So I'm taking a college trigonometry class (im a senior in high school), and for the first two weeks I thought I had most of the stuff down, then the test comes and about a quarter to one half of the test, I'm confused at the problems and don't recognize them from the book. If I get a D or less on this test should I drop the course? Plus my mom pretty much demands Bs or As. So does this sometimes happen to you guys and what should I do?
Why would you need to go to a college to take a trig class? Do they not teach it in your high school?
Solid_Snake325
I'm homeschooled, I'm mostly just taking college classes at the moment.
Is this your first time taking an exam outside of home? The reason I ask is because Trig is very easy, and it sounds like you just don't have the conceptual piece down. You may understand how to do a standard problem, however when the problem is abstracted into a realworld problem, it can appear different.
Don't eat too much sugar before taking a test. Sugar screws up ur brain function for about 30-60 mins after consumed. This means no soda's or candy before a test.
If you got a D, then you got a D. Obviously, you didn't have a great grip on some of the concepts. I say, wait for your test results, and if you got a bad grade, ask the teacher for some help.
Can you get ahold of old exams for that class? I've had a lot of lectures where the prof meanders around and gives out very little information in-class, making the course seem ridiculously shallow, but then the exams come along and all of a sudden material you've never seen comes up. I've been blown away by the discrepancy between course and exam many times, which I attribute solely to bad profs.
Having said that, there are college trig classes? That's the one math subject I've never had use for in a sea of stats and calculus.
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