Should We Be Afraid of Math? By Charlie Duquet

People think math is just a normal class that won't be worth a lot in their future life.. But actually it is very important! We students shouldn't think mathematics is a simple class that is not worth it! Math needs to be passed over 60 % to graduate from high school, to have a great job as a career in your future life, and even thought its complicated and hard, you can have ideas to make math fun for you.

Firstly, to have a successful future you absolutely need to pass your math classes from secondary 1-5 to have your high school diploma. It's like every other classes like, science, English, French.. Etc. If you pass your high school, which includes math, you have a huge chance of being successful in life. Math is one of the most important classes to be accepted in a good college. Every high school students have a fear to not pass certain classes, but math in particular can scare you a lot because it gives you pressure on yourself about you need to have.

Secondly, one of the greatest reasons why we should be afraid of math is that math can clearly determine your career and what kind of life you will have in the future. When you arrive in college, they take a look at your high school grades from secondary 3 to 5. Depending on what kind of career you want to have. If you want to become a doctor, for example, and you we're in low math, there is little chance that you can become a doctor. To be a doctor, administrations will expect you to have high math and science, physiques, chemistry.. Ect. Did you ever realize that math is part of all careers? We need math EVERYWHERE, and that's why we should be afraid of math because math will follow you where ever you go, so that's why you should try your best to be successful in life and never let math break your future life or career.

Lastly, for people that are afraid of math, there are many ways to make math fun for you. Here will be 5 tips to help you love math. 1- Have a positive mindset: Set your mind that math is fun and beneficial. 2- Dedicate some time to learning math: Make sure to study math about an hour per day. 3- Become familiar to the vocabulary: Being familiar to the vocabulary will give you chances of understanding better the class and work. 4- Have reference books: Books will provide you different explanations that will help you when you are studying. 5-  Practice and practice more: Invent yourself several math questions that will help you understand and love math. In this way, you make develop good feelings about math.

To conclude, yes, you should be afraid of math. It determines your future life and career. Having good grades in math should be your biggest goal in high school which will bring you to have a good college and a good job later on. The 5 tips provide ways of helping you love math and not being afraid to fail the class. Hoping these are good examples that will help you succeed, you can use them in other situations/classes.


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