As a math retard, I spent the last few months learning everything from algebra to calculus (differential/integral) on khan academy. I feel like I only learned to solve the questions on khan academy, I don't know how to actually apply what I learned to anything.
Should I go through a textbook or something? (which one for calc 1/2?)
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You need to go to an actual school. Self-teaching is a meme and only a real genius could just "learn" math from Khan academy and reading textbooks. Nothing is a replacement for a good teacher who you can talk to and ask questions.
If you're learning this to prepare for a university program you want to take, you're already ahead of the curve if you know how to solve the problems by rote. You'll learn the application in school.
As someone who had a bad teacher in math for 10 years out of 12 but still got the best scores in my school on final tests (top 15% in country) I can give you a few tips but truth be told it's still better to attend classes. Sorry for blabbering and bad english.
1) Don't just watch the videos. Make actual notes.
2) When you obtain new information don't spend too much time on memorizing it but instead think of applications to it
3) After you're done studying try to explain it (write it down for example) in a simple way
4) You should always ask yourself "Why does this work?" when dealing with math. We all know a^2 + b^2 = c^2 but WHY is it that? It's not that because a teacher told you so.
>Should I go through a textbook or something? (which one for calc 1/2?)
A calc text might help if it's a good one that has a lot of applications. I learned from "The Calculus with Analytic Geometry with Applications" or something (sorry I took calculus in 1994 I don't remember the exact name) and it had a lot of EE and physics word problems. But there's a lot of "calculus with applications" books. Alternatively a physics textbook might help you understand since calculus was basically invented for the purpose of doing physics.
>You need to go to an actual school. Self-teaching is a meme and only a real genius could just "learn" math from Khan academy and reading textbooks.
Absolutely false. Learning to learn on your own is probably the single most important thing. Anyone who thinks otherwise is still in school. You have at least 40 years of work ahead of you and there are no more instructors. You will have to learn on your own if you want to keep pace in any industry, and yes that includes academia itself.
If you don't know how to self-teach by the time you graduated high school you'd better figure it out real fucking quick otherwise your future is going to suck.
>wahh why do people write papers so obscurely
>wahhh why won't my employer spend four years teaching me how to do everything
>wahhhhhh why didn't university teach me this
>wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
suck it up buttercup
lmao fucking slave mentality
>top 15% in country
congratz retard, it's the equivalent of having 120 IQ
+1 sigma is better than -1 sigma
t. 128 brainlet
bump
>everything from algebra to calculus
What the fuck does that even mean