I have always found maths disgusting during school (where i scored well enough in it) and college (where I didn't), and today I find myself using maths to a larger and more practical extent than before - balancing a mutual fund portfolio and at work, pulling data and running numbers on it to give me information that I need.
But the math I use is not quite rocket science and doesn't require me to waste four pages trying to prove it, so I rest content. As for the rest of it, I cheerfully admit to having forgotten everything from ohms law onwards within a few short weeks of getting a degree in electronics. What I don't use I consign to the dustbin of my memory .. which, in this case, is a blessed relief. --srs (iPad) On 21-Jun-2013, at 22:10, Deepa Mohan <mohande...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wrote this some time ago....someone else referred to it on FB recently > (yes...a woman.) What makes us detest certain subjects at school, and why > is Maths (or Math) frequently at the top of the list? It can't always be > bad teachers.... > > http://deponti.livejournal.com/902082.html > > > I find that a lot of people on this list articulate far, far better than I > do. It would help me understand my lifelong aversion to mathematics...and > the odder fact that though I never scored more than 40 percent in Hindi, it > was so well taught throughout school and college that I love it as a > language, though I disliked it as a "subject" of academic achievement. > > > Cheers, Deepa.
