i just got into middleschool and i am having huge problems with math my dad says that i might just find it boring and not be trying but i try really hard and yet my brain just wont work and its not a that im a dunce my reading is 7 grades above me and i write great poetry math just doesnt click

im my own enemy

Ok, here's the deal. About when I was going into middle school. I had a problem with math. I wasn't sure what to do. I was very frustrated. My mom said the exact thing that your dad said. Now math is my favorite class, it may never be your "favorite" class, but you can learn to understand it. I never understood it until a teacher taught me in a way that I could understand more easily. My sister has the same problem. She is now in high school and she is just now starting to understand it. Just don't give up, try not to be frustrated.

PS(math is always easier if you understand better what the problem is asking you to do, and there is always more than one way to solve a probem)

akms

its not that its the teacher writes it down and it looks diffrent then when im supposed to write them and i see them ive done research and i might be dislexic

im my own enemy

My sister said the same thing believe it or not. You might be, I don't know you, but just keep trying. I'm pretty sure that if you were dislexic that you would also have problems with words and symbols also, not just math. If you really think that you might be dislexic then talk to your parents and if they think that something is wrong they will do something about it.

ashleysb

Find a good friend who is in the same class, who understands the problems, and that you can trust to help you. They may be able to explain the problems to you in easy-to-follow terms, whereas teachers usually explain in "text book terms."

dancingangell

when i was going into middle school it was very hard in math. ask your teacher if you can stay after school for extra help. A teacher is always willing to help you.

akms

yeah thanks but my parents think its dixlexcia to and when i was younger i had the same problem with reading and i still do with writing i have 2 freinds in this class math five aka
remedial math thats what i call it at least but they have problems of their own in math and i dont want to trouble them with mine and unfortunatly ive had this problem since i was in kinder garten by the way the way i learned to read was the harry potter books i wanted to read them thanks for your time in posting these ive tryed them thanks

Fianchetto

ashleysb Find a good friend who is in the same class, who understands the problems, and that you can trust to help you. They may be able to explain the problems to you in easy-to-follow terms, whereas teachers usually explain in "text book terms."

SPOT-ON, Ashley!!! When I was in High School we had a weekly meeting where the more advanced students got to help the struggling ones on-on-one. and when any of us ran into impasse, we could ask the teacher/moderator to help reel us back in. It was based on that exact principle - teacher from the fifties, kids from the seventies - the kids all spoke the same "language" and hearing it from a peer is usualy effective in getting the point across. I loved watching my fellow student's "light come on" - that moment of understanding that I had helped to bring about was a tremendous lift for me and learning that they passed a test was tremendous, too!

AKMS - perhaps you could find out if your school offers such a forum, or whether your teacher would be willing to help get one started? Feel free to copy my comments to your teacher if you like.

You're probably just getting into algebra, I presume - That's where math starts getting FUN! till now, it's all been rote memorization of your multiplication tables, fractions, long division, etc. >>BORING<< Soon you'll acquire the tools to solve REAL problems that you WILL see in your adult life. I hope you find my two cents helpful, and KEEP ON PLUGGING AWAY AT IT! I'm sure there'll be someone to help "turn on the lights" for you.

pinkflower23

Just tell your dad that you really are trying but you just aren't getting it

Fianchetto

That you're not yet in algebra makes getting help from your peers no less valuable an option. I bet your brother would be so flattered if you were to ask him for help, he would help you in the privacy of your own home.

Either way, I think that attempting to start an after-school help meet would not only help you and your peers, but your teacher would have a unique opportunity (fewer students in the room) to take a closer look at yourself and the other struggling students and possibly determine your weak points and focus better on them.

Besides, that memorizing your multiplication tables and other basic math is boring, it's the foundation for your future studies - you just gotta have it. I still reccommend that you talk to your teacher, get the help you need (that's what they're there for), and get it soon. If you don't get the basics, the problem will only "snowball" as you get into the higher math courses.

Again, please feel free to print out all of my comments for your teacher.

Mathematicians put robots on Mars.
Mathematicians put men on the Moon.
Mathematicians designed the aircraft, tanks, and bombs that won WWII.
Mathematicians predict the weather.
Mathematicians designed the great ships that can sail the seas for years without having to stop for fuel.

I'm sure that in each of these endeavors, some of them made some mistakes along the way, but they had their peers there to point and say "I think there is something wrong here.."

Good luck!
Fianchetto

P.S. I never mentioned my time in the Navy. School in the Navy is fast, tough, and HIGHLY competitive. We all quickly FORMED OURSELVES (with no direction or supervision) into groups who got along well, and we would study together EVERY night. Passing in the halls, or anywhere, we posed topical questions to one another. I graduated 2nd in a group of about 50. The guy ahead of me was a fraction of a point ahead of me. (I was 98.6, he 99.1). None of any of the guys who stuck to a study group failed. We just helped one another through. This sort of thing works, and I'm sure it can work for you, and your friends, too.