An
aspect of college in which I am failing a little bit is in my algebra
class. I have always been a slow learner
in math; numbers just don’t come naturally to me. I can sit down for hours and write something
but I can’t do that with math. In high
school I barely got by. I would only pass my math classes because I would turn
in all my homework, but I’d fail all my tests.
This year I want that to change.
Somehow I got placed into math 100, which is intermediate algebra at a
fast pace. My class only meets on Tuesdays
and Thursdays. My professor teaches really fast, she takes time to answer our
questions on each section, but we only spend one class per section.
I have
been really trying to pay attention in class and ask questions when I don’t
understand something. I think the class
is just too fast for me, I need a lot of time to learn things. I need to sit there and really analyze a
question and work through it slowly to understand how I got the answer. This Tuesday I got my first test back and I
was super disappointed. I ended up
getting a 64. This made me feel really
bad about myself because I really did try my best. I will not settle for failure though. In the future I am planning on doing extra
problems on my own time to help me understand things at my own slow pace. I am also planning on having study sessions
with a group of kids from my class. If
we all work together we can help each other pass.
Even
though I know I’m not actually failing the class, I know I’m not doing as well
as I could be. In the future I will try
to put extra effort in to get the best possible results I can. I am determined to get a good grade and to
get a better score on my next test.
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