Reading academic content is a skill that is learned through practice. And learning is a skill that is acquired by being really bad at something but doing it an

Reading academic content is a skill that is learned through practice. And learning is a skill that is acquired by being really bad at something but doing it anyway. And accepting that there is a lot of ground to make-up just to get a basic understanding...like all the math you mention. So you learn more math to better understand things with math (and of course that means being bad at the math you want to learn). On the positive side, there's no test next week and in a few years you might better understand the thing you are struggling with today. That's what growth is and sure growth takes time. But time is all we have. Good luck.