edgewaters wrote:
Subjects I had difficulty with in school, I found sometimes it was useful to go pick up a book designed for someone who wants to teach themselves, or to try different old textbooks. Sometimes it's just the way it's being taught that's the problem, not the material itself.
I did this with high school physics for instance. I was failing the class at the start, but I pulled my mark up to a B (couldn't get an A because the early marks dragged down the average too much). I actually like physics quite a lot now. But the way the teacher taught that class, I just didn't get it at all.
I second the idea of using old textbooks, and sometimes merely skimming can help with one or two fresh examples. I think it works in part because it's someone else explaining it in different words.
08 May 2012, 9:23 am
