MythTickle by Justin Thompson for September 17, 2010

Creatrix Dziva had to go to school?! –Besides, algebra wasn’t all that bad.

Geometry was the bane of my existence, did pretty well in Algebra

Well that and history…hmm, and Gym, and uh, well english wasn’t very high up the list either.

Algebra! Yup! Works for me too. I guess my wishing is a bit more sophisticated than theirs- I don’t want to be young again, I want to be YOUTHFUL and also have the smarts and maturity I have accumulated over the years.

Did anyone get the answer to question 6 and what was the value of X on the 7th equation?

Acne? Junior high (Middle school) wasn’t too great. Remember though that growing older is mandatory, growing up is optional.

Algebra. That’s the word. Hands down.

Oh, don’t get me started about algebra. It’s a myth that you don’t need it after high school. You need it to understand spreadsheets. You need it to understand escrow. If you truly understand algebra, you will use it … .

Like I said, don’t get me started about algebra.

I would have said “gym class.” Gang showers and puberty are a terrible combination. Especially if your glands were, shall we say, taking their own sweet time coming on-line…

I loved Algebra still use it. I do algebra problems for relaxation! You can’t think of anything else while your working through a quadratic equation!

I really regret not using algebra anymore, except on rare occasions. I loved it. I never met a math class I didn’t like, or ace. Thing is, I’ve gotten so distracted by the humanities that I barely have time for the sciences anymore.

This quote apparently wasn’t original with Berkeley Breathed or his Bloom County, but it’s always worked for me:

YES. High school. College. Ick. You couldn’t PAY me enough to experience my youth again.

Don’t any of you remember Trig?

I took Algebra 3 times before I passed it. The first time they gave it to me it was early on as an “honor” because I was so good in math. Mathematically things proceeded downhill from there.

Basic algebra was easy. (I still apply the concept, and occasionally the actual math, to many things). But I quickly got lost as we advanced.

I laughed out loud! Thanks Justin!

I would rather parse a compound sentence than any kind of math ANY DAY.

I was fine at math; it was GYM that I hated!

Yes, I remember trigonometry. I liked that too, but analytical geometry was way cooler.

I’m with puddleglum1066: I would have said “gym class.”

And screamingdolai said, about 4 classes ago

I would rather parse a compound sentence than any kind of math ANY DAY.

Why pick one or the other? I enjoyed both!

I love math, but I abhor P.E. (difficult, probably due to lack of discipline) and English (good at it, but it’s WAY more fun without having to show output modality.).

very true!!!!!