http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/kevinmorrison/29127 So I was at BC today taking the assessment test.&nbsp; My transcripts will probably make it irrelevant, but they are not here yet and I want to make sure I can get registered.&nbsp; I breezed through the reading and writing sections and then came to a screeching, crashing, begging-for-mercy halt when I came to the math.&nbsp; I did ok, but MAN, it was a lot harder than I expected an assessment test to be.&nbsp; I saw the very first question and whispered &quot;You have got to be kidding me!&quot;&nbsp; I started excavation in my brain, searching for fossils of what used to be my decent math understanding.&nbsp; Not an easy task. Luckily, I have no intention, delusion, desire or faint reason to be a math major (no offense if you are), so I'm not too worried. So I was at BC today taking the assessment test.&nbsp; My transcripts will probably make it irrelevant, but they are not here yet and I want to make sure I can get registered.&nbsp; I breezed through the reading and writing sections and then came to a screeching, crashing, begging-for-mercy halt when I came to the math.&nbsp; I did ok, but MAN, it was a lot harder than I expected an assessment test to be.&nbsp; I saw the very first question and whispered &quot;You have got to be kidding me!&quot;&nbsp; I started excavation in my brain, searching for fossils of what used to be my decent math understanding.&nbsp; Not an easy task. Luckily, I have no intention, delusion, desire or faint reason to be a math major (no offense if you are), so I'm not too worried. en-us <p>Sorry to say.....even gen ed. requirements are at least Advanced Algebra....at least that's what they used to be.&nbsp; I despised math....and waited until the LAST classes were done before I tackled math...and had to start at math A (Algebra for people like me!)&nbsp; Anyway, I took that and did okay!&nbsp; It FINALLY clicked.&nbsp; (High School was a flop for me...I just sat there and filled in the bubbles at test time - had NO clue what X=3 meant!)&nbsp; Anyway, I then moved on to advanced math, and then the scariest of all.....Statistics!&nbsp; I actually got that without much struggle.&nbsp; Then on to Cal State and their classes (I major in Psychology....minor in Sociology) and I had to take even harder statistics classes (tests and measurements was nothing compared to the Bio-Psychology class that&nbsp;we had to take....looking at the brain, disecting the cow's eye - GROSS)!&nbsp; Give me a MILLION math classes before I have to do that again....</p> <p>Anyway, the point is, you can do anything once you start at the bottom and learn the basics!&nbsp; Math isn't that bad, you just need a good teacher and a different perspective (and a little maturity in my situation!)&nbsp; ;)&nbsp; Congrats on completing the registration process at BC - even testing and doing the basics can be&nbsp;a REAL challenge!&nbsp; Good luck!</p> http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/kevinmorrison/29127/#c_264241 http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/kevinmorrison/29127/#c_264241 <p>Sorry to say.....even gen ed. requirements are at least Advanced Algebra....at least that's what they used to be.&nbsp; I despised math....and waited until the LAST classes were done before I tackled math...and had to start at math A (Algebra for people like me!)&nbsp; Anyway, I took that and did okay!&nbsp; It FINALLY clicked.&nbsp; (High School was a flop for me...I just sat there and filled in the bubbles at test time - had NO clue what X=3 meant!)&nbsp; Anyway, I then moved on to advanced math, and then the scariest of all.....Statistics!&nbsp; I actually got that without much struggle.&nbsp; Then on to Cal State and their classes (I major in Psychology....minor in Sociology) and I had to take even harder statistics classes (tests and measurements was nothing compared to the Bio-Psychology class that&nbsp;we had to take....looking at the brain, disecting the cow's eye - GROSS)!&nbsp; Give me a MILLION math classes before I have to do that again....</p> <p>Anyway, the point is, you can do anything once you start at the bottom and learn the basics!&nbsp; Math isn't that bad, you just need a good teacher and a different perspective (and a little maturity in my situation!)&nbsp; ;)&nbsp; Congrats on completing the registration process at BC - even testing and doing the basics can be&nbsp;a REAL challenge!&nbsp; Good luck!</p> <p>i can't believe they make you take an assessment test.&nbsp; It's not like an adult does not have the capacity to adjudge what classes they need to take.&nbsp; Like Sonya said, you start at the beginning and move up.&nbsp; They make you take a test for that process?&nbsp; maybe you should ask them to take an assessment test on how they plan on allocating your tuition :)&nbsp;</p> http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/kevinmorrison/29127/#c_264523 http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/kevinmorrison/29127/#c_264523 <p>i can't believe they make you take an assessment test.&nbsp; It's not like an adult does not have the capacity to adjudge what classes they need to take.&nbsp; Like Sonya said, you start at the beginning and move up.&nbsp; They make you take a test for that process?&nbsp; maybe you should ask them to take an assessment test on how they plan on allocating your tuition :)&nbsp;</p> <p>Well, your wife is a tutor, so if you need one for math . . ..&nbsp; :)</p> http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/kevinmorrison/29127/#c_265013 http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/kevinmorrison/29127/#c_265013 <p>Well, your wife is a tutor, so if you need one for math . . ..&nbsp; :)</p>