Mathematical anxiety

At the beginning of the poem “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden, the speaker introduces cold and uncomfortable images to relay the tone of the poem: Regret for not respecting his father. Hayden uses “blueback cold” in the second line, presenting a tone of sadness and loneliness throughout the house that the speaker and his family like in. The word “blueblack” is such an uncommon word that it carries an extremely negative feeling, exemplifying the cold feeling of distance throughout the…

I preferred to just go and get it done and over with. Once it was done, my anxiety level dropped drastically. I almost felt a sense of relief and comfort when I was finally able to go back to me seat. I think that is a normal feeling for most people, the only thing then to wait for is your grade, and that for some reason I wasn’t…

Last year we spent $4.5 billion US dollars alone on video games. And it 's not just your average teenager forking out the cash to play the latest releases on the latest console. No, nowadays it is everyone from your ' little sister playing "Cooking Mama" on her DS to Grandads using their Wii Fit to stay in shape. It is true that video games have become loved widely and heartily, however, worried qualms from both parents and scientific professionals have criticized the games, on the supposed…

According to the American Institute of Stress, “ Stress is a highly personalized phenomenon and can vary widely even in identical situations for different reasons”(stress.org 1). No one in this world is completely stress free. Everybody is the victim of stress once in a life. There are several different kinds of stress that distress our daily life. Some of them even cause very serious destruction to our personal well being, physical and mental health. There are many ins and outs that cause…

According to Alex Swoyer, Author of More than one in ten Syrian refugees have ‘positive’ view of Islamic State. “85% of Arabs across the Middle East have a negative view of ISIS, while 11% see them positively.”(Swoyer). Although this number may seem huge, Swoyer deeply wants people to consider otherwise. The percentages in the chart had numbers in contrast for if the Syrians have a positive view on ISIS, The highest percentage of positive views were 24%. People with a positive view on ISIS most…

A Lesson Learned My senior year was a complete disaster. I never took anything serious, and I always waited till the last minute to do everything. All throughout my senior year teachers told me I needed to push myself to achieve a higher grade although my stubborn self never listened. I can remember I always was a student who fell under the c to a d range in my grades with homework and tests, and my teachers always told me I could do better. It was not till one day that was towards the last…

Hazards of School-induced Stress Depressed. Anxious. Fearful. Needy. These are all symptoms of students trapped in the vicious cycle, unable to escape school-induced stress. The responsibilities of completing schoolwork constantly consume students of all ages. School is stealing the rank as the number one priority for many teens. This may be seemingly positive, but it has negative effects overall. The stress of homework and the pressure to achieve outstanding grades is causing the good health…

Papers. Midterms. Finals. The number of stressors present in a modern college setting is endless, with the actual causes being unique to every individual. One of the biggest challenges for students, therefore, is finding a way to manage everyday stress in order to make their time in the school more fulfilling and to care for their own personal mental and physical health. That can manifest itself in sports, music, and even leisure reading. I found my own way of handling stress through yoga,…

Fear impacts the way lives are lived. This is true throughout the world, and affects people of all races, religions, gender, age and socioeconomic levels. Fear has been a part of world history since the beginning of time. Most people have to deal with some kind of fear on a daily basis throughout their entire life. There are four types of fear that can affect everyone biological, irrational, deathly, and fears from the past. There are a few fears that everyone shares that are biological. The…

Divorce is a very common occurrence in the United States, because it affects multiple children and teens throughout their everyday life. Imagine one day your parents come to talk to you and they said that they were splinting up. Just imagine all the feelings you would be feeling at that very moment. At that very moment your life has changed forever and it will never go back to the same. This happens to many teens and children on a daily basis. Children with divorced parents usually have a more…