So I have failed about 2 test in a row now
My teacher has not said anything yet, but I am afraid that my school might try and make me drop it if I don't do any better, luckily I have an exam in a few weeks and if I pass that they might let me continue. So we have been graphing things and I just can't do it, I find it difficult. No matter what happens I want to and must keep methods because university prerequisites. My plan right now is to try and pass on the exam I believe the pass mark is around 40% which is pretty high. So what are my options, assuming my school is going to make me drop it what can I do next? Letting go of my only math will defeat the whole purpose of my other subjects since I really must do it. I am so lost in this subject, just last year I can never imagine I would do this bad. The exam will on tech active and I will be allowed to have a bound book, should I just study like a maniac for the next few weeks and hope to improve? I think I have failed because I don't finish my homework.
What were your maths skills like in previous years. Before dropping Methods in Year 11, I personally decided to be dead honest myself with my progression. I reflected back to my earlier years. I never fine-tuned my maths skills growing up, I lacked engagement in maths, once I was challenged by something I wouldn't try to 'understand why I didn't understand it', if someone was explaining to me how to understand it, I was genuinely disinterested or just listened tentatively. I would just skip it and move on. The work you were set to do but not required to submit, I would just skip it. Came 1/2 Methods, I was struggling, real struggling. Not because what was being taught was significantly hard, but I wasn't able to interpret certain concepts and link back to concepts learnt in previous years. There was a brief period before deciding to drop Methods, I met with a very patient teacher regularly to seek support for questions and etc. I didn't understand. But, it eventually came to a point that even if I was actively listening to teacher's explanations, it never clicked.
Probably didn't help that my questions lacked specificity or mathematical clarity, if that's a thing.Maths is one of those subjects that you must maintain your knowledge and skills from every single year. I didn't have a sound understanding of the mathematical language, didn't develop a mathematical brain sufficient for Methods, struggled with those extended response/problem solving questions that expected you to be able to recall things you learnt or briefly learnt in the past decade. I admitted to myself It was to my own detriment that I couldn't progress, not someone else's fault.
It's not impossible to fill in the gaps, but you must be
dead honest towards yourself, and ask yourself if you can
realistically do so in just a few weeks.