Lina's Forgetting Curve

1. The curve does seem accurate if we think about it in a wide context. If I compare that curve to how I forget math concepts, forgetting 50% of the material in one day does seem extreme. However, think about other subjects or perhaps other people. If I compare the curve to how I forget the material covered in philosophy or sociales, forgetting 50% of the material in one day does seem accurate. Actually, there are times in which I’d probably forget more. Now try to put your shoes in those of people who you know struggle with math class. They probably do forget 50% of the material after one day. So the curve does make sense and seem accurate as an average of how people forget class material but maybe not for a particular case.

The curve created by reviewing, however, seems accurate for any case. If you don’t practice, you’re most likely to forget. How many times have we had to do some Pre-Calculus problem and struggled with it because we couldn’t remember the equation for a parabola? If we were to review last year’s material every month or so, we wouldn’t have that type of problem.

To be honest, I don’t have study habits and that’s probably one of the things I have to work on the most when I get to college.

2. The definition of a limit was very confusing, especially the thing we saw on the computer with epsilon. Mid-point Riemman sums were challenging at first since I missed a class to go to the Hay Festival with Ms. Monroy (big mistake) but it was all clear after some practice. Learning the derivatives and antiderivatives of trigonometric functions has and will always be a torture (the problem of not reviewing). I don't have any question at the moment (sorry).