Blog Post #1 - Matthew Small
1) Full name?
           Matthew Taylor Lipman Small
2) Nickname?
      Nope
3) Height?
         69 inches
4) Age?
          19 years
5) When I wake up?
         It really varies day to day. Some days I'll wake up at 7 in the morning and others at 2 in the afternoon
6) Favorite candy?
          Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
7) Favorite snack food?
          Rice Krispie Treat
8) Favorite Band?
         Rolling Stones, but anything thing from the Woodstock era is pretty much all I listen to
9) Hobbies?
         Scuba diving, archery, collecting vinyl records
10) Math background?
          I've been in every math class up to AP Calc, including Pre-Calc
11) Math weaknesses and comfort level?
          My weakness would be trying to remember what I already understood last time I took Pre-Calc.
          Equations - V
          Factoring - V
          Adding/subtractions.... - C
          Simplifying expressions - V
          Roots and fractional.... - C
          Whole number exponent expressions - C
          Finding common denominators - V
          Inequalities - V
          Functions - C
          Absolute value - V
          Linear functions - C
          Systems of equations - V
          Domain and range - C
          Inverse functions - C
          Transformations - C
          Quadratic functions - C
          Completing the square - C
          Exponential functions - C
          Logarithmic functions - U
          Base e - U
          Graphing - V
          Trigonometric concepts - C
12) Math concepts I'll excel in?
        Anything with Algebra. I love algebra
13) Social media formats I'm familiar with?
          Texting and facebook
14) Social media formats I use most frequently
         Texting and facebook
15) Major?
        Psychology
16) Why I'm taking this class?
          It's required for Pre- Med students
17) Will I take other math classes?
         Probably not
18) What do you hope to learn in this class?
          I've already taken this class in high school, so this is pretty much a review for me
19) Anything else?
            I'm a very open person, anything you want to know; just ask.