Originally Posted by Jhevon

don't be embarrassed, and don't beat yourself too much (banging your head against a wall is likely to hurt your ability in math )

so here's the thing. you need the basics. math is cummulative, you need to build on the basics if you want to tackle the hard stuff. in my experience, not doing this hurts students. for instance, most of the time a calculus student tells you they have trouble with calculus, it is actually basic algebra that is messing them up, i know, i've been a tutor at my school for a while now. and many areas of math are inter-connected like that. my suggestion to you is to polish your algebra skills, then attack precalculus and calculus. that will give you a good basis to go on to interesting things. if you want to get really crazy with it, you have to surpass calc 3, and then you can see what tickles your fancy

Originally Posted by Jhevon

i know what you mean, i'm a lot like that. well, you could always find someone to go through the stuff with you. a friend, a professor etc. or you could use this forum to discuss what you learn or to get feedback on the way you did a problem, and for tips on what to look for, and think about.