Me and Math (7b)

                In high school I wasn’t very good at math. I failed Algebra 2 my junior year, and barely passed my senior year. But on my S.A.T I scored very high in math. Because of this, I was put into Pre-calc this year. I knew it was going to be tough. I was thinking about dropping it before it even started. But I thought it would be a challenge that I could conquer. The first week I tried very hard. I studied for a very long time, and I was doing all of the homework. As the weeks progressed, it became a lot harder. I was forgetting things and started to forget homework. I couldn’t keep up with the amount of work. The first test we had went very bad as well. I studied for hours each day before the test day. I ended up scoring a 16 out of 100 on the test. It was really disappointing. Only a month into class I was so far behind. But I wanted to pass for the year, I wanted to accomplish my goal. After I got a low grade on my second quiz of the year, I decided it wasn’t worth the time and effort. I had to withdraw from the class. I figured I couldn’t keep up so why bother suffering for an entire semester. I learned that trying to accomplish certain goals can take a lot more than time and effort. You really need to push forward if you want to accomplish goals. You have to go above and beyond. I just didn’t have the time for it. With work and school, it was an impossible goal from the start. But I learned from it, so I am glad it happened. I'm happy that I know what it takes to be successful.