At the beginning of this post Ms. Mariner was unsure of her gardening skills just as many students are worried about how they will do at the start of a new year. She shows that if you accept the guidance from your peers and teachers and apply yourself that you can succeed in new things, just like in math class. Even though in the beginning she did not think anything she did would matter and that her plants would end up dead anyway she gave her neighbors advice a chance and learned that if you put effort into something and try your best that you would end up better off. The bushels of peaches that she received from her friends are much like the help that everyone tries to give but if you don't do something with it then it is useless just like rotted peaches, but if you accept the help and advice then you are canning it for long term use.

In math you have to learn to be versatile because the first time you try a problem it might not work out, so just as Ms. Mariner adjusted her way of trimming the roses, sometimes you have to adjust you way of doing math problems.
I like doing math problems but doing them doesn't come very naturally to me. I find math hard but I also think that it is a very important part to a good education so I always try my best. I love the feeling of understanding a concept and after I do I find it fun to do the work and improve my skills further. I think that this is going to be a good year and I am looking forward to it a lot.