Guest guest Posted September 16, 2002 Report Share Posted September 16, 2002 Hello Ummm. This is an interesting thread. I use to be catasrophic at Math. I can remember my Dad screaming and slamming his fist down on the Kitchen table over my Nine times tables. I would break out in a sweat, just at the mere thought of having to do a Math problem of ANY sort. Could not announce my multiplication tables by rote. But something happened. I don't know what or when. (must have been abducted by aliens... hee hee hee) Suddenly I am able to do math a hell of a lot easier. I haven't turned into an overnight wizz or anything, but I am doing a lot better. I can't work out why all this has happened suddenly. I am putting it down to the kids and having to help them with their homework on a less stressful level. Mike has always been the one to do Math especially in his head, but I have been solving math problems on a dime, and even when he has said a different answer and I have corrected myself thinking I couldn't possibly get it right...... then I have thought... No... That is right and I was!! <Shock - Horror> So although I can relate to the dysmathic thing...... I am not suffering as much now....... I will tell you what is getting annoying though!! Writing or typing and spelling the really simple words wrong. At first I thought it was because I type so fast and with a natural keyboard it can be terribly easy to make simple mistakes, but then it has shown up in my written work aswell. So I know its not that. Hugz.............. Helen I'm right there with you on the dysmathic thing. I thought I was the only one! I've told people for years that I am dysmathic - the closest I can come to a sort of dyslexia for math. I can do nothing in my head. Even simple multiplication tables are difficult for me. If I can write it down I can do it, but not in my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2002 Report Share Posted September 16, 2002 In a message dated 9/16/2002 12:28:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, hsempel@... writes: > Writing or typing and > spelling the really simple words wrong. At first I thought it was because > I type so fast and with a natural keyboard it can be terribly easy to make > simple > mistakes, but then it has shown up in my written work aswell. So I know > its not that. > I have trouble with and. Yes, AND! Have since I was a little kid! Debbi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2002 Report Share Posted September 18, 2002 Mine seems to be most often. The. I can sit there for 5 minutes trying to spell " the " and then feel like a complete IDIOT for forgetting how to spell it. How often have a used it in a poem??? How often have I used it in stories I have written? Oh... pullleeeeeze...... Somewon tern me brane bak on!!! Hugz........ Helen >......spelling the really simple words wrong. I have trouble with and. Yes, AND! Have since I was a little kid! Debbi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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