Mathematics

During my elementary, high school and college educational quest, I struggled to do my very best on every mathematical test. I was a "B" student in English, History and Art as I recall, But I never mastered the mysteries of mathematics at all! Basic arithmetic such as division and multiplication left me at sea. Even simple addition and subtraction overwhelmed me to a degree! Trying to conquer the times-table gave me a shocking jolt! Alas, teachers considered me a hopeless mathematical dolt! Geometry baffled me as to which were acute and obtuse angles, And even more perplexing were isosceles and scalene triangles! Beyond me were the formulas for figuring the areas of hexagons, Trapezoids, pyramids, circles, cubes and five-sided pentagons! Teachers told me that for my future, algebra was indispensable. Maybe so, but variables and coefficients were incomprehensible! My limited intellect couldn't comprehend quotients and binomials, Nor integrers, exponents, irrational numbers and trinomials! Needless to say, I didn't attempt calculus or trigonometry! Those disciplines were as foreign to me as parabolic geometry! I'm eternally grateful to that selfless, ingenioius creator, Who eased my plight by inventing the handy calculator! Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired © All Rights Reserved