when i was a kid (part 2)
I never did much homework. I was alone a lot and there weren’t many people supervising my childhood and growing up years and man did I abused the privilege.
One of the subjects I loathe most is Math. Until today I can never get the hang of why the combination of x and y needs to be z. What the fuck is x? What the fuck is y? Y z??? How did a, b and c come into the picture? What is their story? How the fuck do you plus and minus alphabets?!?
That is why my right brain is more often in use than my left brain which is rotting by the second. Perhaps it could also explain why my right boob is slightly bigger than my left boob.
But all the algebra and trigonometry stuff was in high school. Although I did get an ‘A’ for Math in UPSR the road leading to it was not a pretty sight.
In Primary 4 (4 Hijau) we had a Math teacher, Puan M. She was chubby and used far too much lipstick and blusher for my liking. Even at the tender age of 10 my fashion police sirens were wailing at the top of their lungs. Well that was how I remembered her; not really a nice thing actually because she was friends with my mom.
But I can’t lie even though the truth hurts.
Suffice to say I never did much of the her homework. As punishment she made me write lines - 100 at a time. I don’t remember the exact words but it must be something like ‘Next time I will do my homework’.
Now let’s wake the left brain up for a little bit of logic and rationality. If I do not do her homework , do you think I would write lines?
Silly cow.
Every subsequent day of the same week she would have the whole class chanting “Satu ratus, dua ratus, tiga ratus, empat ratus…” and so on for every day that I did not write the lines. When it finally reached satu ribu I was brought to the headmistress.
All SHE made me do was to clean the school toilet.
That’s a smart woman who knows how to save money on janitors.
And I finally did Puan M.’s homework.
p.s : Yes KY, that is also why I can’t count 12000.
Tags: childhood, growing up, mathematics
i share your sentiment. i started to like Maths a lil when calculators were allowed in Form 4. Then I found out there’s this thing called Add Maths…went downhill from there.
I thought pair of boobies wouldnt be balance? I’ve always come across “one side bigger than the other boobs.”
Can someone advice on this please?
Pttthhh! None of that is real mathematics! Real maths uses Greek letters! [Of course, having a maths major probably doesn't help me! Now I can't add 1 and 1 without throwing a greek letter in somewhere! Don't worry, we'll use Sigma to do that one!]
Suanie - x, y, z, a, b, c … all unknown quantities till you solve the equation. Wait till you hit i … it equals the square root of -1 … unless you are in electronics … then it’s j. i and j are imaginary numbers. That’s not all … there is even more fun. Just think of all that crap on the board in the movie “Good Will Hunting” 99% of all maths being worked on today has very little practical application in the real world. Yet, you can be paid a truck load of money if you do it.
Kimberlycun - I take it Add Math = Advanced Maths? Can be fun. In fact, some of the more advanced stuff is more fun than the lower stuff. I like solving linear algebra matrixes. Fun fun fun!
AhDave - Keep looking. Just walk up to women in the street and ask to check for scientific reasons. I’m sure you’ll find a pair exactly the saem one day. If not, keep searching!
wtf??
it’s mother nature’s way of telling me that I can’t have everything
Equations:
x1 + x2 + 2×3 = 9
2×1 + 4×2 - 3×3 = 1
3×1 + 6×2 - 5×3 = 0
Matrix
[1 1 2 9]
[2 4 -3 1]
[3 6 -5 0]
You then solve the matrix to get the result. Easy lah! Huh? lol