Algebra One Of My Greatest Accomplishments

Through determination, I have learned that I can better not just my grades, but by accomplishing goals like joining new clubs and studying harder so that I can push my limits. I remeber struggling with math so much that i thought that i would neet special help in order to pass my classes. But i was determined, my usual stubborness, to succeed. I started buying books on math and studying math equations in my free time. I

I've learned to become more attentive and conscientious of my weaknesses. I use my strength of persistence and diligence to resolve problems I find to be arduous. Two years ago, I was not meticulous, but now I've learned that every detail counts. It is not only about working hard, but it's also about working smart. It's about acknowledging my weaknesses and toiling until they are no longer my weaknesses. Math homework was never at the top of my priority list, but after identifying that as an obstacle in my success, I immediately altered the way I approached it. Math homework routinely became the first task I set out to finish when I arrived home. If there were extra assignments, I always finished them. Receiving a test that's covered with red marks, meant that I needed to understand what I did wrong. I started reaching out to my teachers and peers for their help and support. We created catchy chants for topics like Domain and Range. Overall, I would not have passed if I looked at my failure as a defeat rather than a delay and my goal as an outcome rather than a learning

With dedication, one can achieve greatness. When one practices enough, they will become good enough to excel past expectations. If one is persistent enough for the right amount of rime, one can reach the goal he has set for himself. The road to success may not always be easy, but that is where the men and the boys are separated.

A time I struggled in my life was when I had to learn long division. It happened while I was in the fourth grade; I just couldn’t catch on and was quickly becoming frustrated. Math had always been one of my weakest subjects. Then one Sunday afternoon, my mom made me sit down and helped me learn it.

In recent discussions of Algebra II, one controversial issue has been whether or not it should be a graduation requirement. Some argue that it prepares students for college and provides critical thinking skills. On the other hand, some contend that college readiness can source from any other core class offered in school. My own view is that although high school math classes can provide students with needed analytical skills, Algebra II should not be a requirement. It takes up room in a student’s schedule who would highly benefit from taking another class. This math class should still be offered for those who have an interest in the mathematics field, but should not be a deciding factor in whether a student graduates, or is accepted into the college of their choice.

I have found personally that the environments and classes that I struggle with become all the more fulfilling when I am able to emerge from that struggle as a stronger student. Last year, I was in an advanced placement physics class that I struggled with all year. The class was one of the hardest things that I had ever taken, and every test that I took I performed poorly on. However, I chose to remain in the class instead of dropping it, and retook each test, learning from and correcting my mistakes. Because I struggled with this class so profoundly, I was forced to work hard, something that I never needed to do in school prior to this. Once I understood the concepts and how they fit together, it was as if a puzzle piece clicked inside my brain. Similarly, David Sedaris describes his struggle with learning a foreign language in his piece Me Talk Pretty One Day. Sedaris speaks of his experience living and learning abroad in France, where he struggled with grasping the language. Through his struggle to understand, Sedaris pushed himself to work harder in the class and eventually had a moment where everything fell into place, even stating that the “world opened up” as he joyfully exclaimed in broken French, “I know the thing that you speak exact now. Talk me more, you, plus, please, plus.” This moment of discovery happened to me time and time again in my physics class as a concept that I did not understand finally made sense. This struggle, although frustrating and unpleasant to be in the midst of, is essential to learning. Throughout my years of English classes, I always performed at the top of the class- however, my standardized testing scores presented surprisingly little growth. I can remember the moment my sixth grade year as my teacher told me, smiling broadly, that I my MAP score was the same as the average junior in high school. For a short time I felt

Something that I striven for along time was the consciousness of me obtaining my diploma. I seemed to of made mistakes with my schooling in middle school and had a few set backs. I chose to still keep going and obtain my diploma. I new it wasn't going to be easy and some days felt impossible but with great effort i knew i could do it. I fought my way up the grades. Honestly it wasn't that hard. I knew I had one more chance to do what so many of my family members haven't done, that was to achieve the goal of getting a diploma. I love the fact that GOD gave me another chance to achieve my goal. My strategy was to go through the grades with a full schedule. The busier that I am the faster the time goes by. This is why I played

The biggest challenge to my success in is my weak math foundation. Ever since I was in middle school I have struggled in math. I had never struggled so much with a subject before and was unnerved by this new challenge. Subsequently, in middle school, I quickly became overwhelmed by the inundating wave of new complicated, and foreign mathematical concepts as my understanding of the subject could not keep up with the overwhelming speed and complexity of the class. It was terrible, not understanding and I promised myself that no matter what I would never let this happen again. After middle school, there was high school and with it high school math. As I went into the coming months I struggled, I felt the same thing was happening I found myself

perfection. I don’t mean to be, but I can be a perfectionist. I like doing well, and if I don’t get the highest grade or win first place it stresses me out. Like last week, for example, I got a B on a test that I studied really hard for. It stressed me out because I worked very hard, yet I still got a B. I just need to remember that a B is just fine, and realistically I should be happy with that. I need to remember to set realistic goals for myself, that way I won’t set myself up for failure. I realize now that I am not a failure; math is just not my best subject. What really matters though is that I put my best effort in and give it my all. This will make me successful in the end, because I am putting all my effort into it and that put me on track to completing my short and long term goals for just about anything. Effort is the key to most

One of the greatest contributions of the Islamic world was algebra. Algebra's father was Abū ‘Abdallāh Muḥammad ibn Mūsā Al-Khwārizm and was the first mathematician that introduced the concept of the decimal point, which was very important, since it allowed the representation of not only whole numbers. Another Arab, Ibn Moosaa studied what we know as trigonometry and the basic functions sine, cosine, and tangent. Arabs also left valuable books that had nutrition, healthy life, anatomy and diet as topics. Ibn Sina's wrote The Canon of Medicine, which was translated into Latin in the twelfth century. Another great contribution has to do with the paper, but in this case, it is not the invention, because we know Chinese were the

What I consider to be my biggest accomplishment this past school year is finally persevering. What I mean by this is that when I wanted to drop my Spanish class because “it was too hard” or when I wanted to move home because “I did not like living in a small town” instead of doing either of these I persevered through these issues and overcame what felt impossible. Through both of these struggles, I learned that no matter what, you cannot give up on your goals and that everything that happens to you throughout your life is a lesson. With both of these lesson in mind, I have begun to persevere through my struggles and look for a positive side to all of life’s situations. These lessons also made me realize some things about myself. I never realized

College Algebra, said to be possibly the hardest course you can take at Wayne County High School, made even more difficult, however, for one specific class, the last class of the day. Everyone who has ever attended high school knows that by the end of the day you are worn out, the students said by that time all they could think about was how many minutes were left in the day until they could go home and sleep. Today was exceptionally hard for them because it was a test day. Fighting back the urge to simply sleep the test away, the students’ piled into room one-hundred and nine with pencils in their hands and strain on their faces.

The last reason algebra is a camel is because they never die. With all the heat of kids crying from doing their algebra homework, they homework doesn’t stop flowing in. Like how camels don’t die in the heat of the desert. It doesn’t matter how hard the world tries to get rid of them, they are still there.

My greatest accomplishment in math is learning to count up to one thousand. My quest started in kindergarten. It was really hard for me at first, but with the help from Mrs. Wortley, mom, and dad, I soon became a master of counting to a thousand!

Unlike geometry, algebra was not developed in Europe. Algebra was actually discovered (or developed) in the Arab countries along side geometry. Many mathematicians worked and developed the system of math to be known as the algebra of today. European countries did not obtain information on algebra until relatively later years of the 12th century. After algebra was discovered in Europe, mathematicians put the information to use in very remarkable ways. Also, algebraic and geometric ways of thinking were considered to be two separate parts of math and were not unified until the mid 17th century.