zealousness 4 Zealousness Fourth Edition Winter & Spring 2017 | Page 18

little things that we were taught. All the things you studied might not stick and you might never have to find out the total area of a triangle (I was always the worst at math), but after almost 20 years I found myself trying to figure out what 20% of 78 was. Funny thing is, I knew the easy way to find that answer, as I had asked my math teacher. Studying should not be stressful. Don’t hesitate to ask for help. Find someone who’s good in a certain subject and ask him/her how they make it interesting. Everyone perceives knowledge differently and studies school material in their particular way. There’s no- thing wrong if you find subjects boring, the problem comes in when you leave it that way without trying 18 | ZEALOUSNESS MAGAZINE | Winter / Spring 2017