Personal Narrative: A Personal Reflection

After retaking the LASSI I have noticed a considerable amount of improvement as well as regression. In the beginning of the year, I vowed to myself that I would become a better student. I wanted to maximize all of my abilities in order to be successful. So, after I took my first LASSI and had my talk with Mac, I began to implement new strategies meant to help me accomplish my goal. First I had to deal with my anxiety. In past years I suffered with a lot of anxiety while learning math. I used to love math very much, however, this changed after my 6th grade year. Math became a foreign subject to me. I could no longer make connections and solve problems. As a result, my grades in math began to drop. As a person who is used to getting A’s and B’s on assignments, I had a difficult time in coping with my failure since it didn’t live up to my standards in the subject of math. My difficulty with math eventually caused me to have anxiety. I had carried this anxiety until my sophomore year in high school. It seemed as if no matter how hard I tried to concentrate on math tests my mind would always become blank. Luckily I had an
I attribute my success in these areas to the consultation I had with Mac. He gave my amazing techniques to use to become a better leaner. For example, I have seen the results in my test scores and especially in my midterm for my Perspectives on International Studies class. I practically lived in the collaborative section of the library for days, studying for my midterm. I constantly wrote on the dry erase boards, rewriting my notes over and over again until my hand began to hurt. I quietly read over my notes out loud after I had written them on the board so I could hear as well as see my notes. Until this day I can state what Benedict Anderson defines the concept of the