tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925428.post8985694276161211566..comments2023-03-28T03:51:18.952-04:00Comments on Just an Analog Guy in a Digital World: Math AwardBibbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636133247083105213noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925428.post-45072402867632009722008-03-13T11:26:00.000-04:002008-03-13T11:26:00.000-04:00and after further recollection, i remembered that ...and after further recollection, i remembered that Mrs. Doris Poteet was such a kind and thoughtful teacher, the sort that always says "Yes Dear" and remembers everyone's birthdays, that she would've given this award to Ralph Wiggum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925428.post-86052593255284443402008-01-31T07:38:00.000-05:002008-01-31T07:38:00.000-05:00to: my one & only father dearestfrom: your one & o...to: my one & only father dearest<BR/>from: your one & only daughter dearest<BR/><BR/>i am mathematically challenged! accept it, it's the truth. maybe others enjoy defining themselves by their inabilities, but not me. that ain't my M.O. i prefer to concentrate on other forms of expression and communication, such as photography and literature and foreign languages. if i don't quantify my world, maybe my world is more qualified?? <BR/><BR/>but sincerely, in this instance, i'm being honest & open with my short-comings. how else can you explain my uncanny ability to misuse a basic calculator? or hold up 9 fingers properly (instead of 6)? or figure out why a quarter of everything doesn't automatically incorporate the number 25? decimal points, fractions for Christ's sake... i'm getting a headache just thinking about them! <BR/><BR/>dad, i made a 'C' in the only college math class i took - the Nature of Mathematics - where we spent two days doing our numerology and discussing the philosophical concept of the almighty zero! sometimes you just have to face the facts, your daughter is not a mathmagician. i will admit that, thanks to repetition, i have successfully remembered and recited my multiplication tables since, oh, the 5th grade or so. but subtraction!? oh the HORROR. i can't divide well either, and addition is iffy because of 8 and 6 and 7 and 9. i can handle adding 5s to things (especially if i'm adding 5 to a number divisible by 5, like 10).<BR/><BR/>final thought: i got my damn B.A. in French and gradumatated with a 3.1 WHICH MEANS, per our arrangement, we speak no more of my schooling and you are to consider my educational career a success. i believe we shook on that, Sir.<BR/><BR/>(thanks for always having faith in me - but really Dad, the numbers, the numbers, well, it's their fault!) <BR/><BR/>LOVE YOU ALWAYSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com