Maths is fun!

My teenager is very annoyed with me right now 🥺 Despite having had the whole weekend to complete her maths assignment, she has left it until 7.00pm on Sunday evening. Of course I will help her with any questions she has. But that does not extend to doing the whole exercise myself. According to my girl this is unfair and illogical because I love maths and am good at it, therefore the sum of human happiness in our household will increase if I just get on and do it. Not falling for that one, I'm still an out of pocket creditor for similar services rendered 20 years ago at school without a proper contract 🤨

She is sitting on the floor with her back to me and my wife. Shoulders hunched, brow furrowed, muttering darkly to herself. But most importantly she is putting pen to paper. We are trying hard not to laugh 😁

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NativePortlander1970

Do not laugh, some people, like myself, hate math, the advanced disciplines should only be taught to those seeking career fields that employs it. For example, a baker or cook has no need to go past basic algebra, unlike a rocket scientist needing to learn calculus. I'll give you another example, a young woman I knew years ago was taking social work as her college major, she was required to take trig to graduate, why?

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@NativePortlander1970 I would never laugh at her if I thought she was struggling. She makes us smile because of her stubborness and strange sense of logic . . I am always there to help her when she needs me.

Trigonometry? I've no idea. Perhaps the college just wants its students to have a rounded education. It was actually the first branch of maths that interested me. My dad showed how I could calculate angles and space for my gymnastics choreography.

NativePortlander1970

@SunshineGirl Yes, the way You describe her and her cousin they seem like characters :)

Exactly, it doesn't make any sense.