog post

This week we started working on our projects on Monday and it went pretty well. Then we were introduced to factoring polynomials. I didn't think it was that bad but the grouping got me a little confused. As we practiced more the grouping became easier and I like doing it! Friday was an easy day but I feel like it was needed for a lot of people. It's nice to have a break once in a while.

Week 9

I thought this week went very well. I am very happy with how my test went. We had our meeting after school to see what I need to review for my retake of the first test and I'm excited to improve on my score. I struggled on the last question of homework so I need to ask for help tomorrow on it. 

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The factoring we have been doing has helped me understand momentum problems in physics. I look forward to learning more about factoring methods and the grouping method has helped me very much.

week 9

All of my lightbulbs are completely burned out. I've accepted the fact that I'm going to fail this class. What else can I do? I can have the material explained to me a million times and I still won't understand. This class is for smart kids. I'm just average.

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I'm done.  I've had it with this class.  I bombed another test because of dozens of stupid mistakes.  I had a perfect plan to make an awesome project, but it turns out what everybody told me was possible is apparently not possible without blowing 20 dollars.  I'm just done.  I want to just be done trying in this class.

This unit is not easy but it's not too complicated. I'm getting the hang of it and grouping is coming easier to me.

Week 9

Grouping is coming really easy to me! I am understand the concept well and can apply it to the exercises we have. I'm also happy with the test grade I got! I thought I could have done a little better, but I know the majority of what to do.

9th Post

So I'm really understanding grouping and it's much easier to do the warm up problems. I'm happy with the test I got back because it's not the worst I've done. I'm so glad we get to retake the first test and that we can still do test corrections!

Sad moment

Well I got my test back this week and did much worse than I thought I did. I felt more confident about it than my grade showed. I'm a little confused on this weeks concept of grouping but I'm sure i will get the hang of it. My grade is going up in the class though and that's all I can ask for. 

This week's lightbulb came with factoring polynomials. It's actually kinda fun.  Finding the greatest common factor, combining the two equations, and combining the two GCF's makes a lot of sense.

week 9

This week went a lot better than the others have gone! I was very happy with my test score! Also the material that was taught this week came easily to me. Im really glad we have the opportunity to retake the first test. I feel like now that we went over my mistakes I will be able to do better than I did. Thank you for letting us retake this test, you are saving my grade!

Week 9- new unit

I'm feeling a lot more comfortable with the polynomials unit than I thought I would. I know how to factor and graph polynomials pretty well, and the previous quadratic unit is probably why it makes so much sense to me. The test for this unit is obviously gonna be challenging, but I don't think it's anything that I can't handle at this point. 

This week went alright. At first I was struggling with the grouping factoring but I have a hold of it now. We worked on a lot of factoring and I am getting a lot more comfortable with that the more we do it.  My test grade was not what I thought it would have been because I felt a lot more comfortable then I did the first test. I will have to just study even more for this next test.

tests handed back

I am quite happy with the results of the last test.  It was such an improvement from the last one.  I think it will be all uphill form here. :)

A Second Chance

A retake on the first test? Just what I needed. I excited and happy to have a second chance!

Blog post 9

I am feeling okay with the factoring with groups stuff that we are doing now. I am nervous for long division though. I feel like it is going to be very hard. I thought I was going to get a much better grade on my test than I did, but I am glad that you gave us the option to retake our first test and still have a test correction for another test! I really need that! 

Blog post

This week is going well. I did pretty good on my test. The only thing I'm still muddy on is factoring out the whole quantity after you group. Is that quantity you factores out an x intercept and then the other things are also an x intercept?

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I did not understand the grouping method at all. I tried to listen in class but I was just confused. So in order to figure it out I went home and watched a couple of YouTube videos until I finally understood it. Once I started watching the videos I understood the method within fifteen method. Overall I now understand the groupung method and now time to work on the dev.

Week 9

So, I received my second test back today. And I am quite annoyed with the fact that I always feel confident going into the test and then I don't do very well. I am planning to do corrections and retake the first test. I've been talking to a former AP Stats student who graduated last year, and he's been tutoring me throughout the tri but I guess it's time to really buckle down and start focusing more and harder on my math and the understanding of it. As for the polynomials, and the grouping, it's super easy and maybe it's because I remember a lot from that same type of material from when I was younger, but this has by far been the easiest unit. My last two test scores did not reflect my confidence, and that's alright. I'm going to change those grades. But I know that in our closest upcoming test I will do a lot better. I just wish as a freshman I would've tried a little harder, or in any math class at all. I guess I thought the information they were giving me was useless. But it isn't useless because I'm applying it now, and it's bit me in the butt. 

Week 9 - Reflection

I'll be honest: I wasn't too happy with my quadratics test score. I did fairly well, but missed points because I made lots of small mistakes throughout the test. That's where I really struggled. I know the content and how to put it to use, it was just the little things that screwed me up, like subtracting instead of dividing and stuff like that. Making these mistakes is irritating to me because they were such simple things that I shouldn't have missed. I probably should have taken more time on the test going over my answers and that kind of thing. It probably also would have helped if I took the test after school instead of taking it early in the morning (my brain doesn't really turn on until lunch). All in all though, I think I've improved from where I was at the beginning of the tri. I'm just going to keep studying like I have been and just keep trying to reach the goals I have set for myself in this class, and hopefully I'll do as well as I'd like to on the rest of the tests for this tri.

Blog Post

Well, we started a new unit, and just like the last one there's bits and pieces of it that I remember, but it is still a struggle for me to keep what I kind of remember with the stuff that I need to know.  I'm hoping that when we start getting formulas and things like that everything will click and I'll be able to help others as well.

Moment of Clarity

I recently had a potent realization concerning the nature of factored form and how it relates to x-intercepts. While I've always realized how to find the intercepts, I only recently understood that by making one bracket equal zero, the output becomes zero regardless of other brackets. This manifests itself on a graph as an intercept.