Comments : Why I Love Math

  • 3 years ago

    by Keira Pickard

    I'm afraid to say that I absolutely hate maths. As my siblings and I are homeschooled, my older brother and I are taught at the same time, the same subjects. At the moment, we're both struggling through ' algebraic fractions ' . . . Safe to say, we aren't exactly loving it :)
    Anyway, I enjoyed your poem, although it brings out painful reminders, lol

    • 3 years ago

      by Walter

      LOL - I heard people say this so many times and I think it's one of those subjects you either love or hate. And yes, ' algebraic fractions ' can be daunting when first introduced...but hang in there Keira and soon you'll be mastering calculus & computations! Thanks for your comment and sorry for the flashbacks.

  • 3 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    Math was always a struggle from me, in almost every grade, and I would need constant help. I think the only time I ever had fun was plugging in formulas. I wouldn't mind memorizing certain things like the quadratic formula, so once I had that, it was easier filling things in. I never felt a connection with math overall, but what I LOVE reading is your passion for it! It is indeed a language, and that last stanza beautifully summed up your thoughts on math, and (though I never thought I'd say this), the poetic aspect :)

    • 3 years ago

      by Walter

      Thanks Poet :) That's the thing with math; it's very precise and you're either right or wrong. And as you say, a lot of people struggle memorizing all the endless formulas. But when treated like a language, I found it so much easier to comprehend and all it's quirks seem to fall in place. You're concluding comment brought a smile to my face!

  • 3 years ago

    by Everlasting

    Well, the poetry is more obvious in the mathematical proofs. I still don’t know how to write proofs! And I’m starting to think that I won’t ever be able to... there isn’t much time during the day to do everything I want plus lack of energy. Oh well, enough of my complaints. I like your poem. Arithmetic is not my forth. Algebra isn’t either. I used to like geometry the most. Then trigonometry. Calculus was okay. But real analysis got me. We can find pure mathematics in it. Oh I definitely didn’t like probability and statistics. But discreet mathematics was okay. Time flies...

    Keep on writing, your rhyming is improving.

    • 3 years ago

      by Walter

      Thanks Everlasting for your comment and even though you're disliking mathematical proofs, (I loved them!), you seem to have a broad knowledge in all math concepts :) I must admit that I didn't particularly like probability much either but my favorite by far, was trigonometry...