By Naomi Vargas, Lifestyle Writer
I am taking math and I literally think it is going to be the death of me. I am going crazy paying young kids to tutor me; I do not retain any of it. It is like the minute I think I learn it and I move on to the next lesson, I forget the one before. It is terrible. How do I correct this or can I even do so?
There is a personality that lives within me, and I promise she cries, screams and kicks when it is time for me to complete any lesson in math. I think at one point she told me that I had completed all my math courses. What I am doing this for? I hope to complete this course and put it way behind me.
I do however adore my math teacher. She is such a joy to be around. On all the Zoom meetings she just seems so kind. I think to myself, How this amazing kind person could be the teacher to what is killing me this semester? I just must keep telling myself to breathe, and before you know it this hell will be over.
Why did I not complete my degree at a younger age, an age where I still knew what I was doing? I think this over and over throughout my day, and all I can answer to myself is to call myself a ‘dummy.’ I think we do not realize how important a degree is; I mean aren’t there are jobs out there that do not require it? I know firsthand it is so important. My mom has worked for the county for a long time, and she has stressed a million times how important it has been that she should have had a degree. The girl that is taking her place now when she retires has hers and will be making significantly more than my mom. It actually is so important to get this completed.
Wish me luck, I’m going to need the prayers.
