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They might not enjoy it, but if you miss (or fake understanding) a year of high school social studies or language arts, you can still function in the class the
by InitialLastName 6y ago
They might not enjoy it, but if you miss (or fake understanding) a year of high school social studies or language arts, you can still function in the class the next year (maybe with a little bit less practice). The issue I see people run into in math classes specifically is that the curriculum builds on the past heavily enough that if you miss a key insight, you might never catch up (unless someone can take the time to help you restore that ability).
- ghaff 6y agoAt some point, you learn bad habits, reading comprehension, and writing quality are subpar. But even the different sciences are mostly independent. With math--which is a foundation for physics too of course, while there are a few areas like geometric proofs that I didn't get along with and mostly didn't come back to, math does tend to build on itself to a large degree. And if you get too far behind, it gets increasingly hard to keep progressing.