[nabs-l] Making college Biology and math accessible?

[Ignasi Cambra]

For the math class, try to make sure to find a way to show your work in print to the professor. I would suggest using LateX but if you haven't used it in the past it might be a little hard to learn it on time for your class if it's starting this spring semester. Although now that I think about it, many classes end up making you choose an answer on multiple choice exams, so as long as you can do stuff in your mind you should be OK. Also, when it comes to geometry, trigonometry, calculus and anything that requires graphical representations, you will have to see how much of it you can just imagine in your head. I have completed five calculus classes in college without using a single graph other than the ones I had to use to answer particular exam questions, because I have a good idea in my mind of how these things are supposed to look. Also, college professors too often will give you graphical methods to solve problems, because that's what works best for most students. But many times the same things can be done numerically, which is much faster for me because I can do it in my mind or by typing my calculations on the computer if they are too complex. I am not a math major and only took the whole calculus sequence for fun, so I don't know what else you can find in math college classes. In any case, I never tried to get exactly what other students get in terms of materials. If there are a bunch of graphs that I know I won't use, why bother?
Just my opinion...

IC
On Dec 20, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Miranda wrote:

> Hi,
> I have no useable vision, and I'll be taking a Biology course in college. I'll also be taking a math course that covers Algebra, geometry, trigonometry and Pre-calculus.
> Any ideas on how my professors and I can make these courses accessible?
> Thanks in advance, and have a great week!
> 
> In Christ, Miranda
> 
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