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Date: 03 March 2012 18:08:34
Okay, so I've admitted my problems with maths on here before. What I can do is simple, and what I can do takes me a lot of effort to do. Carol Vorderman (GRRRRRRRRRRRR!) again appearing in the public sphere to make me feel like an idiot. I talk about my lack of ability. That does not mean for a second that I would rather it was otherwise. I do occasionally surprise myself, as I work in a school, but it doesn't happen as much as I would like, but that's the way it is. I annoyed my parents so much with maths as a child. I wish I could turn the clock back and be a maths whiz, but instead I turned out to be an Arts and Humanities orientated person instead. I didn't give up on Maths and Science. I tried. By the time I got to high school, however, I already knew that these were not my subjects. What is the point of trying to study something you know you can't do? My chemistry teacher left my father in no shadow of a doubt, one parents evening in my GCSE year, that I was pretty much a waste of his time. You get to a point in life where you have tried and tried and tried, and you then realise that you are flogging a dead horse! Miss Vorderman and all those on the news this week have not acheived what they wanted; to embarrass people into to doing something about it. You've just ensured that a lot more people who struggle with maths feel even more daft than they already do, and I for one don't need help to do that. It happens all the time. I will always encourage learners to keep going and keep trying, especially if it is a core subject like Maths! I took GCSE three times. D, then F and E. After that, I accepted my lot. Now, Just leave me alone and quit defecating on my confidence! Please!