Compare and Contrast Essay – ENGALG vs ENGTRIG

ENGALG vs ENGTRIG

                In this essay, I intend to compare 2 of the most torturing subjects I’ve had in college so far and even in my whole student life – ENGALG and ENGTRIG. I also intend to apply in this reading material the tricks I’ve learned from my previous ENGLCOM class.

                ENGALG1 is a subject taught by our professor named Kerry Cabral. We get to meet him thrice a week. We have 1-hour classes every Monday and Thursday at room 1204 while we have shell-shocking 3-hour classes on Tuesdays at a bit larger room called the computation lab. All of these classes are scheduled only on mornings. So far our lessons were about factoring, grouping, radicals and the like. We are not allowed to use calculators. Based on my block’s experiences for the last 7 weeks, we have concluded that despite having easy examples and exercises, the quizzes are considerably difficult to solve. This subject serves as a prerequisite to many more advance subjects we would be taking in the future if we are to pass. Hopefully, we would. Speaking of passing, the grade needed to survive this 2-unit subject is 60%.

                ENGTRIG1 may be similar to ENGALG1 due to the fact that they both focus on Mathematics but they do have their own differences. As our own subject, ENGTRIG1 is taught by a different professor – Mr Teddy Monroy. We take his class just twice a week during Mondays and Thursdays too at just a room nearby – 1203. However unlike the former subject, ENGTRIG1 happens every afternoon as our last subject to take before we are off the hook for the day. While Kerry teaches us math stuff related to polynomials and similar lessons, Teddy on the other hand teaches us lessons revolving around trigonometric functions and graphing. At the moment we are not allowed to use calculators too until the third quiz. Just like ENGALG1, this subject has easy exercises paired with difficult and not to mention frustrating quizzes. This 2-unit subject also serves as a key to various mathematical subjects needed to be taken on the road to being an engineer. 55% and up is the grade to beat!

                As a conclusion, these 2 subjects are very different from each other. Aside from the obvious reasons such as being both math-based, these subjects seem to be only similar because I find them both very challenging.