You might want to check your local community college. They likely offer calculus, at least up to calculus 2. Maybe differential equations. Not only is the class with an instructor that you can interact with useful, but they might have some sort of math lab. I worked for 3-4 years as a math lab tutor while in college. I was basically one of several tutors whose whole job was to provide supplementary instruction. They may even allow non-students.
A good teacher/tutor will be able to try multiple ways of explaining a concept, tailored to your questions. It is also quite valuable connecting with peers that are at your level who are trying to make sense of the same new concept as you.
I’m sure that there are online communities too. Anyways, if that book isn’t working for you, others or other forms of learning might work better.
Oops, I forgot about base rates and the psychological effect of repeat exposure to base rate people on LW users.
It wasn’t that I was having a hard time learning, it was that I wasn’t having fun because it felt too much like my experience being force-fed math in the K-12 education system. I’m bad at mental calculations but good at learning and applying and the textbooks were always adequate but never fun.
You might want to check your local community college. They likely offer calculus, at least up to calculus 2. Maybe differential equations. Not only is the class with an instructor that you can interact with useful, but they might have some sort of math lab. I worked for 3-4 years as a math lab tutor while in college. I was basically one of several tutors whose whole job was to provide supplementary instruction. They may even allow non-students.
A good teacher/tutor will be able to try multiple ways of explaining a concept, tailored to your questions. It is also quite valuable connecting with peers that are at your level who are trying to make sense of the same new concept as you.
I’m sure that there are online communities too. Anyways, if that book isn’t working for you, others or other forms of learning might work better.
Oops, I forgot about base rates and the psychological effect of repeat exposure to base rate people on LW users.
It wasn’t that I was having a hard time learning, it was that I wasn’t having fun because it felt too much like my experience being force-fed math in the K-12 education system. I’m bad at mental calculations but good at learning and applying and the textbooks were always adequate but never fun.