25 Feb 2015, 8:07 pm
JoelFan wrote:
I have a feeling that my math instructor doesn't want to really help cause I asked for instructions on another topic and I requested that she write it down (as my quick free handed writing SUCKS) and she kinda barked back NO you write it down as I say it...I miss my old instructor.
Well, that's her fecking problem isn't it. Under the law you have a right to accommodations for your disabilities. This is where it is very important for us to feel brave enough to advocate for ourselves. Is there a disability services at your school (because there should be)? You march your autistic behind in there and explain that you need assistance. By law, in nearly every country on the planet, you are entitled to assistance to succeed in life. Dammit. They are lucky I'm not your mom; I like to rip people to bits for disenfranchising us.
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11 Mar 2015, 3:04 pm
JoelFan wrote:
Well last night I was working on some math problems with a family member and I'm still having some issues remembering long term division with decimals as some issues with fractions to which he said..."your not going to get your diploma" "you can't seam to remember anything"! I'm giving it my all when I am doing math in class I think I'm making progress but when I get home it seams I forget things and I don't have time to play catch up as almost every week my class progresses I'm forced to go along with what is being taught
So needless to say I am depressed... I am discouraged... I am starting to second guess my self... my future I've always had a positive outlook in the sense that yea it's hard but I am going to continue to go to classes it will work out, I've had positive reinforcement(s) that helped my self confidence...that has now changed.
I know the consequences of not getting a diploma and that is a low paying remedial job with no future and I've been told by others that I am too smart for jobs like that...but yet the family member listed above is kinda killing my hope with telling me that I'm not going to get my diploma they key to my future....
There is a quote from Billy Joel that is "Although you will say I am still too naive, I have not lost faith in the things I believe And if I don't have a this all worked out Still I'm getting closer, getting closer
I still have far to go no doubt But I'm still getting closer" Slowly that's becoming "So I listen for an answer
But the feeling seems to stay And what's the use of always dreaming If tomorrow is today" and with the recent comment by a family member those last words echoes the most
So needless to say I am depressed... I am discouraged... I am starting to second guess my self... my future I've always had a positive outlook in the sense that yea it's hard but I am going to continue to go to classes it will work out, I've had positive reinforcement(s) that helped my self confidence...that has now changed.
I know the consequences of not getting a diploma and that is a low paying remedial job with no future and I've been told by others that I am too smart for jobs like that...but yet the family member listed above is kinda killing my hope with telling me that I'm not going to get my diploma they key to my future....
There is a quote from Billy Joel that is "Although you will say I am still too naive, I have not lost faith in the things I believe And if I don't have a this all worked out Still I'm getting closer, getting closer
I still have far to go no doubt But I'm still getting closer" Slowly that's becoming "So I listen for an answer
But the feeling seems to stay And what's the use of always dreaming If tomorrow is today" and with the recent comment by a family member those last words echoes the most
Your words are echoing back to me from the past.
I am presuming you are speaking of a high school class and not college, although please correct me if I am wrong. I can barely do mathematics. I have to rely on my fingers or a pencil and paper to work out basic multiplication and division problems...I never passed anything beyond algebra and geometry in high school, and my passing grade was just barely squeaking through. I graduated regardless.
For years (up until I graduated), my father would sit with me as I struggled with my mathematics. He would say discouraging things, and punish me if I did not understand or if I forgot something. The teachers at school also chastised me when I could not understand, no matter how simply they explained the work to me. It felt as if I was beaten down, stupid, a failure...and depression set in. There was also fear, because I did not know what would happen to me if I did not graduate.
But I did...and I am currently at college, doing as well as can be.
To be told disparaging things which give you no hope and only stress and anxiety is incredibly painful, especially from a relative...most especially from a relative you love. Nothing makes that easy. But as much as you can, try not to let the words sink in; it is when they make you feel like a failure and without hope that things truly worsen and go downhill.
If it means anything from a random stranger on the Internet, I believe you can do it. It is a struggle for you, I know...but I have faith in you. Everyone is born with a mind, and it can be brilliant...and you are not an exception to this.
11 Mar 2015, 5:07 pm
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