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I'm Sh*t at math
Sophomore in Highschool. All my life, school has come incredibly easy to me and I'm advanced in all of my classes but then there's math. Literally, we had our first test of the year in algebra and I got a 60% and it's discouraging me. I don't know what I am doing wrong-I go to extra help when the teacher has them, I do all my homework, I pay attention in class, and I take up free tutoring from other students when the school offers it (low income family, cannot afford private tutoring). It's so fucking annoying. I literally study my ass off and nothing shows. Teachers always say there is no such thing as naturally being bad at math, you need to work hard, etc, but it's not working. And in the SATs I gotta take next year, math is half the grade. The other half is reading and writing which I'm not worried about at all-steady 100s all the time in English class-and it really bugs me that my whole future could get fucked because of math when I don't even want a math based carreer. What do I do?
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I'm Brazilian, I'm in the third year of high school and I'm also going through the same situation. In addition to hard difficulty in math, I ended up changing school in the last year, which made it very difficult.
Don't panic, above all, believe in your potential. Don't let anyone, even the say you won't be able to go through that obstacle.
What helped me a lot was looking for other ways to learn the issue and new teachers and teaching methods. I'm also studying basic mathematics and doing exercises on the applied matter.
Rest, respect your rhythm and your mental health. It's going to be all right, I believe im you!
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My friend, I TOO suck at math. So I understand how discouraging it is to feel like a failure. I assure you that you are not. And teachers can be oblivious to a students needs. I recommend looking at getting the book "Everything You Need To Know About Math In One Big Fat Notebook."
Here's a link, I think this will help you.
Converse with me on real time and let me know how things are going. :)
mare.marethehuman@gmail.com
Believe it or not, I WILL respond. If that book doesn't help you out, let's try something else. :)
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I understand as I sucked at high school math as well. It is the way math is taught that is the basis of the problem. I didn't find this out until I went into the military and they have different teaching methods.
Working harder is not always the answer, working smarter is. Algebra requires a logical progression and you must go step by step not skipping a step or you will get the wrong answer.
Right you know all this and you still have a problem. You need to go back and gedo the basics to give yourself a good base from which to work. THere are plenty of programs on the web you can access that will help you with the basics and move you back up.
Do all your other homework first, then give yourself 45 minutes of learning the basics and doing the exercises. Then chill out before going to bed. Forty-five minutes a night times 5 nights is 225 minutes of study, more time then is given in reality in a class room. starting with the basics and working your way back to grade level should help you.
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