Best Way To Teach Oneself Math?

Posted by kdawson on Sunday October 14, 2007 @02:39PM from the making-up-for-lost-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In high school I failed two out of three years of math classes and eventually dropped out of school completely. I earned my general equivalency diploma as soon as was legally possible and from there went on to college and beyond. That was many years ago and my most basic algebra, trigonometry, and geometry skills are slipping away at an alarming rate. I'm looking for a self-guided course covering the equivalent of 4 years of high school mathematics including calculus. My math skills are holding me back. How can I turn this around?"

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Re:The low-brow, DIRTY way to quickly learn the ma by Anonymous Coward · 2007-10-14 21:04 · Score: 0, Flamebait

A chap on a desert island could rebuild much of civilization if he had this book with him. If I was on a desert island, this book would come second on my list, right after the Bible. So you'd take something that could rebuild civilization and something that would utterly destroy it. Fantastic.