Personal Narrative: Calculus

And I aced the class. (113) Rereading every book and taking notes on them over

When assignments and test/quiz material became available, I always kept note of the work and began preparing my study material and practiced. Once finished with the assignment, I would go back several times and reread it and compare it to the grading rubric. This presents my personal perfectionism and concern to the task at hand. (warrant) My biggest downfall this semester would be my lack of vocal participation within the classroom.

“Here’s the truth. I didn’t think of myself as a math major, either,” says McKellar. “I’d gotten a five on the AP Calculus test. But when I got to college and thought about taking a math class, I still didn’t think I’d be good at it. Then I said, wait a minute.

The author appeals to emotion in the heading “Placement tests are “hidden standards”. The heading explains that if a student misses just one year of mathematics then passing the college placement exam will be difficult. The director of the Transition Mathematics Project Bill Moore said “Sometimes students are pushed too hard and too fast. They rush through the curriculum, they take their senior year off, they take a placement test - and have to take remedial math”. He understands that if students are failing they have to recover quickly and it may cause them to not understand the concept and they may end up taking “remedial math” because they were “pushed to hard and too fast”.

I did the work. Made honor roll.” (38) Melinda was already having a hard time dealing with the transition to high school, and math was making it

In 7th grade, I transferred from Bryan Middle school to Visitation Catholic School and there was not enough room in the accelerated math program, which ultimately set me behind. In high school, I found myself bored in math and knew I needed to challenge myself, so I ended up setting up a meeting with the math department head and we discussed my options. Sophomore year, I ended up taking two math classes, which was not easy; double the test, quizzes and lessons! However, by taking two math classes, I was able to get myself into a higher math class which ultimately was my goal, and achieving it was an amazing feeling.

Today, I can recall how and why I was failing and how I learned to improve from it. In sixth and seventh grade I wasn 't the best english student. Many literary works were hard for me to fully comprehend. I would study for long periods of time in order to understand the themes, and techniques used. When

As a college freshmen, there is no doubt that I still have a long ways to go in order to achieve my academic goals. And through this journey, I know that I will encounter highs and lows just as I experienced in the past, most notability in high school. I keenly remember instances around this time where I doubted my abilities when subjects like math was proving to be difficult, even when I was trying to put in effort to stay on track. I was struggling in math because I did not try to identify my weaknesses, and never tried to come up with solutions to fix my problems. Rather, I chose to give up on math and settle with a grade barely passing.

I was struggling. But I enjoyed every minute of it. The class reminded me of what it means to put in the extra effort. It taught me more about math than any regular class could have. And being able to attend it was amazing.

“JOE!, it’s time for you to leave for school!” hollered Joe's Mom from the kitchen. Joe opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling of his bedroom. “Okay, okay, Mom I'll be down in a minute.”

Math was a common issue throughout my education. The process of learning was complicated and continually an issue that I needed extra attention to actually pass. It started when I was enrolled in middle school. That is when math was separated based on your scores from test exams. The problem being that my counselor had accidently placed me into these classes, but in the end result just received extra help.

Six month ago was today like many other days. I could woke up earlier in the morning and skype or called my mum over the phone in Africa for least 20minute every day because she was all I got and my motivation. We could talked over the phone about my future and how she could attend my graduation in the year 2016. I was so excited after 6years I could finally see my mum again and not on any occasion but on my graduation day. She could be granted a visa from Sierra Leone to come see me graduate.

and I thought pre-calculus would be a nice little challenge for me. The first few weeks were really difficult for me and I struggled to keep up with the class. I got low Fs on my first two quizzes and that left me in shock. I never failed a math quiz and I already failed two in a month.

I was wrong. After not doing so well on the first two exams, I could not figure out what was wrong. I reached out to my professor who agreed to meet me and go over my exams. She told me that I must use the text book rather than the lecture notes. Ever since I have used the text book my exam score had increased by thirty percent.

I will review the class lectures, ask a classmate, and read through the section of the book that was covered. I will also reevaluate carefully and