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so bummed out by this again...
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| teresakaz |
Posted on June 27 2012 11:58 PM
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I hate this; I have a 3.8 average in my classes and I found out today that the advice I was previously given, that I could substitute business math for algebra, was wrong. I have to take this class and get a C in it. I have worked for a year for a degree (I don't have one on ANYTHING, except my high school graduation diploma) and now I am sure I won't be able to make it and get one. I don't know how I can pass that class with a C and then go on to Statistics. My insurance doesn't cover any of the folks who do dyscalculia assessments and I can't afford to pay out of pocket right now to do it privately. There will be no waiver or substitution in my near future. This is my third time going to college and I am middle aged, nearly fifty years old.
I can do anything in life except math. I am so tired of being like this. What a backlog of years of stress. I just want to cry; i don't know how to fix this.
So, thanks for listening/reading, i know you guys get it.
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| justfoundout |
Posted on June 28 2012 06:37 PM
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6/28/12
Back to the testing, teresa. You just really need to get it done. Here's the link to the previous Thread where RW gave you some ideas on where to go for testing. Please let us know if these links don't give you what you need. - jus'
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| teresakaz |
Posted on June 28 2012 07:51 PM
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$$$$$ however, yes I know I need to get it done but like I said $$$$$.  |
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| justfoundout |
Posted on July 01 2012 04:21 PM
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Dear teresakaz,
Have you looked into the Vocational Rehabilitation agency yet? That was what I had to do to get tested. I didn't have the money to pay for it. - jus' |
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| Ladyhawke |
Posted on July 02 2012 12:27 AM
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Your story speaks to something that I've noticed Dyscalculics frequently get told - "NO, you don't have to take that math (or algebra or whatever) class, don't worry about it." Then, later we're told we have to take it. That has happened to me both times I went back to community college. I know perfectly well it's a BS line they give us to ensure they get the student to sign up for the course, but until more information about how seriously debilitating Dyscalculia is to a sufferer gets publicized and understood by the general populace, this will continue to happen. These people recruiting students into their courses minimize what we're telling them and refuse to acknowledge that we may actually have severe difficulties taking "that math class".
I know a lot of this cavalier attitude coming from the course recruiter stems from the fact that (again a personal observation here) most of us get better than average grades on every other section EXCEPT the math, so they justify it any way they can. The bottom line IS the bottom line and if they can minimize what has to be obvious to many of them after seeing our intial test scores, they make $$ for the school, so what do they care about what happens to us after?
Unfortunately, I didn't even know about Dyscalculia until just over 7 months ago, so I had no frame of reference with which to base an argument, therefore I took what I had to take both times I went to community college and I got through it as best I could. Like the rest of you, I took a lesser grade on the math portions.
As Dyscalculics, we need to stand up to the pressure being exerted by zealous course recruiters (because that is really all they are) and be firm when we tell them that there is NO WAY we are going to get through that particular (insert whatever math it is) math class, and demand a reasonable alternative. Whether or not a student has been formally tested/diagnosed should be irrelevant. If they've got your test scores from their initial testing, it should already be obvious to them anyway that there is a problem with the math.
Ladyhawke
Algebra? When I learn decimals and fractions, you're welcome to try teaching me, but unless you have the patience of a saint and are very long-lived, good luck with that...  |
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Posted on July 12 2012 09:06 AM
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I know perfectly well it's a BS line they give us to ensure they get the student to sign up for the course, but until more information about how seriously debilitating Dyscalculia is to a sufferer gets publicized and understood by the general populace, this will continue to happen.
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| justfoundout |
Posted on July 15 2012 07:35 PM
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Ladyhawk,
I had that same experience. A couple of years ago, before I applied for admittance to my present Uni, I had to first meet with an Admissions Advisor. She rushed past all the financial things that I needed to know by saying that I'd have to 'ask Financial Aid about that'. Everytime I'd try to find out what part of the 'scholarships and student loans' would actually end up in my pocket, to pay my bills with, she would quickly dismiss my question with that not being 'her' job. Yet, she would cheerfully tell me that there would be 'ways' to pay for my education. After a few attempts on my part to find out how much of those 'ways' would be taking the money that I needed to live on away from me, her cheerfulness started coming out between gritted teeth, with a sardonic smile pasted on her face. It was just her job to recruit me and get her commission (or whatever they call it), not to actually 'care' what would happen to me financially after I got admitted. I'd had a 3.73 GPA, which made me a shoe-in for gettng accepted. So, that's surely what she 'liked' about me. - jus' |
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