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justwannawish:

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I do neither haha, MATH1151, which is one of two pure maths courses we have to do and then it's hopefully freedom from this. Which maths course do you do?? How is it? I have some engineering friends doing 1141 but wasn't sure if they could have done 1131.

I like my Algebra teacher, he's a good explainer and he's quite dynamic so it's easy to follow him, though conceptually algebra is harder for me. My calculus professor seems like a nice guy but his voice and actions are quite monotonous and he doesn't really pause or ask if anyone is following what he says, so it's a bit trickier. We have two lectures where an hour is given to calculus, another to algebra, and another one hour lecture which alternates between the two each week. We also have two tutorials per week, one on algebra and the second on calculus :)

I found the course notes to be quite useful, but I also tend to google some theorems and concepts and then learn from that, especially for calculus. The thing that bothers me about the quizzes is that they don't actually relate to any of our homework questions and are only vaguely connected to the coursework (often a few exercises ahead of where we are at in calculus) , but so far they've been a lot easier than the hw, which I'm so glad about.

I personally would recommend it since the tutors were a lot better than my own class tutors and a lot more understanding of the gaps in your knowledge, especially since it's your first uni maths class. You might have to wait a while since it does depend on whether anyone else is there ahead of you, but I think I only waited around 10 minutes so it wasn't bad at all (also you can study there afterwards, I think, and then ask questions when the tutor is done with another student, which was something I saw).  Something else that might be helpful is that the course might also run extra classes? I know 1151 also has Pass courses run by ASOC, so there might be something similar for your maths classes?

owidjaja:

--- Quote from: justwannawish on March 01, 2019, 11:57:18 pm ---I do neither haha, MATH1151, which is one of two pure maths courses we have to do and then it's hopefully freedom from this. Which maths course do you do?? How is it? I have some engineering friends doing 1141 but wasn't sure if they could have done 1131.

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Oh lmao, I'm doing 1131. I have mixed feelings about the course. I really like my algebra lecturer because he goes through content at a really good pace and explains the content really well. And then there's my calculus lecturer who crams everything in an hour. His French accent also isn't helping because it's difficult to understand him. At the moment he's off for 2 weeks because his wife had a baby but then we got replaced by another French lecturer lol. She goes through content a bit slower but still crams content and everyone talks whenever she lecturers, so that's annoying.

justwannawish:

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Yeah, my main issue with 1151 is that it doesn't really align up i.e. our calculus hw for chapter 2 had questions about content we will only learn about in Chapter 5 and some don't appear in the lecturer notes at all, sigh. I feel like I'm paying the uni just to do exams, and not teach at this point (since our tutorial hw is ahead of our lectures and my tutors still want us to do it on our own). I shouldn't complain too much haha but I'm just stuck on a question so I'm just annoyed at the whole system (I'll be good before).

Hopefully, your lecturer gets better! Are your tutors good?

justwannawish:

--- Quote from: justwannawish on March 01, 2019, 09:43:38 pm ---
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The most critical thing is my assessment, which is a court observation due next week. Hopefully, it shouldn't be that bad to knock over.

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You see that line? I regret writing that. I regret it so much. What I am now facing as a mindblank is karma because of that particular line. This is why you should not be cocky kids, smh at past me for tempting fate.

owidjaja:

--- Quote from: justwannawish on March 03, 2019, 09:24:18 pm ---Yeah, my main issue with 1151 is that it doesn't really align up i.e. our calculus hw for chapter 2 had questions about content we will only learn about in Chapter 5 and some don't appear in the lecturer notes at all, sigh. I feel like I'm paying the uni just to do exams, and not teach at this point (since our tutorial hw is ahead of our lectures and my tutors still want us to do it on our own). I shouldn't complain too much haha but I'm just stuck on a question so I'm just annoyed at the whole system (I'll be good before).

Hopefully, your lecturer gets better! Are your tutors good?

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My tutor is Russian lol. Not that I have a problem with foreign lecturers/tutors but he's just very difficult to communicate with. Like in the first math tute, we were going through limits and he gave us an example so one of the students suggested to divide by the highest power but then he thought the student was saying polynomial division. The student ended up giving up on explaining. He also straight up told the people who only did 2U math (which was me and another student) that we'll find the course hard so he wants us to ask him as many questions. While I do get his point, it's not really the best way to encourage us.

How about you? Are your tutors good?

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