Also, I should mention, one big lesson learned... Maths build on each other. Don't be embarrassed to start with a pre-calculus text/course.
You probably don't remember much from high school, and most low-div calculus problems are some simple calculus rules combined with a bunch of high school algebra/arithmetic manipulation that if you don't have it all ready at your fingertips, you _will_struggle. (this means memorizing all those trig identities again) The hardest part of low-div calculus is this stuff... The actual rules of calculus are simple, easy to grasp and dare I say it, intuitive.... if you can do the pre-calc.
You probably don't remember much from high school, and most low-div calculus problems are some simple calculus rules combined with a bunch of high school algebra/arithmetic manipulation that if you don't have it all ready at your fingertips, you _will_struggle. (this means memorizing all those trig identities again) The hardest part of low-div calculus is this stuff... The actual rules of calculus are simple, easy to grasp and dare I say it, intuitive.... if you can do the pre-calc.