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A Flunkee's Journey into Higher Math

Computer Programming is my childhood dream.  But what is stopping me is Math.  I got discouraged in college when I could not even make the quota.  In the end, I settled on Sociology and...well, it's not my passion.  And I never had a career in that field.  I thought I never had what it takes to become a programmer.  I took short courses but I gave up too soon.  I thought I am not logical enough or smart enough to handle the inner workings of computers. I pursued literature, music, and culinary arts.  But nothing came into fruition.  I did work for a short while in a Persian restaurant.  I love the teamwork, the humor, but reality bites.  The pay was too low, and my father needs me in his business.  So I left after eight months.  But before I left, I remembered my sous chef saying this, "If I know computers, I'd be able to do anything!" A few weeks later after I resigned, my grandmother has received an IPad and she loved it so much that she didn't know what to