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Mathophobia
Since I was 17, I've been wringing my hands about what I wanna be when I grow up. I'm 49. I still don't know. Everything I think of gets ruled out because it requires...you guessed it...MATH!
At birth I...
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Written on May 13th, 2009
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anotheryou
i sat down when the teacher said :whats x2+x4
i thought and replied:more fingers then i can be bothered to count
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Written on August 2nd, 2011
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IMPogueMahone
I am a math moron. Ever since grade 4 (when multiplication started) I struggled with math. I just can't do it. In high school I failed grade 9 and 10 math and had to repeat both years. I felt like such an idiot. My grade 9 and 10 math...
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Written on May 24th, 2013
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luvlymi
Wouldn't be able to spell "math" or "help" for that matter. Wouldn't be able to read or type or even play on EP......what a horrid thought!
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Written on November 21st, 2011
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jularia12
Once upon a time there was a girl who was given a book titled 'Algebra One'. She started it. Three times. Each time only getting halfway through before she had to start over because of her grades.
She finally switched programs and is...
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Written on September 17th, 2010
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TinaFeyforever
Stupid Algebra, stop making me looking for your X, she is not coming back and don't bother looking for Y either.
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Written on February 20th, 2013
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velosapien
If someone held a gun to my head and said, "DO LONG DIVISION OR I'LL BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT!" I'd be really screwed.
Asking me to solve even rudimentary mathematical problems would be like asking...
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Written on January 22nd, 2009
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Okay, I can count well and budget my money good. But other than that, complicated equations leave me lost! :-o
I would say I'm only good to up to 6th grade math! Seriously. From then on, it was the only subject at school that I...
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Written on January 23rd, 2009
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terrys1girl
I am so intimidated by the subject of math that I would make my husband (big math geek) check my son's math homework for fear that I wouldn't know the right answer myself.
Probably the most humiliating thing about this phobia is the...
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Written on January 22nd, 2009
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jdoggs
Through out my life so far through grade school & high school I always sucked at math no matter what I always felt embarassed. Im in a Workplace level (essential,SSTW {The special needs course}). From what i can do in math ok with is...
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Written on August 15th, 2011
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dolcelina
My dad was a Civil Engineer and used a lot of it in his job. I remember seeing all these formulas and numbers n his blueprints... He was fantastic at Math. I was ashamed to ask my dad for help so my marks were always low and he...
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Written on March 6th, 2009
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clayantony
i've always been totally crap at maths,i hated it at school.even now i have to use the calculator on my phone to work out sums,.....what a dummy!
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Written on June 28th, 2009
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underconstruction
I suck at math , and algebra, and calculus and everything that has to do with numbers. I can balance my checkbook and make calculations about how much I need to spend each month but that´s about it.
My daughter is in...
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Written on October 23rd, 2009
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dalv2011
When I was in junior school I was really good at maths and the second I went into secondary school it all went downhill and I think I know why. Due to the large number of pupils all the classes that had spaces for pupils who were good...
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Written on May 18th, 2012
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cantdomath33
Everything that has went wrong in my life I can honestly blame on math. It took my almost perfect ACT score and turned it into remedial city. I have lost scholarship, sleep, and 30 lbs because of math. I took college algebra...
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Written on January 7th, 2013
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Lostsoul22
I always struggled a little but calculus straight killed me. It really confused and frustrated me. I used to buckle down and study every night and 10 minutes later I couldn't remember anything I just learned. I got a tutor and...
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Written on March 13th, 2010
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ChristineJones
Ok, I'm not THAT bad. I can add, and subtract. On a good day, multiply and divide. But no alegbra, no fractions, no word problems, nothing. Got it?
Man, my kids are so screwed.
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Written on June 25th, 2010
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