Are you frightened of mathematics? You’re not alone. By the time I was nine, I had developed
a full-blown phobia. In fact, my most horrible moments in grade school took place right
before an arithmetic test.My terror—and avoidance—lasted well into adulthood, until the
day I landed a job with a social service agency and was given the task of figuring budgets, which involved
knowing how to do percentages. I might just as well have been asked to decipher the strange squiggles incised
on the nose-cone of an alien spaceship. I decided I’d better do something quick, so I went to a friend of mine,
a fifth-grade teacher, and asked her to design a short course for me...
a full-blown phobia. In fact, my most horrible moments in grade school took place right
before an arithmetic test.My terror—and avoidance—lasted well into adulthood, until the
day I landed a job with a social service agency and was given the task of figuring budgets, which involved
knowing how to do percentages. I might just as well have been asked to decipher the strange squiggles incised
on the nose-cone of an alien spaceship. I decided I’d better do something quick, so I went to a friend of mine,
a fifth-grade teacher, and asked her to design a short course for me...
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