Quote Originally Posted by mousie
And you also must take this piece of advice, and that is that when you're learning algebra at first, it can be extremely challenging. However, stuff will start to make way more sense once you get the basics down, so I promise you it will get better. Keep it up though, and don't stop trying if you don't get a concept, that's what I do!

~abigail

This is an excellent piece of advice. If you can understand the basics,
you will do so much better later on. Don't skip over any concept that you
don't understand completely. Good luck to you.