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Me vs Math

By: jboogey

I hated math. It was my weakest subject. I knew the basics,

but I thought math was the dumbest subject ever. Every time

any one of my math teachers would tell our class in high

school that we were about to take a test or quiz I would

panic and second guess my ability that I didn’t know I

had in me. I never did like math and I can really and truly

say that there was only one teacher who made me start liking

math. I would barley pass. My average grade was always a C.

Then, two years ago it all started my junior year in high

school. A teacher changed my attitude towards math. Her name

was Ms. Little, and it was her first year at my school, so I

was lucky to get her as my math teacher. The first day of

school she noticed that I was struggling with problems in

class so she asked me to stay after school. I didn’t

really want to because I didn’t care, but she made sure

I was there as soon as I was about to get on my bus to go home

and enjoy the bed. Out of nowhere I felt a tap on my shoulder,

it was my teacher. She asked me don’t you have somewhere

to be Jaron? I lied. I told her I forgot all about it. She

smiled and said well I didn’t. That day we worked on

about fifty problems.

They were all same thing over and over. I was angry that this

was how I had to spend my time after school. I didn’t

realize that this was going to help me in the long run. The

problems that she and I worked on were the same exact problems

that were on the quiz that Friday. As I turned in my test to

her I smiled, and said thank you. I ended up getting 100% on

my quiz. This was only the beginning of how she changed my

mind set.

Every day we had school she would ask me to stay and work on

problems. Until I was up at the board doing any problem she

threw at me. I went to her class after school until I

graduated from high school. They were some boring times but it

was all worth it and I owe to her for helping me out, and me

being able to understanding math a lot better. My senior year,

I didn’t have her as my teacher, which I thought was

going to be a problem. I thought I wasn’t going to be

able to pass the class, but she was always there to help me

when I needed some extra help before quizzes, test, and

homework. I never struggled with math again and I owe it all

to my teacher Ms. Little. Math was my second favorite subject

now.

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Corrie

This is a well written and inspirational piece of writing. Only thing I'd suggest is to reread it for some minor errors such as line 24 where you used "I" when I think you meant "she" since you didn't put what she said in quotation marks.

October 10, 2014
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jboogey

thanks I really appreciate it

October 14, 2014
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