Why Kids Are Bad Analysis

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Stop Telling Your Kids You're Bad At Math
I agree with the article that we should tell children that math is fun to learn to prevent math anxiety, how bad you are at it, and how bad they are writing and reading.
Sometimes children can't comprehend on what they're learning. You can make math fun by playing games and how fun it is to solve problems. Kids my age don’t like math because it's either hard to comprehend it or they don’t want to do it. Textbooks are kind of hard to do or learn on their own. But some kids are really good at explaining it then the teacher. Some kids want to quit math because they don’t like how the teacher is explaining or they get frustrated and don’t do their work. Students often get mad when they don’t get the material and they keep asking if they are doing it right or not. Teachers who can’t teach the correct math, students often fail. If they receive too much homework, they freak out and not do it.
Students who tell their teacher they are bad at math, the teacher wants them to understand the material they have learned. For mathematical ability, students need to learn how to understand it and how they can get better at it then from what point of selective they do. Math is kinda a challenging skill to use. At my point of view, I am better at English than I am in Math. It is
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Some wording in the lesson or in a paragraph in an open response. Unlike english, math is a little step harder to focus on than just to get the correct numbers or an sign they have missed on an equation. Another good thing is that if you are good at reading and at writing, then you are set and ready to go to it! Students don’t like to fail in math, because they want to pass and get a credit to graduate when they are seniors. I am not good at reading comprehension at all. You would want your child to do the best they can do to try to get extra help or go before and after school just to finish their work or

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