Well, this is an understatement for i'm not quite in good terms with numbers, equations, formulas, problem-solving and other Math hoo-laba-hoos. It's not that i'm not good in Math because actually, i CAN do Math and i can proudly say the least that i'm definitely not one of those who're helpless with this subject or worse, mortal enemies with it. It's just that Math is really not my thing, it's not my interest that's why i didn't really invest much effort in scrutinizing my arithmetic lessons before. My strategy in winning over this subject has always been the same, that is, to live by it for the day or to put it simpler, "to just get over it and forget it afterwards", and yeah, that's how unimportant Mathematics to me is.
My grades in this subject isn't that abysmal (well for me and compared to others haha) but it wasn't something that i'm proud to show.. i got my first "palakol" (78) ever in my grade card in this subject way back when i was in Grade 6, courtesy of my Math terror teacher, Mrs. Broas (see i still remember her!) and since then my hostility towards this area of learning gapped further. I'll be honest to admit that there was even a time that i was so scared of it, i wished it didn't exist at all. But of course, like what is said over and over, "there's no way we can avoid Mathematics". Math is something that you do everyday and everywhere, that's the sad truth that i have to live up with and in some ways, it made life complicated for me. I tried my very best beyond my ability to do something about it and to befriend it, but just like having friends, it's not something that you can force out of nowhere. I mean, you've got to have that "likeness" towards it, which is something that's missing in me up until this very moment.
When i entered college, my dad was almost in the brink of hysteria upon learning that instead of enrolling for a BS Education course (which i did but later changed my mind), i obliviously took up BS Computer Science just because my grades were qualified when i stumbled on it. Everyone knows that ComSci is a Math-loaded course and that my father is kind of foreseeing that i'm gonna face disaster after disaster, it's like i'm invading a territory that i'm unaware of, it's like i'll be inside a den of hungry hyenas ready to prey on me, it's like he thinks i'm committing self-suicide.. but he was wrong for i proved him wrong. I guess my motivation to not disappoint him is what made me so driven to finish this course in time though i knew in my heart that i wanted to do something which is completely different from this. I didn't have what i could call a breezy journey for i failed one Math subject (Analytic Geometry) among 8 other Math and math-related subjects that's in store for me. Well it was still "considerably" an accomplishment for me and is something that i'm proud of since i'm a self-confessed Math junkie and even though i had a failure, i managed to finish it just in time. But then, like what i just said earlier, my strategy have always always been the same, i just lived up by it for a day, studied what needs to be studied for the day, answered what needs to be answered for the day, for me to surpass, and after all is done.. i'd forget it. In fact, if you're gonna ask me how to find the value of X or how to expand (x+y)2, it'll take me time to respond positively for i badly need to recall my past lessons, or worse, i might not remember how to do it anymore at all.
Now, I did't mean to make a fool out of this wonderful subject but then, please allow me to share these illustrations that i found from my former trainer's (Mari) multiply site. I couldn't really refrain myself from laughing while i was browsing through it. I SWEAR I wish i could've answered something similar like these back then, hehe wonder what my teachers' gonna do?
* Click on it to enlarge. (go ahead knock yourselves out and have a good laugh everyone ^_^)
of course female cats should have "vagina"!
this fella has a point.. hehe :P
Peter took it literally, haha very funny peter :D
that's definitely an "X" lol! OMG can he be any smarter than that? ^_^
the child discusses "adultery" nyay!
errr? suicidal haha.. that's so me!
the gotham integration equation hahaha :P
who would've thought it's possible for an elephant to affect a physics problem!? (genius 'tong batang to!)
i guess the teacher wanted to.. don't you think? i'm sooo green :P
hahaha that was a good darn laugh ain't it?
Well this is just for fun's sake, don't be like me, study your Math and love it, seriously.
(haha nangungulelat tuloy ang Pilipinas sa Math dahil sa mga taong tulad ko! :P)
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ahahah natawa ako sa images.
bobo ako sa math pero di namn ganun ka-level nung nasa picture! may nagbigti pa talaga ha.
:)