Hard classes vs. good grades

lalalemma
Fri, 27 Feb 2015 02:25:37 +0000

@Stanccepted I really agree that math is all about technique and practice, which is part of the reason why I like it for the most part. In general, I feel like I almost always understand concepts/participate in class/know how to do my homework/etc. What really brings my grade down are the tests, which I feel like I always do really poorly on, no matter how much I study. I haven’t been able to figure out why this is. I’ve thought that maybe it’s psychological, that the idea of doing so much math in a limited amount of time freaks me out to the point that I can’t perform skills that I normally know how to do. But the thing is I tend to be a good tester in almost every other subject, and also on standardized tests. It might also be that my math teacher this year just makes her tests way harder than the stuff we’ve been doing in class and on homework assignments. Any suggestions on how to overcome this?