I had algebra 1 as a top track student in my excellent public school in 7th grade (1984), and then again in 8th grade (in a different school; there were no higher options and actually it was good for me to do it again, I finally really got it), and I made it through AP Calc (AB). I worked my ass off in Calc - it didn't come easily. And I don't remember a blessed thing about it.

I was a Math major, technically, and I remember shit-all about it. But really I was a Comp Sci major--they just loaded it with math and called it Math and Comp Sci.

I was in a math/science magnet jr high and then went to a snooty private school after my 8t grade SAT scores didn't qualify me for the magnet high school.

And then in college all the freshman level math classes I would have wanted to take were at 8 in the morning. Turned me right off college level math.

I liked AP Calc. It made real sense to me.

I just want to go back and shake my lazy, lump-like self. I would have been a good engineer.

My oldest sister took Physics in high school and complained about how hard it was, and she studied her butt off. I figured I couldn't be as smart as she was, so I wrote off ever taking Physics. If I had . . .

It's never too late. My mother graduated college about a year and a half ago. It took ten years, but she did it.

BC (?) Calc AP exam

AP Calculus

I only had one year of calculus, so I only qualified for AP Calc. AB. The kids in my school prepping for AP Calc. BC were in the same classes as those prepping for A-levels.

I took AP Calc. AB, Chem., US History, and English Lit. I enjoyed the classes, and the exams. I am dismayed at how little I remember of any of it now.

HELP! I need a head shot for my newspaper column and I decided to take my own (bad choice). But they need it tomorrow and I have these to choose from. Or should I ask to go into the office and have them take one for me?

I like the fourth best. Fab hair!