balenced = balanced
chalanged = challenged (I see a pattern…)
coures = course… this one is the kind of thing I would expect to see type-written (silly, little typos), however it was hand-written.
handel = handle… unless you’re talking about the composer, but since you weren’t….
illitrations = at first I thought “illustrations,” but now I’m not sure that it isn’t “alliterations.”
I’m going with both
“Learning how to represent a function as a power series. Being able to tell people my classes, and then they think I’m smart or crazy or both.”
This was for a mid-level math class for majors. Hence the smart and crazy.