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CrAcKerKoReaN
04-22-07, 10:02 PM
This semester for the most part has been good. I started taking meds about a month into the semester and wow my tests grades changed dramatically. My first test in Calc III was a 75 and then it went to a 97 and a 90.

Currently I am trying to keep an A in the class but this last section of stuff that we have been dealing with has made me so frustrated I cant even see straight.

Well today was the breaking point, I worked for three hours and got no where on my review set (Double integrals). That just upset me to no end, I know the concepts of the integrals but forgot how to integrate some of the more complicated things. My wife was trying to help me out and telling me to take a break or call an friend for some help but I didnt want to hear it. I didnt have time to take a break. I went down stairs and slammed the door to the bonus room (computer/study room). I couldnt find a quiet corner fast enough and just broke down in the hall way.

I guess I just cracked under the pressure that I put on my self to do well especially on this test. I just cant take not doing well on this test since I have done so well on the others. Bad thing is I hate putting my wife though this because I know she feels helpless, both when it comes to helping me with my work and with me emotionally.

I just dont know what to do, I want to do well but hours and hours to trying have got me nowhere. I just get a feeling of helpless ness, I cant help myself and cant find anybody to help me.

Anybody else ever break under their own pressue?
Also any help with integrals would be much appreciated.

Edward
05-20-07, 07:03 PM
I can do regular integrals really good(partial fractions,int by part,u-sub&trig-sub, power series representations etc.), next semester the course work introduces double and triple integrals. And ohh noo, I really hope they aren't hard!! I was starting to get the feeling that I could do any maths, as long as I learn it in the right order, so is double integrals where things start getting near impossible?

CrAcKerKoReaN
05-20-07, 07:05 PM
NA double and triple integrals are actually easy. You just have several different variables that you are working with. And you keep one constant while you are integrating the other.
I ended up getting an A in Calc III so if you ever need help I think I do know what im doing. It just gets frustrating at times.

Edward
05-20-07, 07:10 PM
Nice job on earning the A, how many more semesters of maths are you going to take?