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Miyah
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08 Jul 2009, 6:49 am

I feel like a failiure because in the past, I for an 87 on college alg. Now, I am taking pre-cal this summer and I am blowing at it big time. I do fine in the homework but freeze in the tests and quizzes.



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08 Jul 2009, 8:51 am

Miyah wrote:
I feel like a failiure because in the past, I for an 87 on college alg. Now, I am taking pre-cal this summer and I am blowing at it big time. I do fine in the homework but freeze in the tests and quizzes.


Just a thought... a friend of mine was getting A's for mathematics, but got worse and worse till she was failing no matter how long she studied. Turned out it was severe ADHD -- she couldn't keep a part of an equation in her head long enough -- couldn't do the arithmetic.


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