Self-Regulated Learning

To seek or not to seek help in math this is a turmoil that has trouble me ever since elementary school. Coming from the private schools system and into the public school system as I entered the third grade was a total culture shock for me. And this is where my math anxiety started and would continue to plague me through junior high school at least that is what it was called back then and eventually this followed me to high school. When I was in high school there was a test named the proficient test that enabled you to exit high school it would be similar to the exit exam of today. There were three parts of this test reading, writing and mathematics I passed the reading and the writing but I failed the math part I had missed it by there points and this meant that I would not be graduating from high school  and this was devastating. But with the word quit not being in my D.N.A make up. And additional motivation coming from a man named Commodore Reid director of maintenance for Lynwood Unified School District, being friends with his two sons had said to me over that summer go back to school Curtis, pass that test and I will give you a job as a substitute custodian and from there you can work your way up. That September I went back to school on the five year plan as we called it after having been there the four previous years and I passed that test! And I received my diploma that following February I took it to Mr. Reid and he indeed kept his word and hired me. Over a twenty year span going from a substitute custodian to warehouse supervisor for Lynwood U.S.D I have learned seek help when help is needed and do not dare wait.