Stop Accepting, Start Changing
I have always despised math.
In fact, I nearly didn't graduate high school because of it.
I was the kid who asked, "When will I ever have to use this?"
And I would usually get the same response.
"It's not about learning every formula and concept, it's about learning how to approach a problem and then having the guts and know-how to solve it."
This was great and all but I would've rather learned problem solving skills by solving sudokus by the pool.
Ever since I was a kid I have been told that the math side of my brain just, fails. However, I managed to get by until my senior year of high school.
My senior year I took trigonometry and it nearly destroyed my chance of graduating. I had the second lowest grade in the class. I worked with my teacher and was very grateful that they ended up passing me.
At the end of the year I came up with this formula:
Math + Senioritis = Endless frustrating nights of banging my head against the wall, wishing math would grow up and solve its own problems^2
I thought after graduating high school, all my math problems would finally be solved.
Man, was I wrong.
I started college and my first semester I took Algebra.
I got off to a rocky start and it didn't help that my professor couldn't speak English very well.
By the 4th week I had an F in the class.
I ended up dropping it and telling myself that I would take it later.
Well that "later" ended up being this semester.
Since my first semester I have transferred schools and changed my living arrangements.
But besides the physical changes, I have had some mental changes as well.
I asked myself:
Why have I been letting others tell me what I'm good at?
What's stopping me from getting an A in math?
Why am I accepting things instead of changing them?
I got tired of failing and decided to do something about it.
I am currently taking Algebra again this semester and guess what?
I have an A in the class.
I got sick of accepting the fact that I would never do well at math and I decided to change it.
I started studying, doing all the work, taking notes, showing up to every class, etc.
The more I worked at it, the better I became and the more my mindset changed.
So I came up with a couple new formulas:
Failure + Acceptance = More Failure
Failure + Refusal = BIG Change
Now that is definitely a problem I can solve.
I have always despised math.
In fact, I nearly didn't graduate high school because of it.
I was the kid who asked, "When will I ever have to use this?"
And I would usually get the same response.
"It's not about learning every formula and concept, it's about learning how to approach a problem and then having the guts and know-how to solve it."
This was great and all but I would've rather learned problem solving skills by solving sudokus by the pool.
Ever since I was a kid I have been told that the math side of my brain just, fails. However, I managed to get by until my senior year of high school.
My senior year I took trigonometry and it nearly destroyed my chance of graduating. I had the second lowest grade in the class. I worked with my teacher and was very grateful that they ended up passing me.
At the end of the year I came up with this formula:
Math + Senioritis = Endless frustrating nights of banging my head against the wall, wishing math would grow up and solve its own problems^2
I thought after graduating high school, all my math problems would finally be solved.
Man, was I wrong.
I started college and my first semester I took Algebra.
I got off to a rocky start and it didn't help that my professor couldn't speak English very well.
By the 4th week I had an F in the class.
I ended up dropping it and telling myself that I would take it later.
Well that "later" ended up being this semester.
Since my first semester I have transferred schools and changed my living arrangements.
But besides the physical changes, I have had some mental changes as well.
I asked myself:
Why have I been letting others tell me what I'm good at?
What's stopping me from getting an A in math?
Why am I accepting things instead of changing them?
I got tired of failing and decided to do something about it.
I am currently taking Algebra again this semester and guess what?
I have an A in the class.
I got sick of accepting the fact that I would never do well at math and I decided to change it.
I started studying, doing all the work, taking notes, showing up to every class, etc.
The more I worked at it, the better I became and the more my mindset changed.
So I came up with a couple new formulas:
Failure + Acceptance = More Failure
Failure + Refusal = BIG Change
Now that is definitely a problem I can solve.
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