AP Calculus Week 17- The Review Assignment from... well...

Actual picture of me in class this week.

    Welcome back from winter break… ew.
    Let me tell you that it is difficult to come back from a week and a half break and jump right back into review of stuff that you learned probably over a month ago.
    In this shortened week (it was still too long) we spent two days working a Chapter 4 review assignment and two days taking the test. Needless to say, I had a great time.
    I totally forgot how to do 90% of the material, and I struggle bussed my way through the review. I mean really struggle bussed. It was rough. And it took forever. I honestly spent two full class periods working on it as well as at least two or three hours at home. At one point, I spent 45 minutes on one problem only to find out that I could’ve done it in two. Thanks. Still, thank God for reviews because otherwise I would’ve failed the test (although that is still a possibility).
    While attempting to do the review assignment, my main problem was that, well, I had forgotten everything. Half of the stuff I didn’t even know was a part of chapter 4. Surprisingly, I was actually relieved when I reached the optimization and related rates section of my review, because I actually remembered this stuff (kind of).
    With a lot of time and a lot of effort, I was able to get through the assignment. I think I did pretty well on the test, I think.
    I guess the lesson learned here is that reviewing after a break from learning and doing math is difficult, and that Cresswell should seriously shorten his chapter 4 review assignment.

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