I took calculus in high school and fun theoretical fractal math in college and was generally good at math. But it was lots of work for me for not much return - I much preferred to spend my time learning stuff that I actually enjoyed, and the only homework was reading, not slogging away over mystical and abstract problem sets. I am married to the kind of person who assumes you understand linear algebra and matrices, and can't explain his work without them. I still remember the sohcahtoa rule and have used it in real world applications.

ION we are intending to go to a concert by bus and it is POURING rain suddenly as our estimated time of departure approaches. Rain, please pass now!

I still remember the sohcahtoa rule and have used it in real world applications.

::googles::

You had a mnemonic!!!?!

::sulks::

Oh, right, we had a formula book. Never mind.

I completely forgot about SOHCAHTOA. Shoulda done the homework, I guess.

I was great in math until I took geometry from the hockey coach. I had 102% in freshman algebra. I read somewhere that it's common for girls to do well in math until that point, but the geometry teacher was truly amazingly awful, so I tend to blame him.

Yeah, me too. I love solving puzzles, and I was always good at math (I was even on the math team in middle school!). But I think once it got to the point where I needed a calculator to figure something out for me (sine, cosine, pi to the brazilianth decimal), I lost interest.

Yeah, I don't know what this is all about. After I got my first Cs in college calculus I was shocked when packing up my childhood bedroom to find a ribbon from a contest in elementary school-- I had placed third in a district-wide math contest and I have absolutely no memory of this. I remember sucking at math practically from the womb.

Plei! How is the adorable Lilybean?? I say I lurk because I mostly just sit here reading, and not saying anything. Pathetic, I know.

She's pretty dang adorable, I must say. And you don't say much, but I know you're probably there, so it's separate in my mind from all those faceless nameless lurkers out there.

Paul keeps checking out math books from the library. At this point, I think he should start using his free credit hours to take evening math classes, if he's that interested.

And you don't say much, but I know you're probably there, so it's separate in my mind from all those faceless nameless lurkers out there.

Awww. thanks!

I something think about going back to school (okay, a lot, because when I did go back to finish my degree I lurved it a lot!) but lack of time and money prevent me, alas. Also, laziness.

Also, laziness.

This is the key to a scary number of my decisions in life.

Women who follow this life script based upon biology rather than a PC way of living articulated by Lesbians are more likely to have a successful family and a happy husband.

note that the _woman's_ happiness doesn't seem to be relevant.

Huh. So we have Tropical Storm Epsilon now. Won't bother any place but maybe Bermuda. My son asked what we do when we run out of Greek letters. One day left in the hurricane season. I think that means we won't get any more.

tommyrot, DH and I were just discussing that book over dinner.

I married an actuary so I wouldn't have to do math. But the book with Galois in it sound interesting. DH has a poster of all the great mathematicians and there is a teeny portrait of all of them with a blurb/bio.