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Pretty stressed about the upcoming week, honestly. The due dates for a lot of projects are in the next week, as well as the dreaded ACT. I'm very nervous for the testing, which is not helping my focus for class. I know I shouldn't worry too much about it, but it's hard not to when it is an important factor regarding college. As for math, I need to strap down and work out my 2 problems for the DEV project. I have the problems laid out, but I need to get them completely fully. I've been focused on other classes, but now I need to focus on pre-calc for a while. 

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This class has proved more frustrating than any other class in high school by far. The quadratics unit still doesn't entirely click for me, and the dev project has become a looming presence that will  make or break my grade in the near future. This new unit isn't so hard, but if I cannot learn the old stuff, the exam will hurt my grade even further. Balancing this class' work with all my other classes has been a struggle, but I feel it represents what a college class may entail. I appreciate the difficulty, but at the same time I want a better grade than I have, and I only have a short time left to earn it. With ACTs next week and exams the next, it's time to buckle down and focus on schoolwork.

Week 9

The end is near. I am a little stressed about everything going on. The long division for me, sometimes I get it right and sometimes I don't. I need to do a couple more problems to see if I get those right when I do them. On the review I remembered the Farmer Ted problems and only have a problem or two left to do. Then I plan on going over my D.E.V. project to make sure it is exactly how I want it. I plan on coming in later this coming week to have Mr. Jackson help/show me how to scan it and upload it to Blogger. I hope and pray that this test goes as easy as I feel right now and hope I a ready for the ACT.

This week we learned and perfected the skill of dividing polynomials. I love dividing polynomials better than numbers because it's more simple. Instead of finding multiples, you just have to find an exponent and coefficient that match the first term you are subtracting. Also, finding the domains for those polynomials was interesting. Also, I was doing the review and I am confused about the farmer ted problem. I assumed that the rivers where perpendicular to each other but I was fully sure.

Blog post

The light at the end of the tunnel is nearing. Things aren't so stressful, I finished up test corrections, the DEV project is almost done, and now I just have the review to work on. This next couple of weeks is going to be stressful with all the testing going on but I'm sure I can make it through. 

Week 10

This week was a little bit of a struggle because at the beginning of the week we took the quiz we were supposed to receive last week and I had a hard time remembering some of the polynomial practice we had done two weeks prior. I did fairly well on the quiz but I have to remember to study for the test on Monday. Apart from that however this week went well and I understand the long division well enough also. Hopefully next week goes well with the math test and the ACT!

Muddiest point

After finishing a load of homework, I realized that I struggle with what to do after I find the factors in a long division problem when I can't just guess and check, and that causes a problem when finding the final domain. I'm gonna need help. 

Week 10

I feel prepared for the test on Monday. I only had minor problems on the review, like subtracting or adding incorrectly. I remembered the concepts from past units, such as Farmer Ted problems and the domains of rationals. I hope to find time to work on the DEV project this weekend.

Week 9 Andre

This tri is coming to an end but Ive learned a lot. At first I wanted to switch classes because of the said to be difficulty. I obviously persevered and decided to stay in the class. Im happy i did because of the knowledge I obtained. Also I timed the DEV porject well considering im done and can now focus on the ACT.

Week 9

Something that became easier. The factor facto factor sheet was hard for me at fisrt. I didn't know how to graph the problem but after coming in, and getting help from you its became way easier. Hopefully on the test it will be easier.

Week reflection

This week has been slow and boring. I like the polynomials we're working on right now. However, I am stressing out with the test on Monday and the ACT on Tuesday. This weekend I'll have to do a lot of work with studying and homework so hopefully I'll get it all done. The D.E.V. project is moving along decently but I'm stressing out about that too. But we're almost done with the tri.

Blog Post

It is hard to believe that this trimester is almost over! I'm enjoying the Polynomial Unit. It seems like I have so much to do in all of my classes. I need to plan out time to work on my DEV project so I don't end up doing it on the last day. I know this is a big part of our grade so i'm working hard on it. It's pretty time consuming because we have to explain every step, when normally I just do it... Good luck to everyone on their DEV Project!

week 9

nothing  much  really happened in those two days. I felt that the grouping was similar to factoring making it very easy.

Week 9

Last week was a very short one but the long weekend helped me plan my D.E.V project more with my partners.  Also got better at factoring since I got to do the entire packet for factoring.  All in all a short week but a successful one.

Week 9 - Reflection

Last week in class, we didn't really so much just because we didn't have much school. Of the things we did, they all seemed to be pretty easy. Graphing and writing equations, is something that we learned a while ago, so this was kind of a refresher. Factoring the equations was a little different, but it's not too bad. It makes more sense now that we've had a little more practice. And last week I did not understand factoring by grouping at all. However, the work we did this week made it finally make sense to me. Overall, thank you for a great two days last week. 

Week 9

This last week was a short one but it still helped me think about the D.E.V. project and let me plan out what the problems might look like for the project. Hopefully it goes well!

Week 9

I really had no idea what to post but the only thing is just to get the hang of everything and understand to try to pass the exam

Week 8

To be honest, we weren't at school enough days this last week to be challenged. 

Week 9

My plan for the rest of the try revolves around me getting my grade back up.   I am going to do the 2 test corrections, then I will work hard on the dev project. Also study hard for the exam.

Week9

This week was a happy one. I was happy because I we are allowed to do test corrections on two tests. I also felt like the material that we are beginning is easy to understand and I am able to learn quickly. I hope the rest I the weeks are like this one.

week 9

well the 2 day week was certainly unexpected but not unappreciated. i still have a long way to go in this class my grade isn't what i want it to be but hopefully after test corrections and the DEV project it will go back up. other than that the 2 day long week we had was great. the pace was good and im really understanding the material.

Week 9

I really didn't learn anything interesting or challenging  last week. Hopefully this week we start doing more difficult problems.

Reflection

Well im quite happy about my test score it shows how much i have improved my understanding for this class more from the last subject and it greatly boosts my confidence so hopefully the upcoming test will be as well as the last one and my understanding of the subject is just as well as it was when i took my last quiz seeing that i didnt completely fail this tume arouf

Andrew nguyen

week ?

I am very happy about my test score. This week has been pretty easy and i hope it keeps up. I am someone who is usually really good at math and when i dont understand it, it can be very frustrating.  I have begun working on my dev project and so far so good. The way you have been teaching has been helping and i am glad to be all cought up.

Week 9 Reflection

I was a bit surprised that we got two snow days back to back this past week, it was definitely something that nobody could have forseen.  During the two days in class I felt OK with the material, as it was bringing back memories of last year in Algebra 2.  I plan to dive into this next week with an open mind and a positive attitude!

Week 9

With the whole 2 day week thing and all there isn't much for me to reflect on this week. However, Im happy with my level of comprehension so far in this unit and thats with only the couple days we have talked about it. I hope to improve my understanding of this unit and depending on how well i continue to understand and improve on grouping i think i might use a grouping problem in my D.E.V. project too.

Week 8

I'm not sure I could really consider this a full week. There was a lot of work done in the two days that we actually had school, but given the fact that we only had two full days- which in turn, leaves me with about two hours of full instruction of Mr.Jackson- is in my opinion, a very unusual setback.

Since the time we had was cut short, we lost alot of time to learn things in class- I'm actually upset about that, because no matter how I act Math is fun- So our new unit was cut quite short, and new ideas left to next week.

 I hope that this week we have enough time to learn new things.

Two Day Week

This week did not go as planned by Mr. Jackson I am assuming.  The two days we had school, class went really well.  I feel very comfortable with the material.  Over the snow days I was able to get a lot done on my D.E.V project and look over things.  Positive vibes going into this week.  Let's be awesome!

Week 9

This week was just review for me. There weren't any new concepts to be worried about. So I guess it was a successful week in a way. 

weekly blog (little worried)

We only had 2 days of school this week so it wasn't horrible! I understood the basic polynomial graphs and equations but the harder more advance stuff I had trouble with.  I was planning on coming in early the last few days of the week but that didn't work out.  So possibly come in tomorrow and have a few of the points re-explained.  Also having only two days last week I don't believe the new material sunk in enough for me to understand it to the fullest, I forgot some of it as well, so coming in early and studying more I believe will help me more.  With the ACT growing closer it's going to be harder for me to focus in class 100% worrying about how well I'm going to do on them for my college entrance. 

Reflection

So this week was really short. We only worked on cubic polynomials. I find factoring 4 terms easier than 3. However, I found it hard to graph some of the equations. My problem is that I keep forgetting that in standard form the highest exponent is the degree. I want to multiple all the exponents together as if the equation is in factor form. I'd like some more practice with graphing the equations. Also, I hope this week we will learn how to find the domain for these polynomials.

Week 9

Well we only had 2 days of school this week so it wasn't bad at all! I understand the basic polynomial graphs and equations but am having a harder time grasping the more advanced ones. I think I will you just need to come in and have it re-explained.

Week 9

I didn't bring my binder home on Wednesday, so I can't work on the factoring/grouping problems, but I basically finished it in TIES anyways. I didn't have any problems working on it- it was pretty easy since we went over the patterns at the end of class. I probably should have worked on the DEV project, but I have all my problems written (but didn't have them with me) so I just need to figure out how I'm going to display them.

Week 8-reflective comment

The two snow days allowed me to work on the D.E.V project more and now I am almost done with the project. However, I didnt expect two snow days in a row so I didnt brought home the homework. But I think Im doing great on the polynomial unit and should be able to catch up monday.

Week 9 - Reflection

This was a fantastic two day week and I very much enjoyed the time to work on my DEV project. I am finding it somewhat difficult to come up with my own thoughts but I am liking that it is challenging my head to create an idea that I can explain thoroughly. I like the unit we're on also because I am actually understanding the more intense problems as I felt very confident with the more simple problems too. I can't wait to work more next week. :)   

week 9

              The snow days we have had has allowed me some extra time to work on my D.E.V. project and just start test corrections for that quadratics test, which has helped me out big time. I'm about to look up how to factor by grouping in order to make up for the teaching time lost due to the snow days. hopefully its not too difficult.

Week 8

With this long weekend I have worked on my DEV project. I got all my problems done except one, I am saving for this Polynomials Unit. I enjoy this grouping method because I understand it. I looked a some videos online and realize that this concept is not that difficult. Practice with factoring by grouping has helped me a lot. I feel with this concept I have learned by doing it over and over again.

Week 9

Well, this week was only 2 days long. Hopefully next week I will be able to go in and do my test corrections. I am feeling good about factoring using grouping, but I should probably finish that paper about it before tomorrow. I don't think I'll be ready for a test by next week though. Also, Molly Emilie and I worked on our DEV project at Bestsellers on Wednesday and it went super well!! The website is looking awesome and I have my first problem completed. I'm hoping this project will bring up my grade!

Week 9

Over our two snow days I took the time to work on my test corrections (which I  very thankful for) and I understood a lot of the problems I didn't understand before. But I'm still stuck on the physics type questions but other than that I feel a lot better about the test and the class over all. 

Week 9 Andre

My reflection on the class is positive this week. This polynomial unit is a work in progress. Although i still have to study the subject, i'm not completley lost like I was on the other units. Also I was happy with my test score. This good grade leaves the two other test for me to make corrections, thanks to you!

Week 9- "Cool" comment

This past week, you introduced to us the grouping method for polynomials. I have been using this method instead of the diamond method for factoring quadratics. I find this method to make more sense and be easier so I'm glad that we are using it for this next unit. Because I've been using this method for awhile I found the "Grouping Polynomials" packet to be quite easy. I find it very interesting how there are so many different methods to solve a problem and I'm excited that I am understanding this new material so quickly after learning it. I'm hoping this new unit will come easier to me than the others and hopefully I will do better than I have on the upcoming test. Thanks for a great 2-day week!

precalc muddiest point

Looking over my test from before, I realize that I don't understand vertex or vertex form. I thought that I knew this concept well after learning it in class, but apparently there is more to it. I want to come in before school, and planned to on thursday, but two consecutive cold days got in the way on that. With both the Dev project to work on and the ACT test in the near future, I am worried that I will not be able to fix my grade in this class before the end of the trimester. Despite my doubts, I will work as hard as I can to achieve the best grade possible.

Week 9

Not much to talk about only 2 days of actually being in school.....
However, I thought it was kind of funny when I was in my economics class and Mrs. Pierce was telling us about supply and demand graphs and she used the word inverse to describe them. Even though it was our first unit I thought it was kind of funny how it popped up in a different class cause a lot of times the stuff we learn we'll never really use again.
Other from that, I can now do my DEV problem that deals with factoring cubics.
If anybody remembers from this 4 day weekend.

Muddiest point

Although we didn't have much school this week, I find that factoring by grouping isn't as hard as it was when I first started. I've watched some videos and figured things out on my own due to these snowdays, and I look forward to the rest of this unit. Practice has helped me a bunch with this concept, I should be able to use it on my DEV project! 

Week 8

The new polynomial Unit seems pretty interesting. I will for sure, be using some polynomials in my DEV project. I am struggling with the DEV project because I want to make a problem challenging so I can challange my self and get the points, but also easy enough that I know how to do it. I am starting to plan out when I will work on it so it doesn't all pile up on one night. Good luck to everyone else!

Blog post

So glad we have a four day weekend. Much needed. Grace, Molly, and I were able to work for a little bit on the DEV project this week. Even though we didn't get to work for too long, it was nice to be able to get the template of the website down. I've been working on it, and Weebly has a lot of nice additions since I have last used it. I'm confident that we will be able to pull off the DEV project very nicely, and all be able to focus on the intense junior testing in the following weeks. Good luck to everyone regarding testing and staying caught up on the DEV project! :)

Week reflection

This week was really short, two days short. I didn't really get much learning in. However, I feel like my group has some good progress with the D.E.V. Project and we might work on it this weekend. It's going to be interesting putting it all together. The stuff we're starting to learn isn't too complicated so I think it'll be easy. I'm really glad we have a 4 day weekend.

Week 8

Progress. I feel like I have came a long way since I started in the corse. Graphing and factoring polynomials hasn't been to gm hard for me. I feel like this unit is going to be my strongest unit and hopefully I can get a better grade on the test. 

Precalc, week 7 or 8

Yes, this blog is a little late, and I have no excuse for that. In any case, I'm struggling enough in this class and have no one to blame but myself. The test from recently went terribly, resulting in the worst grade I have ever gotten on any test, and it is entirely my fault for not understanding the material. I need to learn how to set aside time to get help, even though I cannot today or tomorrow. Vertex form doesn't click for me, and most other parts of quadratics is a struggle as well. Hopefully I can devote more effort to this class and with any luck scrape by with a grade that won't make me despise myself.

Week 7

Nothing this last week has been difficult.  Graphing them is incredibly easy for me because I remember the a value and even and odd degree trends from algebra 1 or 2 so, so far this unit is easy.

Week 8

I am posting this a little behind most people because of the amount of activities that has happen this weekend. I am really glad that the graphing comes easy to me, I know it will become more difficult in the future however I feel like my foundation is strong. The DEV project excited me yet terrifies me at the same time. I know that it is a huge opportunity for a grade boost which I need but is can also kill you if you do it wrong. There will be plenty of trips to mr. Jackson in the future I'm sure. I'm planning to do test corrections on the test we took a couple weeks ago when it is available which will help my grade some I can't believe that this is the only class I don't have an A in.

Week8

I got my test back but I wasn't happy with my grade. I finally got test correction back from the first test and I am finally passing the class. I hope I can continue to raise my grade in the class. Never outs for another week in math.

Week 8

I think I'm doing mediocre right now, but I know if keep up on my work I'll be fine. I was glad we got Friday to work on our DEV projects even though it sucked because I wasn't there Thursday morning and my partner Olivia wasn't there Friday so we haven't had a chance to work together yet. Hope it turns out good.

week #?

The material this week was difficult but i was excited to understand it. The material we learned last week came to me fairly well and i actually went home and finished my homework so it felt nice to know I wasnt behind for once and could keep up class. Overall this week went loads better then others past.  The test we got back last week as well, when i saw the average i freaked out, when i saw my score it made me feel a little more confident in myself.  Hopefully I can continue the upward swing.

Week 8

From what I have learned so far, it seems pretty easy, and I'm not too worried about the D.E.V project as others seem to be. I am actually excited to create my own problems and figure them out and challenge myself! So overall it's been a pretty good week, and hopefully more good ones to come!

Week 8

This week was quite easy. I didn't have any trouble with starting the new unit, but I have a strong feeling that that might change. Although I usually understand most things related to math, but I've never really done too much with polynomials and I'm not always too great with learning new material. To end this post on a more positive not, i was very satisfied with my test score. It was a great confidence boost.

week.....

As you know i took the test late and after hearing how every did and how much everyone struggle I began to freak out a little but after taking it and seeing the grade i received it made me feel a lot better. The material was a little difficult but i was excited to understand it. The material we learned last week came to me pretty easily and i actually went home and finished my home work so it felt nice to know I wasnt behind and could keep up class. Overall this week went great.

Week 8

I am going to do test corrections on the latest test, once we get it back.  I look forward to getting my grade up. It is too early to decide if I will do well in the new unit.  But I plan to work hard to get good at it.

As our new unit starts I feel like that I will be able to understand this unit. But we will have to see.

Week 8

This week we learned how to sketch a graph and simplify larger equations. I learned it pretty quickly and feel like I know the concept well. I remember some of it from my algebra 2 class which helps me. 

Reflection

Since I wasn't there this week i figured I would relflect the class overall so far. A lot this tri has been hot or miss for me. I either understand it right away or I have no idea what I'm doing or only understand the 1st few steps. This math course has really challanged my math skills and part of it i believe is because I didn't have a math class last year so when a new idea builds on something that we learned in pervious classes i barley remember what we are suppose to. I like the 1st unit we did, I think I had a pretty grasp on the stuff, but the last unit was a lot harder for me, especially the farmer Ted problems. 

Week 7-reflective comment on your progress

I think at this moment I am doing okay in the class. I understood most of the materials and was able to come up with difficult problems. Me and my partner finished three problems for the D.E.V project because we have two days to work on it in class. We should be able to finish the project on time.

Week 8Andre

This past week i got to work on my DEV project which was very helpful.I now realize where I am on the project,and what my questions will consist of. I should be able to finish early as well as my group members.Last week was very helpful!

Week 8- Reflection

I am posting this Monday morning, which I believe was acceptable because Noah asked if we could extend the date to Monday, and I'm pretty sure I recall that you said yes. I really enjoyed this week, and I am very excited because I am actually understanding the material. The graphs are fairly simple but I must admit that I do have to use the guide on the front. I am noticing that the more of the graphs that I do, the more I am commiting to memory the way that they must be done. I love that this is coming sort of simple to me although I feel it coming that it is going to only get harder from here. I am also looking forward to these DEV projects because it really challenges your mind, which I'm kind of excited for! Thank you Jackson... you're only making me smarter. :)

Week 8 - Reflection

This week was better than I thought it was going to turn out to be. My test grade was way better than I entended it to be. And for that I am thankful. But I still think I need to prepare better for any test. Because while I was taking the test I dd t feel comfortable with the questions. There for I didn't really know what I was doing. But hey, we all have to learn what we need to do. But other than the test, the graphs we started tend to be easy. I don't really remember them, but I'm back into it pretty well. As for the DEV project I have no idea what to do. It seems like every question I make up is way easier than I thought it was going to be. I think that will be the hardest thing to do for the next couple of weeks. Overall, thank you for a good week. 

Week 8

This week I feel like good not doing so well on my test.  Only because it makes me realize that I need to start looking over things every day and not try to studying everything the night before.  It also shows me that I need to be a lot more prepared for tests like this because they will only get harder from here on out.  I hope that the curve might bring my grade up a little bit but if not then this has been a very humble experience for me and my math career.

week 8

Getting the test back was disappointing to me.  I've never done that bad on a test before in my life, especially in math.  But I definitely am doing text corrections and I also want to go over a lot of it with you.  Thank you for putting a curve on the test though, that will help my grade a little and will make me feel not so bad about this.  The new stuff that you taught us this week seems pretty easy, but i'll need to study to be able to memorize everything.  I'm determined to get a better grade on this unit test.   Also, the DEV project will help my grade a ton.  I have a pretty solid group and I feel like everything will go great.

Week 8

Delving into some new territory and I feel slightly more comfortable than past weeks. Hopefully this unit continues this trend.

Sparking moment

Before i didnt really get inverse but beforw the unit we started talk about it more and it really help with my understanding of it and it felt wonderous to be able to understand what was going on for once espicially when one of the warm up was an inverse question and solveing it was not a problem so hopefully everything else comes to me like that too anout this unit

Andrew nguyen

Week 8

I felt that the week went pretty well, until Friday came along and I went in early to take the test and nobody showed up. Frustrated and overwhelmed, I took the test Friday during class and definitely failed it. Hopefully the D.E.V. project will pick up my grade though.

Week 8

The muddiest points right now are not on the topic we are currently learning about they are on trying to understand everything that I have messed up, learn it again, retain it and, learn how not to make the same mistakes again. Also trying to actually understand concepts of doing the problems not just how to do them
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Week 8

Although I was not happy with my test grade, I knew that it was not my best. I am terrible at taking tests, and for this reason I am happy that we have the D.E.V. project. I'm hoping that I do well on it in order to boost my grade. I'm glad we got this past Friday to work on it and ask questions. Hopefully we will get more time in class to continue to work on the project. 

Reflection

This week in class was pretty easy on me.  Normally there are things I really stress over, but not this week.  I was absent for the test so I made that up, and I felt better than the last test.  Work wise nothing really made me stress either.  The D.E.V project is coming along nice and I am looking forward to finishing this polynomial unit so I can finish my last problem for the D.E.V project.

Week 8

I am liking the new unit. I think is easier that the last one. I will probably use one or two problems for my D.E.V project, which I already started.

Week 8

The test was graded this week, and I let out an audible sigh of relief at the grade of it. I had put work into it and my grade reflected that work.

The Dev project was something interesting that came into play. A test to not only see your comprehension, but  your own ability to create and solves problems; I love the whole idea of it. While Mr.Jackson was describing it I had ideas swirling around in my head. I Just hope that the ideas I have can be done.

week 8

I failed that lest test hardcore so i am really going to need every little point I can get in this class for the rest of the trimester. I'm hoping the D.E.V. project will save my grade and I am probably going to need to come in for help after school at least once a week now. I am going to pass this class.

Week 8

I remember on Friday while we were working on our D.E.V. (with a little help from Mr. Jackson) I got this great problem. I got it all written out, and now I have no clue how to solve it. So I show it to Mr. Jackson and he's like we're going to learn this next week. This is factoring but it's cubic factoring. I felt kinda good that I made up something that was advance. :)

Reflection on a day in Mr. Jacksons class

One day that stood out for me was the day you talked about how math was found everywhere in the real world. You explained how everything that is made is made with a function for that exact thing and that it wasn't just randomly put together like that. I found that pretty interesting how even when you don't think math is involved it is. In everything we see and do. One example i found really interesting was the crispy creme donut one. I think its crazy that they really use a function just to make a donut. I'll never look at a crispy creme the same way again.

Week 8- Relfection

This week has been crazy with all of the testing and such. My test grade was actually what i felt it was going to be so that makes me grateful that we have the DEV project :) this will help save my grade for sure.

Week 8 blog post

This week had it's ups and downs. I was dissapointed in my test score, because I was expecting to do much better than I did. I don't really know what I'm doing wrong. Staying after next week and looking at each problem I missed should be helpful. I was happy to have time to work on the DEV project, which I hope will raise my grade. I'm just going to keep pushing through. 

Day in Jackson's class

Friday when we worked on the dev project, chase and I learned how to factor cubics under radicals and in the denominators of rational functions with the help of Mr. Jackson, and it was a really fun/productive day. I look forward to learning more challenging problems to put on my dev project and make it worthy of 100%

Post 8

I want to write about the transition in between the different units. Last unit wasn't that hard fore but I still didn't get a good test score. I think the unit is going to be better for me, because j seen to understand the polynomial a unit a lot better. The handouts we have gotten so far have been very easy and I hope the further we get into the unit I can keep understanding the content. 

Week 8

This week was good but very long. I missed the test on Friday of last week so I had to make it up the majority of before and after school this week. I felt however pretty well on the test other than a couple questions. Also, I am excited and a bit nervous for the D.E.V. project in the future. I think me and my partner have great ideas and now we just have to try and make problems that correlate with our ideas. I think I also like the new Polynomials unit and I really like how we received a "What you should know" comprehension sheet. That will surely help me in the future.

Blog post

Yowzers. The DEV project is slowly rearing its ugly face. It's not that I don't want to be challenged or pushed in class, I just know that this project will test my abilities. I'm lucky to have two wonderful girls to work with (Molly and Grace), who are flexible and willing to work outside of class to make this project really great. Thank goodness for them, because I don't know if I could do the DEV project by my lonesome. 

Week 8

I really enjoy the DEV project; it allows me to create problems as hard as I want, and I get to challenge myself to the extreme. I feel like I also understand why the concepts exist when I try to manipulate them to get different answers. I also feel like the polynomials unit is going well so far and I'm not confused on anything at this point.

week 8

well week 8 is finally over and it was a really good one. i'm all caught up on my work from the last few weeks and it feels great. The test was hard but fair so whatever grade i recive on it will be fair i'm also trying something new for this unit, recording the lessons and its working great! i play the few lessons that i have when im doing different things like playing video games or riding in the car. its kind of like studying but you can be doing something else wail you study. looking forward to week 9 and hoping that i do better in this unit.

Week 8

This week may have been my most successful week in this class not including that terrible test. I think I'm going to enjoy the polynomials unit. The graphing of them and writing factored equations has come quite easily and I'm hoping that this continues throughout the rest of this unit. I also have started this Dev project and I feel as if I'm going to be successful in it as well.

Week 8 review

I am for the most part pleased with the class and, now that I understand a little more, enjoying it a little bit.  I have one complaint.  When someone writes on an iPad I understand that it is difficult.  You have a small screen and you are writing with a finger.  When Mr. Jackson writes on his iPad he zooms in on the problem to be able to write.  This causes an issue for me because I cannot see the entire problem as it unfolds.  I am paying attention, but it is just easier for me to see all of the work.  I do not know how to fix this problem, other than maybe writing on the board with a marker, and I understand that the iPad is helpful in pulling up documents.

Weekly reflection

This week was pretty low key and easy. The test however was a little rough. I didn't know some of the problems. I am excited for the D.E.V. project. I feel like my group can do some cool things with it. I'm looking forward to the three day weekend.

Week 7 Refection

I like the unit this week because I understand it. The graphing and writing equations with the few rules makes a lot of sense to me. When the quantity is squared (even power), the line bounces. When the quantity is cubed (an odd power), the line curves through this point. If the quantity is a single unit then it goes straight through the x-intercept. Another thing to remember for how ever many terms there are, there should be that many x-intercepts.

Week 8

I find it fascinating that math is found in everyday objects, like the seashell and donut you showed us in class for example. 

Week 8

Before I started the review I was really confused on pretty much everything. It took me a really long time to get through it and understand everything. I worked really hard on it and wrote notes all over. I was confident going into the test. On the test I found that it was not what I was expecting. I don't think the review prepared me for the test. 

Week 7

One cool moment in class is when you explained how math is used all over. I never thought deep enough to consider how much math appears in my life. As much as when im on spring break and there is a shell. I will now look at life differently

Week 7

The DEV project has me worried. I don't want to do problems that are too challenging but I also don't want to make the problems too easy. Since this is a big project with a lot of points I want to do well on this project. On a more positive note, i'm excited to get the tests back and see what I got.

Moment of clarity

I found my moment of clarity of factoring this week while taking the quiz. Factoring to me was quite hard espicially when there was a A vaule before the x. But then while taking the quiz/studying it all came together and factpring didnt seem hard at all and it felt amazing doing something you actually know what to do.

Andrew nguyen

Muddiest point

I dont understand constructing all these formulas back together and it is quite confusing like when we have two formulas and we use it to make it a new one to find the quantity of something its quite confusing and i get lost often but thats my muddiest point rigjt now and i should definitley come in for help and question but i just often forget and that affects me in a bad wat 

Andrewnguyen

Reflectice post

So far on the unit ive been suprisingly keeping up with it and during the test it was a breeze going through the parts we already learned but there were definitley some points where i got stuck espicially the parts from past units and yeah so so far the unit has been pretty clear and comes to me.

Andrew nguyen

Reflection week 7

It was kinda awkward on Friday when i was meant to take the test when i hadnt even finished the quiz... :P but i realized that i was better planned than I thought 

Week 7

I have to say that this week was better then others by far.  I felt like I started to understand concepts and I felt like I knew what I was doing.  The test was challenging and it took me almost the whole time to complete but I felt confident and thought I did pretty good on the test.(at least I hope that)  I hope I pick up on the next unit faster then I did the quadratic unit.  Because it took me way to long to start understanding what was going on.

week 7

I felt this week was moderate than others I started to understand more. I felt the test was very long and it took a very long time to complete. With that said I felt I knew exactly what was on the test and I was very confident. I hope we can continue to move at this speed and understanding thank you.

Week 7

Well, week 7, what can I say? I felt lost at first, I thought I got a grasp on things later in the week only to be knocked down and kicked in the teeth again. These tests are actually pretty fun, they really make you feel like you know absolutely nothing! Not to mention there's only a few throughout the trimester so if you end up doing poorly then, my friend, your grade takes an irredeemable blow. 

Week 7

I finally control factoring, that is what I was struggling with. I have been reviewing this unit and I think the test will be fine. 

Week 7

I came in to this week feeling pretty good because I understood what we ended last week doing, and finished our packet over the weekend. I didn't find this week that bad. However, I kind of screwed myself because I left the Physic like problems on our homework blank because I tried everything and couldn't understand and go figure they were on the test. Next time I'll definitely make sure I come in and get whatever I don't completely understand explained to me.

week 7

Last week was pretty good until the test. I had studied every night in preparation for this test because this class is very challenging for me. Once I got the test I felt like I had never seen any of that stuff before.  I know that all of that stuff was on the review but it really felt like you made the questions 10x more difficult than most of the worksheets and the review.  I didn't see as much factoring that I had hoped for on the test because I finally got it and can understand it and I was so excited to be able to get those points.  I'm very glad that I still have my test correction because I feel like I'll definitely be using it on this one.  This class is very demanding and I knew that walking into it, I've just never really had to study for a math class before so its very strange having this on my plate as well. I'll continue working at it until I understand it because it's driving me crazy that I don't.

Week 7

Week 7 has been different than most weeks. Its been challenging to say the least but is also been incredibly rewarding when you finally have that" ah-ha!" moment where all the pieces finally fall into place. I now know how completing the square and factoring work and am proficient in both. Catching up on the rest of the stuff this weekend has been a bit more of a challenge, but it its in equal parts my fault for slacking a bit on getting everything 100% completed and being sick with the flu. But i am starting to understand it all a little bit better. I also wanted to say thank you Mr. Jackson for letting me take the test on a later day, I know a lot of other teachers would have their students take it then and there so thank you for letting your students take it when the're ready.

Week 7

Not much makes sense, but I am understanding some concepts we have learned in the past because of the help by Mr. Jackson. Hopefully by coming in before and after school I can start to at least some what start to understand what is going on. Currently I am not feeling very confident. I'll just keep doing what I can to improve and hope for the best!

Week 7

I thought the test was very unfair. The review did not prepare me for the test and I wasn't given enough time to study the review. I still have to finish the test and I hope I can pass the test.

Week 7

Looking back on this week I know there are days where I could have tried harder but its so hard to try when even when I do try it still doesn't make sense. I studied for the test majorly all week and then when I got to the test it was like some of the problems I had never seen before. I just am waiting for the day that this class makes sense but until then I will continue to try my best.

Week 7

My biggest problem has been the "do to the other side what you do to the one side," or the 'watermelon principle.'   The way I remembered the watermelon principle is the rubberband trick with watermelons.  This guy on YouTube is one of my favorites, his name is CrazyRussianHacker but I found a video of him doing this trick.
This is how I remember to do it to both sides
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1VoK0Ga36w

Week 7 Reflection

This past week has been decent for the most part.  I am all caught up with the homework and have checked all of my work using the online keys found on Mr. Jackson's weebly page.  I have not gotten to take the test yet due to buddy day at Heartwood on Friday, so I have been looking over certain problems very closely.  The only concept that I am concerned about are the Applied Functions problems.  I always seem to do the worst with questions that have to do with story problems and it is hard for me to determine independent and dependent variables.  All in all I hope that I do well on the test and not fail it.

Week 7

Looking back at this week I feel pretty confident.  Even though I missed a couple of days, I really feel like I am understanding everything pretty well.  This week wasn't hard because we had a snow day and had a couple review days.

Week 7 Reflection

Asking for a few extra days before I take the test, has definitely helped me to prepare better.  I finally can do the higher level factoring problems, which I know will help me to do better on the test.  I have been using the extra time wisely and I have been studying.

Weekly post

The hardest day in class was Thursday after school when I took the test. I thought I had a pretty decent grasp on this unit, but after taking the test I felt like i need more practice and had to look over my notes more. The hardest part of the test would've been the part haveing to deal with physics. Some of the wording of the questions confused me or I didn't really know how to use the equations given 

Reflectice post

So far on the unit ive been suprisingly keeping up with it and during the test it was a breeze going through the parts we already learned but there were definitley some points where i got stuck espicially the parts from past units and yeah so so far the unit has been pretty clear and comes to me.

Andrew nguyen

muddiest point

I had my muddiest point this week during the test. I was gone last week and didn't know how to find the minimum of numbers or what ever that is. I didn't get help for it when I got back and I drew a blank on the test. This was the only time in this class that I haven't known something and I regret not getting help or doing that worksheet. I hope the rest of the test went fine, it felt like I did good on it.

Reflection Week 7

To be completely honest, I really enjoyed Wednesday and Thursday of this week. We had time to catch up on things we didn't understand and also it was great to work independently if we wanted. We could work as groups too and it was just so nice to be able to have the material IN our hands and time to complete it all IN class. You just started the class with a kick off and we just took the time to just get everything done. It was a fantastic catch up day but I wish we had more days like that throughout the tri so I didn't feel like I had it all to do all at once. Thank you for those days though, they were extremely helpful!!!! :)

week 7 reflection

I was feeling good about the test walking into class on Friday, and when I looked at it I realized that I was not prepared and it was way harder than I thought. I'm going to definately need to do a lot of test corrections... and study more too.

Reflection

The two weeks before the test I felt very confident about knowing the material but as Friday approached my mind went blank and I forgot how to do most of the stuff.

Week 7- Reflective Comment

This past week, I felt really good. I was all caught up on my homework and I felt like I knew everything. I looked over a lot of problems and tried to review the best I could for the test. However, I felt the test was more difficult than I expected. Even though I have to finish a few problems on Monday, I still feel like I did poorly. I felt like the problems we worked on the least in class were a majority of the test and I was not fully prepared for those. For the next unit, I will remember to review even the little things that we barely covered in class, in order to fully prepare myself for the tests/quizzes.

Week 6

I was pretty confident with the test. I had finished the review packet in class so I felt good going into the test, and I don't recall not knowing how to do anything on it. I didn't know how to do the second extra credit question so I just used my memory from AP Stats to figure out the function equation. Actually, I didn't finish the first extra credit question either because I thought I could use substitution but that didn't work out for me. I eventually just gave up because it was after school and I still had to go take an AP Chem quiz. Anyway, I thought the test went well overall.

Week 7

Well I clearly remember at the end of the test was an inverse problem and I remembered exactly what to do. However I had a problem with the problem. I had to redo it like three times. Finally I found my problem. When you switch the x's with the y. I switched the numerator x but not the denominator x. When I finally did that, everything else fixed itself. I was beginning to worry about my math skills.

Week 7

This week we prepared for the test. We worked on finding the domain and range and finding area and perimeter values. I understood all of these concepts and I believe I did well on the test. I was having trouble understanding the basic physics problems, but when the test came, I was ready. I had trouble with a few problems on the test, but I was able to answer them all. I did leave a bonus problem blank. So I know there is something to work on. Overall it was a good week. I learned valuable concepts that I hope will prepare me for the weeks to follow. 

Reflection

When I walked into the class Friday, I thought I was ready for the test. However, I am 99.9% sure I failed it. THANK GOD FOR TEST CORRECTIONS!  I don't even want to think about the exam right now...

Week Seven

This week, I was nervous throughout the entire thing- the test was approaching and I was going to do my very best not to fail it. So I studied, review my notes and checked with others and prepared for it.

Then when it came, I took a deep breath and began. To be honest, it was exactly like the review packet, which was a good thing considering all the work I put into that. not finishing it entirely in the hour given nearly gave me a heart attack, but going back into it I relaxed once more and finished strong.

So at the end of it I felt pretty good about the test as a whole, and I put a lot of work into making sure I did my best. Now I hope that it was the best I could do.

I wonder what next weeks new unit is going to be about? I'm very curious in what we shall be learning next.

Week 6 Refection

I am don't feel great about the test. I didn't understand the questions that sounded like physics or the ones that said the difference is 388. And we had to do. I remember going over in class the method to find the difference. However, I don't remember us going over any of the physics problems. So on those questions I was lost. Overall the test this time I was not very confident in. 

Week 6-Reflection

This week was little mixed about how I feel. The beginning of the week was really good. Almost the entire week was easy. I actually knew what I was doing with everything. The domains were easy and not difficult at all. But when I got to the test I don't know what happened.  It was almost like I drew blanks on some things, which never happens. Personally I feel like I didn't do so well on the test, but hopefully it is better than I am thinking. I feel as if the third page, where it was more wordy problems, was harder than any other page. But maybe it's just because I'm not used to it or something, I'm not so sure.  But overall, thank you for a good week. 

#IDK blog post

I'm not feeling extremely confident about the test we took on Friday, most of the problems on the test were stuff

ones that we barely went over in class.  I have to admit that missing a week of school being sick and having a concussion for the first time being out for another day, does not help when you are trying to keep up in the class, make up work as well and study for the test we just had.  But overall I believe that everything is going fairly good so far, as long as I keep studying and don't fall behind again!

Week 6 Andre

My reflection about the class is different. due to my absence. When i came back there was a new concept taught. Because of this I worked extra hard to recover. I have been practicing now in preparation for the test!!

Week 7

I'm not feeling very confident about this test we took of Friday, but I also feel like it  wasn't very fair; the things that we barely went over were the majority of questions on the test. 

weekly reflection

I felt like this week was more of a study and perfecting week. There was some things I didn't quite understand in the test. like the question about finding the equation and we were only given a point and the vertex really confused me. I found and equation but I used my calculator to help me get it, I wasn't sure if we were supposed to show our work for that question. Also, the question were it states a number and you have to find its difference and multiple I didn't quite understand, I wish we had more practice on that. Overall, the test was decent. It wasn't the hardest thing but it wasn't easy.

Blog post

This week was nice because of the day off. I'm glad I took the time over the weekend to finish my homework for the test Friday. That way, I didn't have to rush to get everything done. Looking over my notes on earlier lessons was helpful since some of it was on the test. The test didn't feel too bad. But I'm awaiting to see how I did. 

Precalc week 7

Having monday off did little to ease this extremely stressful week. Between turning in all the homework on friday and preparing for the test, I had my hands full. With help from a friend of mine, completing the square makes a lot more sense and I felt more confident taking the quiz again. I admit that it wasn't a good idea to wait until thursday night to finish all my homework, since it ended up taking several hours, but what's done is done. Hopefully the next unit proves easier and I received a good grade on the test from friday.

Week 6 - reflective comment

I felt confident taking the test because the review was thorough. we have a lot of class time to work on it just in case we have any questions. Everything on the review was on the test so I can refreshed up a little bit on the previous chapters. I think I did pretty good on the test.

Week 7

Well, I wasn't here for most of this week but, for the couple of days I was I found myself to be improving greatly on differentiating each process and figuring out which one to use in a certain situation and how to do it. I think one of the biggest things I struggle with is trying to serrate each different method and instance I am supposed to use it in. Hopefully I can improve at this and will be prepared for what is next in this class!

Week 6.? 7? blog post

I am feeling a little wishy washy about the text yesterday. I either did well because I felt like I knew what I was doing and it made sense, or I did everything wrong which is why it felt almost easy. I think I would've felt more successful if I had started studying and preparing for the test sooner than I did. I hope next test I'll remember to start studying sooner. 

Reflection upon progress

After struggling with Applied functions and factoring specifically, I asked several questions which in turn bettered my understanding of how to use formulas and plug them into one another, and figured out factoring just shortly before the test, which I feel as if I did well on. 

Week 6 Blog Post

Going over the review before the test has been very helpful. I realized there are a few things that I need to go over a few more times. I feel pretty confident with factoring, and since that seems to be a big part of this chapter/ test I hope everything else goes good to. Using the answer key helps me when I don't know how to do something, or seeing if I did something right. Going through my homework with the answer key has left me with a few questions, because I thought I did it right. But yeah, I hope this test will go smoothly.

Post 6

Muddiest point. One of my muddiest points in this class is the volume and surface area. Doing the problems where you have to take one equation for the other is also one of my other muddiest points. I think it's hard trying to figure out where to start and which equation to pulug into which. 

Post 5

Some classes I have used things from this class are physics. I like having physics and functions at the same time because, I can take things from bother classes and use them in the other. For example, the independent and dependent variables while dealing with graphs was something I knew how to do from physics. Also solving equations from this class is another thing I have used in physics. 

Reflection on progress

I feel like I'm struggling. Applied functions are particularly difficult for me, such as finding maximum area, as well as quadratics under the Square root. These areas I have worked on this weekend and am getting better on slowly, through Khan Academy videos and practice 

Week 6

This week was quite difficult because I am having a hard time with the function making unit still. I am trying to work on the steps and get down what you use in different situations like multiplication or division to switch certain variables to a different side. I will try and get better and hopefully am a pro before the test.

Week 6

yes its a day late I'm doing it anyways this week was hard at first them it started to get easier as we did more problems and asked more questions

Reflection

So im going to talk about this week instead of a general day and today has definitley been a good week its a little bit hard but it sort of also makes sense and im not completely lost in the lessons espicially finding the domain i found quite easy actually so yeah that is the reflection for this week 

Andrew nguyen

Week 6

This week has felt much better, I stayed after a couple times and feel good about the stuff we're learning. I would say right now I'm doing OK. Thanks for the after school help!

Week 6

I feel like I didn't know what I was doing in the beginning of the week.  But as the week went on I started to refresh my brain on factoring.  Still do not know if I'm ready for test the next week but hopefully I can understand the things we are learning from the past week.  I also like when Mr. Jackson picks random people to answer questions because it really gets people prepared and makes them actually pay attention to the topic at hand.  So I feel that we should continue this trend of picking random people for questions.

Week 6

Factoring is definitely a problem for me.  I understood the basics, however I stopped practicing it and pretty much forgot how to do it all together. I plan on coming in Tuesday to finally get help on it.

week 6

This week is kind of a blur. I do not remember exactly what we did, mostly because I did not understand what was going on. Except for the last thing we worked on. it came easy for me and I could keep up for the most part. I plan on spending the snow day looking over my notes to help me ketch up so I do not fell so behind.

week reflection

This past week I was home sick Tuesday and Wednesday, then we had a snow day on Thursday so I was only in class for two days. Getting back in the swing of things was hard. That Friday I basically didn't have any idea what was going on but the work wasn't that hard and I caught on quick. Hopefully I won't have to miss any more days due to sickness and miss more due to snow days.

Reflection on a day in Mr. Jacksons's class

One day that stood out to me for some reason was when you called on random people to solve a problem in front of the class for the first time. I think this is a good idea because it helps get everyone involved without having you just talk about how to solve problems. Along with that it shows people different strategies everyone uses and might just show others a new way to do things. I think the whole "random participation" thing is great and will end up helping a lot in the long run.

Week 6

I am very never outs about the upcoming test. I hope I do better then I did on the last one. I hope we get a review packet or something to help me study. Ready for another week of math.

Week 6

I currently feel rather good about the upcoming test and the material that is going to be on it. After I retook that quiz it made it easier and less stressful. This class certainly does make me feel unintelligent at times but I'm certainly working through it as I start to understand the material. The future is bright for me!

Week 6

I have been struggling with factoring for some reason. Now, I know how to get the solutions by the diamond method, which mkes it easier. But what really helped me was going through the quiz after class and asked the teacher the doubts I had.

week 6

I feel as though this week went really well for me, well at least Thursday and Friday.  With the new thing that we are doing it is really helping me to understand previous things that I didn't quite comprehend. I still need to retake that quiz from last week, the first retake did not go well at all but like I said before, I believe with the new stuff I've got this with a little more practice. I'm kinda nervous for whenever we take our next test, but I think studying will help me out with it.  

Week 6

Ever since I started doing extra problems at home, I started understanding things better.  Being able to work through problems and see actual examples really helps me.  The past few days in class have been pretty enjoyable because I actually understand things.  Don't get me wrong, class was fun and all before.  I just think it is better when you actually understand things that we are going through.  :)

Week 6

I somewhat understand what we have learned this past week, I understand more than past weeks for sure though. Although I am still struggling with what we have learned in past weeks, I'm staying after school as much as possible in order to completely understand. I just need to practice more of everything so that I don't need to constantly be looking at my notes to complete a problem.

Week 6 Reflection

I would say that this past week was pretty average.  At first I was confused about how to work out the problems in the extreme values and quadratics wkst but as time progressed and I got the hang of it.  I have to keep looking older things over and work on the newer wksts that we got at the end if the week.  With all of the snow days that we are getting I have lots of time to study!

Week 6 - Reflection

This week has probably been the best week so far. Everything is finally coming together. It all seems to be making sense to me now, finally. Everything we did this week made sense. Even the thjngs we started doing Thursday and Friday with the quadratic radicands. It all makes sense to me. Everyhing kind of connects right with eachother. And I am looking forward to the next and final thing that we have to learn before the test. I can't wait to see what it brings. Thank you so much for a great week. 

Week 6

This past week has been harder than usual for some reason. I feel like I'm not understanding what's going on as well as before. Also, it would be helpful if we had a work day just to ask questions and such

Week 6- Reflection on week

This past week went well for me. I feel like I have a pretty good understanding of the Quadratic Radicands and I was less stressed and confused in this class. I thought the pace of class was just right and I enjoyed going through multiple problems as a class. Although I am still struggling with some of the old concepts, I hope that by reviewing and practicing more problems before the test will help me. I just need to learn to slow down and check my work before I am finished because a lot of my problems on my last quiz were small errors that could have easily been fixed. I am hoping that by reviewing in class and at home, that I will be prepared for the test this coming week.

week 6 moment of clarity

Recently I have just been trying to keep up with the pace of the class since I have missed a couple of days... I just couldn't understand the third problem on the little 12 point quiz so I decided to come in for help after school one day, you explained it all to me and I re-took the quiz. I actually got a 12/12 on it because you helped me understand it better! now I'm feeling good about the class and I am all caught up to where I need to be.

Blog 6: Week 6 Reflecton

I have been having troubles with factoring for some reason, even though I have done factoring equations before. I think it had something to do with me factoring out of order. I sought out help and received some from a few class mates, and now I understand it a little better. I would like to practice more completing the square before our test, though.

week 6 reflection

this week was harder than most for me. I was playing catch-up from last week for quite a bit but I eventually broke even, just in time for me to get sick with the flu and miss a day. so when we return to school on Tuesday (judging by the weather its looking like no school on Monday) i will have to continue to play catch-up. on a more math related note i'm finally starting to grasp the new formulas we are learning and getting a better understanding of completing the square and factoring. also i really like the new set-up of the class. the desk arrangement and the more active class room are really helping, in my opinion.

Week 5 Reflection

The end of the week Mr. Jackson introduced Quadratic Radicands. I really enjoy these problems because I get it. I was not good at factoring but the Area Method helped me a lot when the "a" value is more then one. Doing Quadratic Radicands made me have to get better at factoring because you are adding more steps then just factoring. So you have to know how to do the main part of finding the domain. After you get your factor pairs, you set each equal to zero. Solve for your variable. (Most likely "x") Then depending if your "a" value is positive or negative you find the domain. If positive the domain would be all real numbers except between those two x-intercepts. If negative the domain the graph opens upside down. So it is the x-intercepts. I really like this concept cause I get it.

Week 6- Moment of Clarity

I could not grasp the concept of how to determine the domain of the quadratics. I didn't understand why sometimes it could have a union and sometimes not. Often I find myself over complicating the material, which is exactly what I was doing. When I asked aloud, you explained it in a way that was not talking over my head and it clicked. Positive has a union of the two points whereas negative does not and it makes sense because of how it sits on the graph. thank you so much for your help! it feels amazing to actually GET the material! 

Week 5

This week I thought finding the domain went well. I understood the positive/negative a value concept. Today in AP Stats we used interval notation to express the boundaries for a confidence interval notation.

Week 6 Dylan Knowles

This week I started to understand what we did earlier in the week but then when we go to factoring a prime number I didn't understand that.