Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Okay...shot at extra credit...?

One thing I wish I had done better to prepare for the test?
Study. I studied a bit, and assumed I knew the rest without practice. The stuff I was confused about I tried my best but it didn't work out too great for me, I don't think. Not to mention, thanks to the test anxiety, I forgot all of the formulas I had memorized. I read somewhere we like to blame external forces for our failure to protect our ego. Look at me blaming anxiety. Assuming things will be easier to handle is what I'm good for, ultimately failing is the other thing I'm good for. Next test I will try not to overestimate my abilities and study all of the materiel, cal down and get my stuff together.

What I'm going to do for the next test?
Calm down, study everything and ask for help in the areas I need? Write, re-write and re-write everything I'll need to remember? Good Lord, I hate tests.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Okay, so this is really untimely, for stupid reasons. I did not save nor publish my previous work, so I'm re-typing it all. Count it late or don't, I don't know and then it was supposed to be done before class today but there were no computers open in the library before school. The frustration. I'm done ranting, so here is my actual project.
The scale factor I decided on, was 2/3. Why is that the scale factor? Because the estimates for my room size was 10x8. I,of course, being the lunkhead that I am, made the measurements on my drawing larger than my room, eve though my room was supposed to be large and the print was supposed to be smaller, correct? See, now I'm second guessing myself and I have no clue if I got it right. Whatever. The width (on paper) is 30 (feet, I'm assuming) by 24 (feet(?)) How do I know if this is a dilation? I think the dictionary definition of a dilation is either an enlargement or a reduction of an original image, and that's what I have created on paper, a sort of accurate enlargement/reduction. So, yeah. There it is, and if it's right, I feel like I deserve half of a cookie.    

Monday, September 29, 2014

Conditional Statement Thing

If you don't have a cat, you have a dog.
Inverse: If you do have a cat, you don't have a dog
Converse: If you have a dog, you have a cat.
Contrapositive: If you don't have a dog, you don't have a cat.

None of these statements actually make sense, seeing as you don't have to have any animal, dog or cat, to have the other.

Monday, September 15, 2014

A few reasons math might be okay...

There is something good in everything. Even the things you hate. Math is one of those things I hate because really, I'm not too good at it. One reason I might say I like math is when I do get it right, I'll never feel as accomplished as I will in that moment. I guess it gives me something to strive for, something to practice with and get better at. It's something to keep me busy when I'm not. Math is okay because being good at it isn't concrete; it's not something I can't change. And having power over something as big is that is pretty nice.