I’ve been a pretty average student my whole life. I had an average GPA in high school, and got the exact average on the SAT’s. I never could figure out why my high school GPA was only average, until I realized it had everything to do with math. I took honors English and AP History in high school, but sat in regular college prep math classes. I received A’s and B’s in my advanced classes, but struggled beyond belief to scrape by with a C in any type of math class I took. It’s not that I hated math, it’s that I absolutely loathed math. No matter how many times or ways you explained it to me, I didn’t get it. I took notes, did my homework, and studied the material, only to get a D on the test. Sitting through a math class, my thoughts ran wild with anger. If you’re anything like me, you’ve had these same thoughts too.
1. Wait, how did you get that?
Why do you have an answer? I don't even have a formula to get an answer.
2. Why does everyone understand this but me?
Seriously, why is everyone in here so smart? None of this makes sense.
3. I thought the professor said this was going to be easy...
EASY?! This looks like rocket science, this isn't easy! I'm officially the class idiot.
4. When am I EVER going to use this?
Oh, never you say? Good to know.
5. Why are there so many Greek letters? I thought math was about numbers.
What the heck is sigma, and why does a number represent a letter.
7. I'm going to fail.
You can cry once you get back to your room, just get through the last five minutes.
6. I'm never taking a math class again.
Why did I do this to myself?
8. I'm changing my major.
You can't pay me to take another math class ever again.
