(Originally posted to Mom on a Narrow Path blog on Weebly, now deleted.)
To be fair, I am no math genius, but I do so enjoy the subject. Surprising, since I always hated Honors Algebra/Trig in high school. Honors Geometry was a little better, but it seemed easier to deal with math that could be seen in drawings and shapes.
Mathematics at a rudimentary level is black and white to me. Numbers can be manipulated to do some pretty crazy and amazing things, but when you answer a problem, there can be no interpretation like in the humanities, language arts, or social sciences. In math, the answer is what it is and there is really no room for debate when dealing with an equation or formula. Professors, teachers, mathematical geniuses, or a bunch of nerds at a coffee shop can debate the best or quickest or easiest way to arrive at an answer. (Some of the liveliest discussions I've ever heard, ironically!) But it still boils down to the black and white fact: when given an algebraic equation and values for any variables, there is a right answer.
Do you enjoy any aspects of math? If so, what is your favorite (or least dreaded) discipline and why?
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