I’m taking an upper division statistics class for math majors this semester that’s not going so well.  I’ve never had to work so hard to connect concepts to solving problems before and even when I do finally get everything figured out and am confident about any of the problems found in our text, the exam has problems I could swear are for another class. It would be enough to make me question my math-savvy if all the math majors in the class weren’t also in the same boat.

Usually I really enjoy my math and statistics classes and can have fun doing the homework.  In this class, I’m just glad when I can work on the homework for more than 30 minutes without wanting to throw a tantrum.

I’ve been working on the homework for this class all morning.  There haven’t been any tantrums yet, but it’s been a close thing.  Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society is doing a good job at expressing how I feel about this problem set.