Math was fairly easy once I got the hang of the problem solving and set-up. I really liked working with fractions, but when the numbers got big, I started small (if the numbers were even I divided by two), then just worked my way up until I couldn't reduce anymore. 
    Word problems were a problem for me, but my dad showed me how to get a math problem from the word problem, and solve it. On Thursdays, my dad is at work in San Francisco for the whole weekend, and my mom is completely clueless about what we're doing. I will search up a example of my work on the Internet, solve it myself, and check it on this site Wolfram Alpha to be sure I got it right. Sometime this year, I'm going to get a tutor for math. Sometimes I can't ask my dad for help, like when he's busy, so I could use a tutor for help when my dad isn't available. 
    Proportions were pretty easy. I knew some real-life situations where someone would use it. Some subjects are completely useless in the real world (like the Pythagorean Theorm; when would we ever use that??) 

    The most difficult math subject for me was working with integers. My sixth grade teacher was really helpful supplying us with techniques to help us remember the rules. For example, she told us: Same signs, add and keep; different signs subtract. Keep the sign of the higher value then you'll be exact (to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat). This year, our teacher told us if the signs are the same you add the sum (both start with S) and if the signs are different, you find the difference (both start with D). 
    When multiplying or dividing, if the signs are the same, it's positive. If they're different, it's negative. Pretty simple. 
Examples:
-4+(-9)=-13
-9-(6)=-15
9*-9=-81
30/-6=-5

    Square roots are numbers that multiplied by that same number. For example: 7x7=49. It has to be the same number multiplied by its self. It can't be 7x6=42. Some of the numbers are: 1x1=1, 2x2=4, 3x3=9, etc. 
    Another possible name for square roots can be roots squared. It's pretty close to the original name, but it still makes since. Using big numbers to find the square root can get difficult sometimes. The square root can also be a decimal. 
    Square roots are easy, but it involves a lot of math. A calculator is allowed by the teacher to find solve long problems.

    Well first of all, 7^-5 pretty much means seven to the negitive fifth power. The answer to this problem is going to be negitive because a negitive multiplied by a positive is always negitive. You need to use the (^) symbol to show that is an exponent because you can't type that on a keyboard. A more advanced problem would be something like this: (2x^3y)^5. To solve, You first muntiply 2^5 which is 32. Then, you would first multiply the first set of exponets (3*5=15). That is the first answer to this problem. If a variable has no exponent, it is automatically one. So then 1*5=5 so the final answer would be 32x^15y^5. 

    Over the weekend, we had to play a math game. It kept marking the answers wrong when even the internet said my answer was right. We had to complete 3 types of problems: intergers, fractions, and money. The intergers one was the defective one. I kept trying, but it kept marking it wrong, and I was so confused. 
    My dad tried to help me too, and even he was confused and he's so good at math. I tried it again at break (because maybe my computer was the problem), but it was STILL marking them wrong! I'm not that good at math, so I would write the problem out, solve, and check my answer on the internet (best browser for this is Wolfram Alpha). I was beginning to get mad, then the bell rang and I got a chance to calm down on my way to class. 
    I'm still a little upset that the computer would do this to me. I tried so hard to get better at math, and I go in for help almost morning before school and every night my dad helps me and/or checks my answers.

    In math, when you graph an equation with a greater/less than or equal to sign, there are special signs for when lines intersect, like this ---|---. Right in the middle (where they intersect), you can put a little bubble, either filled in or not. When there are signs like these (< or >), it is just a circle, not filled in. If it is a greater/less than or equal to sign, the bubble is filled in, so basically; 

    Fractions and decimals are both part of one (exception if the  fraction is a mixed number). As You go up in both the numbers get smaller, but the value goes up. For example: 1/4 is greater than 1/8 because if you have a bar like this for 1/4
|    I    I    I    | and it is shaded like this:
|////I    I    I    | it is greater than this:
|//I  I  I  I  I  I  I  |
if that makes any since. 
    In a decimal, .25 is greater than .75 because in negitives the numbers go backwards. -25>-75. 

     In math, I am so lost. We were learning square roots and it was too hard. I kept asking for help, but I started to feel like a bother. I hated it when Ms.Pope would call on me for an answer and I had no idea. It was very difficult, especially today since I forgot to take my meds this morning. I'm starting to think I'm not good enough to go here and that I will fail. My grades are fine....for now. It's only the beginning of the quarter. 
    I wish I could make my brain click into place and maybe understand more things. Basically, life is too hard for me. I don't understand big words and when one of my smartest friends talk to me, I have to ask her to dull it down a bit so I can understand. It feels kind of bad that I'm not as smart as I should be. My mom always tells me that I'm smart, good in school, but when I actually come to school, everyone tells me that I suck, I can't do anything right and things like that. 
     People don't understand that I have a brain that works a lot differently than others. I used to have straight A's until 6th grade. I got my first F and thats when it all started going down hill.....