<p>oh gosh...shuuuuutuppppp!!</p>
<p>stop whining...your life is nowhere near over...you can't be perfect so stop trying to be perfect...you got a C...I'm sure that won't be the last one...</p>
<p>"i feel as though my life is over"</p>
<p>well it isn't, is it? wait until someone you love dies, and then maybe you won't mind the 75 so much.</p>
<p>jeez.</p>
<p>i've got a few Ds and Cs on tests.. it appens.</p>
<p>by the way, just be glad that you are healthy.</p>
<p>i say that real life and health are the most important... school is second.</p>
<p>there are plenty of less than 4.0s at ivy leagues...</p>
<p>just try to get in the top 10%, or even top 5%, of your class. :)</p>
<p>aw, your life isn't over! </p>
<p>It's not over until it's over. Use this as an opportunity to show your teacher how far you're willing to go.. so keep studying! also, ask the teacher for help. Say how you approached a given problem and why your approach isn't working. Make sure you make two attempts to solve each problem. Use abstract reasoning to come up with different ways to look at the problem. Most importantly, maintain your composure in class and keep smiling. Your attitude-- which is discernable through body language, tone of voice, and facial expression-- is key to presenting yourself as a bright, mature student who is willing to stretch him or herself to the extent that his or her aptitude would allow, and beyond.</p>
<p>I got a few C's on my report card. Move on and forget. :)</p>
<p>lol you should kill yourself for taking algebra II not precalculus or calculus BC :)</p>
<p>I love it when straight A students get a B somewhere along the line. It teaches you a lesson far more important than the one in the classroom. You are not perfect. You are human, and you can only do so much. And if you think this is tough, wait till you get to courses like astrophysics and Differential Equations. Studying as hard as you can to kill yourself might get you through this course, but it will damage the rest of your HS career. Knowing where to set your limits should be your first goal.</p>
<p>Good luck with your grade!</p>
<p>I got my first high school B sophomore year in physics after I skipped chemistry.</p>
<p>Granted, in sixth and seventh grades I declined from straight A's to a couple of B's over the year. In eighth grade I kind of gave up on school, hung out with friends too much, and ended up with D's in math and science and C's in social studies and reading. My only A's were in French and gym =D.</p>
<p>Anyway, then I went to high school, actually tried (I know people say they <em>didn't try</em> just to brag, but I literally didn't do anything in eighth grade. I mean, it's the only reason that makes sense for an almost-straight A student to get C's and D's...), and was happy. Then sophomore year came along and I got a B. Whatever.</p>
<p>I'm still trying to figure out what this post has to do with the OP's situation though. I'll get back to y'all on that.</p>
<p>Does anyone find a problem with her, being first in her class, wishing she was taking Alg1 as a sophomore?</p>
<p>And the whole 'my life is over because I'm gonna get a B' is ridiculous. Get over yourself.</p>
<p>There is an important balance that needs to be struck with your desire to be the best you can be & keeping emotional good health. We can work our very hardest/best and still not get all As--it is NOT our whole lives & life goes on. YOU need to earn grades for YOU, not your parents, not your friends, not your school. You have to learn for YOU.</p>
<p>Recognize that sooner or later, you will meet folks who are a LOT smarter & get better grades than you. It was a huge shock for lots of kids in law school that for the 1st time, they met folks who were as bright or brighter than them & some just couldn't handle it. You need to set your goals for yourself to be your best & not obsess that "life is over" if for whatever reason you don't always get only perfect grades (or in your future, perfect evaluations or win every argument, etc.)</p>
<p>If you have a counselor, it may be worthwhile speaking to him/her about these issues, because it can cause a LOT of trouble later if you are this concerned about grades now that less than perfect grades makes you feel "life is over." I'm serious--please give this careful thought.</p>
<p>I'm a guy btw lol. And now that situation that settled in... I'm getting a tutor and staying afterscholo/ before school. I will try my hardest and not try to stress I guess. I mean it can only get harder after this right?</p>
<p>Okay, if you're taking Alg. 2H which is normally a sophmore class, what did you take last year? Geometry? I took Alg. 2H as a freshmen and that would have been considered as being on the accelerated track. Taking this class as a sophmore, you're not on an accelerated track if, in freshmen year, you were suppose to take Alg. 1 or 1H. </p>
<p>Now, on to business. Don't worry about your initial perfomance in this class right now. Last year, I struggled in Alg. 2H. Unlike Alg. 1, I didn't take Alg. 2H in middle school which had a slower and more relaxed environment. I was learning new material in a rapid pace and it got stressful. I ended up with a B-, which isn't bad, but at the end of the school year I felt dissapointed, demeaned, frustrated, and plain ole' tired. This year as I'm starting Pre-Calc, and I have to tell you, it's easier than Alg. 2H. The increasing complexity and difficulty of the problems are still there, but, for some reason, a lot of my classmates seem to just "get it." Hopefully, you will, too.</p>
<p>Yes I took Geometry last year. ^^ It's not really like I'm completely lost in the class, I mean I understand algebra pretty well. It's just that I pretty much did badly on the test because when I was writing down the problem, I forgot things like negative signs. (stupid mistake) And I don't understand how to do problems involving absolute values. Like... </p>
<p>12|1/2y+3| = 6 (Do you distribute through?)</p>
<p>For the problem you gave: </p>
<p>Since 12 * | 1/2 y + 3 | = 6
12 * ( 1/2 y + 3) = 6 or -6 </p>
<p>Solve both those equations.</p>
<p>I feely for you. I just got a 97 on my math test. Almost as bad as your 75.</p>
<p>Just kidding.</p>
<p>I got y=1/2 and y=-1/2, which is what I put on the test. But when we went over it... she said the answer was -5. >.<</p>
<p>EDIT: Wait a second, I get it! My teacher got rid of the 12 first, and the solved it normally. Can you do that? When can you not distribute?</p>
<p>just don't distribute when it makes your life harder. whenever you see something that could be simplified, like a 12 and a 6, just simplify it. that should be ok for alg 2. later on though, you might not want to simplify automatically. </p>
<p>and....i just got a 73 on my ap calc test a week ago. and i've gotten much much worse and still ended up with an A-. Well, sometimes B-. But the point is, it's ok.</p>
<p>Wow...The title makes this topic sound as if it is going to be devastating in some way...You're really not going to get much sympathy, QTHoller. Accept that you're not going to be perfect at everything and move on. If you're so concerned, don't post! Just go study, and accept what happened.</p>
<p>Don't even sweat about it~
Class average of B- and a 75% on Algebra II test is nothing...
I had a F because the teacher thought I didn't do my homework... <em>sulks</em></p>
<p>On my algebra II final exam, I got a C+ on the test, lowering my classs average to a B+..</p>
<p>Right now, I'm heck pressured because I'm taking pre-calculus <em>sighs</em>
So much graphing... so confusing...</p>