Multiplication and division are the same really

Same with addition and subtraction

So PEMDAS is easier to remember

I've gotten answers wrong for doing multiplication first sometimes though

And same with addition and sibtraction

You might be breaking another rule or your teachers suck. Unless I’m forgetting something that’s wrong and you shouldn’t have been marked down

If you are using a computer program it is probably programmed by someone diverse and doesn’t account for multiple but equally valid ways to the answer

This class is online. The teacher just supervises. I followed PEMDAS as taught but when I did I kept getting answers wrong and when I viewed the solution they were doing division first

Yes omg

The worst part is that it only counts one answer correct. And if you don't get that correct it marks it wrong even if you understand the concept

Bring it up in office hours, that’s BS

And you cant practice the same problem twice

It keeps changing it up

This sounds a lot like mastering physics

Whenever you get it wrong

Yeah haha and I am not a scientific person

I'm majoring in media production.

Bring it up with whoever you can. If you actually understand the concepts you shouldn’t be graded down

I might. My instructor is Asian with a broken accent of course. Yeah I've demonstrated that I understand how to do the concepts

Send screenshots or show photos of your work and really nail them down. Say “show me what’s wrong or the programming is bad”

If you have white TAs or even TAs that speak English use them

What's a TA?

Oh nvm

LOL

Sorry duh

Oh I thought it was joke, haha. You’re good

I got my STEM degree on the west coast so I know a thing or two about Asian “teachers”

This guy isn't even a "teacher" he just sits at his desk while we come into class to work on a $100 computer program

Straight up caught a Chinese born TA giving answers to a Chinese born student before the midterm in office hours

Wow

The educational system is welfare for people that want to pretend they have a job

That’s why it’s occupied by women at the lower levels

That and the fact that it is about nurturing children until about 6th or 7th grade

Yeah pretty much. At the lower level it's not too bad. But after that I can agree. I'm gonna have to see if there's any white TAs around lol

Was there a guy in here offering Calculus help

I may an hero if I have to listen to my 1st Gen immigrant instructor try to explain Calculus concepts without teaching how to solve problems.

@Corey

@Deleted User there are a few of us who can help with calculus. Personally I used to teach it for many years. What kind of problems are you trying to solve?

We started with limits and are moving into derivatives and tangent lines. It just seems like the instructor is getting high on his own supply of math knowledge and not teaching us a clear cut way to solve the problems.

He also doesn’t explain any rule he uses especially with algebraic manipulation which makes it difficult to follow.

I’m having trouble recognizing the problems and what rule to apply to find solutions