A friend of mine on Facebook mentioned Coursera recently. I respect his opinions,
so I went to check it out.
It's for real. It’s a website where you can find
college-level courses offered for free. Really.
Okay. So I never took calculus in high school or college,
and I saw that that Coursera was offering “Calculus 101.”
What could it hurt? It’s an online course. It must be very
gentle, right?
Brother, was I wrong.
This is a complete thorough-going college-level course in
calculus, with lectures, and homework, and quizzes, and a textbook (all free).
I’m barely through with the first week, and I’m already
terrified.
I haven’t felt this way since high school.
Calculus turns out to be demanding and difficult, which is
not good for my ossifying over-fifty brain.
Every evening I resolve to quit the course, and every
evening I try again.
Now: can someone tell me: how do you multiply square roots?
I’ve forgotten.
And I need to know by next Friday’s quiz.
No comments:
Post a Comment