About Algebra -- sort of. Okay, it's really just about me.
So I figure if Sodoku is good exercise for your brain, algebra should be at least as good right? I mean, especially if you sucked at math and science the first time around.
I think the answer is probably yes -- but not under all circumstances. For instance, it feels a bit awkward pulling out an algebra book to kill some time before my kid's soccer game starts. What's worse is that pulling it out is a public admission of a wayward youth for anyone that stops to consider it. I know they're thinking "yep, he must have been among those that hung around behind the school". I also find myself asking my 15-year-old -- pursuing something called an International Baccalaureate high school degree -- questions about factoring. He looks at me like I'm a dunce.
But, I have found some good sources and I am determined to get myself, slow but sure, up through calculus.
The Teaching Company: Algebra 1 and Algebra 2
Practical Algebra -- A Self Teaching Guide
Here's the spooky thing -- I complained about math and did as little as possible of it in high school. Now I really like doing it. Good thing too -- my 10-year-old is into math and is actually learning some of the same things I'm trying to re-learn on my own.