what i did.- the language was way over my head. I was in class and knew i was not going to be able to pass. My GPA was very high and i did not want it to go down. I was not going to let the alg. thing beat me. I decided to have a one on one with my professor. She suggested that I drop the class but continue to come to class, do the assignments to best of my ability, BUT to re-take it next semester. She thought that my problem could be the language! Alg. language can be difficult if you do not understand the basic math vocabulary and I didn’t. Too look back now( as an educator) I now know I never got a good math education in elementary school and it followed me all the way to the university. I struggled in all my math classes. SO…. I dropped the class continued to go to class and do the homework. I took the test but of course it wasn’t counted. I became more familiar with the ALG. language and the next semester I re-took the class and passed it with a high B. I also researched professors. I ask other students about their math professors or teachers. I ask them why or why not they liked or disliked them. I also took notes. When I thought I found the professor that was for me, I begged to get into his class even though by the time I was able to register his class was already filled. I went to him and told him why I wanted in his class so he allowed me in.After I passed ALG 1 the other math classes I had to take were not as hard because I had my basic ALG down.

Please do not get discouraged. Please do not allow someone to tell you … you cannot pass because you are not smart enough. I sometimes thought that about myself when I have an IQ of 140 !!

Good Luck.