Bad maths teacher :(.

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ok, i really do not like my maths teacher. i'm quite sensitive to the teachers, and this one i do NOT like. he teaches very uninterestingly, and i cannot keep focus. i'm in an algebra class, and i've had problems with algebra for a LONG time. the last test i got an 18% on. and he wrote "maybe you would get a higher grade if you would draw on your paper less". i cant help the drawing, it's usually an automatic response, because i cant concentrate on the maths paper. i feel like i just have this huge barrier in my mind that wont let me grasp it.
and to make things worse, he wants us to learn to do something in a certain way. usually harder for me to grasp than the way i get the answer.
he wants me to ask questions, but i am so embarassed, because my questions really show that i dont understand jack. i am aware that i can be incredibly frustrating to teach because i cant grasp the concept. and if i do, i forget it by the next time i need to do it again. i'm pretty sure i must have a learning disorder. what should i do?
also he gives way to much hw. it stresses me out just knowing i have it, and ive always struggled with procrastinating. sometimes it's almost painful when i have to sit and do paper work....it's like my mind just stops because it cant go on any further!

Math has never been easy for me. In 6th grade I raised my hand to ask the teacher to explain something again. I was extremely shy and that was out of character for me. She must have been having a bad day because she screamed at the entire class for not paying enough attention. You can bet I never asked for help again. I even had a nightmare where I was being attacked by fractions. Math came too easily to my father the civil engineer and he became frustrated with me so I stopped asking him for help and my mother was no help so now I'm lucky I can do the basics. My son has trouble and I'm making sure he gets the help he needs. His paternal grandmother bought him a computer tutorial that's great. It cover K-8th grade and explains each process plainly. I'm going to use it too. Here's a link if anyone is interested.

www.aaamath.com/

that's awful! i would never ask a q is a teacher did that to me, either. i also have social anxiety, so i never want to bring attention to myself.
and wow at your dream! i hate how people think they help by getting mad. it's so stupid.

I don't know how I stumbled through until graduation. I managed to squeak by with D's I guess. It's all a blur now. I was in a clinical depression throughout high school. I had to go to summer school after I graduated to try algebra 2 again so I could get into college. I was lost but the teacher said he would pass me if I tried. The funny thing is I have no reason to think that if that teacher hadn't humiliated me I would be fine with math today. It wasn't her fault I was shy but she had to have noticed that I never talked and couldn't look anyone in the eye. She shouldn't have dumped on me.

i'm depressed as well. it makes it seem and be almost impossible!

sounds like a bad teacher. While students do not go to class to be entertained (class is not a song and dance act) a good teacher an make even the most deadly dull topic come alive.

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