Pretty much hit rock bottom

[Murph the Pole]

Well heres the story, ever since 2nd grade ive never had to try and pretty much anything, sports or school u name it. but lately my algebra 2 grade has slipped to a d+ and my parents are so used to me getting a's that they dont know what to do, and frankly i dont know what to do either. so im asking what should i do to get into studying, which i barely ever do, for math? it seems like i get the material during class, but come test time i dont forget it, but it seems 10x harder.

[TigerMiddie08]

practice problems, or depending on what your learning I guess you could look online for tests online to practice

[TRELAX1201]

wow dude is your name gerard, bc your living my life....exactly...i jsufound out i have a 68 in math, but i ahve alot more test to bring it up and my parents are used to me getting As as well ( didnt take a final last eyar) and idk what to do bc i study for math now and do problems and i jsut choke on tests...this is so weird, you live on the other side of the planet and we have the same problem

[Riot]

Same thing happened to me. I brought my books home.. no more than ten times last year, and my backpack recently broke from carrying home every single book home every single day. You're going to have to put more time in it. It was a shock for me too when intelligence alone wouldn't cut it.

[lslaxer]

I have your same exact situation. On my last report card was straight a's and a d+. Since then I've gotten a tutor, and I work with the teacher 3 times a week before or after school. It's hard, and it hasn't shown a lot of improvement, but I'm hoping it will

[laxr24]

wow same here to both of you. i seem to have a good understanding while doing homework/in class work but when a test comes around i'm totally lost. i think its pretty hard to study for math unless its studying key terms and applying them or something so what i've been doing it meeting with the teacher and going over the harder stuff for review

[Murph the Pole]

i know what youre talking about, i get the situations and equations but come 'game time' it seems like i dont pay attention those 5-10 minutes that he teaches us what sneaks onto the test

[3rdPersonPlural]

Tutor other kids. You'll get better working with kids with less aptitude, as you'll have to plod through the work explaining every step, and you'll burn the process into your head.

You'll be studying, but you'll be going at a more pedestrian pace which defeats your inclination to zip through and declare yourself abreast of the work before you've digested it.

That's how I got through college. I would never have cracked a book if I didn't have to answer inane questions about the subject.....:grin:

[Murph the Pole]

yea the problem wit that is im a year ahead of all the kids i hang out wit so i have to help them with stuff i already know and dont need to know

[cavgoalie7]

I have the same exact situation, I took geometry over the summer to take alegbra 2 honors, and then i got a D+ this quarter. But recently I've gotten it up to a C. Before the test, read the chapter word for word, and do all the practice problems adn check the answers in the back of the book. Make sure you can do every type of problem with ease. You could also make a practice test with problems from the txt to simluate a real test situation.

[3rdPersonPlural]

yea the problem wit that is im a year ahead of all the kids i hang out wit so i have to help them with stuff i already know and dont need to know

Hmmmm. Are there no earnest but somewhat slow kids in your class? Maybe in high school it's dorky for the clever younger kid to propose to an older kid that they study together for mutual benefit, but you might approach your teacher and see if there are other kids struggling who you can work with.

I found that tutoring girls tends to have wonderful consequences, BTW.

[WKLAX]

i had c's.. in alg 2 i got a tutor for a few weeks, and now I have all A's... try to get a tutor from the school so they know what u r doing at that time.

[italianstalion]

dude i am the same way but my school is backwards in math and i took algebra 2 last year and now they only have geometry honors for me to take (i am in 9th grade in a Jr. High.) but yea i was so good at math before and i am a math ahead of everyone and i was doing good but now i just cant get it. I found my problem is i dont kno how to start problems, like once i get it started its easy but knowing what to do is the hard part, execution is easy. I actually had a test today and the main part was easy but there was 2 proofs on the back and i just couldnt get it, which makes me mad cause i understood it yesterday and i got all the practice problems right but the one on the test was more complicated and comfused the crap outta me.

[MaKiMaKi13]

Hmmmm. Are there no earnest but somewhat slow kids in your class? Maybe in high school it's dorky for the clever younger kid to propose to an older kid that they study together for mutual benefit, but you might approach your teacher and see if there are other kids struggling who you can work with.

I found that tutoring girls tends to have wonderful consequences, BTW.

i concur, tutoring with women best thing you can ever do find a few intellectual chicks in your class to help you out

[3rdPersonPlural]

i concur, tutoring with women best thing you can ever do find a few intellectual chicks in your class to help you out

Poor deluded Maki! I'm proposing that our young savant **become** the tutor for all of (or at least one of) the hot girls in his class, and spend hours sequestered with her demonstrating his commanding intellectual prowess. His testoserone level, which is the most reliable factor in teen aged boys, will compel him to master the material as the path of least resistance to mastering the student.

Getting a girl with 'A's in the class to help him is sort of deflating.

[dillz18]

Same thing happens with me. I almost failed last year because last year was when I actually had to start studying. I got like 100's on everything until last year, School just got hard. But this year I'M doing much better. Things got easier again.

[MaKiMaKi13]

Poor deluded Maki! I'm proposing that our young savant **become** the tutor for all of (or at least one of) the hot girls in his class, and spend hours sequestered with her demonstrating his commanding intellectual prowess. His testoserone level, which is the most reliable factor in teen aged boys, will compel him to master the material as the path of least resistance to mastering the student.

Getting a girl with 'A's in the class to help him is sort of deflating.

ah my apologies 3PP lol just a simple misconception, i always thought it couldve worked either way but o well the way you put it sounds so much better and i suppose more accurate atleast for teenage boys

[3rdPersonPlural]

It CAN work either way. However, smart kids learn better by teaching, as this forces them to slow down and sort around for the easiest way to digest and explain the material.

Just for instance, you probably learn more about stringing by posting a coherent tutorial than by reading someone else's.