With Khan academy, I'm actually learning, I'm actually happy, I have hope to pass my exams, and most importantly, Sal is reshaping my impression of math from an instant reminder of childhood frustration and sadness, to something that I even catch myself having fun with. I mean who wouldn't want to watch Sal teach a math problem using 5 different colors and whatever obscure object he comes up with to represent the value of x? No 30 min videos that are depressing just to watch, no boring questions you'll never use in life. Compared to any other learning program for higher level college math, it's a breath of fresh air. I went into Khan Academy skeptical, because like many of the kids writing reviews, I took 'Khan Academy Kids' as a youngster and thought it was very boring. Sal's careful explanations help me understand concepts that I haven't understood for multiple years. Knowing how much I had to learn in front of me, I decided to do Khan Academy.įor the first time in my entire life, math doesn't suck. Fast forward some years later, i'm taking on the task of studying math on my own this summer to take a CLEP test that would exempt me from taking 2 math classes in school.

As a little girl, this really took a toll on me. To the point where I thought something was wrong with me. As a kid, I hated math, I was brought to tears every time I thought about it, I never understood it or had a single positive experience with it. This might be an outlier review, I am an 18yr old college student trying to study for the College math CLEP test, which would exempt me from a couple math classes in school.

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