Maths and English

Lissa · 04-22-2009, 12:03 PM

I am not bad at english, I can spell and read very good!

But maths is my worst problem, I just cannot do it, its getting me down. I cant really work out problems really quickly I cannot do it in my head at all, I find fractions, decimals and most mathematical stuff hard, it takes me a long time to finally "get" the stuff.

Anybody else the same?

Adamsmomma · 04-22-2009, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deafteen90

I am not bad at english, I can spell and read very good!

But maths is my worst problem, I just cannot do it, its getting me down. I cant really work out problems really quickly I cannot do it in my head at all, I find fractions, decimals and most mathematical stuff hard, it takes me a long time to finally "get" the stuff.

Anybody else the same?

**Raising my hand** I'm HORRIBLE in math!! So much so a counselor in college wanted me tested for a math disability-- I just don't get it~~ my brother who was a High school student at the time, took the time to teach me when we lived in the same town, and now that I'm away from him when I took classes-- not so great!!

I'm a history/social sciences person... do well in most English classes and kick butt in US History-- but Math, nope! (my brother the math/science guy-- stinks at History and English! LOL so we even things out!)

Lissa · 04-22-2009, 12:15 PM

I HATE maths., I had maths today, urgh it stresses me out soo much! And Im only doing Level 2 Maths. At GCSE I only got a D at GCSE level so I am being forced to take level 2 maths so i get equivalent of a C *sighs*

iv never been good at maths. Urgh.... and i failed my level 2 maths exam yesterday

rockin'robin · 04-22-2009, 12:18 PM

Math is awful! Whenever I'm stumped, I just ask my 12 yr. old! He takes advanced geometry and algebra. But I'm pretty good with English.

Bottesini · 04-22-2009, 12:19 PM

I hate to admit it, but English is my only strong subject.. Basic math and money management I am ok at, but higher levels just leave me shaking my head.

Lissa · 04-22-2009, 12:29 PM

Theres a math disability?

Jiro · 04-22-2009, 12:31 PM

I am good with both English and Math.... that's because I was subjected to intensive after-school classes.

my hearing friend is outstanding in English and he's a journalist. that's where i frequently go to him for help with English. However - he's just TERRIBLE with math. He cannot even grasp the basic understanding of college math so I had to tutor him because basic math courses are the requirement in order to graduate college. I'm glad to say that he did pass

It's just to show you even the smartest man alive does suck in some subject.

society's_child · 04-22-2009, 12:36 PM

Math sucks. Ruined a good portion of my life in HS.

jillio · 04-22-2009, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deafteen90

Theres a math disability?

There are learning disabilities that affect math skills.

Adamsmomma · 04-22-2009, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jillio

There are learning disabilities that affect math skills.

Someone sent me a link on here to a page about Dyscalculia... (did I spell that right? LOL) I'll have to try to find it and post it again...

deafbajagal · 04-22-2009, 02:31 PM

We all have our strengths and weaknesses. Maybe Math isn't your greatest strength- you"ll have to work harder in it then you do other subject areas. Try to get an one-on-one tutor who can communicate well with you to see if that helps.

Lissa · 04-22-2009, 02:32 PM

Hello, I have a 'terp in all my lessons, she helps me too as well as my tutor, im not the only one in the class who are having bad problems with math.

deafbajagal · 04-22-2009, 02:34 PM

Some interpreters are not qualified to be tutors...so make sure that person is able to tutor.

Lissa · 04-22-2009, 02:38 PM

she doesnt tutor me, she just explains more about what the teachers saying and write it down and shows me how to do it

deafbajagal · 04-22-2009, 03:45 PM

Then it may be the teacher who needs to change her teaching methods. Is this a high school class or college class?

Daredevel7 · 04-22-2009, 03:51 PM

I'm very good at math, but I'm pretty horrendous at English. I have good grammar but I can't interpret poems to save my life. Once I read a poem and I thought it was about love, and uuuuuh turns out that it was about abortion. How did I miss that? Needless to say, I can't understand Shakespeare's writings either. (Although, I do like certain lines.)

Also, very bad at history. I am not very good at memorization. I'm more of a problem solver.

Some people are good at things. Some are not. Oh well.

jillio · 04-22-2009, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Adamsmomma

Someone sent me a link on here to a page about Dyscalculia... (did I spell that right? LOL) I'll have to try to find it and post it again...

Yeppers. It is like dyslexia but with numbers.

deafbajagal · 04-22-2009, 04:15 PM

And the cool thing about Dyscalculia...you can sometimes solve the problem by spelling out the numbers...lol. But not always. Often Dyscalculia is conjoined with another type of dyslexia, if I remember correctly. But it does happen - and it's underdiagnosed.

Lissa · 04-23-2009, 06:15 AM

It's a college class, my major is childcare but those people who got a d or below in their maths gcse have to do their level 2 maths.

S.O.B. · 04-23-2009, 07:32 AM

Did you complete your assignments and practice the material til you understood it? Or are you avoiding it like a kid refusing brussels sprouts? That's part of education, the basics of various subjects have to be understood, especially if it is not related to your major. Anyone can learn it if you put your mind to it.

society's_child · 04-23-2009, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by jillio

Yeppers. It is like dyslexia but with numbers.

Is that so?

Perhaps I have that condition.

dogmom · 04-23-2009, 10:15 AM

YES, Deafteen, there is math disability -called dyscalculia technically. I have it. It relates to math and others thing <for me> like directions, spatial orientation, telling time, sequences>. I am also part of mathLD forum name dyscaluliaforum.com. Most folks w/math-related LD have no or few issues w/languages, text, history that kinda thing but have difficulties in the areas I described, to varying degrees. Difficulties such that there is a huge gap between potential and actual achievement in math-related classes in school. So math-related LD, like any LD, carries over into adult life like with driving, taxes, figuring tips, making change, etc. I did not learn how to count money or tell time til high school, have difficulty w/left and right, etc. Never in habit of wearing watch cuz I never understood them. YES, very undiagnosed, especially in girls. I was a shy child, w/speech and language difficulties<mainstream/resource room combo> and read early and well but was always soooo confused in math - but no one saw that because my reading skills compensated for my math well enough. But I failed remedial college <course required based on pre-college math skills tests, was also required in order to take a different -actual - college math class for credit > math 3x before I self-diagnosed and went to DSS and was tested officially. Was put in class for college students w/math LD - just two of us. I finally learned 1/4 and a quarter were same! Things like that -

JamieLynn · 04-23-2009, 10:21 AM

I can't count 6 times 8 without calculator

but in high school I was the best in algebra and trig as well as Exponentiation... I don't remember much of it nowadays

PowerON · 04-23-2009, 11:11 AM

I love math.

9 x 9 is one million. right? right?

Jiro · 04-23-2009, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Daredevel7

I'm very good at math, but I'm pretty horrendous at English. I have good grammar but I can't interpret poems to save my life. Once I read a poem and I thought it was about love, and uuuuuh turns out that it was about abortion. How did I miss that? Needless to say, I can't understand Shakespeare's writings either. (Although, I do like certain lines.)

Also, very bad at history. I am not very good at memorization. I'm more of a problem solver.

Some people are good at things. Some are not. Oh well.

sounds like me. almost. Poem? If my life and the fate of world depends on me to understand the poem for password to disable the Armageddon bomb..... sorry

Jiro · 04-23-2009, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PowerON

I love math.

9 x 9 is one million. right? right?

close! but i'll give you a sticker star for effort.

Jiro · 04-23-2009, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamieLynn

I can't count 6 times 8 without calculator

but in high school I was the best in algebra and trig as well as Exponentiation... I don't remember much of it nowadays

PowerOn - help her. what's 6 x 8?

jillio · 04-23-2009, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deafbajagal

And the cool thing about Dyscalculia...you can sometimes solve the problem by spelling out the numbers...lol. But not always. Often Dyscalculia is conjoined with another type of dyslexia, if I remember correctly. But it does happen - and it's underdiagnosed.

You are correct. And yes, because people are so adpatable, and use strategies that actually hide the differences in their processing, it is qidely underdiagnosed. Someone who has it doesn't even realize that they have a different way of perception than others for years and years.

Oceanbreeze · 04-23-2009, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jillio

You are correct. And yes, because people are so adpatable, and use strategies that actually hide the differences in their processing, it is qidely underdiagnosed. Someone who has it doesn't even realize that they have a different way of perception than others for years and years.

This would be me.

I have all sorts of learning issues when it comes to Math, but you'd never really know how severe my disabilities are because I can adapt very well to them. It was actually a pain when I was in school because people were trying to deny me services due to my ablity to cope. We often heard..."She doesn't really need that, does she?"

Adamsmomma · 04-23-2009, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oceanbreeze

This would be me.

I have all sorts of learning issues when it comes to Math, but you'd never really know how severe my disabilities are because I can adapt very well to them. It was actually a pain when I was in school because people were trying to deny me services due to my ablity to cope. We often heard..."She doesn't really need that, does she?"

yeah that was my brothers problem... his CAPD caused him many problems but he 'faked it' thru to the 8th or 9th grade... it was hard to get him services b/c he compensated so well...

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Lissa Just me....Lissa Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,093 Blog Entries: 3	I HATE maths., I had maths today, urgh it stresses me out soo much! And Im only doing Level 2 Maths. At GCSE I only got a D at GCSE level so I am being forced to take level 2 maths so i get equivalent of a C sighs iv never been good at maths. Urgh.... and i failed my level 2 maths exam yesterday __________________ Left Ear Nucleus Freedom Implanted-October 25th 2000 Activation-November 28th 2000

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rockin'robin Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Posts: 2,782	Math is awful! Whenever I'm stumped, I just ask my 12 yr. old! He takes advanced geometry and algebra. But I'm pretty good with English.

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deafbajagal Jasmine's Tiger "Lilly" Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: USA Posts: 2,634	We all have our strengths and weaknesses. Maybe Math isn't your greatest strength- you"ll have to work harder in it then you do other subject areas. Try to get an one-on-one tutor who can communicate well with you to see if that helps.

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Lissa Just me....Lissa Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,093 Blog Entries: 3	Hello, I have a 'terp in all my lessons, she helps me too as well as my tutor, im not the only one in the class who are having bad problems with math. __________________ Left Ear Nucleus Freedom Implanted-October 25th 2000 Activation-November 28th 2000

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deafbajagal Jasmine's Tiger "Lilly" Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: USA Posts: 2,634	Some interpreters are not qualified to be tutors...so make sure that person is able to tutor.

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Lissa Just me....Lissa Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,093 Blog Entries: 3	she doesnt tutor me, she just explains more about what the teachers saying and write it down and shows me how to do it __________________ Left Ear Nucleus Freedom Implanted-October 25th 2000 Activation-November 28th 2000

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deafbajagal Jasmine's Tiger "Lilly" Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: USA Posts: 2,634	Then it may be the teacher who needs to change her teaching methods. Is this a high school class or college class?

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Daredevel7 Adrenaline Junky Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 1,937	I'm very good at math, but I'm pretty horrendous at English. I have good grammar but I can't interpret poems to save my life. Once I read a poem and I thought it was about love, and uuuuuh turns out that it was about abortion. How did I miss that? Needless to say, I can't understand Shakespeare's writings either. (Although, I do like certain lines.) Also, very bad at history. I am not very good at memorization. I'm more of a problem solver. Some people are good at things. Some are not. Oh well.

04-22-2009, 04:15 PM	#18 (permalink)
deafbajagal Jasmine's Tiger "Lilly" Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: USA Posts: 2,634	And the cool thing about Dyscalculia...you can sometimes solve the problem by spelling out the numbers...lol. But not always. Often Dyscalculia is conjoined with another type of dyslexia, if I remember correctly. But it does happen - and it's underdiagnosed.

04-23-2009, 06:15 AM	#19 (permalink)
Lissa Just me....Lissa Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,093 Blog Entries: 3	It's a college class, my major is childcare but those people who got a d or below in their maths gcse have to do their level 2 maths. __________________ Left Ear Nucleus Freedom Implanted-October 25th 2000 Activation-November 28th 2000

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S.O.B. Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 484	Did you complete your assignments and practice the material til you understood it? Or are you avoiding it like a kid refusing brussels sprouts? That's part of education, the basics of various subjects have to be understood, especially if it is not related to your major. Anyone can learn it if you put your mind to it.

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dogmom Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,468	YES, Deafteen, there is math disability -called dyscalculia technically. I have it. It relates to math and others thing <for me> like directions, spatial orientation, telling time, sequences>. I am also part of mathLD forum name dyscaluliaforum.com. Most folks w/math-related LD have no or few issues w/languages, text, history that kinda thing but have difficulties in the areas I described, to varying degrees. Difficulties such that there is a huge gap between potential and actual achievement in math-related classes in school. So math-related LD, like any LD, carries over into adult life like with driving, taxes, figuring tips, making change, etc. I did not learn how to count money or tell time til high school, have difficulty w/left and right, etc. Never in habit of wearing watch cuz I never understood them. YES, very undiagnosed, especially in girls. I was a shy child, w/speech and language difficulties<mainstream/resource room combo> and read early and well but was always soooo confused in math - but no one saw that because my reading skills compensated for my math well enough. But I failed remedial college <course required based on pre-college math skills tests, was also required in order to take a different -actual - college math class for credit > math 3x before I self-diagnosed and went to DSS and was tested officially. Was put in class for college students w/math LD - just two of us. I finally learned 1/4 and a quarter were same! Things like that -

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JamieLynn Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,663	I can't count 6 times 8 without calculator but in high school I was the best in algebra and trig as well as Exponentiation... I don't remember much of it nowadays

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