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The Dreaded Language

Pi What statistics? What trigonometry? Geometry bamboozles me The math language completely shuts me down. Pre-algebra breaks my brain waves. Please let’s not speak of these Crazy math terms. Pi

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/20/2018 5:16:00 PM

I had very bad math teachers. I kind of liked math in the beginning but for poor teaching of my upper math level teachers, I never could get much more past Algebra one.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/20/2018 9:15:00 PM

Just the word math....shudder.....shudder....

White Wolf

Date: 8/20/2018 5:04:00 PM

Haha, love this! Maths = truth! That's what I reckon, but like you, it's well over my head... 777x13=10101 /|\

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/20/2018 9:16:00 PM

no interest at all, because the new stuff makes no sense. It is the old stuff, but in a much more intricate way. Shortcuts is what they call the stuff I know.

Barry Stebbings

Date: 8/20/2018 2:42:00 PM

I like this, Caren, and the idea of a 'Mathabet'. I enjoy maths, to me a set of equations on a page can have an aesthetic quality. // Barry

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/20/2018 9:20:00 PM

I am so glad you picked up on my favorite invented word of the week that my muse insisted upon.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/20/2018 12:28:00 PM

You CAN do math. Just have to continue trying ... Not that it is worth it at this stage in life. LOL ... Pi tastes better eaten anyway. Here is to dessert! ~ gw

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/20/2018 9:20:00 PM

Oh, man, now I am wanting cherry and apple. Heading to the frig now.

Sand Blown

Date: 8/20/2018 12:35:00 AM

math has treated me kindly...saved my sanity, more than once : )

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/20/2018 12:48:00 AM

If you can READ it, that's great. I have lost the math-a-bet.