Chapter 4 "Symptoms of Math Anxiety"

The majority of students in school dislike math and prefer to not deal with it, it has been proven that many students suffer from math anxiety at a young age. Tobias mentions in his article many reasons why students experience math anxiety. Most of the time students are afraid to make mistakes in math and instead of asking for help they would sit in the back hopping for some miracle to happen. They also tend to get frustrated when they don't know the answer and won’t ask for help, afraid that they would get judge or bully by their peers. Other students believe that mathematical ability is inborn, that no matter how much hard work they put in they would always be wrong. I honestly think that math is not a hard subject and can be very easy. I was always good in math and throughout the years I always saw many students struggle with paying attention or solving math problems. I believe you just have to pay close attention and practice any math problem a couple times and you’ll be good when it comes to exams or quizzes.