For some reason, when I was brushing up on exponents, although I COMPLETELY understood the syntax of the function, I simply wasn't getting the the right answers on the practice test on Khan Academy.
I did SO badly, in fact, that my first attempt scored me a 43%!!!
How awful!
My second attempt
I did it again and -- for some reason -- this happened:
Again, I know this must seem like baby work to most of you, but for me -- a dude who's been doing manual labor since the age of 15 -- getting back to this stuff after half a lifetime away from it is a BIG DEAL.
And I wasn't even good at math in school, anyway.
... not that I was good at anything in school, but I digress.