I just took first semester Calc at a different school that uses a text that is very easy to understand and learn from. The text I used for the first semester had basic problems at the begining of each section's exercises that helped get you going in the right direction towards learning the material. The Stewart book is horrible. The exercises in this text immediately jump into very complicated problems which makes the material horribly painstaking to learn. I believe this text is an incredible disservice to students trying to learn this material. I HATE THIS TEXT!!!