I had always previously thought of myself as a good math student. At Penn Charter, I was put into the 7th-grade advanced math class which had a teacher who was known for teaching a difficult course. At my old school, I had always been able to get by without really doing any studying just because I was smart. At Penn Charter, I was in this math class with a bunch of other kids who were also very smart and very good at math. This made me slightly insecure because I’d always been one of the smarter kids in my class
Imagine that you're at a restaurant, you order a meal and the total comes up as $74.37. Easy enough to pay right. Wrong after you get the meal you then have to find the amount of tip, which can sometimes be hard. First you have to figure out the percent of tip by rating your service, normally okay service is fifteen percent. Then you have to do the math.
With sports , I never really had time to stop and study or do homework, because I was always on the go. School was just one of those things that never really just came easy for me especially math, I didn 't really pay attention, always sat in the back of the class, sometimes I would read, or draw, sort of just tuning out the teacher. One night I came home from soccer practice and my parents were both sitting at the round wooden dining table that’s when I heard the news of my failing grade in math. I had two choices either keep doing sports as long as I go to tutoring or my parents would kick me out of all sports. The next gut wrenching, math test was on friday, so I had to study as much as I could before that.
I did the work. Made honor roll.” (38) Melinda was already having a hard time dealing with the transition to high school, and math was making it
In 7th grade, I transferred from Bryan Middle school to Visitation Catholic School and there was not enough room in the accelerated math program, which ultimately set me behind. In high school, I found myself bored in math and knew I needed to challenge myself, so I ended up setting up a meeting with the math department head and we discussed my options. Sophomore year, I ended up taking two math classes, which was not easy; double the test, quizzes and lessons! However, by taking two math classes, I was able to get myself into a higher math class which ultimately was my goal, and achieving it was an amazing feeling.
Sigh. It was sixth period, my least favorite period: AP World History. I had always disliked history because of it seemed boring and there was always a massive amount of reading and memorization to do for the class. Every unit, we would get a thick packet of papers to read on top of the textbook reading assigned. Half the time, I felt as if the reading was written in some incomprehensible alien language.
I consistently struggled in class,I was still stuck in the maturation process. For me the biggest turning point came in fourth
During my elementary school time, I had learned that this world is full of competition and you have to act out in order to stand a chance. I was quite intelligent in my classes, especially on the subject of mathematics. While I thought nothing of it,as I was bullied for that reason, my teachers saw it differently. Then, during the 4th grade, my teacher, Mr.Green, had asked me if I would like to join the school’s math field day team. At first, I wasn’t so sure, but after a few days, I was now a part of my school’s math field day team, along my twin brother, Anthony.
6th grade began and and with it started a new year. On the first day me and
That year I had only gotten one B, and the rest were all straight A’s. This year, I am in algebra and Level One ILA as well. My stronger point in my whole knowledge is my math skills and my memory. I can memorize countless information, in fact, in fifth grade I made an Academic Bowl Quizlet which had over 150 terms!
Traditions have been a part of human life since the beginning of time. Over the course of thousands of years, traditions have changed and reformed to fit the times. Sometimes, though, traditions remain the same and can become a harmful way of thinking for society. Although some traditions can be good, for they can bring a culture closer together, they can also have a negative impact on. Traditions often alienate people from others and result in unnecessary conflicts, that were otherwise avoidable.
That change of motive, prompted me to begin attending all after school tutoring sessions to learn to master my skills by seeking any and all resources available, including other math teachers on campus. My perseverant efforts were recognized by my teacher and he began to have an interest in helping me in my pursuit and desire to improve. Additionally, he began to understand my deep incentive to destroy the imposed profile. My test scores began to rise exponentially.
As a college freshmen, there is no doubt that I still have a long ways to go in order to achieve my academic goals. And through this journey, I know that I will encounter highs and lows just as I experienced in the past, most notability in high school. I keenly remember instances around this time where I doubted my abilities when subjects like math was proving to be difficult, even when I was trying to put in effort to stay on track. I was struggling in math because I did not try to identify my weaknesses, and never tried to come up with solutions to fix my problems. Rather, I chose to give up on math and settle with a grade barely passing.
It started in 7th grade. And let me just say, I started to become a big nerd- I was top of the class and teachers loved me. English was my favorite by far.
