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I can completely sympathize -- I can do it if forced, but math literally makes my brain ache.  

Oddly, I was quite good at word problems.  Perhaps math essay questions are exactly what I need...

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Nov 11th, 2007 at 11:46:46 PM EST
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There's nothing that I found more frustrating that my college undergraduate students being unable to deal with "word problems". That is, they could do all the mechanical stuff but could not turn a verbal statement into algebra or conversely. And so, they were utterly unable to apply math to other disciplines like physics, statistics, engineering...

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Nov 12th, 2007 at 07:39:56 AM EST
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