Weeks are flying by now... Well, maybe not this one. Our first full week of school was packed with mathematics. We are back onto a more complicated U-substitution than before. The main part I am struggling with in this new chapter is trying to figure out what to use as the u value. Once I am able to figure that out, everything else goes smoothly. I guess I just have to apply myself more and put some more thought into it. It was nice to finish up the test early in the week. It should bring a close to chapter 5. I think I did well on the non-calculator portion, but I did question what approach to take when tackling the problem that asked me to find g values from the graph of a function f(x). I think I was able to figure it out in the end. It seemed like the majority of the questions I got wrong on multiple choice were just careless mistakes. That is kind of frustrating, but also assuring knowing that I understand the main concepts. I will have to continue working hard for this next chapter I think. Once again, I think the required CCC's is a great idea and has helped me kick my procrastination out the door. My participation in class was good this week. I was able to work on problems and pitch ideas when we went over CCC’s rather than just absorbing what others were saying. U-substitution is a method for finding anti-derivatives. I tried looking up who discovered this method and there wasn’t much information about it. I guess that makes it kind of mysterious. That could be a good or bad thing. I like knowing that someone invented it rather than the thought going through my mind that says teachers just thought of it to give their students more work. I am sure that isn’t the case, but hey, the vague history draws some questions…