Jan 20, 2008 21:36
We had a spelling test on Friday and I failed. I missed 4 words out of 10-that's...a 60-an F. I just about cried. Actually it wasn't a test but a quiz but I really need to study the words. I don't know what came over me. I just looked out the window and wished school was over for the day. But it was just the morning-a bleh day. The sky was grey but there was no snow and...and...yeah...
Oh well. I'll study the words for next time. I bet Mrs. Halliwell is laughing because I failed my quiz. Or she's so disappointed that she won't even want to help me with my math homework Tuesday before school. I'm stuck on it and if Marina can't help me, then I'm going to go to school early on Tue. and ask Mrs. Halliwell to help me-if she will-if she doesn't think I'm too dumb to get it...
Ack! This is just a really bleh day and I have to go to bed soon. I think I need to sleep with all my dolls: Nellie, Isadorah and Isabela tonight. And Pounce and Zip, my kitties! Maybe they'll cheer me up from this little funk I'm in.
Have you ever been afraid to ask a teacher for help? What did you do? I'm always afraid to ask for help because I'm afraid that they'll laugh at me and think I'm stupid. Some teachers I think hate me, too, so I'm afraid to ask. Whenever I get a "Please see me" on a test or homework or something, I never see the teacher because I'm too scared and nervous to find out what their reaction will be. I know I'm pathetic. But it's true. I can never get up the courage or if I do, I have to have a friend with me for moral support. Some of my friends tell me that it's not that bad to ask a teacher for help and that I just worry too much. Marina tells me all the time that teachers won't laugh or think I'm stupid and that they don't hate me just because I may get C's and D's or fail tests or homework. She says that teachers want to help students learn and do better in school. She's probably right but it doesn't stop me from getting wicked nervous and not having the courage to go and ask. Oh woe is me.
~Susie Kent
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