As a math student, and a math tutor, the only way to really learn it is practice. You get your hands on an old alg book(pretty much any language will work:D ) and you devour that, you will be on your way. It just takes time to get familiar with the problems. Someone to guide you would be nice, but you can do it with the examples that are (probably) provided. Start with the simple and move to the more complex. As for how long, that really depends on how adept you are at picking up math in general I suppose. But I am positive you can get yourself calc ready in less than a semester. Good luck.
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As a math student, and a math tutor, the only way to really learn it is practice. You get your hands on an old alg book(pretty much any language will work :D ) and you devour that, you will be on your way. It just takes time to get familiar with the problems. Someone to guide you would be nice, but you can do it with the examples that are (probably) provided. Start with the simple and move to the more complex. As for how long, that really depends on how adept you are at picking up math in general I suppose. But I am positive you can get yourself calc ready in less than a semester. Good luck.