Math is Challenging by Tajia White

When I first came to Cedar Shoals High School I didn’t think that it was going to be so hard. I was a little scared at first because I was a freshman. I was expecting to be more mature. I thought math was my favorite subject and I still think it is, but I see that it’s not so much my best subject. The math department at Cedar Shoals is very successful. I don’t do to well on tests. I think that they are challenging. In math class, I sometimes feel like they teach it one way in class but on the test it’s a different way. In math class, I pay attention. I do everything that the teachers ask for me to do and how he/she asks for it to be done. The night before the test I study. When it’s time for me to take a test, I think I am very focused. Once I start taking my test I think I know it until I get my score back. When I get my test score back I am very disappointed. Why? I would have thought my score would be better than what it is because math is my favorite subject. Even though I don’t do well in math class, I still strive to do my best.

From these experiences I’ve learned to never give up. Although I wasn’t the best in math I worked my hardest to succeed. Math is very challenging. It’s all of what you make of it. Freshmen, learn from this to never give up and never doubt yourself. You can do all things. Always set your goals high and have high standards. Start off on a good foot so that you won’t have anything to worry about when it’s the last days.

It helps to have something or someone that can motivate you. I think my mother is my motivation. She always tells me to do my best and never give up. My mother is very motivational because she always tells me that she never wants me to follow in her foot steps. She tells me all the time that she’s been through a lot in life and to make my own decisions. I have made it this far in high school, to the 12th grade. Between my motivation in telling myself that I can do all things through Christ, he who strengthen me, I am blessed. If you put God first, you can do it.