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I'm in algebra this year (8th grade)
I'm actually pretty lost, I'm a straight A student, except for the fact that I have a C in math. My teacher last year didn't do much teaching and we played around most of the year, this is leaving me more behind.
So, I pay attention in class, ask questions, and do the homework, but I still don't get it! Its very hard for me to pay attention because my teacher has a very southern accent and it drives me insane and she can't pronounce alot of words. She has one student teach the class also, which is annoying, just because she likes that student.
When I go in for extra help, she gives me a worksheet and tells me do complete it, then she leaves the classroom! She doesn't even explain it!
My parents keep suggesting a tutor, but it hasn't happened yet. Any other suggestions as how to bring up my grade?
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oh my gosh that sounds so much like how i felt at the beggining of this year only i'm in geometry and my algebra teacher last year didn't teach as much as she was supposed to. you should definently try to get a tutor if you really and truly do not get the work. you can probably ask the giudence counselers or even the other teachers at your school about them. but somehow i don't really think that's the problem but algebra and alot of other math after general is really step by step, so you don't like, say, need to know how to get circumfrence to learn how to get a totally different formula.
but if the teacher is actually the problem you might want to try to switch. teachers i mean. usaually theres an advanced teacher from another...group of 8th graders (we used to call them teams) and you may be able to learn better with them. ask the guidence counseler about that too.
well good luck either way!
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The teaching ways of teachers are indeed a big part of how students learn. Personally, i think that you don't have such a great teacher. I would suggest in asking your friends who perhaps have a different teacher to help you. You could ask students from different schools as well. Or you could explain to your teacher that you really don't get it, and ask her to go in more detail with you. If she's not willing to do that, then she really doesn't deserve to be a teacher.
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Is there another Algebra teacher in the grade? You could stay after with him/her for some extra help.
Also, consider enlisting the help of a classmate. Students your own age (who understand the material, of course) can be a gold mine - and even easier and less intimidating than a tutor.
Lastly, read over the sections a few times, if you haven't already. I don't know what textbook you have, but most of them these days have websites where you can look up specific examples.
Here's the site for MY algebra book from last year. It should have the same basic stuff that all books have. :)
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best of luck! :]
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It seems like your teacher isn't the best candidate for extra help, so I'd go with the tutor your parents are pushing for. The worst that could happen there is that you and the tutor aren't a match, and you get a different tutor.
Good luck!!
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