Schoolgirl For Real.

So, still working towards being accepted into a full-time program at Dougie College next fall.

This will require that I pass a math assessment in the next 2 months.

The good news is that it only requires the skills equivalent to a passing grade in B.C. High School Math 10 or 11.

The bad news is that high school was 30 years ago. The worse news is I sucked in math then, and I still hate it now.

So last week, R. purchased me a set of math workbooks intended for students in grade 5 and 6, and sat me down at his dining room table to get working. God knows I'd forgotten how to do the simplest tasks. (Damn calculators!)

Like a good girl I worked solidly for over an hour, happy to find that it was coming back to me as I went through the first few pages. When it was over, R. let me have a piece of chocolate as a reward.

As I dashed to the fridge to grab my treat I felt absolutely and completely like an 8 year old again.

Ah, the pleasures of daddy/little girl relationships.

::grin::

I have a long way to go, though, and I'm the first to wonder if I've bitten off more than I can chew. I guess I don't doubt my ability to accomplish this task, as much as I look at the calendar and wonder if I'm insane for thinking I can accomplish this in time, without hiring an professional tutor.

R. is doing his best to keep my spirits up but there are moments I just feel the whole thing is an exercise in futility.

Somehow I swear I hear my high school math teachers laughing maniacally and muttering we told you so.

When they say your high school foibles will come back to haunt you they aren't kidding. I'm paying now for thinking I was smart enough to go my whole adult life avoiding math.

Well, off to work on fractions and order of operations...Think mathematical thoughts my way...