Learning+Continuously

Learning Continuously
I've never been good at math. If taught properly, I'll be able to do what I learn, but I never fully understand it is I'm what I'm doing. In the rare cases I do understand, this insight always comes way too late, as it all only makes sense to me after I need it. Well, good thing this isn't math class. But we do have the learn formulas for things like concentration. This one simple formula, n = cV, I have learned to use in theoretical problems on a test or a packet. However, working on our Battery lab has allowed me to understand the circumstances in which I might actually have use this formula, and how it applies off paper.

We decided to make the concentration the independent variable, so we needed to obtain different concentrations of Magnesium Oxide and Zinc Nitrate in liquid form. We weren't able to get it from the lab though, so Mrs. Knowles gave us the two compounds in solid form and told us to make our own solutions. We were confused at first, and then we realized that we would need to use n = cV. Now, I have to admit, I usually take the backseat in all the calculations, it really isn't my strong point; and any formula, even one as simple as this, scares me. But it was my turn to do some calculations so I was given the task of determining how many grams of the solids we'd need in order to get our different concentrations. I won't lie, it was extremely easy. I felt foolish for thinking that I wouldn't be able to do it, and I felt foolish for not understanding this concept until now. But then I realized that either way, I was able to apply my past knowledge and because of that, I was able to learn continuously.