Left Behind...

Hi twoey...I was saddened when I read your discussion. Obviously this person is not a true friend of yours since she didn't help you as she said she would. I have been left behind in different situations and it's sad that someone would use a person for a specified period of time and then just leave. I hope you find someone who is willing to help you no matter what and that you get your GED soon. Good luck!

I don't believe that I've gotten left behind in anything, but only because I don't base my successes or failures on the assistance of other people. Had I been in your situation, I would have just found another person to help me with my math, and continued studying for the test. Everyone blooms at their own pace, and if you continue to compare your progress with others, you will constantly be disappointed. That being said, I hope that you start back to studying the math portion of the GED, and one day pass it!

Hi and god morning to you twoey68. I wil tell you, I also get "left behind". Now not when it comes to my doings that I think is important. School stuf and work is fine, I do this in my own speed. But, it iw when we are going out for walks. Yesterday me and my co - worker and Cheif had our summer holiday party. A party we have before all of us go on holiday for the summer. Then we usually do a quiz walk. And I start together with all of them, but since I can not walk as fast as they do, I always be left behand and will be the last person to join in the end. I just can not keep up whith the speed. Yesterday evening, I walked with my cheif, and we did not lose one another and I did not came in last. And I did won a price.

I feel that way myself. I seem to help everyone and when its all said and done, I am the one left in the dust. I helped my best friend since kidnergarten when she became pregnant. I bought almost everything, and even went in the room with her. In turn she made some person she barely knew the godmother. I know its not exactly the same way you were saying. However I still feel left behind. As far as education is concerned, not everyone learns at the same pace. Its impossible for you and someone else to be at the exact point at the same time. If she was a friend till the end, she would have taken her test then helped you until you felt comfortable to take the test and pass. I doesnt matter how fast anyone but you goes. Its the pace that's best for your. Dont ever consider yourself left behind. GOOD LUCK dl

I felt like that when the time came for my husband and me to try for a baby. We had a lot of problems and we didn’t get pregnant until almost six years later. During that time as I struggled with fertility treatments and heartache a lot of my friends were having babies and some were pregnant for a second or third time and I was still trying! Very disheartening… I dealt with the situation by telling myself that this was not a contest and as I befriended other women I met at the IVF clinic I learned that I was not alone with my experience and that timing is different in everyone’ s life. That awareness helped me to push on with my wishes and I eventually did fall pregnant and it was natural with no medical intervention at all. Go figure. It is important that your pace is all that counts and things will work out for you when the time is right for you and no one else.

Asversity successfully overcome is the highest glory

Yes, I know exactly how that feels. Had that done to me on so many occasions I have lost count. I do give up regularly because of it. Lately for me it has been my weight loss. I was pumped up before and we were losing weight together and then she lost hers that she needed and I still had far to go and I was discouraged and gave up. When we were dieting together we talked daily and coached each other and it made me strive harder on those times.But after she was finished and met her goal she didn't call but once a week then..didn't come over as much..stopped talking about dieting or asking me how I was doing really after..I can't blame her but we promised to be each others coaches and it was great while it lasted but when you don't have someone at your back saying Hey You are doing great..you can do this..we can do this..I didn't feel as alone either in it..but then..as they say crap happens. It was a struggle to continue on.. I lasted maybe a month then started reverting back to old ways and covering up hurts with something that doesn't let me down. I know that was the wrong path to take and I should have finished what I started just to say hey I did it and be healthier..but it is harder then what people think especially if your as warped as me and suffer from depression where some days you look over the edge of the bed and say..nope my feet ain't touching the floor today..and lay back and stay in bed most the day till hunger drives you out of the bed or a bathroom break.

i'm not a quitter and i definitely try to struggle to do things that i can't... it takes lots of patience and perseverance... but i will do it to the end... there are many examples in my life which i had done it... examples like when i was still in college and i was struggling with physics subject... i don't give up and i make sure that i try my very best to pass the subject and i did... the other thing is when i try to learn mandarin language in my secondary school... i struggle a lot but i did it as well... take care and have a nice day...

NO never got left behind I was one that usually went ahead but most times I did it all by myself as I had no one close to do it with me. and ya cant give up ya need to find some one else to help ya with math to me math wasnt hard so I cant say Why you think it is. BUt some teacher or someone you know that is real good at it learn it then go back and get GED/. I quit school and got married so I didnt finish school then I found I could got to a night class for GED. Well I had to quit it for Hubby lost job and we had to move but I finally did take the test and I was 42 years old and passed with the top 5 of my age group1. So ya have to work at it. but you can do it!

All the time. All the time. That's the truth twoey, I'm forever behind and will always be behind till someone catches me up to speed. My hearing or the lack thereof is why. Now that I have hearing aids, maybe I'll catch up but I doubt it. I still try though so that's worth something, right? lol

I tend to end up getting left behind or left out totally when it comes to athletic stuff. I'm more of the brainy read a book type than athletic. I was on the volleyball team in high school but i never actually got to play very often - the coach always made me sit on the bench and there was one time rather than put me on the court she made my friend who had just fainted going into the school play. (there were a few parents really mad at the coach for that one) I also tend to be in my own little world at times and i have ask for conversations to be repeated because im a but focused on whatever was in my head at the time and popped back to reality just in time for the last bit of the conversation.

People who do well in language often don't do well in math. It has to do with how your mind learns. There is nothing wrong you have certain talents and they are not in math. Everyone has places in life where they do better than others. The fact that society try's to put us all in the same box is stupid. Don't worry just be a good person and enjoy the places where you shine.

Don't say that everyone works at a different pace anyway.Some babies walk early some walk late.some babies don't get their teeth for the first year some get them at six months.There is nothing wrong with you,maybe math was just to difficult for you ,stop trying to live up to others just do things when you are ready.Make new friends and don't be so helpful.

Oh yes, this has happened to me plenty of times! I always had a lot of trouble with math, myself, so I know what you mean. Most of the time, I just struggle through it. I never was one to give up. I had to repeat first grade, as a matter of fact, so I was a year behind everybody who was my age. I went to the circus one year with a group from church and we went through the side show before it started. I would get interested in a particular show and nobody would tell me when they were moving on. Usually when I go with a group like this, they usually tell me when they are leaving but these people, particularly the teenagers, didn't. There's no telling how many times I lost them and had to hunt for them. I got left behind plenty of times that night. Kathy.

That's not a friend. she took yur help and didn't help you. That;s not a friend. Everybody learns things at different speeds. I know in school they assume that all kids learn at the same speed but that's b*llsh!t! I wish I could help. I love math but I can't explain it well enough to help. All I can say is don't be so hard on yourself and I hope you do get your GED if you haven't already. And don't fret, there are many who don't get math.In school I had to cram and I mean cram for each spelling test. I would pass but to this day I still can't spell well. Thank G-d for spell check.So do yor best and remember , there are calculators to when you finish. Take Care. To answer your question, I haven't been left behind. I was lucky , my friends and I weren't going down the same path like a race. I wasn't the smartest nor the dumbest and with my school friends it really didn't matter. Now that's friendship.the again I always do things at my own pace.if someone rushes me, I stop.

Hi twoey. I had a similar thing happen to me when I was in grade school. A friend of mine and I had to go to a secondary class to practice up on our English skills. When she didn't need it anymore I felt left behind so I gave up on that class. I kind of have to disagree about your friend. As you helped her with English, shouldn't she have at least finished helping you with math? Or was that not part of the deal?

Almost everyone in my circle of friends and family have some sort of college degree. My hubby included. There are a few exceptions. I do not have one. I started college. Then due to family financial difficulties, including a move to another state, I didn't finish. I think I should, as I want my kids to go. I want to set a good example.

Hi twoey68, I am always behind with everything, even when I was in school, when everyone have finished I am always the lst one and still the same. Tamara

Hmm I've never been left behind in school, but I do know how it is to struggle. When I was a child I struggled with English. I worked on it so much that eventually I thought it was pretty easy. Then math started to give me problems. You would think I would have some natural ability, but I guess not. I struggled with everything, but put in the late hours. I got tutors, and went to study groups. Some classes I passed by the skin of my teeth, but I eventually got my Bachelors Degree. I started on my Masters but when I got pregnant I dropped out. I guess in that way I did get left behind. Its not a fun feeling to be left behind by your friends or family. Its really discouraging, and I can understand why you quit. Perhaps school is just one of those things you have to do on your own.

I have struggled through so much in so many different things. I could not do Math at all but I was fortunate that I had to have a scinece subject to get me to College and Math was not a compulsory subject then. If it had been then I would not have got a college education. Please do not give up and pray and ask someone t help you or look to be tutored at an evening class somewhere. don't give up on your life plans - just keep going forward. Many blessings. By the way, I could not do Math yet I have an above average I.Q. Our brains just work differently in some areaas. Do not put ourself down over this.