Math is my worst subject ever. I am one of those "you can hit- me -over -the -head with it all you want but it's not going to stick" kind of people. I just don't get math; never have, never will. So, when i get a good grade on a quiz or a test, i generally am ecstatic.
Well, we had a 5 question quiz the other day and i new what i was doing. Imagine that? She went over similar problems right before the quiz too so it really helped. I went through each question with amazing speed and checked my answers to make sure that they all went back into the equation and got the right solution. They all did. I handed in my quiz with a smile instead of my usual stressed out "i want to -hit-myself-over-the -head" expression. She asked me how i did and i told her "I'm confident."
That same day she handed it back to me because we were in the same computer room and i looked at the top. The top of it said 100, A. I was oh so proud!
Then yesterday, i made it into her class at exactly 9:00 (left the house a little later then i should have. It seems to becoming a habit. Oops!" She had started class like two minutes before i got there but she was only handing back the homework and the quiz. She caught me before i reached my desk and said:
"oh, Nicole, made mistake on quiz." (remember she's Russian)
"Oh, really?" I replied with a heavy heart.
"Last problem wrong."
"huhmmmmmmm", i managed to squeak out.
"Yes, 80 points."
An 80? I went from a 100 to an 80? Are you kidding me! My hopes for this class have just been dashed! I thought i was doing well, but guess not! Oh, crap. It just isn't fair. I mean can't us incapable mathematicians get a break once in a while? Oh, jeez. Well, we have test on the first three chapters next Friday, so hopefully if i study and get some extra help from her i might be able to get a B or something. But who knows, I might get a 90 and then she will take it away from me and give me a 70 instead cause she made another mistake! Oh, the stress! And it's only math! Oh, whatever!
I'm going to eat some comfort food! Tootles!
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Algebra is a skill that lasts forever. (That and forgery, but I digress....)As long as you can do algebra, you can figure it out.
Oh, and fractions. Just ask Auntie Deb how good she and I are at fractions.
hmmmm fractions.... isn't that where a bone breaks and one must make a trip to the emergency room for some plaster(errrr...I'm dating myself since I guess it's all about fiberglass nowadays LOL)and pain pills. because that would be SOOO much eaiser than those icky *shudder* MATH doodles that confound your mind and melt your pencil. eewwwww hated them. *W*
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