Reply #269: .I've developed a fascination with math in recent years. I used to be math phobic...

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I love algebra. It's like solving a puzzle. When I was in high school, a very long time ago, I took algebra and geometry, but it was very basic compared to what is taught today. Nowadays, students do much more advanced math much earlier. High school students can elect to take AP Calculus, and they don't seem to have much trouble with it. I think it has to do with how math is taught from the very beginning.

Here are some books you might find interesting:

Forgotten Algebra, by Barbara Lee Bleu.

http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Algebra-Barbara-Lee-Bleau/dp/0764120085/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1293425545&sr=1-1

This is a workbook which steps you through algebra, painlessly.



How to Solve Word Problems in Algebra - Mildred Johnson

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=how+to+solve+word+problems+in+algebra

This will show how you use algebra every day of your life.