staring at it isn't going to make it magically appear

So math is really hard for me, and so I have just been staring at it for the past 8 minutes because I honestly don't get how to factor this equation. And my mom said I had to go to school tomorrow, so pretty much I am screwed either way.

Tomorrow I was planning on writing all my college essays and then have them edited Wednesday. So now I am screwed because I could have written them today. But I was really sick earlier. FML.

I wish I were as smart as Hermione.