Math Through Middle School

Math for me has always been difficult. I did struggle in middle school, I had both just a math class and an algebra class and I hated both classes. Algebra was what I struggled with the most, a had an F in that class and I don't remember if I ever brought that grade up. In the past, when I struggled on a problem I felt stupid. I didn't understand anything meanwhile, all my classmates were halfway done. If I were struggling on a difficult problem I would usually just give up and ask someone for the answers and I would just copy down their work. I would struggle for about half the class time until I just decided to give up.

After all, math was one of my best subjects. I had never really had an experience where I just couldn't understand the concept of a math problem, of how it was solved and why. Our teachers has warned us back in elementary school, that one day we would hit an invisible wall and not ease through classes. That one day we would struggle with understanding a problem, a concept or even a subject. I had never believed them, thinking this would never happen to me, that I could somehow avoid this wall of confusion and just walk right through. But there I was, utterly confused and frustrated at a simple problem that everyone else could solve. Why was I not seeing it? Why couldn't I understand the solution? I asked myself. For the first time in my life I really struggled to get an A in a class. I had my sister tutor me almost every day, preparing for a quiz and then the next, and the next. I came in to my teacher for lunch and he helped me step by step. I studied for tests, and worked hard. And my work payed off. I got a high A in the course, and a lot of experience from it. It taught me how to work hard for something, to earn a good grade when you deserve it, and it gave me the skills I needed to get As in the high school classes I am taking this

Before the 6th grade, I really enjoyed math and I believed I was even good at it. Then to add to my excitement about math, I made a perfect score on my 6th grade Taks test. However, the next year (my 7th grade year) my teacher was a new teacher and you could tell she was struggling. She was a very nice teacher, and I loved her so much, I just struggled to understand what she was teaching. The next year, I transferred to a new school. Here, the teachers were not certified but they tried to help with everything they possibly could; however, their ability to help us was pretty limited. At my new school, we did all of our work on computers for half of the day and attended college classes at Panola and TSTC the rest of day. While I truly loved this

Tynan statement, “…you’ll have to push yourself hard to work even when you don’t like it” resonates with me. I have always been a fairly decent student, tried my hardest in all my classes, but for some reason without fail Algebra and I have never connected. For as long as I can remember I have struggled with math, it’s always been my weak link in school. I know may people enjoy math, but to me it’s a lot of work. Now I am having to relearn Algebra and I don’t like it, but in order to achieve my goal of becoming a physician assistant this is the course I must stay. Maybe Tynan is right and by the end of this I will have learned to love math.

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.

My struggles with math reach back as long as I can remember, but they all really materialized for the first time in fifth grade. In spite of being an otherwise strong student, I was really having a tough time keeping pace in math class. It was at this time my parents and teachers intervened in my education and I was issued an Individual Educational Plan. I was moved to a math class in the special education department, and received one-on-one tutoring. While from an adult point of view this may seem like a beneficial change, for a student closing in on middle school and trying to fit in with friends, it was a huge bow to my confidence. I feared being

Remember going into second grade and fearing those one minute division tests? I remember very clearly how afraid and intimidated I was. I panicked because I was scared that I was not going to get a good grade on it. To my surprise, I did not get a high score on it compared to my classmates. I was devastated because I had tried really hard on it. After that, I hated math until seventh grade. Math was my worst subject, and I acknowledge I was terrible at it. I hated it so much that after years of hating it, I developed a passion for math. After some years of practicing math, I fell in love with it. Entering middle school, Algebra was introduced. I loved Algebra because I was not only adding numbers, I was solving for certain variables at the

Now, many families in my neighborhood are unable to give their kids additional help in core subjects such as math and science-something which is often expected of kids in my school district because of uneven wealth distribution. It is this discrepancy within my own community that disturbs me: seeing friends that could often be a part of the gifted and talented program in middle school if it wasn’t for their lack of opportunities to learn.

Math has not always been difficult for me.When I was in fourth and third grade math was pretty easy and fun for me.Yes I did struggle in middle school because the teachers had told me to focus on my English because I was behind and so I did focus on English and my math grades dropped.When I struggled on a problem in the past I felt as though I was not getting the subject and I was just going to fail.But I learned the subject by asking friends for help.If I had a really hard time on a problem I would just wait until the next day because the teacher would go over the problem in class.But if it wasn't to hard and I could solve it with a little help I would usually ask my friends for help.I would struggle for about fifteen minutes on that one problem

Math has not been difficult for me sometimes it can be a little bit hard. I did not struggle in middle school math was great when I was in middle school noting was hard for me. Because it was not that hard some times it was hard but not that much when a math problem was hard I ask for help sometimes and when their were no people that did not know how to help me first I think and try to solve it on my own and that is why math is not that hard for me when I was in middle school. In the past, I was feeling bad when I was struggling with a problem. In the past, when I was struggling on a difficult problem, I would never quit on the problem I would continue working until I figure out the solution. Because it was my responsibility to finish my home

Math is a subject that I have struggled with for a very long time; it is something that I always set aside. Math is something that I never saw myself using in my future and I thought if I put it off it would just disappear. When I came to the University I had to take Math 100 and Math SAX, which, unfortunately set me back on finishing math quite a bit because I did not put in the effort as much as I should have, and the amount of work they gave, was quite an overload. I took those courses twice and was still not put into a Math course at the University. That is when I started to push math away, but I have realized I cannot put it off and math is definitely important and we do need to know the subject no matter where we go in life or regardless

When I decided I wanted to get my Associates and Bachelors Degree in Business Management in high school, I realized I would have to overcome an obstacle in college. Having so many math classes ever since I was in elementary school, I knew I would have trouble in math. But majoring in business would involve a lot of math. My first semester of college, I ranked the lowest in college math. I knew I had to do something about it then before I had to approach more difficult standards in math. I got a tutor and I am developing habits on how to do certain equations. I know I have to keep working on it, but I have done everything I

Since elementary math has always been easy for me until I went to middle school math became very difficult for me.It became difficult because my teacher never took time to explain it the problem for me to understand.Therefore I had to stay after school for a tutor to help me understand the problem.After I passed 6 and 7 grade I had a teacher in the 8th grade that always would help me when I asked for help.In the 8th grade I understood the math problems perfectly without struggling.However I started to slack of in math so I had to stay after school for my teacher to help me.I would always get frustrated at myself when I struggled with a problem because I knew I could of solve the problem but I would let my teacher do it for

Math have been my academic struggles because I tend not to understand the concept. Not only the subject but also the timing on tests and quizzes have also influenced me. During tests in my math class, I do not get enough time to finish my work which cause me to have a lower grade even though I sometimes know what I’m doing. Test timing makes me struggles in my math class and I have to find a way in overcoming that. Another academic struggle is English since it's my second language. I always find it difficult to write essays without me thinking through. I can do very well in a test with no timing because I gets more time to think through the work. For example, during my ACT test, I knew most of the questions on the English part but time

Math has not always come easy for me. I was disappointed when I learned that I didn’t make it into pre-algebra, and all my other friends did. I landed in Accelerated Math. The lessons that were taught were things that I already learned at my free time at home, and I felt very bored. But with the help of my parents, I decided to push myself into Algebra, learning that I could get there in seventh grade. I remember bringing about a dozen algebra books from the library, just trying to understand the basics of algebra. I was elated to find out that I got bumped into Algebra that year, but I very quickly found myself struggling. Before, I would never touch the textbook to do any problems and I would always get an A+. But it was a cold slap in the face when I got into Algebra. I remember when I had my first few quizzes, I