I feel like I want to cry right now. Fortunately, the tears I'm holding back are tears of joy. I came out to my mother today. After leaving my Precalculus class having failed my second test, I decided to visit my mother and come out to her. It was difficult for me to do at first, but once I did it just made my day somewhat better when she reacted the way she did. When I told her it was as if the news didn't really even faze her. I kind of expected her to need a moment for it to sink in. Nope. She not only took the news quite well, but was also very supportive of my decision. It seemed a far easier conversation to have once I came out with it. I want to say that our conversation lasted somewhere between 30 minutes to an hour, but I must say that I'm glad I made the decision to come out to her. I kinda wish I would have come out sooner. Luckily, it made me feel a little better in light of the F I'm about to see on my precalc test. Now I just need to practice figuring out how to calculate the sine, cosine, tangent, and other trig functions as they relate to a right triangle before my final exam.

Good to hear that you got such a good response from your mother, that must be a wonderful relief for you.

Good luck for your final exam.

Quote from: Dana60 on March 31, 2016, 02:16:19 PM
Good to hear that you got such a good response from your mother, that must be a wonderful relief for you.

Good luck for your final exam.

Merci, Dana. I didn't expect my mother to be as supportive as she was. It kinda caught me off guard. Now I need to focus on coming out to my youngest sister. The upside there is that her son is just learning to speak and so explaining that I'll be his aunt instead of his uncle shouldn't take a lot of effort, at least not for her. As for precalculus, I have one more test before my final exams.* Hopefully, I can grasp the concepts a bit better this time around...and not forget SOH CAH TOA.**

*No, that wasn't a typo. My precalc professor is giving us two final exams. That's a first for me and probably for a lot of other people.

** SOC CAH TOA are a set acronyms created to help people remember the basic functions in trigonometry (Sine, Cosine, and Tangent) as they relate to a right triangle. I won't bore you with anymore than that here as that's not what this thread or section of the board are for. Suffice it to say I might have done better had I remembered it when taking the test.

Well, first... good for  you on coming out to your mother.  That has much better consequences in the long term than your class.

Now about your class. You've got to get those trigonometric identities down cold before you get into calculus. If you fail, repeat the class until you are confident in them. So study right. Practice. Do problems. Do whatever it takes to learn them.

Then, you'll not only be smart but you'll look back on your visit with your mother and feel that warm glow of happiness and satisfaction.