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Yes, I am the girl that everyone goes to with his or her math homework. Why? My affection for numbers is just to unreal to put into words. The emotion I get in a math class than just in any ordinary English or social studies class can come shocking to others, but not to me. The happiness I get inside when I have solved an equation is like a little kid getting their favorite candy on Halloween.

In math there is always a solution to a problem unless of course it does not exist. This made me realize how math relates to the way the world works. When you are trying to solve a problem you are given an equation and sometimes data that you have to extrapolate numbers from to find your solution. Just like in life when you have a problem you look for something
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See! You’re doing math and you didn’t even know it. I sometimes question my ability to solve hard math problems, but sometimes not straightforward things in life. A major obstacle I faced is when my parents got a divorce. I was fairly naïve and youthful, therefore I didn’t understand why this arrangement would make everything better, but it surprisingly did. I lived the best of both worlds and got what you would get from any ordinary family times two. After getting used to it, it now became my life style and something I had to adapt to, so my parents could find a way to be happy again. As time went on I got to experience things some kids don’t experience. Doing everything they do just twice or twice as better. The First day of High school can be “intimidating and nerve-racking” …they said, they were right. Another obstacle I faced in high school was being shy. The method of getting rid of this fear was getting involved. Getting involved in clubs, activities and social events have

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