JaCoy+Jorgenson

Today is Sept 8, 2009. This is my 2nd semester after being out of school for 15 yrs now. Holy cow time flies. I have been nervous to take math because it never came easy to me. I am finally able to understand it though because I like the way Cory Little teaches. After the test I know what I need to practice on. I need to work on the order of operations,PEMDAS and subtracting integers. I am going to go throught the book again and do some odd #'s in the book so I can check my work and what I need to remember. Also after going through the test I know what I struggle with.

Sept. 11, 2009 This is the first time I have understood prealgebra. This week we learned about variables, they change they are also the letters or what we are trying to figure out. We also learned about constant and they don't change they are the #'s a 5 is always going to be a 5. Another one is a coefficient the # right in front of the variable. We learned how to simplify an equation and about like terms. The like terms are 2 variables exactly the same with the same exact exponent. Equations have equal signe. We learned who to isolate the variable which is getting it alone. We also learned about Division property of equality, it means to divide both sides by same # will always be the same #, and Multiplicty property of equality where you multiply the same numbers, usually fractions. We learned the 3 steps to simplifying an equation and they are 1 Simplufy both sides and combine like terms all distributive property 2= Isolate the variable, and 3= Solve for 1 variable ex 3x=27 and you divide the three to both sides and sometimes multiply if its a fraction. I am way excited to finally be able to understand it Thank you

Sept. 16, 2009 This week I struggled with chapter 3.3 and 3.4. I am not good at story problems. I have a hard time figuring out exactly what it is saying and where to put things where. I have always struggled with story problems though. I felt ok about the test though. I think I could have done better, but this week and last week have been very stressful at home. My husband's job is on the line, and we have become a month behiind on rent, and because his boss is our landlord they are taking it out on him. We got an eviction letter in the mail, and they won't let us make partial payments. Then if that wasn't enough, I found out that my van has a cracked radiator and a hole in the cooling censor. I have been trying to still work on my homework with all that's going on because that is the very reason I am in school. Sorry for rambling but I still think with all that is going on my I think I did ok on the test

Sept 29, 2009 This week we learned about fractions. I understand fractions ok I struggle a little with complex fractions. I still am not good with story problems, I have a hard time trying to figure out exactly what it is I am suppose to be doing. I am worried about this weeks test. I have been studying for it all weekend and I still don't feel confident with it. I hope I will be able to go to the math lab tomorrow so I can ask some questions. I am still understanding math more than I ever have before though, even though I am worried about the story problems. I am going to keep at it. Thanks

Oct 4, 2009 I was so nervous about my test, because my past history I would have been the one with the F. But I have been studying a lot harder than I use to! I was so relieved to see my test score:) This week we learned about the beginnings of decimals and it was a nice review. I work with money a lot at work, I work at a gas station. So I work with decimals a lot. I hope to be able to understand the rest of the chapter as well as I did this week. I still worry about story problems in the test and also the homework because I have ADD and reading comprehension problems that is why I worry so much about them. I think you are doing a great job teaching. Like I have said before I am learning more now than I ever have before. Thanks

Oct 11, 2009 This weeks homework was a bit of a challenge! I am going through the whole chapter so I will be ready for the test tuesday. I am struggling with the 5.10 and a little with solving for x again so I am working on them as much as I can. I hope to go to the math lab tomorrow or maybe tuesday before class. Just to make sure I completely understand it. I still am understanding math so much more than in high school. I like the way Cory teaches.

Oct 18, 2009

This weeks test I think I did ok. I hope I have everything I need for the mid-term. I have gone over the paper and I was able to do most of the problems without looking at the book. I am glad we are going to have a review. I know it will help me to remember the ones I was struggling on. I hope the rest of the semester goes good also. Thanks

Oct 31, 2009 I am going to be writing about 2 weeks with this learning log. I am pretty happy with my mid-term. I was so nervous about it. I studied hard for that test. This week in class we talked about rates and ratios and the differences and we also had another class but I had too miss because I am out of town this weekend. The differences from rates and ratios are ratio use only 1 set of units and rates can be different and the ratio has to be whole #'s and rates don't have to I don't remember learning these things 16. years ago

Nov 16, 2009

I forgot completely to write last week. Last week we learned about percents, I am so glad to finally understand how to figure it out. I have always had to ask my mom or my husband how much something was at whatever percent off, and when it came to grades I always went to my husband. Now I can do it myself. It makes me happy. I hope I can pull off taking math 1000, I would like to get some of my math credits out of the way. I have a lot to take in the profession I am going into. I am understanding it this semester really good so hopefully I will be able to next semester also. This week we learned about the metric system. I know a little about it working in the medical field. I am CNA certified, and I learned about Milligrams, millimeters and so forth. I have never understood the kilometers though. I also always wanted to know the difference between the weights when my children are at the dr's office. Now I can figure it out before they tell me at the end of the appt.

Nov 22, 2009

This week we went over chapter 9. We learned about graphing and sloping. I am still understanding things pretty good, I liked the substitute, she did a really good job. We missed you though. I am getting ready for the test on Tuesday.

Nov 29, 2009

This week we just had one class and we took the test. I stressed about this test more than the rest because i am doing good in this class and not in another class so I have been focusing on the other class. I think I did pretty good though considering I didn't study as much as I should have. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!!! Sorry for not letting you know about Saturday night we were in Vegas till 8:30 Utah time.