Posted by alexandra_k on November 25, 2014, at 13:18:27
In reply to Re: balance, posted by alexandra_k on November 23, 2014, at 20:01:48
Someone recommended it, and I know I've enjoyed some of their videos that I've found searching from Google, but I never looked into the site properly before...
They have a LOT of content. Cell biology and physics and chemistry and organic chemistry... I really enjoy Sal's videos a lot... He anticipates questions that I have along the way and I like how he repeats himself to consolidate content along the way... And he tends to read my mind when he is like 'here are some things people often find confusing' or 'here is something that people don't often get' or whatever... The other people are pretty great, too. There is an anatomy and physiology section and the chick doing the videos on bones draws and writes AMAZINGLY fast. I mean... blindingly fast. I've never seen anything like it... Maybe she is speeding up those sections of her videos? Anyway, whatever, super cool.
The maths has this little 'ding' noise that it makes. YEAH! And it adjusts the content depending on whether I get them right or wrong... And there are videos to teach me how when I don't know. Which was the main problem I was having with IXL...
I think... Little videos like this... Are better than textbooks. When you are just starting out, anyway. I was getting a bit bogged down in the textbook with meiosis and mitosis etc... The videos were great for getting the outline of the entire process. Details can be filled in later.
I think I will practice maths from there... IXL... Required a LOT to get mastery on particular skills... And... I was getting worried that they presented certain problems all together in a clump... So you learned how to do that particular style of problem... But you didn't get practice at picking out what strategy you needed to use from a bunch of them. Because they kept the different styles of problems clumped together. And, for me, half the battle (in real life tests and exams) is identifying the type of problem it is in the first place (so what I actually need to do to solve it).
Anyway...
It is summer. I have 3 months of freedom where I can do whatever I want. I need to enjoy it. The biggest battle for me next year... Is to not implode. Basically. Tis as simple as that. Well, it isn't... But it is necessary even if not sufficient. Focus on... Enjoying the journey. This was what I wanted... To be learning science... And I am. So. So there.
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