when i was in middle school, i was kind of average in most of my subjects but i was the worst in maths. looking back, i was surprised how i even passed but when it came to enjoying certain subjects, just sit and listen too, it was physics. Probably because it sometimes validated my thoughts. Why is the sky blue? why do things fall down etc. Physics was the only subject that i had at that time that understood me or i understood physics but the problem was, i was horrible at maths. Highschool came around and we have to choose 3-4 major subjects that would later form the basis of our major in universities. I chose maths, physics ans chemistry because i knew if i didnt choose those, i would have this void of never learning them forever. I had a passion for stars, the sky, planets, galaxies. I wanted to go further in astrophysics or something related to that. i watched documentaries on physicists and their discoveries, looked into random topics. i loved it until i didnt. I sucked at it, i failed my first couple of tests in my first year, barely passing. math didnt look that great either. I would share my passion for the subject with my friends, participate in class but my grades never showed that. My teachers would ask me if i was actually getting the subject and that made me lose motivation. I thought i was only pretending to like the subject because it was cool but it wasnt. People who hated physics apparently got better grades than me. At the end, i just had to let it go. I couldnt bear that betrayal to myself. I am definitely not studying in that field right now but that spark will always be there for me (i eventually got better at maths and started doing great in my tests but i just couldnt make it through)
as someone who did higher level ib math not long ago, i can only recommend that it's important to take a step back and understand the basics of the concepts before complicating them. this will help reinforce your confidence and allow you to recognize which concepts to employ while solving problems. really dumb it down. it really does help. i was really bad at ib math in the beginning, but you have plenty of time to improve, so you don't have to panic. ib math is pretty methodical, you will know what they want from you, and once you expose yourself to the many ways of solving ib problems, you will be able to figure out what works best for you. so, just revisit the basics and keep practicing!
Sometimes we have to watch our whole lives fall apart, before we cant rebuild it again... a greater foundation. Maybe everything feels pointless when you dont get the results you want in physics, but what else can you do but just continue working hard right?
I failed most of my scientific classes and now I'm a nuclear engineer. I just never really learned how to study correctly. It's extremely hard for some people to just sit down and study. My advice to eager young people is to really focus on understanding the BASICS. I know you're able to understand college level physics courses but really take a step back and try and get as good as possible in math and basic calculus. Then the world opens up to you
I sucked at math in school. Was all too theoretical for me at that age. I failed most of my math classes in high school. Had to redo everything multiple times before it started to stick. I think math is horribly taught in many schools. It should be taught in a more practical way I think. Taught in tandem with coding,.data science tasks, engineering problems etc. now I work as a machine learning engineer and process engineer
Math sorcerer. I failed a lot in academics, until I visited a psychiatrist. Kid, visit a paychiatrist to see if you have attention deficit. If you do, once they help you, everything will feel SO easy. Please, don't ignore this message.
I'm almost 16*4: you're just getting started in life. Examine your workload: this stuff requires *time* to digest. It can't be crammed. During my Undergrad, two weeks into my Senior Year I took a Leave of Absence because I was "off my game". I worked in local restaurants and tutored during that year, then enrolled the following year, and graduated in 1987. "Life's Been Good" ~ Joe Walsh.
I'm also a student like him.....I love to learn math and physics and I'm doing great but when it's time to write in my exams, I become nervous and forgot everything I studied....I don't know why.... what should I do?
As a person who is about to finish the ib diploma in 2025 i hope this message finds the person who wrote this. I am also intrested in math and physics but I did terribly at the start of my diploma. On my first calculus test I got a 2/7, this was a year ago. Now on my further calclulus test I had a week ago I got a 6. A major factor on getting better is getting used to the higher level of mathematics and physics the IB diploma gives and the overall way the questions are structured. Despite that the most importand thing I believe is to keep studying. Really get obssesed with it not by only doing problems but also understanding how and why the solution works. Getting a solid understanding on the basics is crucial, and I reccomend watching videos explaining such concepts, especially for physics. Additionally whenever you don't understand something please don't be shy and ask your teacher. Litterly ask them about everything and anything you don't understand. Do not give up and I believe that through your spirit and hard work you will be able to get better :)
Sounds like it's not your study technique or motivation that's the problem, it's exam technique? Here are a few things that might help. 1. Try sitting mock exams at home, under timed conditions, see how you do, see how you FEEL. 2. Be honest with yourself about how well you really know this stuff, and if there are weaknesses, identify them, focus on and fix them: don't just stick to your favourites! 3 Talk yourself through the subject - can you really explain it verbally without referring to notes? Can you explain it to a study partner? Having a study partner can really help . 4 If you really know this stuff, try to stop thinking of the exam as an exam - try to think of it merely as a confirmatory test, a chance to show off. Lower the pressure on yourself. 5 exam technique - do you read through the entire script before you start? If you have a choice, or choice of order, use this wisely, and play the game for points: bag a few easy wins early in the exam, watching the time - allotting equal time to each question. Hope that helps.
What the FUCK! This title describes my case and it cames to me. The case of the guy on the vid is different (actually, my case is a bit worse) but the title and the moment that its came to my life match perfectly
He sounds a lot like me when I was 16. Although in my case I likes Chemistry, Physics, and Math. But I had gotten off on a bad footing in Math early on plus got some bad advice from my high school "academic advisor". I overcame my Math weaknesses by studying. I studied hard, both in the classes and on my own. It didn't happen overnight but gradually things fell into place and my grades kept improving more and more. I ended up getting my undergrad and graduate degrees in math. I don;t have much advice to give the young student here because it sounds like he is already on the right track. Just keep studying and working hard. Stay focuses and keep at it.
Appreciate these videos, I also failed my physics mock exam. Had bad math background so my start was rough and exam anxiety got to me. Got sad comments from the already emotionless professor for the failure. But I passed math one at least. Sucks putting in alot of work just to fail, changing up my tactics for the next semester. Will be harder apparently with ray waves, electricity etc etc.. and in math will be geometry, trig, arithmethic etc, integrals at the end. Any tips to succeed in physics/math? Physics professor was awful, didnt answer questions properly etc.. like he didnt even want to be there type vibe. My determination to pass/do well is very high, but I hope it is enough with the work I put in too.
I love physics even though I am a CS student (3rd semester), Well I like physics more than math but I also like math and I am good at linear algebra and I like partial differentiation, Integration by parts and I also love trigonometry.
Unless you're in an extremely good high school (not sure if those exist abroad but in France, high schools like Louis le Grand in Paris for example) which tackles 2nd to 3rd year uni concepts, no one should fail middle/high school maths and physics unless they don't know how to study or in general just don't have the methods. The concepts just arent abstract enough, if you have the right methods, you will pass.
My comment is about the IB program is really leans toward the first two years of US college work. Many kids your age benefit from a regular college prep program. Don't worry about stepping back. Because of life, our kid had to be in an IB program, and we were overseas. He nearly failed the entire program. We sent him to an appropriate college program that emphasized liberal arts as well as reading, writing and speaking at the college level. He's now working on his doctorate in Physics. Kids learn at different rates. Take a step back and really concentrate on the basics. The IB is a different world and a very different way of education. It was developed for diplomates kids who moved alot and who lived in a very different world. STEM was added much later and in my opinion very poorly. The IB also integrates better with European education than the US system.
It's about having all the pieces of the puzzle, you need to go back to the start. You need a good tutor that will discuss all the ideas involved. It's about pure ideas, when you master them , you will be bulletproof in the exams. Have discussions about the homework problems , with someone who loves it .
I'm now 27 I dropped out from college and started again and finished again got my masters now but I love physics and math from childhood, but I don't I never got it can't remember anything but still love it from childhood I wanted to be a scientist but because I can't get, I lost it and took computer science but now I'm in a position that I have to learn math because I'm machine learning and AI that's how I came to know your channel searching for learning math alone I won't stop until I master math and physics
@@newwaveinfantry8362 As i said, it depends on your approach, if you want to do it rigorously yes but you can just take a very heuristic approach and derive some main results like length and time contraction/dilatation, relativistic energy etc using nothing but basic calculus. The problem with that approach is that its limited, if you want to go in depth you'll need to introduce tools that arent covered in high school.
I really relate to this video. My advice is keep going! I am taking a lot of hard undegrad courses at the same time and I had to learn new things that seemed almost elementary to other people. I would never exchange places with them because the challenges I faced made me love math more. I loved the pain, I loved the late nights confused out of my mind, and I loved the final moment it all came together. It made me hungry and fall more in love with math and everything it has to offer (writing this while studying linear algebra proofs WOOOOO!)
It's here on youtube on the main page, but, it's better to use my website so I can find the emails. It's freemathvids.com and then just go to contact. Thank you!!!
when i was in middle school, i was kind of average in most of my subjects but i was the worst in maths. looking back, i was surprised how i even passed but when it came to enjoying certain subjects, just sit and listen too, it was physics. Probably because it sometimes validated my thoughts. Why is the sky blue? why do things fall down etc. Physics was the only subject that i had at that time that understood me or i understood physics but the problem was, i was horrible at maths.
Highschool came around and we have to choose 3-4 major subjects that would later form the basis of our major in universities. I chose maths, physics ans chemistry because i knew if i didnt choose those, i would have this void of never learning them forever.
I had a passion for stars, the sky, planets, galaxies. I wanted to go further in astrophysics or something related to that. i watched documentaries on physicists and their discoveries, looked into random topics. i loved it until i didnt.
I sucked at it, i failed my first couple of tests in my first year, barely passing. math didnt look that great either. I would share my passion for the subject with my friends, participate in class but my grades never showed that. My teachers would ask me if i was actually getting the subject and that made me lose motivation. I thought i was only pretending to like the subject because it was cool but it wasnt. People who hated physics apparently got better grades than me. At the end, i just had to let it go. I couldnt bear that betrayal to myself.
I am definitely not studying in that field right now but that spark will always be there for me (i eventually got better at maths and started doing great in my tests but i just couldnt make it through)
what are you doing now? ( just from quriosity)
as someone who did higher level ib math not long ago, i can only recommend that it's important to take a step back and understand the basics of the concepts before complicating them. this will help reinforce your confidence and allow you to recognize which concepts to employ while solving problems. really dumb it down. it really does help. i was really bad at ib math in the beginning, but you have plenty of time to improve, so you don't have to panic. ib math is pretty methodical, you will know what they want from you, and once you expose yourself to the many ways of solving ib problems, you will be able to figure out what works best for you. so, just revisit the basics and keep practicing!
My advice is keep studying, reading and solving problems as much as you can. And just take it easy when you're taking exams.
Sometimes we have to watch our whole lives fall apart, before we cant rebuild it again... a greater foundation.
Maybe everything feels pointless when you dont get the results you want in physics, but what else can you do but just continue working hard right?
Wise words!
I failed most of my scientific classes and now I'm a nuclear engineer. I just never really learned how to study correctly. It's extremely hard for some people to just sit down and study.
My advice to eager young people is to really focus on understanding the BASICS. I know you're able to understand college level physics courses but really take a step back and try and get as good as possible in math and basic calculus. Then the world opens up to you
you failed the science classes
.and yet you become a nuclear engineer
I sucked at math in school. Was all too theoretical for me at that age. I failed most of my math classes in high school. Had to redo everything multiple times before it started to stick. I think math is horribly taught in many schools. It should be taught in a more practical way I think. Taught in tandem with coding,.data science tasks, engineering problems etc. now I work as a machine learning engineer and process engineer
saying k to 12 math wasn't practical...how did you end up liking math to a process engineer
@@exposedthat what
Math sorcerer. I failed a lot in academics, until I visited a psychiatrist. Kid, visit a paychiatrist to see if you have attention deficit. If you do, once they help you, everything will feel SO easy.
Please, don't ignore this message.
I'm almost 16*4: you're just getting started in life.
Examine your workload: this stuff requires *time* to digest. It can't be crammed.
During my Undergrad, two weeks into my Senior Year I took a Leave of Absence because I was "off my game". I worked in local restaurants and tutored during that year, then enrolled the following year, and graduated in 1987. "Life's Been Good" ~ Joe Walsh.
I'm also a student like him.....I love to learn math and physics and I'm doing great but when it's time to write in my exams, I become nervous and forgot everything I studied....I don't know why.... what should I do?
As a person who is about to finish the ib diploma in 2025 i hope this message finds the person who wrote this. I am also intrested in math and physics but I did terribly at the start of my diploma. On my first calculus test I got a 2/7, this was a year ago. Now on my further calclulus test I had a week ago I got a 6. A major factor on getting better is getting used to the higher level of mathematics and physics the IB diploma gives and the overall way the questions are structured. Despite that the most importand thing I believe is to keep studying. Really get obssesed with it not by only doing problems but also understanding how and why the solution works. Getting a solid understanding on the basics is crucial, and I reccomend watching videos explaining such concepts, especially for physics. Additionally whenever you don't understand something please don't be shy and ask your teacher. Litterly ask them about everything and anything you don't understand. Do not give up and I believe that through your spirit and hard work you will be able to get better :)
Sounds like it's not your study technique or motivation that's the problem, it's exam technique? Here are a few things that might help. 1. Try sitting mock exams at home, under timed conditions, see how you do, see how you FEEL. 2. Be honest with yourself about how well you really know this stuff, and if there are weaknesses, identify them, focus on and fix them: don't just stick to your favourites! 3 Talk yourself through the subject - can you really explain it verbally without referring to notes? Can you explain it to a study partner? Having a study partner can really help
. 4 If you really know this stuff, try to stop thinking of the exam as an exam - try to think of it merely as a confirmatory test, a chance to show off. Lower the pressure on yourself. 5 exam technique - do you read through the entire script before you start? If you have a choice, or choice of order, use this wisely, and play the game for points: bag a few easy wins early in the exam, watching the time - allotting equal time to each question. Hope that helps.
What the FUCK! This title describes my case and it cames to me. The case of the guy on the vid is different (actually, my case is a bit worse) but the title and the moment that its came to my life match perfectly
He sounds a lot like me when I was 16. Although in my case I likes Chemistry, Physics, and Math. But I had gotten off on a bad footing in Math early on plus got some bad advice from my high school "academic advisor". I overcame my Math weaknesses by studying. I studied hard, both in the classes and on my own. It didn't happen overnight but gradually things fell into place and my grades kept improving more and more. I ended up getting my undergrad and graduate degrees in math. I don;t have much advice to give the young student here because it sounds like he is already on the right track. Just keep studying and working hard. Stay focuses and keep at it.
Appreciate these videos, I also failed my physics mock exam. Had bad math background so my start was rough and exam anxiety got to me.
Got sad comments from the already emotionless professor for the failure. But I passed math one at least. Sucks putting in alot of work just to fail, changing up my tactics for the next semester. Will be harder apparently with ray waves, electricity etc etc.. and in math will be geometry, trig, arithmethic etc, integrals at the end. Any tips to succeed in physics/math? Physics professor was awful, didnt answer questions properly etc.. like he didnt even want to be there type vibe. My determination to pass/do well is very high, but I hope it is enough with the work I put in too.
And here I'm wasting my potential 😔
Please recommend a book on functional equation
I love physics even though I am a CS student (3rd semester), Well I like physics more than math but I also like math and I am good at linear algebra and I like partial differentiation, Integration by parts and I also love trigonometry.
Unless you're in an extremely good high school (not sure if those exist abroad but in France, high schools like Louis le Grand in Paris for example) which tackles 2nd to 3rd year uni concepts, no one should fail middle/high school maths and physics unless they don't know how to study or in general just don't have the methods. The concepts just arent abstract enough, if you have the right methods, you will pass.
Ok hold up, I'm 16, I love physics and math, and I'm failing except I'm a girl and taking aps
My comment is about the IB program is really leans toward the first two years of US college work. Many kids your age benefit from a regular college prep program. Don't worry about stepping back. Because of life, our kid had to be in an IB program, and we were overseas. He nearly failed the entire program. We sent him to an appropriate college program that emphasized liberal arts as well as reading, writing and speaking at the college level. He's now working on his doctorate in Physics. Kids learn at different rates. Take a step back and really concentrate on the basics. The IB is a different world and a very different way of education. It was developed for diplomates kids who moved alot and who lived in a very different world. STEM was added much later and in my opinion very poorly. The IB also integrates better with European education than the US system.
It's about having all the pieces of the puzzle, you need to go back to the start. You need a good tutor that will discuss all the ideas involved. It's about pure ideas, when you master them , you will be bulletproof in the exams. Have discussions about the homework problems , with someone who loves it .
I'm now 27 I dropped out from college and started again and finished again got my masters now but I love physics and math from childhood, but I don't I never got it can't remember anything but still love it from childhood I wanted to be a scientist but because I can't get, I lost it and took computer science but now I'm in a position that I have to learn math because I'm machine learning and AI that's how I came to know your channel searching for learning math alone I won't stop until I master math and physics
Good video
Do you have any books on graphics programming?
How can I get an email to contact you?
What kind of high school lets you take a special relativity class?!
Did I misunderstand?
A good high school
special relativity can be done in high school if the approach doesnt evolve stuff like covariant notations, metrics etc.
@@imPyroHD Doesn't it require differential geometry and tensor calculus neccessarily?
@@newwaveinfantry8362 As i said, it depends on your approach, if you want to do it rigorously yes but you can just take a very heuristic approach and derive some main results like length and time contraction/dilatation, relativistic energy etc using nothing but basic calculus. The problem with that approach is that its limited, if you want to go in depth you'll need to introduce tools that arent covered in high school.
Literally me
I’m 19 years old, have a final in an hour and I couldn’t sleep the night. Am I cooked chat
How did it go?
No you aren't
@@prestonak could’ve done better if I slept, but enough to move on 😶
I am also in high school in india. in 10th
He's just like me
Hey Jeffnewton your video thumbnail looking weird.
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I really relate to this video. My advice is keep going! I am taking a lot of hard undegrad courses at the same time and I had to learn new things that seemed almost elementary to other people. I would never exchange places with them because the challenges I faced made me love math more. I loved the pain, I loved the late nights confused out of my mind, and I loved the final moment it all came together. It made me hungry and fall more in love with math and everything it has to offer (writing this while studying linear algebra proofs WOOOOO!)
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I Failed my last high school year and no one believes it:)
That's 1%of me:) still believe in me ,So I start over again.
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Dear Maths Sorcerer, can you please share your email?
It's here on youtube on the main page, but, it's better to use my website so I can find the emails. It's freemathvids.com and then just go to contact. Thank you!!!
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