It's slowly dawning on me. I'm going to return to university in a few years. I feel a little panicked inside. There are math classes I have to take when I get there but before that I have to prepare for those math courses. I have to refresh my math knowledge which has been idle since I graduated in mid-2000. I retained only a little. The classes I may take include statistics, pre-calculus, calculus and maybe physics. (I did not take any of those courses as a student). The prerequisite to statistics is intermediate algebra (a class I did take before). That is the class I need to refresh myself on. I registered as a student at the local community college and of course, because of budget cuts in California, there are less courses on offer and all those courses are now filled. I need to take the class in a physical space but that is no longer an option. Now I'm researching online courses. Also contemplating textbooks. Should I buy one from the school? Should I borrow an older version from the library? Of course, if I do this I will need to get super motivated to stick to the work. Even when I was in college, my mind would wander as I studied.
I don't know when I will go back for sure but my intention is by at least the 2014-15 academic year. Still more research left to do.
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