Personal Concerns and Next Steps

I have always been pretty good in math. I have never struggled with any concepts about math, that is until know. I have been pretty frustrated in this class. It has been may years since I have been in math class, and I have only been taught formulas. I was never taught to use different ways to approach a problem. Nor was I ever taught to question a formula. I do understand how this type of thinking may help other students, who do not get the formulas, or why that formula works, to solve problems. I have children that are in 3rd, 5th, and 7th grade, and they are changing to this type of teaching for math. This class has helped me to explain somethings to my kids. This has helped me understand somethings, by explaining it to them. However, I do feel left in the dark on some items. I am hopeful that one day it will just click, and everything will be put in place. Until that happens I will continue to struggle to understand these concepts.