B.O.B Muddiest Point

The thing I struggled with the most throughout this unit was the story problems.  In general I just have more problems with story problems.  It's hard for me to understand specifically what components in a story problem are what, like how to find the 'b' value or the period in the problem.  I also have a hard time figuring out what information in a story problem is important, and what information I can just disregard.  Most of the time I find myself overanalyzing story problems, and making them more complicated than they actually are.  In conclusion story problems were my 'Muddiest Point' in unit 2.