retest..
its going to be the the third time for me to take my math final, it seems to me that regardless of whether i study, its always hard for me, i dont understand why, it makes me feel horrible when my mom/dad look at me like im a failure, because i do want to do well, but im just so distracted and i feel like i dont wnat to anything.. i just wish i could js sit down and study properly for once :(
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Lack of motivation, shitty attention span, and bad pacing were huge issues for me, I used to think I was just too dumb to learn math concepts and for that reason I didn't give a shit about tests until they were like 1-2 days away, then I'd cram. Entering college and having to change my studying style drastically made me realize I never learned how to correctly study anything, especially math- what worked best for me was pacing out studying for exams at least 3 days in advance, rewriting notes in a simplified manner and reviewing those notes, asking the teacher/professor questions about harder concepts, and actually paying attention to the homework instead of doing it for the sake of doing it. You're not dumb you've unjustly given up on yourself when you may just need to find out what ur doing wrong and fix it and it's honestly not that hard to find out and learn helpful strategies- you can even pass cumulative exams granted you study at least 4 days in advance and keep reviewing concepts u studied as ur studying the next concepts. As for attention span, researching and trying good coping mechanisms can help a lot- I learned the reason we procrastinate is that we associate it with taking the stress away, reinforcing the habit of procrastination and then making the anxiety of worse which then feeds into the need of procrastinating, doing schoolwork feels like shit but thats how it feels when ur unlearning bad habits wishing you luck with the exam (=・ω・=)
thank you so much for replying <3 ,, i did really well on the retest afterall with like days and days of practice of studying a years work in 10 days and i think ultimately ive come to realise im not stupid, and that yeah i did give up on myself and i just had to push through this, so im really glad to have passed and done well so thank you so much for your advice girl i appreciate u sm
It sounds like you have ADHD