Hi Professor Harland,
You don’t know me, I am a student at MiraCosta and just wanted to say thank you so much for posting all of those videos on youtube. I have been at MCC for a while and the only thing between me and my AA is math. I have not had any math classes since high school (a long time ago) and didn’t do too well even then. I procrastinated in taking the math assessment because I was nervous about failing it and having to start from the beginning, so my counselor recommended your website and videos. I have been watching & studying them since last fall and a couple of months ago I took the Elementary Algebra assessment and passed! Now, I am reviewing more of your videos so I can take the Intermediate Algebra assessment and hopefully pass it as well! I have recommended your videos to everyone I know who is either taking math, worried about taking math, or have kids taking math. So far anyone I know that has watched your videos said how helpful they are.
A funny story, this morning I was looking to see if you had videos on Complex Numbers because I am on that portion of the practice test that I bought from the MCC bookstore. I didn’t see any videos so I stopped working for a while and when I just now came back, I found your whole section. I thought maybe I had missed it before, but then I noticed that you just posted the videos today. It’s like you were reading my mind! LOL!
Thanks again for taking the time to create and post these videos. I am doing math problems I don’t even remember learning and for the most part I am getting the answers right! Oh, and I know all the words to the Quadratic Formula song now too :o)
Have a wonderful day!
Jennifer Montgomery
Follow up letter to me on 6/22/10:
Hi Professor Harland!
I just wanted to let you know that…I did it!!!! I took the assessment this morning and I passed! Now I can take my stat class for Sociology without having to take any other classes beforehand. It’s all thanks to you!
So, if I haven’t said it enough already…THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Jennifer