hallelujah! Ms Uly not only passed her pre-calc class

[ulysses]

at age 40...she made an A. This after a string of Fs and Ws in college math classes stretching back to the late Reagan administration.

We have a little way left to go before she finally graduates - she's changed both colleges and majors more times than I can count - but the way is pretty much clear now. She worked her ass off this semester, and is now the proud owner of a lot more belief in herself.

, baby.

[Pool Hall Ace]

1. Congratulations to Ms Uly

Give her a dap for me.

[ulysses]

5. she dapped herself.

[redqueen]

2. That's awesome.

Thanks for posting this Uly... gives me a little more hope that I'll find the courage to try going back myself... hopefully soon.

[ulysses]

6. she says that if she can do it,

so can you.

[GOPisEvil]

3. As someone who battles math unsuccessfully, I offer huge congratulations!

[ulysses]

7. she had a great tutor this semester.

I tried to help for years, but "tutoring by spouse" wasn't the best option, we found.

[LaraMN]

4. Woo-Hoo!

Bake that gal some cupcakes!
Way to go, Mrs. U!

[ulysses]

8. she's in favor of the cupcakes idea.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

9. Hey, I'm in precal now!

It's an interesting class, really. Glad she did well in it--she sounds like a math phobe like my mother was/is.

[ulysses]

11. math phobia the size of a small planet, yes.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

10. Give Ms. Uly my congratulations!

I've been there. I was a math dunce all the way through high school, got by only "with a little help from my friends,"but then when I started taking math again when I was in my thirties (the reasons are a long story), it was as if the math part of my brain had matured or something. Suddenly, I could do A-level work in trigonometry and college algebra.

Unfortunately, I had a horrible prof for calculus (stood in front of the class all bug-eyed--literally---and mumbled incoherently, never collected or discussed homework), so I washed out at that point.

Let's hope Ms. Uly gets a better instructor when she takes on calculus.

[ulysses]

12. I will, my friend!

Thanks!

And there's definitely something to the idea that a few years on the brain often helps.