Sep 22 - Write about a time someone judged you unfairly.

Response: Last year, with my Algebra II teacher, we were trying to decide what course would be best for me to take next year because I needed her to recommend me. I had my mind set on AP Precalculus because I felt fairly confident in my abilities in math, since it has always been my best subject. When my mom was in High School, she took AP Calc her senior year and passed it with a 101, so I think I definitely got some of her math genes rather than my dad's subpar abilities in math (I think my sister got those genes). Anyways, once I told my teacher I wanted to go to AP Precalculus, she told me that she thinks I wouldn't do good in the class because it would be "too challenging" and the amount of work and studying would be "too much." Her words really offended me, because I feel like math is my best and favorite subject, where I feel I can grasp the concepts better than any other class I've taken. I'm really not good at science, I've always loved history, but I never seem to do good in the classes I've taken, and I like writing response essays in English class, but I'm a terrible reader; I feel like math class is the only class I've really understood and enjoyed. So when my math teacher said this, it hurt my feelings because she was assuming my math capabilities based on her own unfair judgment. She recommended me for normal Precalculus this year, but I immediately requested to be moved to AP Precalculus once the school year started, which I am doing very well in, just like I thought I would.

Summary: Today, we did a Common Lit assignment about the human nature of good and evil.

Reflection: People make assumptions and false judgments about people every day, but it only becomes a problem once it happens to you personally. Isn't it so strange that all of us can be that hypocritical?

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