B.O.B.

Going into this unit, I wasn’t so sure about it.  Though my graphing skills have improved a lot because of this class, I still worried that I would draw them incorrectly.  On the pre-test, I had no idea what I was doing.  Then, on the first quiz, I became so sure that I had drawn one of the graphs wrong immediately after I turned it in.  I seriously spent the rest of my day trying to picture that graph, as if that would fix anything.  When I got the quiz back, I was so relieved that I hadn’t actually drawn the graph incorrectly.  Still, that experience demonstrates my initial (lack of) confidence in graphing polynomials. 

            As the unit went on, though, my confidence increased.  Just like I had in the previous units, I began to easily understand how to graph.  This unit was very useful to me.  It really increased my understanding of factoring and I enjoyed using long division and factoring by grouping.  I feel like I have learned so much in this class, and have accomplished a lot. 

                At the beginning of this school year, I thought this class, along with all of my other classes, would be impossible.  Whenever I’m stressed out, I try to think about how much I’ve learned in this class.  Every journey is going to have obstacles.  Everyone is going to fall down somewhere, at some point.  There are going to be times when nothing really seems to make sense and you feel like you’re standing still.  There are going to be times when you feel like you are only moving backwards.  But it’s never too late to get to your destination. You haven’t lost yet.  Even if the class is over and the assignments are graded and the honor roll has been released and you’ve received your report card in the mail that isn’t as perfect as your previous one…

It’s never too late to understand.  It’s never too late to succeed.     

- Paige