Do you remember about 70 years ago or so, 70 cycles, I just stopped learning math?

[mortalcity]

All my grades are in, finally, with four As and a B. That B is in the required freshman orientation class that I could not give less of a shit about, and I scraped by with an A in my worst class (Spanish), so I am counting this semester as a big victory overall.

Now I just have to relearn math and test into college algebra by the next semester. I took a practice test today, and I did have to look a lot of shit up just to remember what the fuck I was doing, but I didn't do... too badly. It's just been ten years since I did any math at all, so there was a lot of "okay, so I'm just going to try some things and see what happens. Do I add something here? Do I multiply? How do long division anyway?"

I worked it out eventually. I might not be as bad at this as I thought I was. I still need to take a few more practice tests to hammer it home before I feel comfortable actually scheduling the test.

Course schedule for next semester is looking like:
- Changing World History (1200-1750)
- US History up to the Civil War
- Biological Anthropology
- Spanish for Healthcare 102
- College Algebra (hopefully)

I really wish I could shuffle some biology or chemistry classes earlier so I'm not trying to cram everything into my sophomore and junior years, but I need the math as a prereq and they don't teach the bio class I need to start with in the spring. Bleh.

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We took Trinket to the dog park today, because he finally has all his shots and is safe to meet other dogs now. I think he was kind of overwhelmed by the number of dogs there, and he got bowled over a few times and did not like that at all - at one point he ducked a lab mix only to get slammed by this tiny pudgy French Bulldog not much older than him, and just laid there with his paws in the air looking confused until four people converged on him to reassure him.

But he seems to have enjoyed himself despite all that, and he is very polite with other dogs. Much more so than his terrible sisters are, in fact. He also managed to thoroughly exhaust himself, which is not an easy thing to do.

(There was an actual adult Pyrenees at the park, too. They're... surprisingly common around here, along with Anatolians. It was such a giant fluffy cloud. Trinket will never be that floof, but... maybe that big, and it's kind of terrifying to imagine. ONE DAY. MY VERY OWN GIANT BEAR DOG.)

Comments

[merit]

They had to cancel a class that was a pre-req for half of my other courses... so I ended up having a very weird schedule, full of advanced and introduction classes.

ohh puppy! and he's even well mannered. that's always great for a puppy!

[silveradept]

Here's going the math comes back for you.

And hooray for a reasonably good introduction to the other dogs.

[mortalcity]

Thanks! It seems to mostly be coming back, though I'm definitely going to have to sit down and study a couple specific topics. (What are quadratic equations again? How the fuck do you factor? A mystery. Thank god for Khan Academy.)

[mortalcity]

Yeah, it's... really annoying. Especially because I'm trying really hard to balance my science/math and social science classes, but there's definitely one semester that's just going to be ALL SCIENCE ALL THE TIME and the last semester is just all the gen-eds crammed in at the last minute and it's sort of unavoidable.

(Okay, I could major in biology or chemistry like a reasonable fucking person trying to get into med school, but.... history....)

I have no idea where Trinket got his manners, because our other two dogs are terrible despite our best efforts. Friendly with other dogs and people, but rude as hell. Maybe it's just a breed thing?

[epersonae]

that might be the most relatable thing Taako ever said, and that's saying something. Good luck testing into college algebra!

[mortalcity]

Yeah, I've been thinking about that line a lot lately. It is such a mood.

And thank you!