Is there anyone else out there that hates algebra?
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me I HATE ALGEBRA i have nightmares about Algeria jk
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Yes, i learned basic algebra in junior high.\nI see no reason why a high school senior would be incapable of learning it.
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holy crap........i never even passed algebra 1 \nsorry
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im great with algebra, ive been doing it for the past 4 years now non stop, email me and ill be more than happy to show you how to do it step by step and answer you questions\nzinger_38@yahoo.com
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i'd love to help but i'm having trouble with it myself\n\nuse ur math textbook it will have it unless ur math book say algebra and is red ( that my alg. book and it doesn't help) \n\nSRY good luck
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No one person appears to have invented algebra in all its complexity and\nglory. Instead, it appears to have sort of "grown up."  Western Europeans\nlearned their algebra from the works of the Persian mathematician Muhammed ibn\nMusa al-Khowarizmi.  The word, algebra, is a corruption of al-jabr which is\npart of the title of his treatise, Hisab al-jabr w'al muqabalah which means\nsomething like, "the science of reunion and reduction."  It is pretty clear\nthat the Persians got some of these ideas from earlier work of the Babylonians,\nEgyptians, Chinese, Hindus, and who knows else.
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At my school it's just a pre-college Algebra course.  Basically you learn simple equations, graphing and matrixes.
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I can be a whiz at Math, but not be a Mathematician, can't I?
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~When I was 15, I was really, really bad at math but I got an A after I started sleeping with my algebra teacher.
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I think it is not but it is used in Intermediate Algebra.
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yup 2+2=4, and some people are stupid!
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Because it's incredibly difficult to "understand" things that are completely untrue. Go ahead, give it a try. Try to "understand" that 1+1=3. Not so easy, is it?
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Yes. My Discrete Math teacher called it a tax on the excessively stupid, but I guess your version is more politically correct.
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yes I do. I 've hated it  since elemantary school.
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I hate this question.
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programs that do algebra are not that common.\nI know two names: Maple and Mathematica. \n\nHowever learning to use them might be harder than learning high-school math.
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It is a hard subject for some people. The thing that seems so unfair when you are a young student like you and have to take math, and don't "get" it, is that for other kids, it just comes so easily.\n\nHere's an idea for right now: take a mental step back away from math for a moment and think about a subject that you are better at or that you maybe even like, or that just comes a little easier to you.  I know there must be one because you sound like an articulate person with the ability to know your feelings and you really do express yourself vividly.  I wouldn't be surprised to hear that you are pretty good at English or Literature, Drama or Art.  Well, if that is true, be glad for it, because believe it or not, there are some people out there who can't string two words together in a row to save their lives, and/or who hate to read and write. They hate that stuff as much as you hate math, but it is worse for them because YOU can learn to do math, but it is very nearly impossible to learn to be and think creatively and artistically.\n\nThere, end of pep talk. Now for some practical advice:  you need to get some tutoring FAST.  At every school, public and private, there are several ways to get the help you need to pass math so you don't have to repeat that class. Most teachers have scheduled times every week when they are available to tutor so look into that immediately. Also--go to your guidance counselor and find the name or names of honors students who volunteer to tutor.  Call those kids and make use of their superior math skills, it is good for you and good for them.  Finally, every school has a list of people who will tutor for an hourly fee. Usually, a few times with these (often former teachers) is enough.\n\nYou really need to do this. Being frustrated just shuts the brain down, plus makes your fear of math worse. It is a vicious circle. You know very well that math is a necessity in this life, you just needed to vent.  Ok, you vented, so now knuckle down, get through these classes, pass and say good-bye to the subject forever.\n\nAnd watch "Numb3rs" on Fridays, where math seems geekily sexy and fun.