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[winky]

Seeing this title,you may understand what I am going to say.
Yes,I acknowledge that I am a math fool because I am really not so good at math as other students.
In my opinion,math in senior high school is much more difficult than that in junior high school.Especially the difficult math problems.
When I meet a math problem,I feel as if I am a math fool!I have tried and tried,yet I can't work them out.This condition really sinks me into deep sadness.I lost heart more than once and I even want to give up.Because I can't accept it!
For one reason,as you know,in China,math is one of the most important subjects.If someone had failed in math,he might fail in the university entrance exam.This is because math is really really important.
For another,I want to be a science student rather than an art student.(There are two kinds of students in the senior high school in China.One is art students,and the other is science students.)As we know,no matter a student belonging to art classes or science classes,he should learn math well.However,if he wants to be a science student,he should be good at math.The reason is easy,only then can he beat others!
Now,just turn back to see me.I am a student who wants to be a science student but not good at math.How terrible it is!
How I wish I chould be good at math.So I have spent more time on math everyday and I have tried to do more math exercise.But it doesn't work!I am now afraid of math,even hate it!
Also,I begin to wonder if I can do well in the universityentrance exam and if I have a birght toorrow..
God!God!God!
Being crying since the day I find that I am a math fool.What should I do?
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[ad-miral]

Talk to people, and do exercises.
In math, learning by heart doesn't function. Just look at a book and do all the exercises there. If you have done buy another book and do exercises.

don't give up
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[RedRose]

I don't think it's possible that a student would get interested in Math if she already hates it.

Take me for example, when I was a high school student, I was bad at math, but my sister was VERY good at it. she's two years younger than me. everyday she tried to assure me of how wonderful math was and how interesting math-learning was... but it was never gonna work. I hated math as much as I loved Chinese literature, even now I still have a terrible fear against Math.

Therefore, winky, I think you should spend more time improving those subjects you like. I recall, I got a bad mark---76 out of the full 120 at the math exam of university entrance exams, but I still went to a good university, because I scored very well in other subjects such as Chinese literature, politics, english, chemistry, physics...

I don't think you should waste too much time on math. you just need to spend regular hours on it everyday.

[winky]

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[ad-miral]

You haven't failed the entrance test yet. Just do what you are able to do. You can never say definitely whether you will pass or not, but if you do what you are able to do, at the end you can say: I have tried my best.
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[asterix]

Math is like a foreign language - the more you practise the better you get.

[RedRose]

[ad-miral]

Exactly, totally different.
If you don't understand the rules e.g. how to do a matrix you can't get better.
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[Bob S.]

Face it. You just might not have the knack. And for that, you should be grateful.
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[ClarissaMach]

I agree with Asterix.


I believe that learning a foreign language somehow concerns understanding a certain "inner logic" of that language. That's exactly the same with Maths.


One might think that language skills have nothing to do with math skills, but I don't think so. I love learning languages and I used to love Maths at high school. When I did the university entrance exam, it was the third best grade (8.); first was composition (10), second was English (9).


The problem is that you've already created a barrier to Maths. You seem to be a smart girl; your English is fine; all you need is to stop being afraid of Maths.


Ask your friend who's a genious in Maths to help you again. Don't care about what the others will say, they're probably afraid of your success.


Once you fall in love with Maths, you'll never forget it... sounds crazy, but once and again I look for Math exercises on the web, in order to practice and feel my brain is alive... unfortunately, journalism doesn't allow me to be in contact with numbers and figures that much...
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[RedRose]

The more I practise Math, the more I hate it!

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