I was initially quite keen on doing Extension 1 Maths next year, but my really average marks in this term and last term 's tests have kind of really put me down
The thing with me is that I know all the 5.3 Maths content and do well at home and in class but when it comes to Math tests I suddenly lose all my confidence and start struggling during the test. When I get my results, I soon realise how easy some of the questions were in the test and the fact I could do those same questions at home and in class with real confidence and accuracy. I guess I have a real problem and anxiety for some reason whenever I do Maths tests.
Even my Maths teacher spoke to me and said she couldn't understand why I could do the same questions right in class but in the test I skip easy questions and make simple mistake like not reading the question properly, and not checking my calculations/working out. I kind of really feel ashamed of myself, the fact I know everything and work really hard but I fail to prove myself in a Maths test.
It doesn't look like at the moment I would even be considered by the Maths head teacher to be doing Extension 1 in Year 11, by looking at my results from the last two terms. My Maths teacher told me she would put case for me with the Maths head teacher at the end of the year, when it would come to the moment I am not selected. I still got about 2 maths tests left in Term 4.
But I am starting to have doubts in myself, whether to even consider Ext Math at all as an option for these next two years. I was thinking why not face the reality of doing Mathematics, since its obviously much easier then Ext 1 and if I end up doing an Engineering degree, I could do some bridging course. Well I am really keen on doing some Engineering degree, specifically Civil.
So how different is Ext 1 from Mathematics? Would it later be difficult for me to catch up with a bridging course just before University starts, where I could potentially struggle heaps in the Engineering degree?
Not all hope for Ext 1 is gone but I would like to reconsider doing it in favour for Mathematics.
The thing with me is that I know all the 5.3 Maths content and do well at home and in class but when it comes to Math tests I suddenly lose all my confidence and start struggling during the test. When I get my results, I soon realise how easy some of the questions were in the test and the fact I could do those same questions at home and in class with real confidence and accuracy. I guess I have a real problem and anxiety for some reason whenever I do Maths tests.
Even my Maths teacher spoke to me and said she couldn't understand why I could do the same questions right in class but in the test I skip easy questions and make simple mistake like not reading the question properly, and not checking my calculations/working out. I kind of really feel ashamed of myself, the fact I know everything and work really hard but I fail to prove myself in a Maths test.
It doesn't look like at the moment I would even be considered by the Maths head teacher to be doing Extension 1 in Year 11, by looking at my results from the last two terms. My Maths teacher told me she would put case for me with the Maths head teacher at the end of the year, when it would come to the moment I am not selected. I still got about 2 maths tests left in Term 4.
But I am starting to have doubts in myself, whether to even consider Ext Math at all as an option for these next two years. I was thinking why not face the reality of doing Mathematics, since its obviously much easier then Ext 1 and if I end up doing an Engineering degree, I could do some bridging course. Well I am really keen on doing some Engineering degree, specifically Civil.
So how different is Ext 1 from Mathematics? Would it later be difficult for me to catch up with a bridging course just before University starts, where I could potentially struggle heaps in the Engineering degree?
Not all hope for Ext 1 is gone but I would like to reconsider doing it in favour for Mathematics.
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