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    Schools Self Teaching, and entering University.

    @Kramer#'s I respect your honesty, but disagree. I think self-teaching is an integral part of education. Perhaps not subjects that give you as much as trouble as math gives me. My experience doing this is testing the length of my understanding. I'm beginning, albeit extremely slowly to...
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    Finding Solace in Favourite Quotes: Escaping Despair with Words of Wisdom

    "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch you must first invent the universe" Carl Sagan
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    Schools Self Teaching, and entering University.

    Thank you everyone for your honest opinions, and advice. I did try, perhaps not my best. The challenge of learning this subject for me, is the reward. If I can succeed, even better. I'm looking into getting some formal education (Tutor, Community Learning Centre's, etc.) on some of your...
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    Schools Self Teaching, and entering University.

    Thank you, I have never considered a tutor. Thank you for posting the link, but I, as Mu naught insists, would not consider studying online. Would anyone who has any knowledge of the "For Dummies" series of books recommend them? I have thus far stuck to Online resources (A huge thank you...
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    Schools Self Teaching, and entering University.

    No discouragement here, I know what I'm up against. I would, for posterity say all of it. Although the concepts are slowly catching on. I have trouble with the calculations for the most part.
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    Schools Self Teaching, and entering University.

    Hello, I'll start off by introducing myself, I'm a high school graduate who barely passed any form of Mathematics, I struggled even on some of the most basic of Math. My grades never passed the C - range (50%~). I have been self teaching myself for the last 2~ years. I have currently worked...