#i'm not a failure if i do badly on a placement test and i am decent at math when i'm in the practice of doing math | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

borgeslabyrinth · 1 year ago

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So like. I'm going back to school, I'm going to do college at almost 30 so I have to take a placement test. I have to take the PERT and I'm gonna fail the math portion.

"You can't fail the PERT!" I hear you say "it's not a pass or fail test!"

That may be true. And studying I may have done. But they're going to ask me to solve a quadratic equation and I'm going to start crying.

#look i got my GED as an older 20s something i've resigned myself to a remedial math class #remedial math classes are where i shine #yes it's gonna cost a lot of money shut up it gives me peace of mind to accept the remedial math class #i'm not a failure if i do badly on a placement test and i am decent at math when i'm in the practice of doing math #so the remedial math class has no sway over me #i relate to the people in the remedial math class i had to take ged classes as a twenty year old to learn how to multiply fractions #i'm used to it!#i will take my remedial math class as a badge of honor #i'm going to college at almost 30!#that's crazy #i'm already doing so well and being really brave #being in a remedial math class is a privilege it is an honor because it means i'm trying something new that i'm bad at!#that's life baby!#i'm not going to hang my self worth on doing well on the PERT #oscar talks to himself #school blogging

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