Be Humble.

Realize how much there is to learn, how little time.

You could also plan long-term rewards, like if you get a certain grade on the test, you can buy a new outfit. If you are a minor, see if you could work something out like this with your parents. Of course, bribes aren’t the reason to do everything, but it could help in a particularly difficult or uninteresting subject.

When I was in high school, I had a couple of classes that I very much disliked, for whatever reason! There was one in particular, though, that I truly hated. It was math, the dreaded math, the evil math, etc…! I was not good in this class at all. I felt like I couldn’t learn in this area. In fact, my teachers told me so?!? They gave up on me. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, no problem. Algebra, calculus, geometry…Grrrrr!

But, then I caught on to something. Maybe, I’m looking at this all wrong? Maybe, I just need some insight from another person’s perspective. So, I asked friends for help. Several tried to help with no good outcome. I simply couldn’t understand. Then, one day, a guy from my school, who was also in the orchestra with me, heard that I needed help. He was surprised! He said to me, “How is it that you can play three instruments, can conduct scores of music and yet, cannot understand math?” Now, I was really baffled! He went on to explain that music and math go hand in hand. Music is math and math is music. He told me that math is nothing more than a composition played out. He worked with me for two weeks. It finally hit me and I turned every problem into a song! Evil math was going down! After that, I floored my teachers. They couldn’t believe the change. Well, it was no thanks to them but, I realized that my future was not dependent on them; it was dependent on me.

I loved history. But, sometimes, I had trouble memorizing all the dates and events in order. So, what did I do? I turned that into a song as well! I would make up a jingle or a funny to remind myself what date went with a certain event. I made a game out of it! School suddenly became a lot easier. It wasn’t so demanding and the hurdles were easier to jump.

There are friends that will help, if asked. You might just try group studies. I know it truly helped me! I showed my friends who hated history how to make it fun. We then all passed with flying colors!

Now algebra ,math or trig is different .Try to simplify as much as possible ,find some one that can explain it to you better then the teacher can ,sometimes teachers are to technical.

Hope this helps some .

Elaine

goodluck

Just give yourself a break. It can’t be that bad. Take your time and when you’re done reward yourself with something you do like.