To use tutoring or to struggle?

Its good to have someone who will guide and teach you because you cannot all the things. Upon reading your posts, i can sense that you are smart and you just need someone to guide you to the right direction. Find someone like a tutor or a study partner who can help you in your struggles. You can approach your teacher for consultation on lessons that you dont understand.

I failed my algebra when i was in college. LOL. I didn't know why. But i failed. Maybe because i just hate numbers, i tend not to know it or reviewed it well. But the good thing is that the second time i took it, i passed. What i did is ask some friends to teach me and really understand it. If you are having problems with this, it's up to you which options you'll find easy for you. Online resources is good, i think that it's all in the world wide web it's the easiest way for you to learn. But since you said it's too late for a tutor now then ask your self if you really want to.

Tutoring tend to really be a crap shoot in my experience. I think that there are really good and knowledge tutors out there. Of course, a smart person is not necessarily the best teacher. There are just really many times where the top students were asked to be tutored but to be a tutor, you need to work at another level, beyond what you are used to, with your comfort zone, and it can be something that is rather challenging. I think that there are times where I have just struggled and a tutor would have just confused me even more. For some people, it tends to work better and for some people, they tend to work well as tutors. Of course it is a matter of finding the right person to say the very least. It wouldn't hurt, but a tutor may really only serve to confuse many people. It really does depend on a lot of the circumstances to be honest.

well, i am not really a math or number person so when I did find trouble and utterly no understanding of my algebra class, I called for help. And I didn't regret it,. event though it was years ago, I believe that U due to tutoring I have a very clear picture of the process cited in the lessons. Also, the tutoring gave me a confidence or relief from that slump mood whenever we had our math-algebra class. By no means, I'm not the instant math wiz, but I was able to participate or even be engaged during class. If I were you, try first the actual tutoring. At least, you will somewhat forced to attend and be attentive to the lesson. Online resources are good but depending on your schedule, you might have to allocate some time for collection of lesson and then, studying the concepts.

I sympathise with your problem. I had to take Elementary Algebra 3 times before I finally passed it. Curiously, I did a little better with the higher forms of math--geometry, claculus.

Many of the responses opted for tutoring. I say it depends on you. Which of the options will you be comfortable and how do you learn best. True that in tutoring, you can receive proper guidance, immediate answers but it also depends on the resources you have. Can you afford it? Can you make time for it? If you do it on your own, yes it would take you longer but you will be able to devise a plan and discover how things work on their own. It depends on your learning abilities,when do you learn best? How do you learn best? You've been to algebra before, I think all you have to do is relax take it easy and do as many Algera problems as you can. With motivation and practice, you will do just fine.

Don't feel badly about not doing well with college algebra. I am having the same problem. I too went through all the refresher math courses and aced them, including the class on word problems. But when it comes to the Algebra, I am totally lost. I can find the answer in a heartbeat, but it's all the calculations in the middle that leave me totally lost! I need to get through the algebra classes for my degree, and I am putting off the math course as long as possible. I already blew the course several times and I want to be in a position where there is little or no outside stress to create havoc with trying to pass the class. Don't feel that you are stupid because you go in for tutoring. It happens to all of us. It's far better to go for the tutoring than to struggle and not pass the class. Plus with the tutoring it is one on one and will be explained so that you can understand the data. It's a shame that a stigma has been put on tutoring. It is so much help for people and it isn't a sign that you are dumb or slow, it is help with a course that you don't get enough explanation in. The instructor has to keep the class going at a certain pace so that all the material is covered in the semester or quarter. It doesn't allow time for him or her to slow down and explain it sufficiently enough for everyone to understand it. That's the reason why the colleges have tutors. Go for the tutoring! It will help you with the class and it is actually a sign of the fact that you are intelligent!!! YOU are intelligent enough to realize that you need the extra help and are seeking it. By not going for the tutoring it is the opposite. Think about it!

There's no shame in going to tutoring, and if you feel like you're going to fail then it's best to try and find some help rather than risk struggling with the problem on your own. It shouldn't be too late to ask for help, no matter how late in the semester it is. It probably won't hurt to look into your online resources as well, but I strongly suggest you consider tutoring too. Good luck!