Sure enough, I dreampt of numbers last night. Fortunately I didn't have that dream where you show up late for a test you are unprepared for and discover you are naked.
My dreams centered around dividing polynomials. While it is not truly difficult if you remember to put in all the place holders, it is tedious and a pain in the butt. I also had the stray expansion of polynomials filtering through there. I guess those were the areas I was the most stressed about.
As I've ranted about before, and will continue to do so now, this class is so frustrating. It is nearly impossible to really study for. In my previous classes, you went through the lecture, then did the homework which related to the lecture and that prepared you for the tests. With this teacher not following the book, doing the homework doesn't help prepare me for the tests as the homework does not relate to what he lectures about. The only thing on the tests so far has been what he has done in lectures. While reviewing my notes is fine and dandy, if I have misinterpreted something, I'm screwed. I have no point of reference to go to for clarification of a procedure or formula.
At least I only have 4 more classes left in this term. Next term the class after this is only offered once, so I can only hope that this guy is not the teacher. Even that has potential drawbacks. If this guy teaches the next class, at least we are already familiar with his teaching style, and can hope that what he is teaching us now builds into what he will teach in the next class. On the other hand, if he is blowing smoke out of his southern most orifice and we have a different teacher who expects to have gleaned from the book the necessities to get through the next class, we are totally hosed.
Oh well, I need to get my mind off this and go build a fire under #1 to get him moving in a more speedy manner if he doesn't want to miss the bus. Actually that should read if I don't want him to miss the bus as I know he would prefer to stay home!