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by Entalpi 3026 days ago
My two cents are whenever something seems hard/impossible/infuriating/etc, take a break then seek dofferent sources on the material. A lot of times I have been hung up on something only to find that things make much more sense when approaching it from a different viewpoint. :)
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No matter what I'm learning, I always refer to at least 3 different sources for any concept.
Absolutely! Not having to hit your head against a wall helps prevent burnout as well as just plain being more effective
That’s how I got to grips with trigonometry... I tried to understand why sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant and close can’t we’re named like they were... then I found a bunch of stuff on the unit circle. Never looked back!