@inthehands @mekkaokereke I also took precalculus at Temple, despite having gotten a C- in high school trig from a guy who called me "useless" when I went to him for help in October, and a mercy D in calc the following year. It was a prereq, so there was no way to avoid it.
The Temple instructor was open, encouraged questions, and appreciated group efforts. I fucking aced it, because even though DEI wasn't an acronym at the time, he lived by its principles. And that inspired me to do the work.