I walked into class today and was suprised when Ms. DelTreste said, "There is a quiz today" The familiar panic washed over me and I thought to myself we've only been in this class once! anxiety rushed in as she handed out the papers and said" Leave them face down and flip then when I say so". I watched as she passed papers out to everyone wondering what this quiz could be on. Maybe review? A refresher? whatever it was I just knew I wasn't prepared.
It was time to flip the papers and as soon as I flipped mine and scanned the front for any sign of numbers or variables a cool sense of relief washed over me as I realized it was a test to see if we were afraid of math!
I circled my letters quickly, and tallied my score, with 30 being the highest amount of points and 10 being the lowest, I scored kind of low with a 18. After finishing the "quiz" I read a paper which had been placed on my desk. The title read "Symptoms of Math Anxiety", as I started reading I realized that I was this person in the article! which didnt surprise me, I've hated math ever since I can remember. (numbers and letters just shouldn't mix!)
I guess you can consider me a mathophobe. It's not as if I don't try; this stuff just doesn't click for me. I will continue to try because there was one point when the math did make sense, I'm just trying to get back to that point. So, yeah I'm a mathophobe, but a recovering one :)
NIKA!! :) This post is great. The fact that you have even a slight drive to get back to the point where you are able to understand math is wonderful. Maybe it will give hope to those who say they have "given up". Once you are able to remember the basics you won't have a problem when you come face to face with a mixture of letters and numbers. Don't give up!! - Emma from class :)
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