Sorry for the delay. My ass took forever to get to sleep and then the CPAP didn’t fucking work so I woke up EXHAUSTED. kill me.

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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    My teachers in school: “JubilationTCornpone would perform a lot better and get better grades if he would just focus and apply himself.”

    Me: “Ok detective. You caught me. Being shit at math is totally a conscious decision on my part. Case closed everybody. We can all go home now. Turns out I’m not a complete moron. I’m just lazy.”

    • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 hours ago

      I was like that in school, and now two of my kids are dealing with the same thing. I still struggle with it today, and usually call on my mom to help with the kids math homework if I can’t figure it out myself (she was a 6th grade teacher for 20 years).

      These kids are incredibly smart, but having gone through what they’re dealing with has helped me to be more patient with them and try to work through at least the first problem(s) together.