Social Anxiety Support

kenny87 · 11-06-2009, 09:19 AM

I did all my homework, did my quiz for this section, understood every little thing about what to do and was completely confident for the test. I get the test and thought the multiple choice part pretty easily, but the show your work part felt weird, I knew the procedure of how things went but end I felt my answers didn't seem right. Now I'll be all worried till I get it back next week, I already bombed the last test but was ok since one test is dropped for the final grade but this one sucks. What do you do when you know everything and still do bad?

rincewind · 11-06-2009, 09:28 AM

Well usually if your working shows that you understood the process of solving the problem, you'll get most of the marks for the question even if the final answer is wrong. I remember a few times in maths exams I'd get 5 marks for a 6 mark question where my working was correct, but I'd just made a simple arithmetic mistake somewhere and ended up with the wrong answer.

wxolue · 11-06-2009, 12:25 PM

This is exactly the situation I was in last year. I was taking ap calculus, and despite studying all night before the first test, I did horribly (at least by my high standards which probably were also part of the problem). From then on, my academic anxiety took hold and I did horribly the rest of the year. I developed a pattern of avoiding school work that has carried into this year. I can confidently say I worry and think about my classes and the work that goes along with them more than every other student, but I do the least amount of work.

shyvr6 · 11-06-2009, 12:28 PM

I'm kind of the same way with tests. I took a test yesterday and thought I did fairly well, but it was the opposite. Usually, if you show your work you'll get partial credit even if the answer is wrong.

Witan · 11-06-2009, 12:29 PM

I hear you. In middle school and high school I was an A and B student, but I regularly got Cs, Ds, and even Fs on my math tests.

starstruck09 · 11-06-2009, 12:46 PM

Some people just aren't good test takers. They can get perfect grades but fail a test. That's a form of anxiety as well. As for me, I am terrible at math. It really intimidates me and when I was in school I got A's in everything and D's and F's in Math.

justiss282 · 11-06-2009, 01:21 PM

I hate it also. I just don't have a mathematical brain at all. I have to take like two or three math oriented classes before I'm done with my current college, and every time I register for classes I make sure and put off the math stuff for as long as I can because I'm so scared I'll outright fail.

kenny87 · 11-07-2009, 05:45 AM

she does give credit for showing work, I showed all mine, I hope I did at least enough of it right.

11-06-2009, 09:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
kenny87 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 625	I hate math I did all my homework, did my quiz for this section, understood every little thing about what to do and was completely confident for the test. I get the test and thought the multiple choice part pretty easily, but the show your work part felt weird, I knew the procedure of how things went but end I felt my answers didn't seem right. Now I'll be all worried till I get it back next week, I already bombed the last test but was ok since one test is dropped for the final grade but this one sucks. What do you do when you know everything and still do bad?

11-06-2009, 09:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
rincewind Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Scotland, UK Gender: Male Age: 27 Posts: 288	Well usually if your working shows that you understood the process of solving the problem, you'll get most of the marks for the question even if the final answer is wrong. I remember a few times in maths exams I'd get 5 marks for a 6 mark question where my working was correct, but I'd just made a simple arithmetic mistake somewhere and ended up with the wrong answer. __________________ Per Ardua Ad Astra

11-06-2009, 12:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
shyvr6 Status: Makin Waves Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Somewhere on a map. Gender: Male Posts: 9,645	I'm kind of the same way with tests. I took a test yesterday and thought I did fairly well, but it was the opposite. Usually, if you show your work you'll get partial credit even if the answer is wrong. __________________ Music

11-06-2009, 12:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
Witan Status: O fortuna, velut luna Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Iowa Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 640	I hear you. In middle school and high school I was an A and B student, but I regularly got Cs, Ds, and even Fs on my math tests. __________________ YouTube Men's SA Group - request invite by PM

11-06-2009, 12:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
wxolue Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 334	This is exactly the situation I was in last year. I was taking ap calculus, and despite studying all night before the first test, I did horribly (at least by my high standards which probably were also part of the problem). From then on, my academic anxiety took hold and I did horribly the rest of the year. I developed a pattern of avoiding school work that has carried into this year. I can confidently say I worry and think about my classes and the work that goes along with them more than every other student, but I do the least amount of work.

11-06-2009, 12:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
starstruck09 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: VA Gender: Female Posts: 76	Some people just aren't good test takers. They can get perfect grades but fail a test. That's a form of anxiety as well. As for me, I am terrible at math. It really intimidates me and when I was in school I got A's in everything and D's and F's in Math.

11-06-2009, 01:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
justiss282 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NC Gender: Male Posts: 51	I hate it also. I just don't have a mathematical brain at all. I have to take like two or three math oriented classes before I'm done with my current college, and every time I register for classes I make sure and put off the math stuff for as long as I can because I'm so scared I'll outright fail.

11-07-2009, 05:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
kenny87 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 625	she does give credit for showing work, I showed all mine, I hope I did at least enough of it right.