Math

 Math is a subject that is common for people to struggle with, I am one of them. For years I don’t think I really ever understood math, I might have learned a formula and or a pattern but never really attained the information. Now that I’m in college I’m faced with this new level of math. At first we learned a few things that we went over in high school, but now we have gone to learning this I cannot even comprehend.  I know I could do better, like do lots of practice problems and review note. But the problem is if I can even understand the notes, or my professor when she explains after I asked a question, how can I even practice the problems? 

To help you understand my issue I’d describe it this way. It’s like trying to learn a subject that is taught in a different language. If you don’t know the language it’s near impossible to learn the subject. That’s how I feel when I listen to my professor. I don’t understand the vocabulary she’s using, or sometimes I just can’t hear her well, or it almost sounds like when Charlie Brown’s mother would talk. It sometimes sounds like a “Womp Womp Womp”. I could be hearing this because either I don’t understand the vocabulary or my ADHD is just not allowing me to pay attention. Either way when I go into her office hours for more assistance and ask questions I still don’t understand. I’m not sure if it’s her old way of teaching but it’s like she doesn’t really explain but just repeats herself, maybe sometimes in a different manner. But at the end of the day I just feel frustrated I just spent an hour and still don’t understand and I’m not receiving good grades for the amount of effort I put in. I think I have to make the hard decision of dropping the class. I don’t want to because it just makes it harder for me, but I just feel like this professor isn’t for me.