This vote for Speaker reminds me of my test scores in Algebra II.

[madaboutharry]

With each test my grade was worse than the one before.....

[BlueKota]

1. I sucked at Algebra also

Although my Sophomore year, I had a teacher who recognized I had a learning disability, and figured out a way to use my strengths in reading and language, to help me understand math better. I ended up with a 91 on my regents, but failed Geometry the next year.

Hope Gymbo Dumbo fails in this vote as bad as I did in Geometry.

[madaboutharry]

2. This is true:

I almost had a nervous breakdown in Algebra, but I loved Geometry. I have no explanation for that.

[BlueKota]

3. I believe in education like most of life

one size doesn't fit all.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. And not all educators are intuitive. Your algebra instructor was exceptional it sounds like

your geometry teacher was probably adequate but not exceptional. That's too bad because it sounds like you are actually good at math, you just had average instruction that never really helped you realize your potential.

[BlueKota]

5. Thank you!

[Xavier Breath]

6. You made it all the way to Algebra II?

I bombed out in Algebra I. My mind just isn't wired for that. At the time I was told by my teacher that if I didn't master it I would regret it someday. Forty-some years later I am really dreading the day when I'll finally start to regret it.

[TexasTowelie]

7. I would have helped you if I was around since I was the best student in the class.

Actually, the math classes where I had the highest grades were analytic geometry (aka elementary analysis), statistics, and calculus III.