Blog Post #1

1. What is your full name? Allison Whitney Vega

2. Do you have a nickname that you prefer to go by? Alli

3. What is your height IN INCHES (not feet)? 66 inches

4. What is your age in years? 19 years

5. What time do you generally wake up on any given day? Anywhere from 10am to 3pm...

6. What is your favorite candy? Charleston Chews

7. What is your favorite snack food? Pita Chips and Hummus

8. Who is your favorite musical artist/band? That is super hard for me to decide but I would say probably either Two Door Cinema Club, Bombay Bicycle Club or Modern Baseball at the moment.

9. Do you have any hobbies/things you like to do for fun? I play guitar in a band (music takes up a solid percentage of my time), I go to a lot of concerts, I work at a music venue for fun, I also like photography and play Ultimate Frisbee and Soccer.

10. What is your mathematical background? (Not limited to the list below...list other topics if needed)
 High School: Algebra 1, 2, Geometry, Pre-calculus.

11. What is your comfort level with solving math word problems, math application problems, and

conceptual math problems? Uncomfortable.

Very comfortable (V) comfortable (C) uncomfortable (U) extremely uncomfortable (E)

12. What is your comfort level with math computations and calculations/using formulas and following

steps and procedures? Somewhere between Comfortable and uncomfortable depending on how long I've been doing math for.

Very comfortable (V) comfortable (C) uncomfortable (U) extremely uncomfortable (E)

13. What is your comfort level with any of the following algebraic and precalculus concepts?

Write one of the following next to each topic:

Very comfortable (V) comfortable (C) uncomfortable (U) extremely uncomfortable (E)

Equations: C

Factoring: C

Adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing fractions/rational expressions: C

Simplifying expressions: C

Simplifying rational expressions (fractions and fractional polynomials): U

Operations on roots and fractional exponent expressions: U

Operations involving whole number exponent expressions: U

Finding common denominators: C

Inequalities: U

Functions: U

Absolute value: U

Linear functions: U

Systems of equations

Domain and range: U

Inverse functions: E

Transformations (shifting, scaling, stretching, etc): E

Quadratic functions: U

Completing the square: C

Exponential functions: E

Logarithmic functions: E

Base e: E

Graphing (trigonometric, quadratic, linear, exponential, and logarithmic functions): E

Trigonometric concepts: EEEEE

14. Have you taken American university’s math 151 (finite math) class? If yes, was your grade a “b”

or better? No

15. Have you taken American university’s math 160 (applied precalculus) class? I'm taking it right now.

16. Which social media formats are you familiar with? All of the below.

Texting facebook pinterest flickr wordpress blogspot tumblr twitter

google plus Instagram

17. Which social media formats do you use most frequently? Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram.

Texting facebook pinterest flickr wordpress blogspot tumblr twitter

google plus Instagram

18. What is your major? Business of Entertainment w/ a specialization in Audio Technology.

19. Why are you taking this math class? Requirement to move onto Calculus.

20. Will you take other math classes in the future at American University or will this be your only math

class? If yes, which classes do you anticipate taking? I have to take Calculus and Statistics at some point.

21. What do you hope to learn in this class? To be comfortable with doing basic calculus problems.

22. Is there anything else you would like me to know about you? I have historically been terrible at math and am a very slow learner.