What I did that helped me so much, was to find a student who either done that subject already with a good grade or is currently taking that subject but pretty much acing the subject. I ask them to tutor me for that particular subject, for like an hour per week and pays them the same amount as with a proper math tutor would cost. Most of the students would tutor you because, firstly most students are broke especially the smart one, lastly you can talk them to it by saying to them that by tutoring you they reinforce their knowledge about the subject even deeper and makes it more fluid for them to use later on. I found it easier to be taught from a person around my age since they can explain it to me in much less academic language so it was easier to understand. This way is certainly an expensive way to keep up with the subject, I spent around $50/week for the tutor, but it would cost me thousands more if I failed the subject.
I was an academic advisor, a self-taught ms math teacher, and student. A few things as I remind myself :) 1) Master prerequisite skills/classes with a B or better. 2) Find other references for the material that works. 3. Generally all exposure to the material is helping to strengthen the learning process. 3) Take breaks 4) Be ok with confusion we tend to associate it negatively, but it is usually just how it feels when "brain" is being challenged. 4) Review these videos.
Going through this a bit right now in a grad-level optimization course I'm taking. Here is some general advice that is continuously helping me and has helped before: 1.) Most professors have office hours outside of class by appointment. Find a time to snag your professor aside for just a couple minutes after class (or via email) and ask if you can schedule a time to come in. Most will be receptive as they teach multiple classes, do research, and generally have time between/before/after other class periods. 2.) Communicate, communicate, communicate. There's this saying, "Closed mouths don't get fed". When you do get those office hours, have a written list of questions prepared. I know you said in this video that you aren't sure what to ask, but it's okay (imo) to go into office hours with high-level questions or just ask them to clarify a few slides. Find those points of confusion however you can, kind of what Sorcerer said. 3.) It's okay to be vulnerable with your professors if you're confident they are the type of people who will be empathetic. I talked to my instructor about being terrified to take a class once! Some instructors can be quite demeaning, but mine was open with me and shared his struggles as an undergrad/grad. This made me feel more confident about that 60% I didn't know. Together, we worked on an action plan that made me feel quite successful. 4.) You need to chip away at those hard classes a little bit every day. I wrote this down in my notes app when I had my "oh shoot" moment upon realizing how hard my classes were. I would, daily, work at the book and watch RUclips videos on the subject. But, I balance(d) the intensity out with breaks and personal TV or relaxation time. IT'S EASY TO BURN OUT! 5.) "You can't water a plant with toxic waste..." don't expect for your course grades to blossom into this beautiful set of A+'s if you are pouring in poor sleep, an unhealthy diet, depression/anxiety, and mental health challenges into your assignments... you need to bring your best possible self to the classroom! Unfortunately, in very hard semesters I've had to let things go. Putting a hobby on pause or playing my Xbox less. But, that doesn't mean I lost myself in my work! We're human, so treat yourself like one (not a robot!). Whether that's therapy, putting some parts of your life on pause, working out, etc., find your "water" that can filter the waste out! 6.) Lastly, break down your work into smaller parts. I like to go "high-level, low-level, high-level" -- start with understanding the broad concept, try to see the nitty-gritty of it (proofs, graphs, etc.) and relate that stuff BACK to the high level. So, don't spend all your time studying proofs or that super-duper hard stuff. Try to reflect and think about the meaning on what they're saying! In Analysis, this was huge for me. Obviously these are all my opinion, but I'm managing a solid GPA as a maths+CIS major with an economics minor. My biggest takeaway from studying hard subjects is to have a mission statement on why you're doing it in the first place. You're going to be okay, and so will life. Work towards that purpose and remember you are worthy of your own love and grace! Hope this helps!
here is my comment for jessie: Hey jessie, im in the same boat as you. I'm taking real analysis and my professor thinks that he's the second reincarnation of euler and makes the class ridiculously hard. On top of that, i can't go to his office hours since they when my other classes are. What i've found helpful is reading the textbook before class so that you have an idea of what's going on and so when you do go to class, your teacher will solidfy that understanding, and then studying after will deepen and strengthen it. Keep at it you just have to last through a couple more months and you'll grow as a problem solver because of your hard work now
I have always found it helpful, when presented with a concept that I feel I am not grasping, to determine what I know for sure first. The best way I know to do this is to try explaining it to someone else. Oftentimes, I have many lightbulb moments when doing so 🙂 It also helps dissolve any anxiety about learning the concept which can interfere with the learning process. Happy to have found your channel⭐️
My best advice is to befriend motivated classmates and talk about the lectures, readings and practice problems with them as much as possible. You'll absorb and understand so much more and so much better! Plus take care of your physical health with sleep, diet and exercise.
Currently starting business calculus and having difficulty since I'm not good with algebra. Ugh but this video. I need to take more notes and study just a bit more. Thanks for the wisdom.
I recommend to practice the Algebra topics you are weak in. I had similar issues w/ Calc and can tell you from experience it is critical to have the Algebra, nailed down or it will continue to cause problems for you!
Two other tips: (1) If you can afford a private tutor, do it. The one-on-one sessions can really help you bolster your weaknesses and you can get clarification on every question you have about the lectures, problem sets, and general motivation behind the material. WHY you're doing X is just as important as HOW you're doing X. (2) Look for alternate texts. Sometimes the class text isn't very good for self-study, and combined with dizzying lectures by a poor or disinterested professor, it's easy to get lost. Try to find a textbook that really feels intuitive and makes sense to you as you engage with it. This way, when you have questions about the material from the lecture, it might become abundantly clear when you read the explication in the secondary texts you've acquired. This has very often been the case for me, where one text presents the idea in baffling hieroglyphics with little motivation while another is clear, concise, and really facilitates an understanding of the material.
I agree with your suggestion of extensive notetaking in class. What you said at 7:05 ff. about seeking AI's help is something about which I'm not so sure. Reason being that I've seen ChatGPT confidently hallucinate about the details of the topic which it was asked to explain, leaving me completely disillusioned about its capabilities.
I recently found your channel and I'm really happy to have done so. I've wanted to get better at mathematics for a long time but I've failed so much, especially when it comes to consistently practice. Your videos has helped me a lot. I'm digging deep in linear algebra and I'm having so much fun - and I can feel my intuition getting better. I do not think I would have reached this point, if it weren't for your videos, which I find inspiring and insightful. Thank you Math Sorcerer!
Same, never did well in math when I was younger and it kept me from doing what I liked but been really going for it and even enrolled in college and this channel has been an excellent source of inspiration and books!
I love this advice because this also applies to the professional world after you leave college. Be prepared before you come into work by covering what you did the day prior, and surround yourself with people that also care about improving, learning, and working as a team.
For Jessie, I would suggest to records the audio of the teacher during class . If there's some problem about the subject I would listen again the audio of the teacher after class as many time as I can. If I cannot understand I would go directly to the teacher office or ask a student in my class. But overall I think I would be more ready to ask the correct question and take the answer I wanted after I review all the possible knowledge I could grasp before meeting with the teacher outside of class.
What helped me was managing my classes. If I knew my class was going to be demanding, I will match them with not so much demanding classes. I am currently in my graduate program for mathematics taking my second course in Complex analysis very fun class
I would limit writing down everything to just the most crucial points. Additionally record your lecture (at least audio). Professors repeat their content over and over and forget that there are students sitting in front of them who are hearing stuff for first time plus trying to grasp it. Profs often tend to be too quick. Having a recording allows you to repeat difficult parts of the lectures upon which other parts build upon. As a rule of thumb (many excellent profs do that) if prof feels he is a tad too slow or too simple with his explanation it's just about right for the majority of the students. I teach myself, not math though, and this has helped me grow as a teacher immensely and I get lots of encouraging feedback regarding this.
I would maybe try finding another professor that who teaches the same course and has different office hours that work better with your schedule. I have done this myself. Also try writing down all your questions before class and right after ask the professor to explain them.
7:05 I don't think that relying on AI for help with math is a good idea. Currently, ChatGPT makes a lot of mistakes. The worst part is that those mistakes are easy to miss, especially when you are learning the material and don't have sufficient knowledge to know that they are there.
i would say instead of writing down everything, RECORD your lectures (ask your professor first). this way you can pay attention, and go back and see the things you missed or didn't understand. of course, this takes time after class to write notes, but since classes can be fast, it is a good way to combat taking notes at the same speed that your professor explains, which is really hard.
Sir the only that always bugs me in maths is that I can gather information facts results theorams, but still I am not able to use all this to solve questions . once I did advanced matrix and forgot the sign scheme for calculating adjoint, that made me loose 5 marks. Give me some solution
I agree with Jesse and think of how much money you spend per class. I have found that CAI works better and also I am not trying to compete, instead I want to learn the math. I cannot rush thru a math test like it is a race. The schools give you an overwhelming workload and expect a competition, this is the wrong approach.
Do they sell Engineering Mathematics and Advanced Engineering Mathematics by KA Stroud and Dexter Booth in the US? The chapters are written in frames, and easier to follow, unlike other maths books. They come recommended by all the top universities in the UK including Oxford and Cambridge. I've never seen it mentioned on this channel.
Hi! I'm a bio major, now I'm moving into deep learning and I want to learn math. I suffer a lot of Impostor syndrome, mainly because I lack some basic notions that for math majors are instinctive, for me I have to think really hard about it, even Google stuff that is very basic. I feel like I'll never be a mathematician. I love learning though, and I learn quickly even abstract stuff, but I need time
I'm a 3.5 year math and data science student at university and what I've found what helps me best in higher level computational math classes is asking the teacher about lots of stuff before or after classes if you have time for that. I think at the higher level especially in math/stat courses you might need to just embrace the difficulty of the subject and understand that you might not get it all as it's being fed to you. I think reading the book outside of class has helped me now that I understand how to read undergraduate math texts, but what has helped me the most in every class is making an effort to form a relationship with the professor and ask questions during and after class. I'm sure multiple other people have the same question as you or a similar one so it never hurts to ask questions. Also if the professors physical office hours don't work with your schedule you should email them to find a time to meet online, and I'm sure they'd be more than happy to coordinate that.
I can do my homework for math class some70%some90% but on the midterm65%.I failed my college algebra classes.I am a premed student in college after loosing my job.I was in college in the 90s in electronic engineering did not finish got a job in an electronics factory . .I had calculus ,algebra in high school.In my school I have had professors their mission is to fail premed students.This math department at my school their mission is to make sure students do not enter medical school .
I don't know about other colleges or universities, but both my undergrad university and graduate school university had Math labs for student to go to for help any time from morning to evening. My undergrad university wasn't a research university and didn't have many masters or PH.D programs. At the time, my math department didn't even have a masters program (they do now.) Anyway, Professors (and top senior math majors, who got paid also for their time) would take different shifts in the Math Lab. Anyone taking a math class, no matter what the class subject (easy or difficult,) could go for help. As for my graduate school, all the graduate teaching assistants in the department were required to log a few hours per week in the Math Lab. There were always at least 2 or 3 on duty throughout the day, from morning to evening. It was assumed all graduate teaching assistants could handle any undergrad math class in helping students out. But even some first or 2nd year graduate courses were easily handled by the graduate teaching assistants who had already completed most of their coursework and passed all their qualifiers and were already working towards their PhD. So, what I am saying is check if your college or university has labs in which there are people to help students understand subject matter (assuming Math but maybe Engineering or any other difficult areas you are studying.) But caution on using them as a crutch. Some students come in assuming the helpers (grad students or Professors) do their homework for them, which is not the case. They are there to help you understand the material and will have you do example problems while they assist and answer your questions. Finding study groups with people in your class always helps too. And like the Math Sorcerer said, try to find one of the top people in the class to be in your study group. Some times it is hard to find the top people in a class because they may be shy or they feel they don't need to be in a study group since they already understand everything. Private tutors could help too, but you would have to do research and ask them before employing them if they are experts in the coursework you are taking. Most will be truthful in their knowledge. There may be a few out there, though, who may try to pull the wool over your eyes and say they are experts in a particular subject and are not. But those are easily found out after a tutoring session or two.
This video does not make sense , it all depends on the student and the quality of the institution they are attending.There are colleges in the United States in which faculty regularly get away with not showing for office hours, and there are many professors that can't teach even the simplest concepts.On the other hand , there are many students who have majored in subjects that they have zero talent for and are trying to buy a degree...All things being equal , with a hard subject , the only thing that works is extreme hard work , and talent...
What I did that helped me so much, was to find a student who either done that subject already with a good grade or is currently taking that subject but pretty much acing the subject. I ask them to tutor me for that particular subject, for like an hour per week and pays them the same amount as with a proper math tutor would cost. Most of the students would tutor you because, firstly most students are broke especially the smart one, lastly you can talk them to it by saying to them that by tutoring you they reinforce their knowledge about the subject even deeper and makes it more fluid for them to use later on. I found it easier to be taught from a person around my age since they can explain it to me in much less academic language so it was easier to understand.
This way is certainly an expensive way to keep up with the subject, I spent around $50/week for the tutor, but it would cost me thousands more if I failed the subject.
I was an academic advisor, a self-taught ms math teacher, and student. A few things as I remind myself :)
1) Master prerequisite skills/classes with a B or better. 2) Find other references for the material that works. 3. Generally all exposure to the material is helping to strengthen the learning process. 3) Take breaks 4) Be ok with confusion we tend to associate it negatively, but it is usually just how it feels when "brain" is being challenged. 4) Review these videos.
Going through this a bit right now in a grad-level optimization course I'm taking. Here is some general advice that is continuously helping me and has helped before:
1.) Most professors have office hours outside of class by appointment. Find a time to snag your professor aside for just a couple minutes after class (or via email) and ask if you can schedule a time to come in. Most will be receptive as they teach multiple classes, do research, and generally have time between/before/after other class periods.
2.) Communicate, communicate, communicate. There's this saying, "Closed mouths don't get fed". When you do get those office hours, have a written list of questions prepared. I know you said in this video that you aren't sure what to ask, but it's okay (imo) to go into office hours with high-level questions or just ask them to clarify a few slides. Find those points of confusion however you can, kind of what Sorcerer said.
3.) It's okay to be vulnerable with your professors if you're confident they are the type of people who will be empathetic. I talked to my instructor about being terrified to take a class once! Some instructors can be quite demeaning, but mine was open with me and shared his struggles as an undergrad/grad. This made me feel more confident about that 60% I didn't know. Together, we worked on an action plan that made me feel quite successful.
4.) You need to chip away at those hard classes a little bit every day. I wrote this down in my notes app when I had my "oh shoot" moment upon realizing how hard my classes were. I would, daily, work at the book and watch RUclips videos on the subject. But, I balance(d) the intensity out with breaks and personal TV or relaxation time. IT'S EASY TO BURN OUT!
5.) "You can't water a plant with toxic waste..." don't expect for your course grades to blossom into this beautiful set of A+'s if you are pouring in poor sleep, an unhealthy diet, depression/anxiety, and mental health challenges into your assignments... you need to bring your best possible self to the classroom! Unfortunately, in very hard semesters I've had to let things go. Putting a hobby on pause or playing my Xbox less. But, that doesn't mean I lost myself in my work! We're human, so treat yourself like one (not a robot!). Whether that's therapy, putting some parts of your life on pause, working out, etc., find your "water" that can filter the waste out!
6.) Lastly, break down your work into smaller parts. I like to go "high-level, low-level, high-level" -- start with understanding the broad concept, try to see the nitty-gritty of it (proofs, graphs, etc.) and relate that stuff BACK to the high level. So, don't spend all your time studying proofs or that super-duper hard stuff. Try to reflect and think about the meaning on what they're saying! In Analysis, this was huge for me.
Obviously these are all my opinion, but I'm managing a solid GPA as a maths+CIS major with an economics minor. My biggest takeaway from studying hard subjects is to have a mission statement on why you're doing it in the first place. You're going to be okay, and so will life. Work towards that purpose and remember you are worthy of your own love and grace! Hope this helps!
I can confirm this, as a recent graduate in Electrical Engineering at the best university in Asia, these advices are very apt!
here is my comment for jessie:
Hey jessie, im in the same boat as you. I'm taking real analysis and my professor thinks that he's the second reincarnation of euler and makes the class ridiculously hard. On top of that, i can't go to his office hours since they when my other classes are. What i've found helpful is reading the textbook before class so that you have an idea of what's going on and so when you do go to class, your teacher will solidfy that understanding, and then studying after will deepen and strengthen it. Keep at it you just have to last through a couple more months and you'll grow as a problem solver because of your hard work now
Grandmaster Swole is getting more swole by the day. I think you now earned the title Shifu Grandmaster Math Sorcerer.
nah fr! go back to some of his older vids. He has slimmed down so much and is now more muscular than most people. Very impressive
*Sifu
@@toyworld501-Ir1ym Shifu from Kung Fu Panda
@@deltapi8859 I swear my name is sifu
This is just what I needed to hear now in Calc 2 starting my senior year of my Comp Sci BA, Thanks!
I have always found it helpful, when presented with a concept that I feel I am not grasping, to determine what I know for sure first. The best way I know to do this is to try explaining it to someone else. Oftentimes, I have many lightbulb moments when doing so 🙂 It also helps dissolve any anxiety about learning the concept which can interfere with the learning process. Happy to have found your channel⭐️
My best advice is to befriend motivated classmates and talk about the lectures, readings and practice problems with them as much as possible. You'll absorb and understand so much more and so much better!
Plus take care of your physical health with sleep, diet and exercise.
Currently starting business calculus and having difficulty since I'm not good with algebra. Ugh but this video. I need to take more notes and study just a bit more. Thanks for the wisdom.
I recommend to practice the Algebra topics you are weak in. I had similar issues w/ Calc and can tell you from experience it is critical to have the Algebra, nailed down or it will continue to cause problems for you!
Just started dynamic programming in my regular classes.
My previous probability,calculus knowledge helping me to understand easily.
Looks like someone is on the same boat as me ...good luck babe we got this❤
Two other tips: (1) If you can afford a private tutor, do it. The one-on-one sessions can really help you bolster your weaknesses and you can get clarification on every question you have about the lectures, problem sets, and general motivation behind the material. WHY you're doing X is just as important as HOW you're doing X. (2) Look for alternate texts. Sometimes the class text isn't very good for self-study, and combined with dizzying lectures by a poor or disinterested professor, it's easy to get lost. Try to find a textbook that really feels intuitive and makes sense to you as you engage with it. This way, when you have questions about the material from the lecture, it might become abundantly clear when you read the explication in the secondary texts you've acquired. This has very often been the case for me, where one text presents the idea in baffling hieroglyphics with little motivation while another is clear, concise, and really facilitates an understanding of the material.
I agree with your suggestion of extensive notetaking in class. What you said at 7:05 ff. about seeking AI's help is something about which I'm not so sure. Reason being that I've seen ChatGPT confidently hallucinate about the details of the topic which it was asked to explain, leaving me completely disillusioned about its capabilities.
gpt 4 is more capable dont use 3.5 if u cant afford it just use bing copilot
Wizard what’s in that mug? Creatine tea?
LOL!!!
I recently found your channel and I'm really happy to have done so. I've wanted to get better at mathematics for a long time but I've failed so much, especially when it comes to consistently practice. Your videos has helped me a lot. I'm digging deep in linear algebra and I'm having so much fun - and I can feel my intuition getting better.
I do not think I would have reached this point, if it weren't for your videos, which I find inspiring and insightful. Thank you Math Sorcerer!
same my friend :)
Same, never did well in math when I was younger and it kept me from doing what I liked but been really going for it and even enrolled in college and this channel has been an excellent source of inspiration and books!
Please watch Professor V, Professor Leonard and the Organic Chemistry Tutor Math videos.
I love this advice because this also applies to the professional world after you leave college. Be prepared before you come into work by covering what you did the day prior, and surround yourself with people that also care about improving, learning, and working as a team.
For Jessie, I would suggest to records the audio of the teacher during class . If there's some problem about the subject I would listen again the audio of the teacher after class as many time as I can. If I cannot understand I would go directly to the teacher office or ask a student in my class. But overall I think I would be more ready to ask the correct question and take the answer I wanted after I review all the possible knowledge I could grasp before meeting with the teacher outside of class.
What helped me was managing my classes. If I knew my class was going to be demanding, I will match them with not so much demanding classes. I am currently in my graduate program for mathematics taking my second course in Complex analysis very fun class
I would limit writing down everything to just the most crucial points. Additionally record your lecture (at least audio). Professors repeat their content over and over and forget that there are students sitting in front of them who are hearing stuff for first time plus trying to grasp it. Profs often tend to be too quick. Having a recording allows you to repeat difficult parts of the lectures upon which other parts build upon.
As a rule of thumb (many excellent profs do that) if prof feels he is a tad too slow or too simple with his explanation it's just about right for the majority of the students.
I teach myself, not math though, and this has helped me grow as a teacher immensely and I get lots of encouraging feedback regarding this.
Gracias por compartir sus experiencias
Thanks, I’m currently taking a calc 2 class at a university that is notorious for being extremely difficult. I’m just nearly passing
I would maybe try finding another professor that who teaches the same course and has different office hours that work better with your schedule. I have done this myself. Also try writing down all your questions before class and right after ask the professor to explain them.
7:05 I don't think that relying on AI for help with math is a good idea. Currently, ChatGPT makes a lot of mistakes. The worst part is that those mistakes are easy to miss, especially when you are learning the material and don't have sufficient knowledge to know that they are there.
Yes it can be confidently wrong!
i would say instead of writing down everything, RECORD your lectures (ask your professor first). this way you can pay attention, and go back and see the things you missed or didn't understand. of course, this takes time after class to write notes, but since classes can be fast, it is a good way to combat taking notes at the same speed that your professor explains, which is really hard.
As for Jesse's professor office hours, who said that he had to make inquiries from his class teacher?
Thought ‘Algorithm Analysis’ would be a CS course but it is turning out to be difficult Maths course
Sir the only that always bugs me in maths is that I can gather information facts results theorams, but still I am not able to use all this to solve questions . once I did advanced matrix and forgot the sign scheme for calculating adjoint, that made me loose 5 marks. Give me some solution
I agree with Jesse and think of how much money you spend per class. I have found that CAI works better and also I am not trying to compete, instead I want to learn the math. I cannot rush thru a math test like it is a race. The schools give you an overwhelming workload and expect a competition, this is the wrong approach.
Do they sell Engineering Mathematics and Advanced Engineering Mathematics by KA Stroud and Dexter Booth in the US? The chapters are written in frames, and easier to follow, unlike other maths books. They come recommended by all the top universities in the UK including Oxford and Cambridge. I've never seen it mentioned on this channel.
Hi! I'm a bio major, now I'm moving into deep learning and I want to learn math. I suffer a lot of Impostor syndrome, mainly because I lack some basic notions that for math majors are instinctive, for me I have to think really hard about it, even Google stuff that is very basic. I feel like I'll never be a mathematician. I love learning though, and I learn quickly even abstract stuff, but I need time
I'm a 3.5 year math and data science student at university and what I've found what helps me best in higher level computational math classes is asking the teacher about lots of stuff before or after classes if you have time for that. I think at the higher level especially in math/stat courses you might need to just embrace the difficulty of the subject and understand that you might not get it all as it's being fed to you. I think reading the book outside of class has helped me now that I understand how to read undergraduate math texts, but what has helped me the most in every class is making an effort to form a relationship with the professor and ask questions during and after class. I'm sure multiple other people have the same question as you or a similar one so it never hurts to ask questions. Also if the professors physical office hours don't work with your schedule you should email them to find a time to meet online, and I'm sure they'd be more than happy to coordinate that.
Ty math magic sorcerer. Which book or course (online) do you recommend for an adult learner out of college for a while and needs to take pre calc
Just want to say that you make me love math❤
Please make a video on IIT-JEE MATHEMATICS.
Please make a video on TENSORS
Thanks
Where did you get that desk i need one. I need a small desk like that
I got it used on facebook marketplace, but, I think it's from IKEA maybe. It's SUPER heavy and very tall.
I can do my homework for math class some70%some90% but on the midterm65%.I failed my college algebra classes.I am a premed student in college after loosing my job.I was in college in the 90s in electronic engineering did not finish got a job in an electronics factory . .I had calculus ,algebra in high school.In my school I have had professors their mission is to fail premed students.This math department at my school their mission is to make sure students do not enter medical school .
Second year physics major. Taking PDEs and linear algebra trying to keep my 4.0 😬😬
"Fast-paced" = Quarters.
Make an appointment with your Professor.
Utilize the TAs also.
I can't keep up with my real analysis class right now
Cool
I don't know about other colleges or universities, but both my undergrad university and graduate school university had Math labs for student to go to for help any time from morning to evening. My undergrad university wasn't a research university and didn't have many masters or PH.D programs. At the time, my math department didn't even have a masters program (they do now.) Anyway, Professors (and top senior math majors, who got paid also for their time) would take different shifts in the Math Lab. Anyone taking a math class, no matter what the class subject (easy or difficult,) could go for help.
As for my graduate school, all the graduate teaching assistants in the department were required to log a few hours per week in the Math Lab. There were always at least 2 or 3 on duty throughout the day, from morning to evening. It was assumed all graduate teaching assistants could handle any undergrad math class in helping students out. But even some first or 2nd year graduate courses were easily handled by the graduate teaching assistants who had already completed most of their coursework and passed all their qualifiers and were already working towards their PhD.
So, what I am saying is check if your college or university has labs in which there are people to help students understand subject matter (assuming Math but maybe Engineering or any other difficult areas you are studying.) But caution on using them as a crutch. Some students come in assuming the helpers (grad students or Professors) do their homework for them, which is not the case. They are there to help you understand the material and will have you do example problems while they assist and answer your questions.
Finding study groups with people in your class always helps too. And like the Math Sorcerer said, try to find one of the top people in the class to be in your study group. Some times it is hard to find the top people in a class because they may be shy or they feel they don't need to be in a study group since they already understand everything.
Private tutors could help too, but you would have to do research and ask them before employing them if they are experts in the coursework you are taking. Most will be truthful in their knowledge. There may be a few out there, though, who may try to pull the wool over your eyes and say they are experts in a particular subject and are not. But those are easily found out after a tutoring session or two.
Me seeing the thumbnail of this video: "how did he know?" 😶😶
❤
The thing is if we ain't interested as much as we wanna survive we will die the moment we open the book💀🌚
hi vro
My arm in 16 what’s urs 🧙♀️?
This video does not make sense , it all depends on the student and the quality of the institution they are attending.There are colleges in the United States in which faculty regularly get away with not showing for office hours, and there are many professors that can't teach even the simplest concepts.On the other hand , there are many students who have majored in subjects that they have zero talent for and are trying to buy a degree...All things being equal , with a hard subject , the only thing that works is extreme hard work , and talent...
This is Jeff Bezos, if Amazon wasnt a success...
don't wanna be mean but you gotta use more clothes