One of biggest fears in life is maths. Well it’s not much a fear, more of a huge dislike. I’ve always struggled to understand what I’m supposed to be doing and how to do it. It also never helped hearing “oh you’re not very good at maths but I’m really good at it” when growing up.
Still as part of my ongoing studies I now have to cover maths. As you can imagine when I saw everything that I had to do I went into panic mode and decided I could t do it and how was I ever going to teach if I couldn’t even do maths.
Luckily I have calmed down and I’m facing this fear head on and learning as much as I can as I go along. I still find a lot of what I’m doing a bit tedious but I know I need to get over that bit to be able to really succeed and further myself. Plus it’s an eight week block once I’ve done it I can move to a new block and learn even more, and who knows by the end of the block I might find something I enjoy about it.
My other module block is more of what I know and the factors affecting health and well-being of children. This one I’m enjoying as it looks a so much more than just family and those effects. It also looks at society and the impact of more widespread issues.
Still, onwards and upwards and just keep focusing on what I need to do. I am determined to come out of this degree knowing I have achieved this for myself and that I’m not stupid.
Journeying through mental health 