I messed up my life :(...

Hey all, I just failed college algebra for the second time and now I have to pay out of state tuition which costs 750 bucks to take it again. Im good at basically every subject and get a's and b's and am already halfway through my associates degree but I've always had serious problems with math. So if I were to take it again with my other classes its gonna cost 1000 bucks. To top it all off I have to replace my car transmission for another 1000 or so. My parents told me they will not help me at all :(. Im not exactly swimming in money so this is gonna hurt bad. Should I give up college for good or deal with it and try better ? Im feeling really bad now :(.

Dude, deal with it. Giving up will only mess your life even further...

don't give up. I did and look where I am.

If failing a math class messed up your life, then I don't even know what to say. :| Regardless giving up on college is only something you can figure out for yourself. College isn't meant for the vast majority of people so maybe it's not for you either. Don't let it get you too down. :)

don't give up. I did and look where I am.

BumFluff122

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don't give up. I did and look where I am.

nooblet69

though i dunno how anyone can fail such an easy class Dante2710

this is only the beginning. You will have many more problems in your life that will be worse than failing math. Just try to deal with it the best you can and do your best to get back on track. You quit now, that just shows that you give up too easy and thats a path you dont want to take.

[QUOTE="Dante2710"] though i dunno how anyone can fail such an easy class AngelofDeath213

$750 for out of state?! Jesus Christ, that's cheap. Definitely stay in college; get a bike and ride it there if you have to, but dropping out would be very bad.

Drop maths. Terrible subject once they get rid of the numbers. I lost interest when the onus was placed upon remembering formulas. Learn your general arithmetic and you'll do fine in life.SolidSnake35

General Education Requirements force American students to take math up to college algebra.

European schools win again. :(

Drop maths. Terrible subject once they get rid of the numbers. I lost interest when the onus was placed upon remembering formulas. Learn your general arithmetic and you'll do fine in life.SolidSnake35

lol this is funny I did the same thing I failed algebra in college twice! and I ended up having to take it a thrid time and barely past with a c- so just keep trying I still have 2 more maths to take to transfer to a university and I am horrible at math and scared I may fail my next two needed courses again but I just keep going and hoping I can do it and not mess up. sadly I can't drop it because I have no choice in taking it but I only have two more math courses to go so keep going, I hope you do the same and just move forward.

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Drop maths. Terrible subject once they get rid of the numbers. I lost interest when the onus was placed upon remembering formulas. Learn your general arithmetic and you'll do fine in life.Theokhoth

General Education Requirements force American students to take math up to college algebra.

European schools win again. :(

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[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Drop maths. Terrible subject once they get rid of the numbers. I lost interest when the onus was placed upon remembering formulas. Learn your general arithmetic and you'll do fine in life.SolidSnake35

General Education Requirements force American students to take math up to college algebra.

European schools win again. :(

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Drop maths. Terrible subject once they get rid of the numbers. I lost interest when the onus was placed upon remembering formulas. Learn your general arithmetic and you'll do fine in life.Dante2710

not if you get a BA and you made it to like trig. in high schoolbut if you didn't then math is a must...

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[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Drop maths. Terrible subject once they get rid of the numbers. I lost interest when the onus was placed upon remembering formulas. Learn your general arithmetic and you'll do fine in life.SolidSnake35

General Education Requirements force American students to take math up to college algebra.

European schools win again. :(

Take another shot at it. Classes are easier the more times you take them. This time around though, get yourself a tutor or a study partner. Some subjects are just plain more difficult for some people than others. It doesn't mean you messed up your life, that you're a loser, stupid, etc. It just means that you weren't able to succeed with that particular subject this time around. But next time around, do whatever you can to do better. Think of college as a night club door guarded by a scary, jerk of a bouncer. (Algebra.) If you can get him to let you through, the hot babes and the nookie and lots of bliss await you within. But you need to get past the bouncer first.nocoolnamejim

No matter what you do, dont give up on college.Schnauzerz

Yea there is never a good time to go to college...you kind of have to just get it over with.

I would say "don't give up".

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[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Drop maths. Terrible subject once they get rid of the numbers. I lost interest when the onus was placed upon remembering formulas. Learn your general arithmetic and you'll do fine in life.SolidSnake35

General Education Requirements force American students to take math up to college algebra.

European schools win again. :(

Unfortunately, no. College is our highest level of education (separated by undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate schooling), but every major requires certain requisites, regardless of whether or not they are actually relevant to the major. Math through college algebra (and often higher) is almost universal, regardless of the degree or program of study, as are English composition courses and basic sciences.

This leads to a convoluted flushing away of money on subjects we'll never use for a degree that has little to nothing to do with them.

No of course not. That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard. :|Pirate700

Giving up won't make your life better, on the contrary.

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]No of course not. That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard. :|SolidSnake35

[QUOTE="Dante2710"][QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]Drop maths. Terrible subject once they get rid of the numbers. I lost interest when the onus was placed upon remembering formulas. Learn your general arithmetic and you'll do fine in life.observer77

not if you get a BA and you made it to like trig. in high schoolbut if you didn't then math is a must...

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]No of course not. That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard. :|Pirate700

That has absolutely nothing to do with our having the best schools in the world. If anything, it hampers us by bogging down students with required classes they should already know full well out of high school, wasting their money when they could and should be focusing on their program of study. Eliminating these requirements alone would probably increase the amount of students that stay in college and graduate with advanced skills in their fields.

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[QUOTE="Dante2710"] you cannot drop math classes, its a requirement regardless of your major. Dante2710

not if you get a BA and you made it to like trig. in high schoolbut if you didn't then math is a must...

yeah but still then you wouldn't have to take math...god I wish I had taken AP classes in high schol maybethings wouldn't be so hard in math...

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]No of course not. That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard. :|Pirate700

yeah but still then you wouldn't have to take math...god I wish I had taken AP classes in high schol maybethings wouldn't be so hard in math.observer77

What's with all the hate for math in here...?Dark__Link

[QUOTE="observer77"]yeah but still then you wouldn't have to take math...god I wish I had taken AP classes in high schol maybethings wouldn't be so hard in math.Dante2710

[QUOTE="observer77"]yeah but still then you wouldn't have to take math...god I wish I had taken AP classes in high schol maybethings wouldn't be so hard in math.Dante2710

yes but I would have had gone through all this math stuff younger and for free.

[QUOTE="Dante2710"][QUOTE="observer77"]yeah but still then you wouldn't have to take math...god I wish I had taken AP classes in high schol maybethings wouldn't be so hard in math.ieatnoobs18

yeah and saved some money!!!!

[QUOTE="Dante2710"][QUOTE="observer77"]yeah but still then you wouldn't have to take math...god I wish I had taken AP classes in high schol maybethings wouldn't be so hard in math.observer77

yes but I would have had gone through all this math stuff younger and for free.

AP is still college level for a reason ,it wouldnt be less hard unless you managed to cheat, plus you would have to pass an exam at the end to actuallt get credit for it Dante2710

yes but I would have had gone through all this math stuff younger and for free.

[QUOTE="Dante2710"][QUOTE="observer77"]

yes but I would have had gone through all this math stuff younger and for free.

ieatnoobs18

eewwwww

[QUOTE="Dante2710"][QUOTE="observer77"]

yes but I would have had gone through all this math stuff younger and for free.

ieatnoobs18

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[QUOTE="Dante2710"] AP is still college level for a reason ,it wouldnt be less hard unless you managed to cheat, plus you would have to pass an exam at the end to actuallt get credit for it Dante2710

yes but I would have had gone through all this math stuff younger and for free.

yeah true I took what I needed to to graduate and graduated early and it didn't help me in college to be done earlier or keep it basic...god I kick myself...

[QUOTE="ieatnoobs18"][QUOTE="Dante2710"] much likely, but lots in people in highschool tend to avoid math like a druken chick at a party, so. Schnauzerz

yeah then she wakes up the next day and sreams rape...