So as a lot of you know, Ive been struggling with the math classes I am taking. Tonight in class, a fellow tinner, a journeyman, a personal teacher, from this union, this brethren I am part of, looked at me from across the room as my head was releasing mushroom cloud, caused by a massive math attack, and said, Are you getting all of this?. I, whom will admit, am not good at asking for help when needed said, You know, I need to go back aways and relearn some basic steps before I can go any further, because without understanding that basic knowledge, I fear the current and upcoming work will not make any sense and I will just fall into a deeper and darker hole of confusion and darkness. He then asked me if I would like him to come give me a hand, to which I stubbornly replied, No thanks. The whole class laughed(Jr. High flashback. Class clown jackass.) He then came and sat at my desk and I told him how I was always a rebel, a longhair metal kid, outcast from most, hated and feared by teachers and classmates alike. And due to my actions and reactions I must not have learned any algebra, geometry or any of that kind of shit. With a smile, he said, well, let me show you a couple things. And not ten seconds into his method of how to do this particular type of problem, I think I felt old synapses firing that havent made connections in a couple decades. I with more excitement than I may have ever had over math, I stopped him in mid sentence and said, WAIT! I REMEMBER THIS! And for the most part I did! He gave me a crash refresher corse and it all came rushing back. I felt a weight lift of my shoulders. And a smirk grow upon my mug. I GOT THIS SHIT! But for 3 weeks prior I let my own fear and mental blackout of those Jr./High school years crush me and make me feel weak and vulnerable like I havent felt since I was a child in school. Some people say that I wear my colors on my sleeve, that I shouldnt share my personal business on Facebook, to them I ask, why are you still reading this? To the others I post this so that maybe someone that reads this can apply it to their own life experiences (not necessarily math or sheet metal) and open new and old doors in their own mind as I did tonight. So many things opened up in my mind tonight, including math. Lol. BRING IT ON!!!!!!!
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 04:35:34 +0000
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