# Maths self education question

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 25, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maths-self-education-question/184255 "2003-06-25T07:45:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Melanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Melanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melanie)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maths-self-education-question/184255/1 "2003-06-25T07:45:34Z")

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Hi,  
I skipped year 11 maths because I was good at it and now I am crap at it. Well to be honest its not just that I skipped: if I was brilliant I could work it out for myself. I’m intelligent in other areas but struggle with maths. I would really like to try to improve this.

Do I have to go back to the high school textbooks or is there a good site or book for an intelligent 20 something who wants to catch up? Basically I like to understand the big picture and my qualm with text books is you never know where any of it is heading. I would like to know what all the different fields of maths are for example.

Thanks.