Originally Posted by elphenor

my maths professor is a softball grader that doesn't all or nothing you, but I got a 95% on my midterm

as long as you show your work, you can get partial credit even for a totally wrong answer like a "I see where you were going with that, but no" type of deal

regardless Algebra is not as difficult as I made it out to be in my head, you just memorize the steps and don't ask too many questions

there's usually multiple ways to solve a problem, but I always go for the one that just requires memorizing a formula, it always feels kinda like cheating but whatevs