I am Elizabeth Riel and I am a Integrated Math student at Rodriguez High School out in Fairfield, California. Up until 5th grade, I went to a private school in Vallejo, California. I remember when I first went to a public school; Everything seemed so new. The things they taught me here were things that my previous school wouldn’t have even taught me! My interests are kind of scattered. I have an interest in cartoons and I can really admire someone who knows a thing or two about cartooning. I also keep a collection of old NES and SNES games too. Diseases have always fascinated me for some reason; The thought of something so small taking down something much, much, much, much bigger than it is amazing. I used to dream of being a virologist, but then I realized the job required math. I find math tedious when I have to do it all the time, so I quickly ruled out having that job. I now want to do something I used to dream of doing when I was much younger: Getting into the animation industry.
As a student, work hard and try to give it my all when a challenge is thrown at me. I tend to get stressed easily though, which is a downside. I do well in subjects like English or Social Studies, but math has always been a difficult subject for me. I’m a little slow when it comes to working with numbers… Organization has also been a strange thing for me. In middle school, I remember how I’d lose papers in English, only to find that I accidentally placed them under the ‘Science’ tab of my binder! Upon entering high school, I’ve made organization my top priority. High school is quite a step up from middle school, and I really don’t want to mess up here.
I remember when I was a little kid, a kindergartner, I was just ecstatic when the teacher said we were going to start learning math that day. Everything started out nice, but in second grade I started having a little trouble. When we were taught how to carry over numbers when subtracting, I was the last kid to finally understand how to do it. The same applied for long division. It took me what seemed like forever and a half to understand how to do it… the day I finally grasped it was just an amazing day. I remember how the teacher was helping me with the problem and how she looked at me with a smile and told me that I had done the problem correctly without even realizing it. That had to be the best moment I remember from math.
As a student in the class, I am going to do my best. I have great hopes for this class and believe that I can and will do very well this year. I believe this class is about being able to come in for a period, and leave knowing something new. I aim to get a solid A in this class and I plan to accomplish this by focusing on my work, staying organized, and on top of things, and by having a tutor help me from the get-go.