Silent (not so much) Sunday

Ok, I'm impressed.

x=2y-3
3x+y=5

I can solve the above linear equations by graphing and substitution!! I think I'm finally getting it. Hopefully you are all as impressed as I am!

I took my 1st midterm last week (there are 2, don't ask me why, I think it is a little excessive) and got 88% on it. At first I was kind of disappointed because I really wanted to do better and I studied a lot. But actually that is pretty good. I made two "dumb" mistakes that if I'd caught would have given me 93%. I expect one or two perceptive readers will note that #2 on the test was one of my dumb mistakes. On another one I just blanked out. There were only 2 people left in the class when I finished - oh well. On the other hand, out of 29 students, 13 scored 0-70%, 13 scored 70-90% and 3 were 90-100%. So in comparison with the rest of the class I did pretty good. Mind you (I like saying that), these are mostly young kids who have been studying this stuff in high school. I'm an old, senile person and I don't think that I've ever learned this. Of course since I'm senile I wouldn't remember!

I'm a little apprehensive because I looked ahead in the book and things look bad but I'm not going to worry about it now. If I think, I panic. While I was taking my test I kept getting upset and had to keep talking to myself to calm myself down. I don't think I did it out loud but I'm not sure. When I read this problem, I didn't panic though: Find three consecutive numbers whose sum is 27. I did it without any problem. I almost giggled when I finished because I was so pleased with myself.

I did good - pretty cool, huh? Ok, I have to go study some more now!

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. ~Anais Nin


Robin, the lonely (but better at math) blog mistress