No math classes taken in college?

4kids4us
Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:28:39 +0000

I was a poly sci major and was required to take one math class as part of our core curriculum requirements. I took the most basic math I could find but it was taught by a TA whose English was so poor (or perhaps it was that her accent was so strong we couldn’t tell whether her English was poor), that no one could understand a word she said. I basically had to teach myself the class.

Later, I took a course called Women in the Labor Market that was an Econ course with no Econ prerequisite. It was one of my choices that satisfied a “core enrichment“ requirement. It was like a foreign language to me. I think I nearly failed the midterm. I remember showing the study guide to my roommate who was a math/Econ major, in hopes that she could help me. She was shocked that this course was offered without intro to micro/macroeconomics as a prerequisite. Even she, who was well into her major with numerous math and Econ courses struggled with some of the questions on my study guide (I vaguely recall formulas were involved that I’d never learned). I think the only thing that saved my grade was that our final was a research paper.

The most math I do these days is figuring out the cost of something when a percentage discount is involved. My kids’ math classes have surpassed my knowledge so any help they need, they get from dh. Thankfully we balance each other out as I’m much more helpful when they are writing papers.

OP, Best of luck with your nursing degree-I have several friends who went into nursing as a second career.