The central idea is that if you feel behind in a classroom setting, particularly in mathematics, you can realistically catch up to your peers within a focused two-week period through intense effort and dedication.
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I'm just going to get right to the point
because I want to keep this video short
and then I'll explain my point the point
is this
if you're in a classroom
and there are people in your class
and you feel like
you are behind those people
you feel like
there is no way
that you could become as good as they are
are
then the point is
that it only takes two weeks
two weeks
you could do it in two weeks
and so let me let me explain this because
because
this was actually a comment that someone made
made
in a room I was in many years ago
there was this math professor who
I didn't really know
and he was talking to a student who I
didn't really know
and the conversation went something like this
this
the student was
feeling like you know they were behind
and the professor was saying well you
know when students feel that way you
know I always tell them you know you're
really only two weeks behind you might
think that you can't catch up to them
you might think that you can't be as
good as they are you might think that
you can't improve your mathematics to
get to the level where they are because
they're succeeding and maybe you're not
but the reality is it only takes two weeks
weeks
and so I left the room and I thought
about it
and it didn't make any sense I mean how
is this guy going to know that it only
takes two weeks right because different
people are at different levels so how
does this comment make any sense at all
you know people say things all the time
so why is this true
and so here's the rationale
when you are in a classroom in college
and I'll just use the us as an example
but it's probably true in most places in
the world if you're in a classroom
there's usually some requirement
that is needed for you to be there for
example in the US when you go to college
you take some entrance exam and they
place you in a class they say okay you
can go into a college algebra okay
you're really good at math we can put
you in calculus there's a placement test
and people always criticize these tests
and they criticize the system and that's
fine you can criticize it but there
exists some sort of placement where
people are put into classrooms it
doesn't have to be perfect but there is
a system
and so by some sense everyone in that
class is somehow supposed to be equal
but we all know that's not true right
different people have different
abilities different talents different
intellects but the system puts us all in
this place
and so the rationale is that if you work
hard enough
within two weeks you should be able to
catch up
and I agree I think it's possible I
think it's possible now after years of
just reflecting on the statement and
thinking it was just bogus I think I
think you can do it because think about
it everyone is roughly equal if if I
think of all the students that I've had
in all the classes I've ever taught and
I think about
some of the worst students like the
students that they were just really bad
I had something that had really really
bad issues with math some that were just
not very good
and I look at the best students
could these students who were really bad
actually catch up and you know get the
same grade on the test as one of the
good students absolutely yes absolutely
definitely 100 I know because I would
make the tests I know that if they knew
X Y and Z they could get a 100 on the test
test
you know and I would go over stuff in
class and I would teach everything and
explain everything so in theory if they
could learn everything I was teaching
they could get a 100 every single time
they just actually had to learn it which
takes a lot of effort and a lot of time
and for some people learning those
things is actually going to take more
time because they're so behind
but you could do it in two weeks you
could definitely do it in fact it might
even take a week
the real question is
you know how bad do you want it
especially if you're in a situation
where your math is really bad I mean
let's use let's use algebra as an
example let's say you're really bad at algebra
algebra
and you're trying to get better and
you're in a class and you're not doing
well right there's people in your class
that are doing well well maybe they had
algebra before in high school maybe they
you know they saw it before maybe their
parents are Math teachers whatever
the only thing you can do in situations
like that is just work harder and really
just grind you have to grind and grind
and grind and you can do it so I just
wanted to make this short video to
indicate that I think it's possible I
really do I think that if you're in a
classroom and you're in a bad situation
and you're not doing well
you can pull yourself out of that
situation if you work really hard and
you just have to grind
one idea
is to just do every single homework
problem multiple times this is what I
did I was obsessed I would do so many
math problems and that's all I did you
know on weekends too you know people
would go to school they do their
homework they'd finish it they'd go out
with their friends
no I didn't do that all right I didn't
do that I just stayed home on weekends
and studied
studied every afternoon after class
it's about how bad you want it
so it's possible so if you're in a class
and you're failing
don't think that way it's not about passing
passing
it's about getting a hundred
aim to be the best aim to score a
perfect score because if you aim high
and you miss
you're probably still going to do pretty well
well
two weeks right two weeks is all it
takes you really can't do it you really
can't do it and I thought about this
guy's comment for years because I was
thinking two weeks it doesn't make sense
from the perspective of okay you might
have this friend who's in another math
club like say you're an algebra and your
friend is in calculus three no you're
not going to be able to catch up to him
in two weeks right but if you're in the
same class and you're comparing yourself
to another student in your class and
that student is getting A's and you're
getting F's
you can actually Rise From the Ashes and
do better and get an A on the next test
I've seen people do it they completely
change their study habits they go from
not taking notes skipping class to going
to class every day asking questions
doing all the homework going to office
hours asking questions multiple times
don't be afraid to be annoying a lot of students
students
um I feel like they're lost in class and
they're scared to ask questions I used
to be that way don't be like me right
it's funny I'm telling you not to be
like I was but it's good advice because
that's something that I should have done
do I have regrets no because I don't
believe in regrets
just regret to accomplish nothing all
you can do is change
the present and hope that it affects
your future
because that's all we have control over
is the present
so it's possible it's possible pick
yourself up and work harder you could do
it I mean you could do it it's
mathematics and it applies to other
subjects as well but I have more
experience with math so I'm speaking
only here of mathematics in mathematics
you know if you're in if you're in an
algebra class or a trig class and let's
say you're using this book here
fundamentals of algebra and trig by
swachowski great book
you know pick up the book do all the
problems from the section do all the
homework go over all of your notes
you're gonna get better you're gonna get
better it's possible it just takes extra
work and it's about how bad do you want
it it really comes down to that
so you should know that deep down inside
you can do it it's just a matter of do
you want to do it a lot of times I think that
that
people think they can't do it
and I believe they can it's just do they
really want to do you really want to
spend that much time doing math I mean
there's other things in life that are
important too right but if it matters to
you you can make the effort and you can
succeed and that's all I wanted to say
in this video I believe in the two-week
rule two weeks in two weeks you can
catch up to a classmate
if you rock it I think that
mathematician who said that I remember
his name but I won't mention it and I
talked to him once briefly and that's
no comment I didn't really know him so
but he was right
I believe what he said he was a smart
man and he was right
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and it's possible it's possible it
really is I want to emphasize that I
believe that you can do it if you are
failing your class I just from teaching
so many years it took me a long time to
believe this guy I was like two weeks
but he was talking about people in the
same class so if you're in the same
class with someone and you're comparing
yourself and you want to get the grades
they're getting I really think it's
possible to catch up in two weeks I
think that's more than enough time a
week maybe two weeks I think that's a
lot more realistic to catch up to them
and do as well as they're doing I think
it's possible
anyways until next time good luck take
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