Help! I'm struggling in math.

basitq14
Sat, 19 Oct 2019 19:45:24 +0000

Hey everyone

The discussion title is a bit weird I know but I will explain everything below.

So basically in order to get my degree I have to take three levels of math but there basically all algebra which isn’t so bad compared to other maths such as statistics, calculus etc. However my second math class that I’m taking is a bit strange. I feel like when the professor is teaching she is explaining everything clearly but when time comes to do my homework I feel like she assigned me something totally different and I just don’t understand how to do it. I look back at my notes nothing really seems to resemble anything on the homework it looks similar but I just can’t seem to understand how I’m doing things wrong. I can spend hours just staring at a problem that I did wrong and never figure out what tiny mistake that i did that made me get a completely different answer than the correct answer. Also I would mention that she told me that shes using a different system to assign homework whereas other math professors were using other platforms. She also mentioned that the system acts up and typing answers on the computer can be difficult which it is.

At this point i have gone to office hours to explain my concern but she just told me that the other website wasn’t good since students weren’t really learning from the other platform and her platform would be better. At this point I’m not really sure what to do since I feel highly unmotivated to do math homework since I don’t like math and the homework just feels completely different than what was taught in class. Sometimes as I’m doing the homework even if its going well at one point one question that I get wrong will not allow me to continue forward. Its really annoying and frustrating. Im not sure what to do. Should I send her an email letting her know about the issues Im having? I thought about that but I’m afraid what she will respond with won’t be too helpful.

Any tips? Thanks