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<p>That’s how it strikes me. I haven’t even started calculus yet(I am in a few weeks), but I’ve always gathered that if you’re going into it without a solid foundation in algebra and trig, you aren’t going to do very well. </p>
<p>I’ve heard plenty of statements along the lines that people didn’t like math when they were in algebra, but when they got to calculus, they really started enjoying it. It’s quite possible that seeing math in a way that actually appealed to them could result in them spending more time studying, and working to really understand it…thus struggling less with it.</p>