What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had?
Math? Please. To me, it feels like trying to converse with a guinea pig that’s fluent in Morse code and you’ve never heard of it. I’m not bad at math—I’m just a human who’s forgotten the difference between “add” and “subtract.” My brain just isn’t a number-crunching wizard.
Why do people love math? It’s like being fluent in a language you’ve never studied. I’m the guy who once asked, “Is 23 divided by seven really a ‘remainder’ or just an excuse for my calculator to scream?” Meanwhile, others solve equations like they’re playing a video game. I’m the one who needs my calculator to whisper answers, not the teacher!
Math isn’t evil—it’s just… foreign. Like trying to understand a joke in another language, except the punchline is “I don’t know.” I’m not lazy; I’m just a human who’s never mastered the art of “math magic.”
But hey, if my calculator can solve 23/7 for me, I’ll take it. Maybe math is just a language that’s not my first—so let me be the guy who needs to translate every problem into “please, just do this thing.”
How about you? Are you a math whiz, or do you need a calculator more often than not?
This is so funny because math and I never got along ~ got worse when letters were introduced and don’t get me started on those often absurd word problems 😂 let’s just say I was not qualified for calculus in high school 😂
Well, there’s arithmetic and there’s math. The mechanics of adding, subtracting, multiplying, etc is arithmetic. Use a calculator by all means. Math, on the other hand, unlocks the understanding of nature, physics, chemistry, time itself. It is elegant and beautiful. As an Engineer and lifelong science enthusiast, I have always loved math.
Unfortunately, I suck at both!
I hate math. Always killed my GPA growing up and my teacher was awful to me.
I had the worst high school math teacher. She was absolutely useless, never instilled a sense of confidence nor would she ever try to help me understand.
Mine was just a bully. He called on me EVERY. DAY. Like he wanted to embarrass me. I’m sure he was a good teacher to some but math and I never were friends. 😂
I totally get it. I can still remember my math teacher’s name, Mrs. Husk. lol
Mr. Mundell. Just sounds like a dick. 😂
Husk sounds like a real winner too 😂
Haha!