Personal Narrative - After 9th grade algebra I wasnt so scared of math anymore. Yes I still struggled, but I worked

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        When I say that 9th grade honors algebra was the hardest foreign language class I have ever taken, I am not over exaggerating. I would walk into my algebra class each morning wanting to sprint right back out. That was how intimidated I was from algebra. The first two trimesters were the worse for me. All my life I had been use to getting A’s on tests and it completely devastated me to be getting C’s and D’s. I was doing everything I could to get help for math from going to tutoring, getting help from my friends and teaches, and studying every night, but I still couldn’t succeed the way I wanted to. It felt like everyone in my class was getting all the lessons and I was struggling to keep my head above water. I wanted so badly to switch into regular algebra, but I knew if I did that I would be quitting myself, and I couldn’t live with that. Finally, in the third trimester I started to get the grades I wanted on my tests. The only thing I was missing this whole time was self confidence. In the first two trimesters I never had the confidence when I took my tests. I always had the mindset that since I failed the quiz there is no way I will do well on this test. Once I stated believe in myself, I started getting the test scores I wanted.

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        After 9th grade algebra I wasn’t so scared of math anymore. Yes I still struggled, but I worked rigorously and believed in myself to get through algebra 2 and geometry. 9th grade algebra was a huge learning experience for me. I learned that I can do anything I want as long as I believed in myself. Believing in myself also gave me the opportunity to play college soccer. Next fall I will be playing for the women’s team at Adrian College. I have never been the tallest or strongest player on the soccer field, but when I play with self confidence I ...

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