5. My Rant on Math

This week my calculus class has taken up a lot of time. From class, to a test review, taking a test, and doing the homework, and dreading all of it, a big chunk of my time and energy has been spent on this class. I have always hated math. I remember being in grade school in sitting on wood chair in our office, learning my multiplication facts. And here I am, still doing math, and struggling through it. So. Today I would like to rant a little on math.

First of all. In math story problems, who on earth buys 300 watermelons. No one. Although that would be delicious, that's just a bit crazy.

Next. Of all the smart people who came up with all these equations and formulas, you would think they could at least give each thing its own name. But no. Take the pi sign for example. Usually people know that it means 3.14, but sometime it can also represent 180 degrees! There are also other symbols that mean 2 completely different things. Seriously. There were genius people coming up with all of this smart math people stuff, and then they go and name things the same.
Obvioulsy, math is not my favorite subject, hopefully after this semester I will never have to take another math class again!! :)

To all those math people (who I probably just offended now) thank you for being smart and doing what you do so the rest of us can enjoy what your smartness. Keep it up.