We have all been in a situation where we find ourselves dealing with a really hard problem and we don’t even know how to approach it. We lift our heads up and see all our classmates working on this hard problem with ease as if it was child’ play to them. The question comes up of “how is it that they understand this problem and I don’t?” We want to solve this problem and get it over with but are too scared to ask for help. We fear that others will judge us thinking that they will tell us were too dumb to solve this problem and shouldn’t even be inside this class. I know this from experience that I’ve been in these situations many times. The only thing I learned in that time was how to spend an hour staring blankly at a problem I never understood.

The first step is always the hardest, going up to your neighbor and asking for help hoping that they will say yes. But after that first step your fear goes away. You’ll be surprised of the kindness people will offer when you most need it. Many of those students have also been in your shoes and understand that some problems aren’t always friendly. Some even enjoy teaching and explaining to others how to solve a problem step by step. Both you and your neighbor benefit, you get to finally understand how to approach your nightmare of a problem and your neighbor gets to enhance his/hers understanding even more. Not to mention that you can now solve this problem and maybe even use the same steps that your neighbor provided to solve other similar questions. There is always the possibility that this certain problem could be in the upcoming test and if you never asked for help then you would probably skip a problem missing crucial points on the exam.

Everyone has felt fear to ask question when they don’t understand a concept, but we can’t let this fear hold us back. If we do then we’ll never move forward and if we never move forward then were left behind in the past. Remember that many others have been if your shoes before and are willing to help you when you most need it. Ask questions when you don’t understand and you will learn. For those who do understand these hard problems give aid to those who need it. In teaching them you get to improve your knowledge of the problem. Give help to those who need it and help will come to you. So remember everyone ask questions.