It's safe to say that my emotions have ridden the roller coaster a few times this week (pictures above). I finally got the hang of the review sheet, so I was feeling pretty good for a little while. After the quiz, I was still feeling pretty good. Then we tried learning about "limits"; this is where the tilt began. At first I was all like, "bro what is this junk?", and was back to questioning why I was even in this class. It took me a little while just to understand the basic definition of a limit. I was really thrown off by the random points on the graph that rested on x values that were being shared with lines. The lab was a bit of a struggle at first, but by the time I got to the homework assignment, I understood everything pretty well. Solving problems algebraically was ezpz. Simplifying expressions and plugging in the approaching number for x was probably the easiest part and/or the part I best comprehended. So here I was feeling pretty good again - confident in my ability to find limits - and then I got my quiz back and had my heart ripped from my body. My score was lower than anticipated, but it doesn't really matter because I'm sure this base knowledge of limits will carry me into a bright future. What I learned this week will probably seem like child's play pretty soon. It's my guess that a large portion of our future lesson will involve a basic understanding of limits.
The summary of this week in AP Calc: I tilted. To lower stress levels, I listened to Lana Del Rey's new album "Honeymoon" a couple times over. It's a solid album, but it's pretty average compared to her previous releases. It's just lacking a certain uniqueness- a distinct signature sound - to the album. I'm not necessarily complaining, I love Lana, I'd just like a little more variety in her music. Still worth a listen, even if her last 2 albums were much, much better.
The summary of this week in AP Calc: I tilted. To lower stress levels, I listened to Lana Del Rey's new album "Honeymoon" a couple times over. It's a solid album, but it's pretty average compared to her previous releases. It's just lacking a certain uniqueness- a distinct signature sound - to the album. I'm not necessarily complaining, I love Lana, I'd just like a little more variety in her music. Still worth a listen, even if her last 2 albums were much, much better.