Personal Narrative: Struggle In Middle School

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Yes, math has always been hard. I even struggled in Elementary school because I was always behind on subtracting and dividing. Yes, I did struggle in Middle school because we start new topics and do examples, but I'd still be a bit confused and then I'd ask my friends, but it would only help a bit. When I would struggle with a problem , I'd feel like I was just plain stupid, because there were times when everybody in the classroom would know how to do the problems and I'd be the only one there staring at my paper. In the past, when I was struggling on a problem I would usually quit, because I'd start the problem then get stuck on one step so I'd quit there. Other times, I wouldn't even know how to start the problem. I would usually struggle

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