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Kavita, the head girl, shares her thoughts on overcoming the fear of math. She notes that while math includes many subdisciplines, not everyone can be good at all of them. The main problem is that concepts taught in school often have little real-life application. This, coupled with being told math is hard, leads to feelings of uncertainty. She recommends practicing problems until it becomes routine, having a positive outlook, and putting in extra effort to boost confidence and performance in math.

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Speech On Fear of Maths

Kavita, the head girl, shares her thoughts on overcoming the fear of math. She notes that while math includes many subdisciplines, not everyone can be good at all of them. The main problem is that concepts taught in school often have little real-life application. This, coupled with being told math is hard, leads to feelings of uncertainty. She recommends practicing problems until it becomes routine, having a positive outlook, and putting in extra effort to boost confidence and performance in math.

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Once a great philosopher Rick Bayan , defined

maths anxiety as an intense lifelong fear of two


train approaching each other at speeds of 60 and
80MPH.
Good morning to one and all present here. Today
I Kavita , your head girl would like to share my
thoughts regarding the fear of maths and the
ways to overcome it.
Mathematics……Mathematics surrounds huge
number of subdisciplines. Just like no one can be
good at all of them in same way , no one can be
bad at all of them. What connects them is the
mathematical rigor, mathematical methods and
the mathematical language.
The main problem behind understanding and
learning maths is that half of the concepts that
are taught in schools have very less chance of
being applied in real life scenarios. On one hand,
math teaches us how to handle our money, how
to tell time, and everything that is consider
necessary for a normal day to day life and on the
other hand, math expects us to learn the
complicated methods of algebra and
trigonometry which has no direct method of
application in our daily life.
As children most of us have definitely heard the
phrase that maths is a difficult subject to learn
and that is the first mistake that we are
committing while learning the subject. Already
having a preconception about the subject gives
birth to feelings of uncertainty inside us. And so
even the easiest concepts seem to be difficult.
Practice, practice, practice, and then practice
some more. While taking a math class, this can
really help get over that anxiety you have about
that upcoming test .
Always remember the 5 P's: "Prior Preparation
Prevents Poor Performance". Let that be your
mantra. Do those practice problems till they're
muscle memory and I guarantee that the anxiety
will fade substantially and you will perform
better in tests.

One of the main point to be noted here is that


one should be positive. I'm not good in maths; I
am stupid'. Such thoughts can hurt your self-
esteem and confidence.
Everyone has different abilities and he/or she
should be proud of them. Some extra effort will
certainly help do well in the subject. Such a
positive outlook will boost your confidence and
help you focus and perform better.
To conclude I would like to say that -Mathematics,
even though it might seem like not everyone’s cup
of tea, but it can be comprehensible to the
majority of us with the right guidance and by
taking a few steps in letting go of the fears on our
own.
So this concludes the focus of todays discussion.
Thankyou for being here today.

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