I used to think I was bad at math. As a kid, I never did well in math (then again, I was always bored and consequently never did well in school in general). In recent years whenever a math-related question would come up I'd shrug it off, laughing, "That's math, it's hard; I can't do that!" Then one day I realized I was actually bragging about my ignorance of the subject, and that I find unacceptable.

City College's nursing school recently changed its requirements so that I would need to complete an Algebra class before I could apply, so I'm taking that now. I was a bit apprehensive at first as the last math classes I took were Algebra and a half-year of Geometry in high school, but those were a long time ago (probably before many of my current classmates were born). Plus, you know, I'm a girl and bad at math. But I was happy to have the chance to improve my abilities and get over the math phobia I had.

Now I'm halfway through an accelerated semester of Algebra, and you know what? This stuff is easy! Granted, this is just a basic algebra course, but I'm having absolutely no problem with it. Not only that, but today we were introduced to quadratic equations and I'm finding them kind of ... fun!

Wheee!