Sunday, December 16, 2007

  • I almost wanted to cry..

    Once again God (not NyQuil nor anything else that I tried in the past 3 days) works its magic!

    I'm feeling better today after taking some cold medicine last night and slept for 10 hrs.  My mind is clearer.  At least I don't get a headache doing calculus anymore.  I found my TI-83 plus from a storage box.  Ever since I got my financial calculator in college, I haven't touched it.  I didn't know if it will work.  I replaced the battery and amazingly, the screen started to flash.  I tried hard to remember from entering simple calculations to graphing equations.  The math assessment test does not require advanced math, but a graphing calculator does give me more confident when doing derivatives and checking max and min (yea!~).

    I spent most of the day studying and going through the math CD.  The calculus section is the most "foreign" to me, as it was stone-age when I learned it.  All the derivatives rules made me dizzy, but I manage to write them all down in a tiny note.  Since the assessment test is online, I have better chance to pass it if I keep my notes clean.  At the end of the study, I have 20 pages of notes plus a formula index card.

    I feel like I'm ready for the test, but just lack that energy boost.  So I peeked in my refrigerator and took out a small piece of sweet potato pie.  After cutting back my appetite for 3 days, any sweet treats look like gold to me.  After I finished it, I feel like I'm really ready for the assessment test.  The sign-in process is very straight forward.  The fact that the test does not time me makes me very comfortable to go through it at my own pace.  I submit my answers after I checked the answers twice.

    And then the results page comes up:
    You scored 100% (100 out of 100) on QuantPrep. The passing score is 80% (80 out of 100).
    Congratulations!

    Woohoo! 100%!!!  I think my calculus teacher would be very happy if she knows I passed the test based on what I learned from her 7 yrs ago.

    "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." ~2 Corinthians 12:9

    Thank God...
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