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Re:The Greatest Educational Life Hack: Learning Math Ahead o... by grepLeigh on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @11:55AM (#40987251)
Similar to the OP, I had a lot of anxiety around math and academic performance. I dropped out of college at 18 and the highest math class I took was in high school (pre-calc), which I almost failed.

At age 33, I enrolled in community college and took Calc I-III, Linear Algebra, and Differential Equations. The community college hosts weekly "math jams" and offers free 1:1 tutoring.

I'm currently taking a Discrete Math and Probability class at UC Berkeley for fun this summer (CS70), which would have seemed absurd just a few years ago. The community college system in California is extraordinary; I'm glad I got to experience it first-hand.

Re:The Greatest Educational Life Hack: Learning Math Ahead o... by Loughla on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @01:31PM (#40988226)
Describe the math jams, if you would please. Is this just open tutoring labs for all areas of math? Or is it something different?