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This unit has been overstressing , too many projects assigned and it’s exam week. I feel burden , but I know I can do this , I’m a strong girl. This unit my performance is not really good, I don’t focus too well , maybe because of too much problems ,but thank God I have my friends who are there to help me .
Trigonometry is not easy to be friend with , you have to keep knowing and updating it . For instance, Trigonometry helped me to be an independent person , to do my assignments and ask things to my teacher that I wasn’t able to understand. This unit I learned how to do the special triangles . Even though , sometimes I have difficulties in special triangles I was able to understand the steps clearly when Ma’am Liz taught us how to do it but now, I’m not so sure if I can remember those steps again , I just have to practice and practice harder to get it ! The things I don’t understand in Trigonometry’s lesson this unit is how you base the SOHCAHTOA-CHOSAHCAO to special triangles , because for me It’s so confusing , but I should not be afraid to try understanding it because I believe Nobody’s perfect , but practice makes everything perfect. So I would compare Math just like our cheerdance today , practicing to keep our aim/goal of winning! . In connection in real life , I’m not sure if I could connect the lessons this unit to real life. But , I’m sure that we will use these lessons in college , so it’s better to know and master these lessons today for future use. Somehow , Trigo helped me to to be a better person . and that’s what makes me grow as a person. My experiences between trigo and numbers , may have some difficulties , but at the end of this there will always be a good solution and that’s what really

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