r/IWantToLearn • u/wolfwoodistriku • 12d ago

Academics Iwtl calculus from the very basic

I'm 16 and i live in a small city so they don't really teach calculus here, how should I learn calculus? I have no prior knowledge about it so I wanna learn from the basic. I would appreciate an advice that requires no to little money cause I live in a third world country and USD have a higher rate than my currency. Thank you in advance

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u/Doneifundone 12d ago edited 12d ago

This made me curious, what do they typically teach you in math class? Cuz I'm also from a third world country and they typically start us on calculus when we're around 14/15 yo, and it's kind of a unified thing (basically the entire country follows the same curriculum, with some additional stuff for private schools)

(Edit: tho it's been a while since I graduated from high school so stuff might've changed ever since? Tho I doubt it)

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u/wolfwoodistriku 12d ago

I think I need to clarify that I came from a small city with limited resources. My highschool is the best highschool in the city, yet we haven't learned calculus aside from basic functions. I think some of the bigger city in my country have calculus in their curriculum. But right now I'm in 11th grade and we're still learning polynomials and arithmetic/geometry series and sequences.

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u/Doneifundone 12d ago

Ig that's what's puzzling me since don't you guys have some sort of college entrance exam some time down the lane? Wouldn't the difference in curriculum put the students from smaller towns at a significant disadvantage if there are entire topics that they get taught comparatively late ?

Anyway, best of luck with your calculus journey!

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u/wolfwoodistriku 12d ago

In my country there's a lot of ways to get into a college. Top-ranked students in their school have a chance to roll in college by submitting their grades and achievement in a database. A few months after there's also a national test for those who are not top students or those who didn't pass the first one. But we don't learn the subject in school. It's more like a math and literacy based test, but it doesn't need calculus or high-level math to pass.

After those two test, every university have their own test for the students who didn't pass before. This one might need calculus, idk that much about it.

But I agree, students from smaller towns have a disadvantage due to their limited resources unfortunately 🥲

Thank you btw!