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[quote=Anonymous]I was like this growing up. I also have inattentive ADD. I had tutors throughout high school, but honestly the only way I got Bs/Cs in math classes and science classes like physics was to program formulas into my graphing calculator and use it during tests. When I got a 504 plan for extended time, it helped a bit because it lowered my anxiety about spending too much time on one problem. I am still terrible at things like geometry and can't remember a lick of what I learned in calculus.

I majored in psychology at first. I had to take a lot of statistics classes which actually was ok because I could memorize what I needed to know. Then I transferred to another school and I had to take some pre-med weed out classes and couldn't pass those. I changed my major to Family Studies and took a lot of sociology, health and elective psychology classes. It was interesting to me and I did well in them. After college I worked in social work until I decided to go back to school to get my Masters in Teaching and I'm now an ESOL teacher, which is a perfect fit for me.

If math isn't her thing, don't push it--try to find a work-around to cater to her strengths instead. [/quote]

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