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I thought speaking english is hard. Someone is always lurking around the bbs to correct you.

High school math was easy as shit (Algebra II/Trig, Pre-Calculus, etc.) but now I'm taking Calculus I in my freshman year of college and it's kicking my ass a little more. The math class you're taking sounds simple compared to mine. I can't really say I've been in the same boat as you, math has never really been a problem for me.

I know I am late to respond, but I will help as much as I can.
Most people who have trouble with math (In my experience) did not learn the foundation right.
You can't a roof without the structure of a building, it's the same with math.

"x + (x + 1) + (x + 2) + (x + 3) + (x + 4) + (x + 5) + (x + 6 ) = 7x + 21"

There are seven X's in this equation, therefore 7x is put there.
Now if you add the remaining numbers it should add up to 21.

Therefore 7x +21 is the same as "x + (x + 1) + (x + 2) + (x + 3) + (x + 4) + (x + 5) + (x + 6 )"

It is the same problem Re-Written differently. Maybe you should go back and review algebra a bit.
You can't learn advanced things without the basics.

Math is not as hard as people think it too be. Currently I am taking Calculus 2, Yes it's bullshit hard but it all makes sense.

In order to understand math you need to understand more and more basic concepts. For instance your first example may look completely daunting at first.

x + (x + 1) + (x + 2) + (x + 3) + (x + 4) + (x + 5) + (x + 6 ) = 7x + 21

but it's actually very simple.

x + x = 2x because, if x = 2,
(2) + (2) = 2(2)
2 + 2 = 4 or 4 = 4

there for the equation above can be rewritten as

x+x+x+x+x+x+x+1+2+3+4+5+6 = 7x + 21

1+2+3+4+5+6 = 21

and there are 7 x's so these 7 x's combine to 7x same as
x+x+x = 3x
and
x+x+x+x = 4x

There for 7x + 21 = 7x + 21

just brush up on simpler concepts and to be honest a great study resource is Youtube. There are plenty of videos about all different subject in math there. Don't listen to anyone who says you don't need math... you do need math, all of it. It's up to decide when you want to stop learning because you can never stop learning new things.

Math was always my worst subject, but I never had problems with stuff like that. Wait until you get into college level math and that is where stuff really starts to pick up. Just study hard and remember the basics and you will be fine. Worst comes to worst then you just hire a tutor.

At 11/21/12 02:04 PM, Dean wrote: There is a sort of math equivalent of dyslexia called dyscalculia. Maybe that has something to do with it?

Bullshit excuse that some kid came up with to avoid doing the work.

At 11/21/12 06:16 PM, Scary wrote:

At 11/21/12 06:14 PM, jjjkuk wrote: Bullshit excuse that some kid came up with to avoid doing the work.

is that what you tell kids with dyslexia?

jesus...

Did I say dyslexia?

At 11/21/12 06:30 PM, Scary wrote:

At 11/21/12 06:28 PM, jjjkuk wrote: Did I say dyslexia?

then why are you treating the mathematical equivalent differently?

i always tried in math class because my teacher was the head master (the principal) of the school. i did every homework and i worked my arse off revising for the final exams to even scrape a pass. i'm not lazy, i just sucked at maths for the most part.

Because it's the same thing as Tourette's - specifically, the kind where people yell out obscenities. It's fake. They're either stupid or have a short attention span. I wasn't that good in maths, either, but I didn't claim to be incapable; I just didn't give a fuck.

At 11/21/12 06:41 PM, Scary wrote:

At 11/21/12 06:36 PM, jjjkuk wrote: Because it's the same thing as Tourette's - specifically, the kind where people yell out obscenities. It's fake. They're either stupid or have a short attention span.

ok now you're trolling

i very much want to believe you're trolling at this point in time

the much worse alternative is that you're a 19 year old with these genuine beliefs

Wait to come up with a counter-argument. Oh, looking me up, huh? Let's see. What's much worse is that you're one of today's young(er) twats that not only believes this piss, but also listens to emo music - the most confused, pathetic person and music type made. How's that?

At 11/21/12 06:47 PM, jjjkuk wrote: Wait to come up with

*way, dammit.

At 11/21/12 06:52 PM, Scary wrote: except your subjective opinion of genuine mental disorders does not magic away the science and research of the conditions, does it

Show me and I'll consider it.

do you only think people with tourettes are just doing it for a laugh? blablablabla

Did you read what I wrote about Tourette's?

oh and don't even pretend you know what emotive hardcore is, or sounds like. blablablablabla

I'm not talking about the music. I'm talking about the people. The in-grown, immature twats that don't grow out of their phase past the age of 14.

haha i love you so much scary

jjjkuk you are so fucking DUMB

At 11/21/12 07:13 PM, Scary wrote: see how dumb you look? wow

Holy shit, you are the biggest fucking illiterate moron since Yert. I said SPECIFICALLY the kind that makes people yell swear words: shit, fuck, cunt, etc. How the fuck is a disorder supposed to make someone yell out just those words as opposed to any word or random noise?

90s emotive hardcore

I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about that idiotic fad that arose a decade or so ago.

At 11/21/12 07:23 PM, notYert wrote: haha i love you so much scary

jjjkuk you are so fucking DUMB

Are you going to give me a reason why, or just keep calling me stupid like the 5-year-old that you are?

Holy shit, you are the biggest fucking illiterate moron since Yert. I said SPECIFICALLY the kind that makes people yell swear words: shit, fuck, cunt, etc. How the fuck is a disorder supposed to make someone yell out just those words as opposed to any word or random noise?

This might answer your question:

"The exact mechanism affecting the inherited vulnerability to Tourette's has not been established, and the precise etiology is unknown. Tics are believed to result from dysfunction in cortical and subcortical regions, the thalamus, basal ganglia and frontal cortex. Neuroanatomic models implicate failures in circuits connecting the brain's cortex and subcortex,[22] and imaging techniques implicate the basal ganglia and frontal cortex."

The problem that most people have with math is that it operates entirely of logic. There is now way to bullshit your way not understanding a concept and there is no room for creativity to save you. You memorize or understand the steps or concepts or you fail. That is why most people despise mathematics.

says math class is hard

first example is 6th grade level algebra

At 11/21/12 11:44 PM, 4761 wrote: This might answer your question:

Mostly terminology, but it helps my point.

scary completely annihilating jjkfdusak

rahahaha

At 11/21/12 10:45 PM, jjjkuk wrote: Are you going to give me a reason why, or just keep calling me stupid like the 5-year-old that you are?

haha, just shut up. yes, i'm just going to keep calling you stupid, because you are so stupid and ignorant i'm not even going to waste my time trying to explain how stupid you are

besides, scary has pretty much already done an excellent job itt of showing you how stupid you are, i shouldn't have to do it also. that would just be redundant

At 11/22/12 01:37 AM, notYert wrote: haha, just shut up. yes, i'm just going to keep calling you stupid, because you are so stupid and ignorant i'm not even going to waste my time trying to explain how stupid you are

besides, scary has pretty much already done an excellent job itt of showing you how stupid you are, i shouldn't have to do it also. that would just be redundant

So in other words, you can't come up with a reason and you're a pretentious idiot.

I do year 10 maths and I'm in the lowest class there is. Its not so much that I'm bad at maths than it is me being lazy and not very maths orientated. I'm better at subjects like english and history.

There is a lot of support in my class at least. I can drop maths in my final year of highschool and I've chosen not to do a second semester of maths next year and only do the one compulsory semester.

So yeah maths isn't a strong point of mine at all

At 11/22/12 01:43 AM, sweet21 wrote: Math fucking SUCKS. I hate it >:(

I didnt pass algebra until my senior year in high school! Math sucks so much ass theres a word for people that cant understand it!

That's because you suck at it. You'd realize how awesome it is to be good at math if you were.

At 11/20/12 08:28 PM, Luke wrote: x + (x + 1) + (x + 2) + (x + 3) + (x + 4) + (x + 5) + (x + 6 ) = 7x + 21

I wish my senior year math class was this easy.

someone give him cpr