"Shaun aRe" > said:

>"Damsel" > wrote in message
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>> I fear math. At least anything beyond filling in a bowling score sheet.
>
>heh, I used to hate math, my teacher said to my parents that I was thick,
>useless at maths - I passed my Physics exam at school, and it was about 50
>or 60 % transposition of formulae. When I went to Uni for a while, I flew
>through my maths course, and should have definately taken the higher level
>block - I am not good at it, but when I start learning, I pick it up OK and
>start to enjoy it, lack of shitty, self serving teachers (like at high
>school) permitting.

I was good at it for one year in junior high. I just happened to have a
teacher who was able to communicate in a way that I was able to learn. I
did well enough that year that I was tutoring half the other kids in class.
But that was my fifteen minutes of math fame.

I have to understand *why* math works. I know this probably sounds odd,
but I don't trust formulas and other "truths" at face value. I have to
work it all out the long way. I have yet to run across anyone else who has
a basic mistrust of math. LOL!

My dad and I used to drive each other insane. He was a mathematical genius
(helped his college professors figure out the things that they didn't
understand), and I was, literally, learning disabled in that area. Many,
many tears were shed at that kitchen table.

>> You have an above-average sense of humor.
>
>Thanks! You are making me blush again..
>
>> That usually indicates something about intelligence.
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>I love to laugh, and even more, love to see others laughing...
>
>> You humor isn't always obvious, and that subtlety
>> isn't typical of the average joe.
>
>Well I *am* English ',;~}~

True. There's very little English humor that I find funny. I generally
"get" Monty Python, but many of the others leave me cold. I do have to
check into Black Adder. I want to see Hugh Laurie acting ridiculous.

Carol