Yes, asking for help is a valuable life skill. There are many services available in college to help students with testing, tutoring and a variety of other things. It’s important to ask for help if you need it. You can’t be good at everything you try. If you are a math whiz but struggle with English composition, you have two choices: continue to struggle or spend a little extra time with a tutor to gain a better understanding. You may never sail through an English paper like you do a math assignment, but chances are you will be much more comfortable with it.
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If you continue to struggle with certain aspects of classwork, consider asking to be tested for learning disabilities. A learning disability has nothing to do with your intelligence, but instead, it means you need to learn in a different way. Why is this important? You may scrape through your high school courses with a C or a D, but lose out on the opportunity to attend college if you don’t receive a proper evaluation to identify a learning disability. Just like in high school, colleges need to accommodate a learning disability, so don’t let it deter you from pursuing that dream career.