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eddis-not-eeddis · 1 year

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HAH! Aced the math portion of my exam! Messed up once, because I mixed up how many feet were in a mile. (I put in the amount of square feet in an acre instead. -_- In my defense however, that was memory error and not actual math.) It was all fairly easy math, but as someone who literally sobbed her heart out over percentages in high-school and had to pay the entirety of her month's salary for a math tutor, I feel accomplished.

#i used to be actually terrified of math #there was a mental blockage somewhere and i couldn't get around it for the longest time #i was so anxious about it that i literally wept anytime i had to talk about it to adults #my dad and my mom and my brother (all good at math) failed to help me get past that #and i finally had to spend out of pocket to hire a tutor to get myself past the math portion of the GED #but it was the best money i've ever spent in my entire life #i no longer have that mental block when it comes to math #and even though my skills are still pretty subpar #i'm not afraid of it anymore so i can finally grow #it just took someone who would be patient with me (i was paying her by the hour so she had the incentive)#she is one of my biggest real life heroes #that woman has no idea how much i owe her

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