“How can this be? I thought I was good at math? I should have studied more!” These were the thoughts racing through my head as I scrambled, through the questions on my first BC Calculus test. I left the class knowing that I had not done my best. There was nothing I could do, but to hope and pray that my gibberish made sense to my teacher. But that was not the case. I ended up receiving a D on the test. I was devastated. I was not used to getting such low grades on math tests. Math was supposed to be one of my strongest subjects. I felt like I had let my teacher, parents, and self down. That very night I lay in my bed thinking what had gone wrong. I had always done well in math so effortlessly. I decided that things had to change. The next day, instead of leaving my Calculus book at school, I took it home. I also took notes in class and reviewed them at …show more content…
As usual I studied the book and my notes. But when the test came everything fell apart. “These questions are nothing like what we have done in class,” I thought. As I was taking the test, I became more frustrated with myself. “What had gone wrong this time?” I had reviewed and mastered all the practice problems that were given to us. My efforts seemed fruitless when I got grade for the test. I knew more work was needed. I had to be more creative in my ways of studying Calculus. My grade school math teacher had recommended internet resources to aid in learning math for students who had trouble understanding the material. I had never used it then, but I decided to give the ‘all-knowing’ internet a try. When I searched the term ‘related rates’, I was overwhelmed by many links. But one site caught my eye over the others. My grade school teacher always talked greatly about Khan Academy. I decided to give it a try. As the days progressed I continued this process of going to my computer for explanations and tutorials of to tackle tough