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I have been fortunate to have excelled in most everything in my life. However, there are certain subjects that have not come as easy. There are two subjects where I would go as far as saying that I’ve struggled in. They would have to be my college-level Music Theory class and History as a subject (omit as a subject). With these classes, I take the same attitude that has done so well for me in all my other classes, but there are specific reasons why these (History and Music Theory instead of “these”) cause me the most problems. First there are my History classes. The teaching and subject matter are not a problem (omit the rest of the sentence) for me in these classes. What causes me problems is the memorization. As I read through a certain section, I feel …show more content…
For my History classes, it is necessary for me to study the same material over and over again in order to remember it. Trying to remember who did what where and why and who was upset about why they did it is rather hard for me to follow. (check punctuation in previous sentence.) My Music Theory class then causes me trouble for two reasons. Primarily, it is because this is an actual college level class. Three times a week, I have to drive 20 miles to a local college and take this class. Because the material is so advanced, it is the most difficult class that I’m currently taking. In addition to being a difficult class, it causes me to be overloaded on my classes. I miss AP Calculus every time I have to leave to attend this class. Looking at my transcript for the semester, I can see that I currently have 8.75 credits in a period when there are only eight credits available. Because I wanted to do well in my classes, I’ve had to invent methods to fix and support these issues. For my History classes, I’ve come up with new ways of studying. I meet with other friends in the same class and discuss the topics that we went over in

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