I’m tired boss. I’ve had a really rough semester and I can’t look at my calculus without my eyes glazing over. Now that it’s time for the final I’m looking back at all the concepts I had “breakthrough” moments with… And I got nothing. Can’t remember a lick. I don’t have any gusto in me still, I’m already planning to retake the course but fuck me ive never experienced burnout like this.

Is this normal?

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      10 hours ago

      Can you link me some? I’d honestly really appreciate it. I’ve used Khan academy but it was too sparse on exercises

      Edit: spelling

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        6 hours ago

        It looks like they did away with the mastery system for the banner thing?

        It’s quite possible you’re missing something from more fundamental maths. When i went back for an engineering degree i found through Khan academy that i needed to relearn 4th grade fractions. I just worked from there through every lessen from 4th grade up through calc 1 in one go. Took like 3 months but college level calc and above was a breeze with that strengthened foundation of knowledge.

        Then when other students asked me for help i saw them having the same issues. It’s really hard to tell an adult they need to work on 4th grade maths when they’re studying for a calc exam. It’s not their fault the classic education method gives you Swiss cheese knowledge.