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Transformations... It wasn't that bad although my quizes don't show it that much. I could have aced today's quiz, but I made such silly mistakes =(
The problem for me is how to apply everything we've learned into the problems we are given. I understand the basic concepts of what we've learned, but when faced with a problem on the board, I don't even know where to begin. Even now, I'm having trouble trying to figure out what it is that I don't know!

I guess I'll start with a "moment of clarity" I had. When we first started off reciprocal graphs, everyone was using terms like, "Biggering, Smallering, Biggering Negatively, Smallering Negatively." I was so confused! They were doing all these things to these poor graphs and I didn't understand what was going on. At first it was hard for me to remember what it was that I had to do first, but practicing some helped a lot and I figured out what steps to take to draw a reciprocal graph. I really can't explain it now, but I understand it. While my study buddy was helping me out ( I really appreciate it) I also figured out what "biggering negatively" meant. The negative numbers are getting larger! That was truly my "ah-hah!" moment. Yes, I'm a dork, but I was excited that I figured out what it meant. I mean, they were using such strange terms.
One question: When is it that I leave out the asymptote on a graph? I vaguely remember him saying that on a test we should erase something because we shouldn't have it on the graph when writing the graph.

Okay, my biggest issue ever is facing a test. I panic and blank. I think I know what I'm doing the night before and then I mess up on the test. That's an issue for me especially in math. It's math anxiety...

Another question: Why is the is the reciprocal of tan graph like that? Why does the point at y=1 connected to y= -1? (I'm so bad at explaining) I thought I understood it when Alvin explained it in his post, but then I lost it.

So I guess my troubles in pre-cal, pre-math test are the word problems. That's what I'm worried for most about for the test. The graph I can draw, although I sometimes have troubles with finding the period. Again, I don't apply what it is I need to properly. Sometimes I forget to substitute information into the equation when finding things like time and height. That is my fatal mistake. I understood the group question I had to post on the blog, but everything else seems more difficult. I grasp it slightly, but working it all out is kind of difficult espcially when you've made a mistake earlier on and the rest of your work is wrong.

I fear making mistakes badly so when I do have a correct answer, but it seems wrong I change it and lose my marks.

Those are all my woes pre-math test. At least the ones I can think of as of now.