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Pre-Calculus Grade Impact
I still remember the sinking feeling in my stomach just last May when I received my final grade in Pre-Calculus. After months of extra study sessions, meeting with tutors, seeking help from my classmates and teacher, I had earned an F for the year. I had never seen that letter on my report card before. I had poured sweat and tears into trying to grasp the material, and had come up short. To say that I was devastated was an understatement. How would this grade impact my future? Would I be able to get into college? Was I too simple to grasp the concepts? I realized that I had two choices to make – I could either accept defeat and try to make peace with the fact that Pre-calculus just wasn’t my subject – or I could recognize that I was made in the image of God; and that in the midst of adversity, He did not cower, but …show more content…
I decided to persevere and follow James 1:2-4 which states, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces
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